Finance Manager, Project Manager

Michael S Suharto, MBA, PMP

Round Rock, TX ***** 512-***-**** *******.*******@*****.***

Willing to relocate

SUMMARY

Results-oriented financial management professional with extensive experience in financial, project management and operational management roles. Well versed in finance with expertise in worldwide financial planning and analysis for services, sales, and software as well as management of country finance functions for one of the top ten Fortune 100 companies. Adept at developing strategic partnerships with functional leaders to effectively bridge the gap between operational decisions and financial targets.

Core strengths in:

Project Management

Strategic Financial Plan Development / Coordination

Financial Forecasting / Measurement Management

Financial Management / Business Operations

Pricing

Financial Analysis / Modeling

Financial Consolidation / Reporting

Process Management / Control

International

Startups

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Caprine Artisan Soaps LLC - Austin, TX 2013-Present

Finance Director

Designs, implements and manages the finance, planning, control, administration, contract management and billing function for this startup company.

Establishes overall country pricing / guidelines based on customer expectations, product positioning and financial returns.

Authored product and business partners’ / dealers’ discount structures that ensured channel harmony.

Develops strategy for international market penetration.

IBM – Austin TX, Somers NY, Singapore, Indonesia 2003-2013

Finance Manager

Provided financial and planning support to the GM & CFO of IBM Software. Led the strategic planning process and development of the four-year business forecasting model for a $3B revenue division. Oversaw target / budget setting, process design, and continuous improvement. Redesigned the plan process to provide timely, accurate and quality data for a better decision making process. Provided direction and guidance to seven financial analysts on budget related matters.

Developed financial forecasting model to help plan and perform quick scenario analyses which enabled management to evaluate all possible issues/risk and responded with multiple solutions.

Incorporated revenue forecast by segment input from all regions which included participation and review by the worldwide sales organization. This improved ownership, consistency, support, and achievability of the plan. Improved forecast accuracy by 25%.

Developed an early start internal “bottoms-up” plan process which enabled management to better anticipate and calibrate the achievability and issues of the incoming corporate target.

Managed financial and planning support for CFO and VP of IBM Information Technology (IT) in IBM Sales. Responsible for strategic planning process, financial measurement, and reporting analysis including long-range planning, target / budget setting, process design, and continuous improvement. Provided direction and guidance to seven financial analysts on measurement / plan and daily operations related matters.

Redesigned the forecasting and quarter close processes, eliminating redundant data requirement and overlapping processes, which provided management with timely, accurate and quality data for a better and a more focused decision making process. Improved forecast accuracy by 40%.

Managed finance support to IBM CHQ VP & Controller, IBM CFO and IGS VP of Finance and Planning for a $40B division for IBM Global Services. Coordinated the consolidation of IGS worldwide monthly financial forecast package, quarterly corporate earnings release, and monthly controls package / reporting. Actively participated in monthly forecast process, system’s forecast load, and geographies’ review process. Served as worldwide finance focal point for IGS top 60 customers / accounts plan and consolidation. Managed worldwide competitive analysis on IGS top five competitors. Coordinated the worldwide investment prioritization process for the IBM Review Board.

Streamlined and consolidated the reporting and analysis processes which significantly improved accuracy and reduced preparation turnaround time by 25%.

Provided project management expertise in creating and managing the new services finance organization from the bottoms up for IBM Global Services in Indonesia.

Prior roles include regional pricing management position for IBM Southeast Asia HQ in Singapore and pricing/business operations management positions for IBM Indonesia.

EDUCATION

MBA – San Francisco State University – San Francisco, CA

BS, Finance – California State University – Long Beach, CA

COMPUTER SKILLS

Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Hyperion Essbase, Lotus Notes, Cognos TM1

CERTIFICATION

Project Management Professional (PMP)® from Project Management Institute (PMI).

License #2157184

IBM Project Management

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