Manager Management

Joel Stokes,CPA

Email: *********@********.***

Address: ***** ******* ***** *****

City: Leander

State: TX

Zip: 78641

Country: USA

Phone: 512-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $85,000

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Joel C. Stokes, CPA

16608 Spotted Eagle Drive

Leander, Texas 78641

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

Cell 512-***-****/ Home 512-***-****

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Career Highlights

Experienced Controller of $200M plants, Senior Manager of Accounting and Financial Planning

Led plant through a financial transition from an IBM Cost Center to a Solectron Profit Center

Established/managed a 1-Stop Financial Group for the IBM plant, integrating several depts

Senior, corporate staff-level leader of program managers with global experience and compelling communication and people management skills

Strong organizational leader. Proven team development/ leadership abilities. Able to unite people to effect change

Winner-IBM Management Excellence Award

Passed all sections of CPA exam on first attempt

Experience

Flextronics

Customer Supply Chain Manager (Apr -Oct 2012)

Coordinated with Program Management, Procurement and customers to provide competitive, profitable component pricing in costed bills of material for 6 Flextronics customers. (Utilized advanced Excel applications, SAP and Oracle)

Mastered position in half the expected time

Obtained significant inventory-adjusting buy down payment from previously unresponsive customer

Pricing Program Manager (2007 - 2012)

Developed and negotiated PCBA (printed circuit board assembly) prices for Cisco products. (Produced using advanced Excel and Access applications, Oracle and SAP)

Consolidated team's database mgmt role (1 Headcount) with my existing pricing responsibilities

Solectron Global Services

Corporate Staff, Senior Manager of Program Management (2006 - 2007)

Worldwide (22 Sites) implementation and coordination of Commercial Claims Process.

Globally responsible for Program Management staffing, training, support

- On-site training and crisis management

Multi-national responsibility for Accounts Receivable trouble-shooting and resolution

Implementation/ management of monthly Account Scorecard Process

Senior Manager of Program Management and Materials (2001 - 2006)

Managed 6 professional Program Managers responsible for account acquisition/ management in the Networking and Computer PCBA repair industry. Customers include Cisco Systems, HP, Dell, Lucent, Intel, McDATA

Manager, Materials and Distribution. (Headcount= 100)

Business Manager for Computer Service and Repair Facility (430 employees) that doubled revenue/quadrupled profit over 5 year period.

Accepted a 1 yr assignment to staff up and build the Engineering organization.

Dell, Public Services Sector (1999 - 2000)

Dell Custom Factory Integration, Controller

While serving as Controller of Dell CFI, annual revenues grew from $148M to $211M, net income increased from 19% to 26%

Managed staff of 7 financial professionals in an environment of high turnover and heavy workload. Kept function stable and fully staffed. Received high approval ratings on employee opinion survey. Led team that reduced weekly revenue report production cycle time by 48 hrs

Solectron (1999)

Solectron - Texas South, Controller

Led financial transition of the IBM ECAT plant from an IBM cost center to a Solectron profit center

Successfully led ex-IBM plant through the preparation and measurement against its first two quarterly Hard Calls in which Revenue, Profit and employee Variable Compensation Program objectives were met

IBM - Austin

ECAT (Electronic Card Assembly and Test) Sr. Planner/Business Office Lead (1998 - 1999)

Initiated and drove actions to improve total plant financial performance through weekly Financial Headlight presentations to Senior Plant management.

Focal point for plant-to-plant and plant-to-corporate communication on business issues

Played key role leading up to sale of IBM plant to Solectron preceding disclosure

ECAT Program Manager (1995 - 1998)

Competed for and won IBM Raleigh, NC and IBM Greenock, Scotland Development Server Card prototype builds previously built by local vendors

Designed/implemented a financial performance measurement process for the prototype build area including weekly FLA$H report and twice monthly measurements

2nd line and Sr. Manager of ECAT Finance (1992 - 1995)

Established/managed financial group that integrated services of several financial departments to create a one-stop financial team. Provided total financial support for ECAT manufacturing

Drove manufacturing overhead spending analysis resulting in 30% annual reduction

Site General Accounting Manager (1990 - 1992)

Implemented/controlled corporate charge card travel advances program eliminating many petty cash accounts across the site

Received "Controls Were Very Good" rating on a Corporate Travel Accounting Audit

Successfully vended the IBM Cashier's office to the IBM Credit Union. Saved 1.5 headcount and costs of securely holding $100K of cash each day of the year

Won two IBM Ideas Program Awards totaling $8,000 for designing/implementing program resulting in significant airfare travel expense savings for IBM. Program was implemented at other US-based IBM locations

Education/Recognition

Master of Business Administration - Accounting, Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Arts - Accounting, Magna Cum Laude

Both degrees- University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

TX CPA since 6/91. License kept current/valid while earning 40 credits per year of Texas State Board approved Continuing Professional Education

Exceptional Value Ideas Award, Tier 2 Ideas Award, Management Excellence Award

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