Controller

Kevin Larson - MBA

** ******* ****** **** *, Denver, CO 80206

Email: **************@*****.*** Phone: 303-***-****

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Driven financial professional with 20+ years of Finance and Accounting Leadership and 8+ years of process documentation and re-design. Insightful analytical skills, strong problem solving, excellent communication skills and ability to develop and operationalize strategic vision enabled assumption of leadership position at the forefront of every significant financial operations initiative at Xerox. Lead several national and international process assessment, documentation and redesign teams using Lean Six Sigma, quality and process mapping and redesign tools.

Areas of specialty include:

Financial Planning & Budget Management

Audits, Compliance & Business Reporting

Program & Project Management

Business Process & Technology Solution design and implementation

Driving innovation through strong leadership, diplomacy, influencing and training skills

Resource Planning & Scheduling

Contract structure and negotiation

Senior Management and Public Presentations

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

As Controller for 15 years, served as part of a national office and process consolidation effort. The Field Financial control organization consolidated from 35 centers and 3 functions down to 6 cross-functional field support organizations responsible for all financial planning, reporting and control.

As controller had responsibility for all financial planning, monthly outlooks, reporting, audit readiness, governance, Sarbanes Oxley compliance for an area that grew to include the western 1/3 of the US and over $1B in revenue. Controller for direct and agent sales organizations and managed up to 34 direct and indirect employees, requiring team direction, coaching, training and coordination skills.

Served as local lead on nationally sanctioned teams chartered to assess and create new field organization and processes to improve end-to-end efficiency and productivity for one of 3 U.S. pilot sites. Revolutionary changes created and enabled a customer-centric culture of high performance, continuous improvement and a commitment to quality. Specific accomplishments included increased sales process productivity, streamlined data collection and reporting, compensation and HR systems integration.

Leveraged local process reengineering and best practices success to become the driving field operational force on global team responsible for the redesign, development and implementation of global business process management, policy and procedures. Teamed with internal and external process consultants to improve and document field processes and policies.

Featured speaker at internal and external national quality symposiums for automation of Sales Outlook process as Sales Manager.

Developed and implemented integrated national Field P&L planning and reporting process.

Software experience with extended Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Project, Visio), SAP, PeopleSoft, Essbase / Hyperion, QuickBooks along with several custom ERP and reporting systems.

Brought big company training and process development skills to bear in consulting in the launch of small retail business, proving relevancy and scalability of skill set.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Atlas Coffees experiences

Small Business Consultant - Business Plan and Process development

Xerox Corporation experiences

Controller - Western Region

Field Innovation and Process Redesign Manager

Sales and Marketing Manager

Field Process and Technology Redesign Manager

Profit Planning and Analysis Manager

National / Regional Financial Analyst

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

MBA: University of Chicago - Finance and International Finance

BA: Ripon College - Mathematics and Economics

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Team Member

Xerox Management Certification

Xerox Professional Selling Skills

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