Financial Quality Assurance
Resume:
DONALD J. KAUSAK
Lake Villa, Illinois *****
*******@*****.***
www.linkedin.com/in/donaldkausak
CAREER SUMMARY
Accomplished CPA Financial Professional with experience in pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and distribution industries. Excels at identifying problems and implementing solutions that have led to additional revenue, improved processes, and substantially reduced costs.
Managed the testing portion for successful Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing SAP financial (FICO) modules upgrade from 4.5 to 4.7.
Found $1 million in travel related expenses that had not been charged to Canadian and US business units.
Directed the design requirements for New Cash Application Process resulting in cycle-time reduction from 5 days to 2 days in application of large customer payments
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Financial Analyst 2009 – Present
Consulting assignments include: Astellas Pharma, AkzoNobel, Walgreens, AbbVie, and Philips.
Analysis of balance sheet accounts resulted in charging $275K to a business unit that had not been previously charged.
Mapped company's Lawson 250 financial general ledger accounts to appropriate SAP accounts during system conversion.
Developed Medical Affairs new three year financial forecast template to improve long range projections.
Reduced intercompany payable liability adjusting entry by 80%.
Developed four financial analysis tools for management relating to over $27 million in acquisitions.
Gathered, compiled, and analyzed financials for 55 acquired companies, both domestic and international, relating to transfer of assets, contracts, and employees to corporate IT infrastructure.
Analyzed and validated the integrity of company financial information in the conversion of data from Lawson to Oracle.
BRIGHTSTAR US, INC. Libertyville, Illinois 2006 – 2008
Leading global service company in the wireless device industry
Senior Accountant
Reduced amount customer claimed was owed in credits by 75%, $300,000, through analysis of credits previously issued and customer inventory returns
Calculated individual monthly commission payments for sales management and staff with monthly aggregated value of $180,000.
Reduced credit card charge backs 83% by initiating credit card policy requiring proper documentation for credit card charges.
Supervised and trained three employees setting goals and conducting performance evaluations.
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Developed system to reconcile daily cash receipts posting and amount reported by the bank. All discrepancies were easily identified, resolved, and the accuracy of the financial statements maintained.
HOSPIRA 2005 – 2006
$2.6 billion hospital product manufacturer.
Project Manager Assistant Test Lead - SAP Implementation
Managed, planned, and prepared software quality assurance testing on multimillion dollar Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing SAP implementation, partnering with business and configuration teams to deliver on-time deployment.
As Independent Consultant communicated weekly testing status updates to implementation team management and provided valuable feedback to ensure issues were resolved quickly and project stayed on target.
Supervised four SAP Financial FICO testers during implementation.
ADVANCE TRANSFORMER, INC. Rosemont, Illinois 2000 – 2004
Major lighting ballast manufacturing division of Philips, a multi-billion dollar multi-business.
Senior Accountant
Prepared, analyzed, and distributed monthly financial packages including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for global manufacturer-sales in excess of $600 million.
Prepared and analyzed IT operating budgets with Vice President of Information Technology (2004 budget of $14.5 million).
Created SAP financial module training reference manual to be used by new employees.
Prepared ad hoc reports comparing actual results to budget and forecast explaining variances.
CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
Registered Certified Public Accountant (CPA), State of Illinois
Project Management Professional (PMP) training by Microtrain
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY
Co-chair of ADAMS (Automatic Defibrillators Allow More Survival) Night Benefits held annually for the past 13 years in memory of my son, Adam. These benefits have raised enough money to purchase over two dozen Automatic External Defibrillators that have been distributed locally. Two of the AED’s have saved two person's lives while the others are available if ever needed.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Accounting, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois
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