Manager Management

CHERYL A. DeBOW

**B Victor Street * Danbury, Connecticut 06810 * M 732-***-**** * *************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Accounting and Continuous Improvement professional combining cross-functional competencies in all phases of accounting,

information systems, staff mentoring, supervision and management. Proficient in managing and developing queries and

financial reports and controls, using staffing and technology solutions. Expertise in conducting financial statement audits,

managing accounts to budget/ forecast, identifying account issues, and creating appropriate solutions,

CORE COMPETENCIES

Automated Accounting Informatios Systems, Corporate Compliance, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting,

Cost Control, Corporate Accounting, Reconciliation, Process Improvement, Process Documentation,

Employee Engagement, Business Development, Strategic Planning,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

New York University (Global University) 2013

Senior Business Analyst - Consultant

Working with senior management and subject matter experts, translated business requirements into project charters, functional

requirement documents, and process maps, and launched standard format documentation architecture to treasury group.

Masco (Diversified manufacturer of brand-name consumer products MAS) Lakewood, NJ 2007 - 2012

Continuous Improvement Manager 2011 - 2012

Established, documented and trained to standards for safety, quality, delivery and cost; and reported out progress against

planned goals.

• Control and document Initiative Trackers/ Charters to produce and publish milestone completion metrics

increasing efficiencies/productivity by 10% and decreasing defects, on average, by greater than 10%

• Controller newly launched Process Control Tools measuring performance of safety, quality, delivery and cost.

• Facilitate all cross functional engagement activities and over 30 kaizen events annually cycling thru all

employee areas to increase overall efficiencies from 800 Ft2 a day to (a minimum of) 2,000 Ft2 a day throughput

• Successfully delivered qualitative performance metrics specific to the development and management of new

KPIs

• Publish monthly savings tracking for plant with pertinent information to consolidate, analyze and forecast

project completion and savings attainment consistently surpassing the KPI targets by at least $2,500 every month.

• Create, publish, and monitor daily quality audits to involve both line and management professionals increasing

NCPPM scores by nearly 20% over the last three quarters.

• Participated in the organization, and facilitation of employee training from our sister plants executing

knowledge transfer in support of a national product campaign launch resulting in over a $1,000,000 in cost savings.

Masco Customer Care Manager 2009 - 2011

Managed a bi-coastal customer care consolidation and responsible for delivering consistently superior customer care

service to local and national market segments while transitioning to a call center and training new employees.

• Provided monthly product knowledge training to associates, monitored then decreased turn-around time for

issue resolution call time and expense by 5% overall and managed departmental expenses to consistently be under

budget.

• Determined and documented work procedures, forecasted call volumes, projected staffing levels and

expedited workflow increasing overall efficiencies by 15% by the third month of transition.

• Created, analyzed, and monitored management objectives against defined metrics and goals.

• Implemented customer care policies, procedures and strategies by working cross functionally to ensure

alignment with new product and promotion strategies

• Managed a half million dollar customer care budget, and identified cost avoidance measures of $18,000 by

year-end

• Developed and conducted customer care training sessions based on needs analysis decreasing input errors by

25% and reducing call time by 5% by working with IT to establish more rigourous controls.

Masco Senior Accountant 2007 - 2009

Responsible for the timely and accurate oversight of all general ledger accounts, cost management against budget goals,

and the preparation of management and financial accounting summaries for the Lakewood plant.

• Preparation and maintenance of the Daily Sales Profitability Report for distribution to upper management resulting in

sales performance increase of 2.5% in first two months of launch and 6% by second quarter.

• Created and managed annual budget for the facility which previously did not use a budget system .

• Performed the role of data entry auditor and master auditor during quarterly physical inventories setting up standards

for a minimum of 95% accuracy.

• Worked with local officials to obtain UEZ status to aid in lowered cost to plant from 7% to 3.5% tax.

CHERYL A. DeBOW

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Honeywell (Diversified Technology and Manufacturing Company HON, Freehold NJ 2006 – 2007

Senior Financial Analyst/Controller

Responsible for all financial transactions for the Freehold plant and the functional transformation of five accountants to one

controller and temporary help.

• Prepared monthly close reporting package, including P&L, forecast, estimates and balance sheet variance

analysis for the Consumer Products division consistently driving favorable actual vs. budget performance 92% of the

year .

• Responsible for capital project tracking, fixed asset capitalization and verification of six sigma savings challenging the

engineers to deliver $5,000 a month in savings

• Performed monthly analysis of material usage, purchase price variance, division scheduling and absorption and

maintained standard cost system and bill of material to maintain forecast accuracy of 90%

• Prepared desktop procedures for all mission critical roles and responsibilities to aid in SAP blueprint transition.

K Hovnanian Companies, LLC (General Contractor Construction Industry HOV) Red Bank, NJ 2005 - 2006

Financial Systems Analyst

Responsible for managing the overall support operation of Oracle financial systems in the role of Super DBA as part of a

team of database managers that provided both on-site training and phone support to an expanded geographic area and

newly hired employees

• Prepared sales reports for upper management for the monthly status calls.

• Reconciled the balance sheet, general ledger, and contract backlog keeping outstanding items under 2% each month.

• Assisted with analysis of user requirements, procedures, and issues to improve functionality and system performance

consistently improving new launch acceptance rates and keeping projects on-time and on-budget .

• Provided data analysis and reviewed year-end plan variances including the preparation of supporting documents for

internal and external auditors.

McGraw-Hill Companies (Global Information Service Provider MHP) Hightstown, NJ and New York 1998 - 2004

Business Manager/Controller

Responsible for assimilating a newly acquired business unit as part of the acquisition team including implementing and

maintaining a system of internal controls to monitor and control all financial and human resource aspects of operation.

• Provide timely and accurate financial reporting in compliance with GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, company policy and

procedures.

• Support internal audits through analysis of direct and overhead costs, and prepare and present solutions to

management and internal customers targetting improvements which resulted in an annual savings of $50,000.

• Manage and analyze budget baselines, budget distribution and assess contract performance such as sales, margins,

and profitability, based on actual and estimated cost to complete on contractual obligations, requiring cross-enterprise

and/or cross business unit coordination.

McGraw-Hill Companies Prepub Cost Analyst 1999 – 2004

Responsible for preparing the annual budget for the product development group and the monthly review and analysis of

the budgeted $55 million a year in operating expenses, as well as, all incentive compensation packages.

• Managed the accruals of up to 260 project workers and served as primary product development finance contact.

• Coordinated with the Prepub IT contact to link and maintain a FAQ guide to the Project Tracking website increasing

coding accuracy by 12% and decreasing admin support time by two hours a day in the first month of launch.

• Managed and led training classes to instruct Senior Management on the Project Tracking and Prepub system

functionality and demonstrated the correct procedures to input and maintain accurate forecasts at a level of 90%.

McGraw-Hill Companies Staff Accountant 1998 - 1999

Responsible for the consolidation of federal, state and local tax packages across all business units. The analysis,

reconciliation and reporting of bad debt reserve

• Performed staff accounting functions, as part of a 5-person team.

• Managed bad debt file and reduced corporate audit follow-up time from a week to a day by executing weekly audits

• Generated consolidated cash flow reports and helped to facilitate an audit of the Buffalo, NY Office A/P system.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Hyperion • JD Edwards (AS400) • Lawson

• SAP FI/CO MO and PP • Opsnet • Adobe

• Microsoft Office Suite • Adobe • Oracle

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:

M.B.A., Management, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, 2004

Elected to Delta Mu Delta the National Honor Society in Business Administration, 2004

B.S., Accounting, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, New Jersey, 1998

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