Project Manager Management

Ray Slogar

**** ****** *****, ***********, ** *3081 614-***-****

*******@*******.**.***

Corporate Operations Executive

People ( Finance ( Accounting ( Processes

Fortune 500 ( Specialty Retail ( Consulting ( Not-For-Profit

Competencies

Board Relations ... Revenue & Profit Growth ... Policies / Procedures ...

Process Redesign/Reengineering... Global Business Protocol ...

Mergers/Acquisitions ...

LBO / IPO... Project Management ... Shareholder Relations ... Executive

Presentations ...

Strategic & Tactical Planning ... Customer Satisfaction & Retention ...

Multi-Industry Experience ... Capital / Budgets & P&L's ... Business

Development ... Asset Management ... Problem Solving ...

Sales & Marketing ... Cross Functional Team Leadership ... Operations ...

Internal & External Audits ...Risk Management ... Regulatory Compliance ...

Tax ... Litigation ... IT ... Cash Management / Treasury ... Financial

Forecasting ...Leadership & Team Building ... Training & Development ...

Corporate Cultural Change ... Benefits Management

GL, ROI, ROE, ROA, EBITDA, 10-K, 10Q, Tax, Annual Report, IRS, ERP's

Selected Accomplishments

Developed accounting SOP's which included best practices and metrics for

an accounting function responsible for $2 MM in time and expenses for 60

global consultants

Designed a monthly reporting tool that consolidated business operations

information reporting 60 days earlier thus saving the company $4.8 MM

annually in "Bench" cost

Created automated accounting processes resulting in a 30% time savings and

$40k labor savings

Implemented PAYCHEX PREMIER Payroll system and Online HRMS resulting in a

fully functioning back-office and generating a corporate culture with

consultants spread across the United States producing $15k annual savings

Initiated a new on-boarding process for "Key Management" expediting their

learning curve and effectiveness while also improving retention to 0%

attrition

Reengineered the senior executive bonus system saving the company over

$20,000 in monthly cash expenditures and reversing the float on cash

reserves to a positive factor

As Tax Contractor mitigated a $250,000 state tax withholding issue to $0

Lead PeopleSoft tax conversion team converting multiple GAC payroll

systems to PeopleSoft exceeding budget timelines resulting in an upward

spike in the company stock price as Wall Street analysts had anticipated a

longer project time budget

Within PeopleSoft 9.0 Payroll and GL, successful processed 500,000 W2s,

wrote telephone script and developed process with TALX software for

handling corrections that reduced the corrections team from 3 to 1 W2

processors

In charge of the creative content for the introduction of the Quarterly

Business Presentation to executive management team and 400 staff associates

Resolved tax liabilities of over $3 million equaling over $43 million

dollars in bottom-line revenue

Developed and mentored career paths for three associates in the Payroll

Compliance Team

Implemented a payroll balancing report utilizing Oracle data tables from a

160 hour manual entry process to an 8 hour semi-automated balancing system

for 26 companies saving $100,000 annually, eliminating data entry errors,

increasing reliability 100%, report timeliness by 9 days in the month and

increasing team capacity by 30%

Developed and implemented internal control functions/process documentation

under Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 in the Compliance, Balancing and Controls

Department resulting in a first-test passing of internal audit, saving 200+

hours annually associated with the IA testing of compliance processes

Conducted a 2 week SOX internal control and process audit of the end-to-

end processes from Dallas, TX-area store sale registers into PeopleSoft

and determined propriety and efficiency of control structure and

operating processes, including recommendations for improvement in store

processes and financial controls, resulting in stream-lining processes

for store mangers increasing time-on-floor by 50%

Implemented Six Sigma strategies to give Compliance Group of 30 associates

users simplified financial information used in daily operations increasing

group work capacity by 20%, no new-hires for 2 years

Directed accounting and tax activities for a $30 million television and

food distribution conglomerate, improving television airtime, recording and

costing functions to more accurately reflect invoices to clients, plus a

25% revenue increase

Financial director of aircraft purchase project resulting in the

distribution of food and medical supplies to over 200 localities around the

world in relief of human suffering

Professional Experience

Bass & Company - Management Consultants to the Utility Industry

2008 - Present

Chief Financial Officer

Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works - Limited Brands

2004 - 2008

Senior Compliance Analyst and Project Manager in Enterprise Shared Services

Organization

Ray Slogar, CPAs & Tax Attorneys, P.C. 1994 -

2004

Managing Partner

LESEA Broadcasting Corporation 1983 -

1994

Chief Financial Officer

Areas of Practice

Admitted to the US Tax Court, FASB Certified Auditing, Sarbanes Oxley

Section 404,

Payroll Balancing & Controls, GAAP Accounting, GAAS Auditing, SEC

Reporting,

Consolidations, Financial Analysis, W-2 Processing

1040, 1041, 1022, 1023, 941, 990 Preparation & Filing

Technology Applications

Software Conversions, PeopleSoft 9.0 Payroll & GL, SAP GL, Solomon

Financial Systems, Master Tax, Oracle Database, Retail Store POS, nVision,

Crystal Report Writer, Monarch, Microsoft Office Programs

Education & Professional Development

Bachelors of Business Administration - Accounting, University of Notre

Dame

Tax Attorney admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court

Certified Public Accountant - Ohio

NAIC State Insurance License - Ohio

Ray Slogar

6646 Deagle Drive, Westerville, OH 43081 614-***-****

*******@*******.**.***

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