ALLEN J. HAECHTEN, CPA candidate

512-***-**** • abnesk@r.postjobfree.com

• CORPORATE / DIVISION / BUSINESS UNIT CONTROLLER • TREASURY MANAGEMENT

Manufacturing / Engineering / Construction / Finance / Banking

Passionate, operations focused, dedicated to driving results, and a highly ethical Financial Professional with an impressive diverse

background who demonstrates consistent achievement of organizational and fiscal goals. Provides over 15 successful years of

experience in Corporate, Division and Business Unit Financial Management and Analysis while directing, leading, and managing

Accounting, Human

Resource, and System Administration Departments. Possesses a strong proven track record of developing and implementing

initiatives that improve operations and financial control. Driven by challenge and opportunity, thriving in a diverse, fast-pace setting.

Key areas of specialty:

International Business Experience Foreign Currency Exchange & Hedging CVP, Sales, Volume, & Mix Analysis

Treasury, Finance and Banking Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Standard, Actual, Job and Process Costing

Project Management Budgeting, Forecasting, Pro-forma Material, Labor, OH Variance and Absorption

Risk & Working Capital Management Financials Ad Hoc Reporting

Multi-Unit & Division Consolidation GAAP, Cash and Accrual Basis Human Resource Management

Foreign Financial Translation & Experienced in All Taxation Systems Administration

Consolidation Publicly Traded Financial Analysis System Migrations and Implementations

Direct Client Development & Relations Flux & Bridge Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Company Confidential – Industrial Manufacturing; Austin, Texas 2006-Present

A publicly traded company, engaged in manufacturing industrial couplings, drives, and transmissions primarily serving the oil and gas

compression, power generation, automotive, aggregate and mining, marine, and most high-speed manufacturing processes.

Controller (Publicly traded, multiple divisions & entities - domestic & foreign, United States )

Specifically recruited to handle explosive growth and major reorganization and consolidation of two (2) legal entities, and five (5) locations

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Established a successful Accounting and Human Resources department serving two (2) separate legal entities simultaneously

Direct & coordinate all operational accounting activities & human resource functions utilizing three (3) Accountants and four (4) Plant Controllers for

supervision over five (5) locations which consist of seven (7) product lines located in Texas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Canada and San Luis Potosi-Mexico

Standardized month, quarter and year end closing procedures for timely, consistent, and accurate publication of financial statements

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Established and standardized audit compliant and sox compliant month, quarter, and year end closing, communication, and technical binders

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Developed and implemented all accounting policies, procedures, and audit controls

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Provide all period-over-period financial analysis notating material changes and providing complete and succinct operational financial analysis

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Develop and discuss resolutions to business issues with division, corporate, and local management team members to implement corrective action

Conduct monthly & quarterly conference calls for; the business segment review, Board of Directors, and the flux & bridge analysis for all performance

indicators and publication of quarterly earnings announcement

Uncovered a $1.9M error due to merger and acquisition

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Maintain SOX compliance

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Participate in Kaizen Events in support of Lean Manufacturing.

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Automatic Fire Protection Inc. - Construction; San Angelo, Texas 2004-2006

Engaged in designing, constructing, installing, and servicing of both wet and dry fire suppression systems for commercial, government and

residential buildings through four divisions located in San Angelo, Dallas, Austin, & San Antonio.

Corporate Controller (Privately & Closely Held, multiple divisions, United States)

Specifically recruited to realign the company’s financials after explosive growth of three newly created divisions and develop the Corporate Office and all

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Accounting, System Administration, and Human Resource Departments

Directed & coordinated all operational Accounting, Systems Administrator, and Human Resource activities through four (4) Accountants of four (4)

divisions

Achieved financial objectives working in conjunction with two (2) Vice Presidents, two (2) Owners, and two (2) Division Managers

Established the financial hierarchy and developed high visibility financial statements for historical and forward looking statements

Established continuity & consistency for divisional financial statements

Developed and implemented all accounting policies, procedures, and audit controls

