CURT JEWETT

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Long Valley, NJ *7853

908-***-****

acgl2h@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/curtjewett/

PROFILE

Increase business performance through innovative use of operating software

systems and financial management tools to mitigate problems and develop

solutions. Create performance management tools that enable users to make

more targeted decisions and take more timely actions to address issues.

Collaborate with all management levels to develop and implement solutions,

analyze business situations, establish systems and controls and re-engineer

processes. Build and lead effective teams across functions and borders and

interact with customers, internal clients and senior management.

COMPETENCIES

Business Analytics Performance Management Cognos

FPM

Financial Planning & Analysis Staff Development Oracle

ERP

Process Re-engineering Data Warehousing Use Case Design

Risk Management Inventory Control Cost Accounting

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Cognizant Technology, Teaneck, NJ 06/2013

- 12/2013

Solution Architect

. Designed and implemented Cognos TM1 solutions for Workforce Planning

for global financial institution which automated and standardized

global planning processes.

. Facilitated actuals reporting as well as planning and forecasting of

workforce including employees, temporary staff and vendor sourced

contractors.

. Significantly reduced time required to prepare monthly forecast and

increased accuracy.

. Data repository enabled more robust reporting as well as the ability

to perform what-if-analysis.

Professional Service Group of Central New Jersey(PSGCNJ)

01/2013 - Present

Volunteer on Training and Membership Committees

. Training Committee: Develop course curriculums and provide training to

members on 30-second elevator pitches, resume writing, networking,

interviewing and other job seeking methods.

. Membership Committee: Maintain membership databases, generate

membership reports and administer Yahoo Group and LinkedIn websites.

Mainline Information Systems, Tallahassee, FL

03/2012 - 01/2013

Systems Architect, Business Analytics

. Provided technical support to software sales teams for leading

application solution provider.

. Developed client solutions by designing and presenting business

analytics solutions to customers that integrated multiple business

analytics products.

. Engaged in the sales cycle with recommended technology directions, new

application deployments, platform selection and business analytics

enablement.

IBM-Cognos, Armonk, NY 07/2004 -

07/2011

Solution Architect/Developer

Provided consulting services for design, implementation and documentation

of business intelligence and enterprise planning software solutions using

best practice business requirements. Enabled clients to manage business

performance by using a wide array of key performance indicators and

business analytics.

. Planning and reporting applications developed for sales, marketing,

administrative operations, payroll and supply chain functions.

Clients included consumer products, manufacturing, public utility,

hospitality, academic and government entities.

. Designed and implemented planning model for university to integrate

and coordinate forecasts for student housing, meal plans, faculty

headcount and university operations. Reduced operating expenses over

7% in first year.

. Increased account profit margins over 15% for division of global media

firm through more accurate allocation of costs to specific client

accounts.

. Improved accuracy and timeliness of client's rolling forecasts by

creating web based forecasting solutions that enabled forecast

revisions to be input directly by field locations in real-time.

. Saved client over $20,000 annually in external training costs by

creating customized user guide and 'train the trainer' program

enabling use of internal resources for user training.

Independent Consultant

02/2003 - 07/2004

Provided consulting services for the design and implementation of Oracle

financial systems and personnel training. Clients included companies in

the government health care, financial services and consumer products

industries.

Oracle Corporation, Iselin, NJ 07/1998 -

02/2003

Management Consultant (SME)

Provided consulting services for the design and implementation of financial

and supply chain software products including general ledger, payables,

receivables, assets, cash management, purchasing, self-service purchasing,

order management, project accounting, asset management, warehouse

management and inventory. Service to clients included system analysis and

configuration, process re-engineering, gap analysis, system and data

conversion and client training.

. Automated ETL processes to load legacy data into current applications

which cut conversion time by 50%.

. Integrated Vertex tax software with accounts receivable application

for mattress manufacturer/distributor to handle retail sales.

Eliminated manual effort to calculate sales tax.

. Implemented Oracle Receivables for US Air Force to standardize billing

for services provided to personnel living in government housing.

Replaced manual legacy systems and reduced invoicing time by 75%.

Resorts USA, Bushkill, PA

06/1991- 07/1998

Corporate Controller

Responsible for accounting, financial reporting in accordance with U.S. and

U.K. GAAP, financial analysis, construction accounting, risk management,

payroll and taxes covering eight divisions of $125 million developer and

marketer of vacation properties. Managed 28 employees.

Accomplishments

. Turned around failing company through re-engineering of marketing,

sales compensation plans, product make-up, accounting policies and

customer credit criteria.

. Standardized U.S. GAAP accounting classifications for domestic

operations and created a computer program that re-classed general

ledger into U.K. GAAP reporting formats for the parent company.

Reduced year-end closing cycle from 6 weeks to 17 days and cut

external audit fees from $180,000 to $84,000.

Great Bear Spring Company, Teterboro, NJ

03/1987- 01/1990

Controller

Responsible for managing financial operations of $50 million bottled water

manufacturer and distributor. Managed department of 48 employees.

. Developed, and implemented standardized financial planning and

reporting processes resulting in greater ownership and understanding

of budgets and results reporting by management at all levels.

Increased annual sales by 15% and profits by 25%.

. Developed and implemented swap program for customer premise equipment

repairs. Reduced repair costs by 17% and customer complaints by 40%.

AT&T Information Systems

03/1982-03/1987

Business Unit Controller

Responsible for providing financial/business direction and support for $1.8

billion division that manufactured and distributed consumer

telecommunications equipment.

. Helped turn around a consumer product division that was losing $350

million on $600 million in revenues and, in 4 years, saw $50 million

profit on $525 million sales.

. Provided financial analysis and direction in transfer of manufacturing

operations from domestic to offshore locations resulting in 50%

decrease in cost of goods.

. Developed procedures to revamp warehousing configuration, close excess

units and reduce inventory levels by 30% in 8 months with no increase

in back orders.

EDUCATION

MBA Finance Georgia State University

BS Business Administration University of North Carolina

CERTIFICATIONS: IBM Certified Solution Designer - Cognos 10 Planning

IBM Certified Developer - Cognos

TM1

IBM Cognos Financial Performance

Professional

IBM Certified Specialist - Cognos TM1

Data Analysis

LANGUAGES: Conversational Spanish

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