Lisa Koppelman Statham

Austin, TX *****

Cell: 512-***-****

acz38p@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-k-statham

TECH-CENTRIC FINANCIAL MANAGER

Drive Increased Revenue with Accurate Costing

Hardworking, dependable financial manager recognized for expertise in manufacturing, development and marketing areas in high technology industry. Skilled in balancing business needs and accounting controls.

Exceptional at understanding complex pricing issues, including estimating future product costs and competitive bench-marking. Team player known for strong analytical and organizational skills with focus on efficiency and problem resolution.

Additional strengths:

Bid Pricing Analysis Financial Management & Analysis Budgeting & Planning

Microsoft Office, Project, Visio Oracle Project Accounting SAP Hyperion Essbase

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNISYS CORPORATION, Austin, Texas 2007 – 2016

Senior Project Controller

State of Texas Data Center Consolidation

Provided all aspects of financial support for Unisys second largest contract 7 year $135M revenue.

Established Access-based invoice program, creating summary-level and detailed invoice by state agency, ensuring accurate cost allocation and adherence to state regulations.

Earned praise by region finance manager for having no aged receivables, achieved by ensuring invoice accuracy through detailed reconciliation process.

Gathered and validated costs for pricing, wrote Request for Offer (RFO) requirements responses for Unisys bid, presented Unisys Financial Solution in State’s Clarification and Integrations sessions, securing win of State of Texas RFO.

Recognized as Vendor Specific Objective Evidence Analysis SME in support of Revenue Recognition requirements, due to experience and analytical expertise.

Received division recognition award for pricing contribution to successful Health and Human Services Commission – Enterprise Mainframe Refresh Change Order.

AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT CORP., Austin, Texas 2003 – 2007

Finance Manager

Managed 2-person staff, oversaw college ring pricing, made royalty and commission payments, and performed budgeting and forecasting.

Created user-friendly Excel-based pricing model allowing quick analysis of variables affecting ring costs, yet robust enough for setting nation-wide retail sales prices, reducing ring pricing process from 20-person team and 4+ month cycle to 4-person team and 1 month cycle.

Promoted to management position with 1st “cell” organization created from Kaizen process improvement methodology within 5 months of employment due to enthusiasm to accept challenges and analytical strength.

Re-purposed excel-based pricing model enabling product marketing manager to set ring annual revenue and cost budget in 2 days vs. 2-3-week cycle.

Created P&L report template, standardizing reporting in evaluating school profitability.

JEFFERSON WELLS INTERNATIONAL, Austin, Texas 2002- 2003

Professional

Provided consulting services in accounting and finance to local companies.

Created detailed accounts payable process training documentation for Dell Computers enabling training of off-shore staff, eliminating travel cost and time away.

HEWLETT-PACKARD (formerly Compaq and Tandem), Austin, Texas

Program Manager 1993 - 2001

Led cross-functional team of ~20 people charged with designing, testing and releasing software products.

Ensured projects followed Software Engineering Institute Level 2 development processes and met phase exit criteria for compliance with corporate guidelines by completing and documenting all reporting requirements.

Released all 4 software products, 1 major release and 3 upgrades on time as committed through timeline management and timely documentation completion.

Senior Financial Analyst

Performed all aspects of financial support for development group with product line responsibilities.

Drove $700K profit by accurately costing product configuration of $80M Ericsson and $60M Nextel / Motorola iDEN deal.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, Austin, Texas

Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst, ROLM Telephone Products Division

EDUCATION

Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA), Finance Major, University of Texas, Austin, TX

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