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Communicated regularly with funding banks, auditors, & Tax Accountants to discuss financial performance providing succinct explanations of variances

and changes

Developed, wrote, and implemented all human resource policies and procedures including hiring and termination

Collaborated with Employment Lawyers to develop, write, and deploy an employee handbook

Completely selected & specified, new accounting system & software, raid servers, and network to properly aid in data management and increase

productivity, communication, and control

LINPAC, Inc. - Manufacturing; San Angelo, Texas 1999-2004

Engaged in the design, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution of corrugated containers and other paper products derived from virgin

pulp and recycled paper. Products include custom boxes, stock boxes, food trays, pallets as well as numerous other packaging materials and

supplies.

Division Controller (Privately Held, multiple locations & foreign entities, England, United Kingdom)

Specifically recruited to realign the company’s accounting department and revalue the division financials

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Established a reliable, effective, and efficient accounting department by reassigning responsibilities, reorganizing data flow, and developing a true team

Directed & coordinate all operational Accounting, Systems Administrator, and Human Resource activities through a staff of six (6) Accountants of five (5)

locations with four (4) locations in Texas–McAllen, El Paso, Del Rio, San Angelo and one (1) location in Mexico, Monterrey

Developed, directed, and coordinated the US & Mexico closing processes to provide timely, accurate, dependable financial reporting.

ALLEN J. HAECHTEN CPA Candidate July 2009

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LINPAC, INC - CONTINUED

Collaborated with the Vice President, Corporate Controller, Regional Manager, and General Manager to obtain objectives and goals and maintain

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organization, stability and control

Reduced A/R turnover rate by implementing a 10-day cycle to increase collections and reduced the risk of bad debt and increasing visibility to salesmen and

collected

all over 60-day receivables, reduced collections to below 60, and collected several delinquent accounts in excess of two years totaling $364K

First in the company to enter into Mexico and establish a Maquiladora

Worked with Mexican authorities to develop a knowledge base of Mexican accounting, taxation, importing, exporting and employment laws

Translation of foreign financial statements and foreign currency exchange and hedging

Western Shamrock Corporation - Finance; San Angelo, Texas 1994-1999

An industry leader in the consumer installment loan business with over 150 branches located in five (5) states–Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico,

Missouri and Tennessee, and in Mexico.

Controller (Privately Held, Venture Capital, multiple domestic locations, entities & states, United States)

Consolidated 150 branch sales and loan financials on a monthly basis

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Provided analysis on sales, loan, balance renewals, new loans, default rates, and product lines

Managed banking relationships, controlled cash balances and transferred cash as necessary via ACH & wire transfers to and from the master accounts to

branch locations as needed and or for investment purposes

Developed and wrote software that automated the determination of cash availability

Directed and coordinated accounts payables and receivables, master inventory, purchasing, stocking, transfers, and auditing

Directed financial consolidation, journal entries, evaluations, and analysis for each location and the corporate office

Education & Certifications:

EDUCATION: B.B.A. in Accounting, Economics and Finance, Minor in Computer Science, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas

CERTIFICATION: CPA Candidate - Sat for the CPA exam on July 31, 2009.

Applications & Technical:

Very technologically savvy and capable of easily accomplishing and further developing virtually any data management software.

Accounting Software: Hyperion Enterprise & Retrieve, IBM-AS400 (ERP), Infinium (ERP), Intuitive (ERP), Amtech (ERP) ManMan

(ERP) QuickBooks, Great Plains, Peachtree, Specialized Sales and Loan Accounting Software, F9 Financial Advisor, FRX Financial Reporter,

SQL, and ACCESS.

Systems: All Microsoft Office Programs - advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, All Windows platforms and strong Windows XP &

Vista configuration, cat5 and wireless networking, computer security, firewalls and antivirus, Strong in Selections, Specifications, Networking,

Server Implementations Migrations, and Project management, Training, and Implementations.

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