Controller

Joseph M O'Neill

**** ******** **** ****: 713-***-****

Deer Park, Texas 77536 **********@*****.***

Summary

Senior Manager with extensive experience in back office accounting. Skilled in managing and developing staffs.

Managed the following areas; AR/AP shared services, variance analysis, financial reporting, audit procedures and

compliance. Experienced in implementing technology to increase efficiency and save expense.

Highlights

Cash-flow report generation Cost Benefit Analysis (CBAs)

Auditing methodology

Analytical reasoning

Accounting systems

Budget analysis assessment

Change management

Account reconciliations

Reports generation and analysis

Experience

Controller

11/2014 - 04/2015

Genan Inc.

Controller 06/2014 - 09/2014

Contract

Assistant Controller

Landmark Aviation 09/2008 - 04/2014

• Department responsible for the Accounts Payable and Fuel Purchase functions supporting 40+

locations Network of fixed based general aviation locations 50mm a month spend management .

Performed capital expenditure analysis for the

senior management team and board of directors.

• Assisted the Regional Accounting departments to ensure appropriate internal controls and

practices.

• Provided any ad hoc reporting for the Controller and the CFO.

• Primary contact for shared services solutions.

• Managed the corporate travel and expense administration via Concur and corporate credit cards.

• Reviewed and approved all outgoing wires and draft reconciliations for the company.

• Provided and planned the corporations cash forecast daily.

Senior Finance Manager III 03/2006 - 04/2008

DHL Express

Reduced staffing requirements from 254 to 129 in an 18 month time span.

This resulted in a 2 million annualized savings of personnel expenses.

Created and implemented controls that have yielded 2 consecutive years of no findings audits by internal, external

and Sarbanes-Oxley auditors. Migrated the department from a back office banking facility to a corporate lockbox

structure.

Created and implemented a payment auto application algorithm which yielded a 72% hit rate. Reduced cash

applications cycles times by 50%. Implemented procedures to reduce UAC (Unapplied Cash) from 55M to 30M.

Department processed 700,000 payments per month to relieve 70-80 million airway bill invoices. Reduced

corporations daily float by 1.5 days on 10-12 million dollars. Reduced credit card cost of acceptance by 87% by

negotiating a new contract with a competing vendor with a total savings of 600-800K. Received the Customer

Finance Support Center award for excellence from the Vice President of Finance.

Assistant Controller 03/2005 - 02/2006

Seimens A. G. Industrial Turbo Machinery

Facilitated all financial reporting for six divisions to the parent company in Germany.

Directed the daily operations for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, General Ledger and

percentage of completion accounting.

Prepared and implemented Sarbanes-Oxley compliance plan for the Finance

Department.

Primary contact for Corporate Treasury, internal and external audit.

Reviewed and approved all journal entries and account reconciliations.

Provided all reporting to the Controller and the CFO.

Independent Contractor 07/2003 - 03/2005

Recommended and implemented Sarbanes - Oxley for two Corporations.

Subject matter expert for a PeopleSoft implementation transition.

Finance Manager II 01/2000 - 06/2003

Hewlett Packard

Managed a staff of 45 direct reports and 2 supervisors.

Accountable for monthly receipts exceeding 2 billion dollars.

Member of the integration team for the Hewlett Packard/Compaq merger.

Subject matter expert for all SAP 4.6 implementations.

Consolidated eleven legacies systems and bank accounts from all acquisitions.

Implemented a web-based desktop view of daily lockbox information improving response time to the customer.

Analyzed reserve requirements and made recommendations to the Senior Director.

Developed, published and maintained all policies and procedures for credit and collections on the corporate

website.

Improved customer payment cycle time by negotiating with customer to accept electronic invoicing and to submit

electronic payment.

Managed all letters of credit; tracked all customer credit files and maintained review dates to reduce risk to the

Corporation.

Supervisor of Finance 02/1996 - 01/2000

Williams Energy/Williams Communications Solutions

Managed a department of 12 direct reports and 1 supervisor.

Orchestrated the daily operations of the cash department.

Performed weekly cash forecasting and submission of the monthly treasury report to the Controller.

Subject matter expert for PeopleSoft conversion project for the finance department.

Successfully implemented the following PeopleSoft modules; A/R, A/P, Fixed Assets and G/L.

Director of Operations 10/1991 - 11/1995

En Garde Protective Services

Managed a small company of 155 employees.

Retail Loan Specialist/Collateral Auditor

First City Texas

Education

Texas State University - Finance

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