A Manager Resource Planning

STEPHEN MCCOURT

Wilmington, DE *****

302-***-**** *********@*******.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfmccourt

FINANCE LEADER

Versatile Financial Professional with experience in multiple industries. Strong general ledger skills with expertise and the ability to adapt quickly to any ERP environment. Expert at guiding managers in cash movements, creating budgets, forecasts and rolling forecasts. Solid ability to communicate financial results and analysis to non-financial managers with demonstrated success in:

Using innovative technology to build financial infrastructure, facilitate projections and reporting.

Evaluating internal procedures for efficiency and effectiveness. Provide clear recommendations for improvements and problem resolution.

Successful mentoring operational managers in using the financial process as a planning and control tool.

Improving internal customer relations by communicating expectations and eliciting feedback from all levels of management.

CAREER SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

Sarbanes Oxley Compliance

Audit and Control Operations

Q&A Review

Annual Budgeting

Financial reporting

Capital Expenditure

Month end close.

Process Improvements

Supervisory experience

ERP implementation

Consulting

Financial Analysis

Operational Reporting

Project Management

INDUSTRY EXPERIANCE

Non-Profit

Retail

Pharmaceutical

Publishing

Consulting

Technology

Banking

EXPERIENCE

Compliance and Control

Responsible for leading the SOX Compliance project. Interact cross functionally with Big 4 internal audit partner, IT Controls team, and Accounting. Reviewing and uploading process narratives into Audit Board, scheduling meetings and trainings, along with setting/meeting deadlines

Implemented fraud free process improvements in documentation and technology reducing processing errors by 98%. Systems allowed meaningful and reliable metrics to be quickly generated. The number of requests, wires, and rejections could be quickly calculated. Recognized for Inter-team project cooperation for the new process.

Audit preparations gathered and reviewed documentation for internal, external, and SOX audits.

Monthly Q&A documentation and testing.

Budgeting and Analysis

Reviewed Budget submissions from the markets for reasonableness. Provided a monthly high-level summary of opportunities and exposures.

Streamlined and automated reporting for 10 newspaper markets to senior management and ownership. Reduced or eliminated manual inputs to reports, increasing accuracy and efficiency.

Budget verses expenditure tracking interacted with related managers to update timetables for anticipated activities.

Developed annual $3.9 Billion Budget with all levels of management.

Developed financial business plans, systems, and procedures. Monitored and evaluated reasonableness of business plans. Monitored and evaluated risks and opportunities by identifying changes in the business. Ensured the availability of resources needed to meet projections. Analyzed company performance versus Budget and provided explanations of variances. Evaluated current internal controls and systems for efficiency and practicality.

Restructured chart of accounts reducing number of accounts by 90%.

Accounting

Month end closing activities, account reconciliations, accruals, and journal entries.

Designed new internal controls for capital expenditures and revenue tracking.

Transitioned consolidated reporting operations to Hyperion Access, resulting in 30%-time savings.

EMPLOYMENT

INCYTE, Wilmington, DE 2023 – 2024

Sr. Accounting Consultant

JP MORGAN., Newark, DE 2016 – 2022

Vice President-Payment Lifecycle Manager III

ADVANCE CENTRAL SERVICES, INC., Wilmington, DE 2008 – 2016

Financial Reporting Accountant, Specialist, 2010 – 2016

Financial Reporting Accountant, Consolidated, 2008 – 2010

RELEVANTE, INC., Horsham, PA 2005 – 2008

Project Manager / Consultant

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration

St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA.

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

University of Scranton, Scranton, PA

COMPUTER SKILLS

Excel, Access, Word, JPMorgan Access, SharePoint, Hyperion Enterprise & Essbase, SmartView, Khalix, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Great Plains, Macros, Audit Board, SAP

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