Project Accounting

Robert Spedding

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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

Effective executive experienced in financial, accounting and operations management of the professional services firm. Combines an in-depth knowledge of business operations and CFO level finance and accounting management that provides for business performance optimization by both growth of revenue, as well as greater operational efficiencies resulting in cost reduction. A data centric executive that understands that the firm’s underlying data drives both operational and financial reporting within an organization and that data quality and congruence of data between systems is critical to accurate, efficient and effective reporting to all levels of the enterprise. An executive that has hands on experience using data analytics and data blending tools and understands the power of such tools for transforming business operations and financial performance through generation of focused and relevant information provided to all levels of the organization. An executive that provides an objective independent view for decision support, and looks beyond the numbers at the strategic impact of key decisions.

Corporate Accounting and Financial Management Professional Services Performance Improvement Enterprise Level Decision Support Business Process Design and Improvement ERP/PSA Systems Expertise Budgeting and Profit Planning

Financial Analysis, Visualization, and Reporting Contract Management Direction of the Human Resources Function

Professional Experience

Director of Finance – Axis Group, LLC Berkeley Heights, NJ Dec 2007 – Present

Direction of the finance and accounting functions of business intelligence consultancy including monthly closes, project accounting, financial accounting, reporting, forecasting, budgeting, purchasing, cash management and planning.

Serve as a business partner to the officers of the company, providing objective and independent analysis and advice for strategic decision support.

Primary executive responsible for corporate banking, 401k Plan administration, and insurance concerns.

Management of contract management function, including contact review function for various agreements with employees, customer and external business partners.

Optimize business performance by managing to key performance indicators and tying labor utilization to sales forecasting and resource planning.

Produce and analyze monthly corporate financial statements, including balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows.

Analyze and report project financial metrics, including margin analysis, revenue mix, labor utilization and actual v. budget variance analysis.

Developed numerous financial and cost models for internal accounting purposes.

Direction of the human resources function, including policy development, HR administration, terminations, time and expense reporting, PTO administration and payroll processing along with salary administration.

Responsible for immigration administration, including H-1B Visa and Green Card applications, and all interaction with outside immigration attorney.

Direction of business operations, including the internal IT functions as well as telecommunications, systems planning, process design, and facilities management. Served as Security Officer for data, facilities and physical security concerns.

Designed, developed and executed monthly sales commissions system to provide accurate commission calculations using numerous commission plans for a sales team that numbers upwards of twenty.

Accomplishments include:

Successfully directed business operations of multiple, concurrent projects, providing insightful analysis of key performance indicators.

Reduced collection period and increased cash basis revenue through timely and accurate project billing.

Led successful implementation of two professional services automation (PSA) systems.

Re-engineered financial function, redesigned core processes, instituted complexity reduction measures and created an efficient finance organization that provides meaningful financial information reported in a timely manner. Profitable growth of over 600% over eight years managed by same accounting staff level.

Manager, Project Accounting – Federal Business Centers Edison, NJ Aug 2004 – Dec 2007

Responsible for management of project accounting and reporting functions of real estate development/management business consisting of multiple, concurrent projects at multiple locations. Administered MRI Job Cost accounting module. Prepared and analyzed budgets at the project, department and corporate levels. Produced monthly project status reports. Managed time and expense reporting process. Prepared and executed contracts and purchase orders for project related expenditures.

Accomplishments include:

Led successful implementation of MRI Job Cost accounting system.

Developed and implemented business processes for budget development, project tracking, financial management and purchasing functions related to a large portfolio of projects.

Produced reporting package consisting of ROI, earned value, and financial ratios and risk analysis.

Principal – Project Business Office Randolph, NJ May 2002 – Dec 2004

Primary consultant to various organizations related to project financial management and project accounting systems. Performed business case analysis, corporate level review and analysis of project business processes, recommended business process change to improve business performance of the organization. Established project business infrastructure, including time and expense reporting, project accounting, project financial management and enterprise planning functions.

Accomplishments include:

Development of accounting and financial infrastructure for startup telecommunications company.

Rollout of Elite Accounting module to multiple offices of global law firm.

Manager, Project Accounting and Fixed Assets – KMC Telecom Bedminster, NJ Sep 2001 – May 2002

Responsible for establishing systems, controls and measurements to monitor and control capital projects related to company's fiber telecommunications network program. Monitored, controlled, reconciled and analyzed capital asset and property accounts valued at over $1.2 billion. Reported monthly capital expenditures, including actual and committed costs and accruals at the company, business unit and project levels. Maintained and optimized the Peoplesoft Projects and Fixed Asset modules.

Accomplishments include:

Successful management of property revaluation project that resulted in an annual savings to the company of over $3 million in property tax.

Re-engineering and complete documentation of project accounting processes.

Education, Professional Development & Affiliations

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance and Accounting – Montclair State University

Bachelor of Science, Geoscience – Montclair State College

Technology

Working knowledge of business systems including MS Office Suite (expert MS Excel), expert Quickbooks user, Deltek Costpoint, NetSuite, Open Air, QuickArrow, SAP Project Systems, Great Plains, Peoplesoft Projects and Fixed Asset Modules, MS Project, ACT, eRoom, Ariba, Kayako, Unanet. Developed basic applications in Qlikview.

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