Finance Director with Big 4 Audit and Accounting backround

JACK E. POLDRUHI

***** ********* **., ***** ********, Ohio 44133 216-***-****

*************@*****.*** www.LinkedIn.com/in/JackEPoldruhi

FINANCE DIRECTOR

Financial Management Process Improvement Auditing

Financial professional with CPA (Inactive), leveraging over a 25 year career in accounting, finance, public accounting, internal audit and project management to drive company-wide initiatives designed to ensure accuracy, boost productivity, cut costs and facilitate growth. Long term tenure with Big 4 Accounting firm in addition to twelve years of professional services company and nine years of retail experience. Proficient in Microsoft Excel, JD Edwards Accounting, Hyperion Essbase. High moral and ethical standards and integrity.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Financial Reporting & Variance Analysis

Internal Audit / Internal Controls

P&L / Budget Oversight

Creative Problem Solver

Project Management

Staff Training & Development

Business Process Improvement

Forecasting & Modeling

Departmental Operations Management

US GAAP / Accounting Principles

Revenue Recognition

Client / Customer Service

Change Implementation

Leadership / Advisor

Systems Conversion

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

XEROX GLOBAL LEARNING Cleveland, OH 2002-2015

Note: Xerox acquired ACS in January, 2010. ACS acquired Intellinex in June, 2006

Fortune 500 Company with $21B in revenues

FINANCE DIRECTOR (2006 – 2015)

Led day-to-day operations of finance department and managed annual budget process, quarterly outlook, weekly flash forecasting and reporting, general ledger, account reconciliations and journal entries.

Collaborated with operations account managers on up to 20 client accounts with P&L budget of $9M while developing process improvement initiatives to improve overall accuracy and efficiency.

Participated in conversion from JD Edwards billing to Thompson Elite time and billing system.

Collaborated with systems consultants in design and implementation of web-based budget tool.

Established monthly review of flash and final P&L results with operations account team which led to increased financial accuracy of forecast and accounting close processes.

Streamlined monthly accounting close from five days to three via pre-closing processes.

Spearheaded the migration from Thompson Elite accounting package to JD Edwards (ERP).

Leadership role in the seamless transformation of ACS financials into a public company model.

Successfully managed $80M budget to $60k variance of original plan by identifying and addressing risks.

PROJECT MANAGER, ASSURANCE & ADVISORY BUSINESS SERVICES (AABS) (2002 – 2006)

Implemented monthly forecast reporting system for $9M AABS budget.

Devised Project Management template to develop budget and prepare estimates.

Served as member of EY Global Learning Standards and Intellinex Methodology Steering Committees.

Oversaw financial, CPE and other client relationship management information for $60M EY account.

Managed weekly and monthly financial meetings with EY account team and participated in quarterly meetings with EY Global Learning Leaders.

ERNST & YOUNG (EY) Cleveland, OH 1999-2002

International “Big 4” CPA Firm

SENIOR MANAGER, GLOBAL ASSURANCE & AABS INFRASTRUCTURE (2000 – 2002)

Championed Global Audit Methodology Lotus Notes Database, including design, population and testing.

Created and delivered knowledge and learning tools to support assurance group, while managing projects for IT integration initiative, including composition of course materials for 20,000 employees worldwide.

Supported Auditor’s Workstation (AWS) with retail industry templates and knowledge.

MANAGER, ASSURANCE SUPPORT CENTER (1999-2000)

Highly effective coach/facilitator in three Global Account Program engagement team sessions and 18 Focused Team Coaching (FTC) sessions in various industries for some of EY’s most significant accounts.

Participated in design sessions for FTC Coaches Workshop and then led portions of these workshops which were designed to instruct EY’s “best and brightest” partners and senior managers in its Global Audit Methodology and FTC approach to effective team based service delivery.

THE CALDOR CORPORATION North Ridgeville, OH 1997-1999

$2.4 Billion discount merchandise chain with 145 stores

MANAGER, INTERNAL AUDIT

Authored Expense Payable, Competitive Bid and Capital Purchases corporate policies and procedures.

Member of Shrinkage Reduction Task Force.

REVCO D.S., Inc. Twinsburg, OH 1990-1997

$6 Billion national retail drug store chain

MANAGER, THIRD PARTY ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (1991-1997)

Facilitated merger of 700 carriers in an 800+ store acquisition including successful integration of A/R.

Received Distinguished Service Award for merger integration work.

Successfully managed $160M in receivables comprised of 900 commercial accounts and $2B in sales.

Continually challenged systems and staffing to optimize efficiency and effectiveness while strengthening internal controls and increasing cash flow.

Reduced days sales outstanding metric (DSO) from 55 to 27 days amidst increasing sales.

SUPERVISOR, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AUDIT (1990-1991)

Authored Third Party Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual. Assistance to independent auditors.

ERNST & YOUNG (EY) Cleveland, OH 1985-1990

International “Big 4” CPA Firm

AUDIT MANAGER - clients included healthcare / hospitals, SEC manufacturers, not-for-profits, municipalities

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

John Carroll University - Bachelor of Science, Business Administration (Accounting); Cleveland, Ohio 1985

CPA (Inactive), State of Ohio (1987)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

AICPA Ohio Society of CPAs Financial Executives Network Group (FENG)

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