Financial Planning/Business Analytics
Resume:
CURT JEWETT
Long Valley, NJ *7853
*******@*******.***
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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