Manager Real Estate
Resume:
***** ** ***** **, *********, MO ***** ********@*******.*** 913-***-****
Key Accomplishments and Skills
Process improvements resulting in six-day reduction in monthly financial
close
Integration of several business acquisitions into existing business and
processes
Working in foreign locations with multiple nationalities and cultures
Development of financial and non-financial policies and procedures
Development of financial models
Development and reporting of key performance indicators and benchmarking
against best practices
Contract negotiation and vendor performance management
Software applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, Business
Objects, Enterprise GL Systems
Professional Experience
Clearwater Natural Resources, LP - Kansas City, MO, 2006 - 2011
A start-up Master Limited Partnership formed from the acquisition of
entrepreneurial companies in 2Q 2005 and 4Q 2006 to perform coal mining in
the central Appalachian coal basin with revenue of $200 million and 450
employee.
Consultant to Clearwater Liquidating Trust 2010 - 2011
. Responsible for the wind-down of the business of Clearwater Natural
Resources and Miller Bros Coal, LLC, finalization of all federal, state
and local tax activities, and collection of all outstanding receivables
for the organization.
Partnership Controller, Clearwater Natural Resources, LP and Subsidiary
2007 - 2010
. Managed all aspects of the general accounting function, process and
personnel including:
. consolidated financial statement preparation for enterprise
. preparation of information for annual financial and 401(k) audits
. preparation of all working papers and supporting schedules for tax
return preparation
. Implemented process improvements resulting in 6 day reduction in
accounting close
. Developed and implemented accounting and company policy documents and
manuals (Examples: Employee Handbook, Vacation Policy, Vehicle Use
Policy, Vehicle Accident Reporting Forms and Policy, Mine Development
Asset and Amortization Policy, Rents and Royalties Accrual Policy and
Procedures, ACH Policies and Procedures as well as numerous other
accounting policies and procedures)
Integration & Financial Analysis Manager, Clearwater Natural Resources,
LP 2006 - 2007
. Project managed integration of $66 million entrepreneurial company into
organization, prepared and managed integration plan, monitored and
reported result to executive management team
. Managed seamless transition of acquired company information and
integration of Information System infrastructure
. Established new process for information flow to partnership accounting
team
. Developed and implemented operational financial analysis, developed
weekly and monthly operational metric information
Sprint Communications, Various Locations 1989 - 2005
Manager of PCS Affiliates Integration, Sprint Real Estate - Overland
Park, KS 2005 - 2006
. Responsible for the integration of real property of four PCS affiliate
company acquisitions into core Sprint organization; each acquisition
averaged $100 million in annual expenditures with over 4,000
contractual agreements and were completed in 45 days of less per
acquisition
. Implemented process improvements to reduce time required to calculate
and load future payment streams into Sprint systems
Consultant to Sprint Real Estate - Overland Park, KS 2002 - 2005
. Performed various functions including monitoring and reporting on
MCI/WorldCom bankruptcy impact to Sprint network, preparing budgets and
forecasts, leading software application documentation and improvement
team, assisting with organizations Sarbanes-Oxley audit, metric
reporting of projects for organization and preparation of various
executive management presentations
Manager of Vendor Relationships, Sprint Broadband Direct - Overland Park,
KS 2000 - 2001
. Lead strategic outsourcing of installation and repair service
(including contract negotiation and day-to-day vendor management)
resulting in reduced cost per install from over $500 to $175 and a
reduction in time to market launch by four weeks
. Assisted in development of Operations Manual for installation and
repair for the organization
Manager of Real Estate Asset Mgmt., Sprint Brazil (Intelig) -Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil 1999 - 2000
. Responsible for all real estate related financial activities of the
organization operating in a joint venture with French, UK and Brazilian
partners including operational and capital forecast and budget,
monitoring and reporting of financial results, development and
documentation of process and procedures for organization
Manager of Enterprise Real Estate Countdown 2000, Sprint - Overland Park,
KS 1998 - 1999
. Project managed Year 2000 (Y2K) inventory, assessment, remediation
and testing for all Sprint real estate consisting of more than 7,000
physical locations and 35,000 unique makes/models of equipment and
systems, negotiated contract with and project managed consulting firm
in validation of process utilized, provided weekly updates to company
executive management on status
Manager of Real Estate Finance, Sprint, Kansas City, MO 1995 - 1998
. Implemented change to annual budget process reducing budget re-spin
cycle time from 14 days to one day
. Initiated, developed and implemented benchmark reporting of
operational results for organization
. Implemented process improvement reducing transaction processing time
from seven to three days
. Managed organizations conversion from two mainframe software
platforms to one client-server platform to improve performance and
eliminate redundant systems and data entry
Manager of Financial Reporting and Analysis (WMG), Sprint - Overland
Park, KS 1991 - 1995
. Responsible for preparation of $670 million revenue and cost of revenue
budgets and forecast, monthly financial results and commentary,
presentation of results to management team and product price and
profitability modeling
Senior Financial Analyst (IMG), Sprint - Kansas City, MO 1989 - 1991
. Responsible for preparation of revenue, capital, expense and cost of
revenue budgets and forecast, monthly financial results and commentary,
presentation of results to management team and product price and
profitability modeling
Financial Analyst, Gilbert/Robinson, Inc. - Kansas City, MO 1985 - 1989
. Responsible for preparation of new restaurant funding requests (including
market research, demographics, capital and profitability projections),
monthly financial analysis and commentary on company results for parent
company, annual business plan and forecast, lease/buy analysis, financial
modeling for leveraged buy out of company for investment bankers
Accountant, Northwest Missouri State University - Maryville, MO 1980 -
1985
. Performed general accounting duties while teaching three hours per
semester and completing MBA
Education and Other
Education: MBA - Accounting Emphasis, Northwest Missouri State University,
Maryville, MO, 1983
BS - Accounting, BS Finance, Northwest Missouri State University,
Maryville, MO, 1980
Certification Hold Missouri CPA certificate #9261
:
Memberships: American Institute of CPAs, Missouri Society of CPA's, Chartered
Global Management Accountant
Appointments: Board of Directors of:
Kansas City Chapter, Northwest Missouri Statue University Alumni
Association, 2002 - Present 2002-Present
Northwest Alumni Association, Inc., Northwest Missouri State
University, 2003 - 200*-****-****
Northwest Foundation, Inc., Northwest Missouri State University, 1998
Honors: Turret Service Award, Northwest Missouri State University, 2009
Contact this candidate