Accounting, Finance or IT Director, Program Manager, Project Manager
Resume:
Email: *********@*****.***
Bert J Schoose
Tel: 630-***-****
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bert-schoose/
Mesa, AZ 85208
I am a leader with a combined financial accounting and IT background. My excellence with processes, technology, analytics and people provides great value to my employer. My skills are used to solve complex problems and to deliver team and organizational results. I’m passionate to do the right thing, the right way based on my strong core values.
My strengths and why they will add value to your organization
Financial accounting expertise – Skilled in budgeting, cost-controls, SOX compliance, PII, PCI, vendor selection, audits, contract negotiations and determining the appropriate level of resources to deliver initiatives.
IT, business & consulting background – Knows what works and what doesn’t. Quickly assimilates to your culture and understands your processes. When needed, makes the necessary changes needed for improvement.
A “get it done” work ethic and attitude - Motivates the team to take on and consistently deliver both challenging and routine assignments successfully; meeting deadlines within the budget constraints. Identifies and resolves issues at the root cause and then implements solutions to prevent the issues from reoccurring.
Strategic agility to manage vision and purpose – Looks at the entirety of issues/challenges and considers future scenarios and then comes up with creative solutions that work.
Political savvy in dealing with paradox – Maneuvers through complex situations and conflicting demands by listening, being flexible and finding common ground and then prioritizing resources. Anticipates collateral impacts and then is decisive when necessary, even if the decision might not be popular. A steady influence and that is depended upon both day-to-day and during a crisis.
Cultivating relationships – Communicates a compelling and inspired vision or a sense of purpose by taking the broad view of the organization. A champion of change and a collaborative team player. Combines training and mentoring to maximize individual talents inspiring the team to produce exceptional results.
Excellent communication – Highly skilled with written and verbal communications. Provides executives with clear and concise updates and gives other staff personnel clearly written policies or unambiguous requests.
Core Competencies
Team Leadership ● Strategic Planning ● Financial Closings ● Decision-making ● Budgeting ● Auditing ● SAP Communication ● Negotiation ● Business Analysis ● Policy Compliance ● Program & Project Management ● Jira Portfolio Management ● Process Flow Improvements ● Training Preparation & Delivery ● Microsoft Office ● Clarity Mentoring ● Relationship Management ● SDLC ● Presentations ● SaaS ● SharePoint/ O365 ● Change Management
Experience and Achievements
Division Controller
Panasonic Factory Automation
10 years
Hired as an accounting supervisor, advanced to an accounting manager role then promoted to a division controller. My successes included:
Contributed to growth of annual sales from $38 million to $350 million by working with senior management, business units, corporate and global HQ to set and achieve strategic goals within spending and other resource limitations.
Selected and implemented SAP as an enterprise solution software at our division. Our success became the basis for the entire North American company (Matsushita Electric) adopting the SAP platform.
Slashed administrative costs by negotiating pricing and fees, while ensuring the continuation of services to achieve corporate annual targets for our division.
Provided periodic executive level updates on the financial performance, strategic direction, audit compliance, and other initiatives for the division to both our North American and Japan corporate leaders.
Wrote, implemented and insured compliance with policies / governance to safeguard the company’s assets.
Recruited and developed the team responsible for financial closings and day-to-day accounting functions including payables, receivables, G/L, fixed assets, credit & collections, internal audit and financial analysis.
Experience and Achievements continued
Senior IT Manager
Office Depot / OfficeMax
12 years
Managed the ‘People, Content, Security and Corporate systems’ team focused on application development and production support for a full portfolio of systems. My work successes the past 12 years included:
Managed application development team in support of systems that included SAP (FICO modules), SharePoint, Azure, O365, Peoplesoft, Kronos, Clarity and numerous other HR & corporate systems.
Delivered multiple system development projects with multi-million-dollar budgets and 100+ contributors along with numerous smaller initiatives consistently recognized as some of the best delivered within our organization.
Cut backlog of open production tickets by 81% by identifying and resolving the root cause(s) of the issues.
Responsible for system administration of SharePoint (O365 & on-prem), SAP, Azure & other corporate systems.
Provided innovative technical and functional solutions to meet the business requirements of our customers, including continued compliance with PCI, PII and HIPAA regulations
Built collaborative relationships with other IT teams to effectively deliver on our team’s commitments and to educate them on the impact of our system(s) on their processes and vice-versa
Reduced costs $4.8 million annually by eliminating or converting redundant systems to hosted or SaaS solutions.
Major contributor to the conversion of our project management methodologies to Agile (Kanban and Scrum) from ASAP and Cadence (waterfall) methods along with other improvements to our SDLC processes.
Played a key role in two major corporate mergers by providing solutions related to the financial integration between the merging organizations. (Boise Cascade & OfficeMax) then (OfficeMax & Office Depot)
Developed short-term and multi-year road map with business partners and other IT leaders.
Built an excellent team with low turnover by leading, mentoring, communication and career development efforts.
President and Senior Consultant
JMC Solutions, Inc
8 years
Independent SAP and managerial consultant for 9 years. Worked on 25 assignments for 16 different clients including Abbott Labs, Syncor, Phillips Electronics, Phillips Medical, Celestica, Walt Disney Imagineering, Giorgio Perfume, UOP, Lego Corporation, Alaska Telephone, and OfficeMax among others. My assignments included:
A variety of businesses covering pharmaceutical, manufacturing, entertainment, retail, distribution and others.
A variety of roles such as program manager, project manager, team lead, consultant, trainer, tester, and subject matter expert. I always focused on meeting my client’s deliverables on time and within their budget.
Worked with executive management on strategic planning for short and long-term planning & roadmaps.
A key contributor for 6 full-cycle SAP implementations and 8 technical upgrades.
Hands-on configuration of the FICO modules, data migration, security, cross-functional module integration with finance, tax solutions (Vertex and Taxware) and implementing / integrating various reporting tools.
Prepared project plans, managed execution of the plan and wrote status and steering committee reports.
Documented business requirements, functional specifications, test scripts and other technical artifacts.
Prepared and delivered end-user training along with detailed documentation of their new system.
Led change management initiatives, provided knowledge transfer along with post go-live support.
Helped to build the PMO by writing the procedures and initially staffing the team.
Recommended and implemented efficient business processes to work with their new system(s).
Screened and mentored junior consultants to assist in their career growth.
Certifications & Education
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – University of Illinois
Project Management Certifications - Lean Kanban, AGILE for Leaders, ASAP & Cadence (Waterfall)
Certified SAP Consultant - FICO & BI
Bachelor of Science, Accounting – Northern Illinois University
Professional Learning: (Building Managerial Excellence, Growing Leadership, Negotiation [Karrass] & others)
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