Bernard Skaggs, MBA
Ph 321-***-**** *************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior Finance Executive with experience in the aerospace, biotech, mining, construction and plastics industries. Skills include financial leadership, monthly close, strategic planning, FP&A, controllership, budgeting, financial modeling, cost analysis, KPI development, financial reporting and SEC compliance and reporting. ERP systems experience includes JD Edwards, Timberline, and ECi M-1. Financial reporting and analysis software includes Anaplan and Adaptive. Accounting and cloud software including QuickBooks, Peachtree, Microsoft 365, Excel and PowerPoint.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Operations Controller 12/17 – 9/19
Embraer Aero Seating Technologies, a subsidiary of Embraer, Titusville, FL https://embraer.com/global/en
$5.8 Bn Public Global Aerospace Company (consolidated)
●Improved margins by 20% through product price increases and cost reductions efforts.
●Created a strategic financial model to determine effect of closing a manufacturing plant.
●Reported monthly financial and operating performance data to management and parent company.
●Worked with cost center managers and the CEO to create annual budgets.
●Analyzed, monitored and reported budget vs actual performances and KPIs.
●Performed P&L variance analysis and provided results reporting to parent company in Brazil.
Accounting Manager 4/15 – 12/17
Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Tucson, AZ www.canprevent.com
$10 MM Private Pre-IPO Biotech Company
●Wrote the financial and MD&A sections of the S-1 as part of a team preparing the company for an IPO.
●Tracked actual to forecasted production and inventory requirements for multiple clinical trials.
●Created revenue models for determining the company’s value based on potential product performance.
●Prepared all financial statements and footnotes for each reporting period according to GAAP.
●Prepared company to go public by completing 2 PCAOB audits and 6 quarterly reviews in 10 months.
●Improved the annual closing period from 6 months late to a regular on-time monthly close.
Senior Program Controller 10/12 – 4/15
B/E Aerospace Corporation, Tucson, AZ www.beaerospace.com
$3.2 Bn Public Aerospace Company (sold)
●Improved financial performance of several very large multi-year programs with $100MM+ budgets resulting in profit margin increases from 35% to 42% through cost reduction efforts and productivity improvements.
●Worked with engineering departments to establish initial program budgets and BOM costs.
●Analyzed all costs and reported on variances from budget and forecast.
●Calculated percentage-of-completion journal entries each fiscal period for the programs for revenue recognition.
Finance Director 1/10 – 10/12
Nord Resources Corporation, Tucson, AZ www.nordresources.com
$25 MM Public Copper Mining Company (Bankrupt)
●Prepared financial models, cost, budget and ad hoc reports as requested by management.
●Prepared MD&A, financials and footnotes for 10-K, 10-Q and other SEC reporting requirements.
●Conducted annual internal control audits for SOX compliance.
●Managed CPA, bank, insurance company and I.T. provider relationships.
●Prepared all supporting documentation for PCAOB audits.
Controller 5/08 – 1/10
Romanoski Glass & Mirror, Tucson, AZ www.romanoskiglass.com
$18 MM Private Commercial Construction Company (Bankrupt)
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Mortgage Banker 12/02 – 5/08
Senior Loan Officer, Tucson, AZ
●Business development, contact management and financial product sales.
Area Director Supply Chain Management 2/96 – 12/02
Tupperware Asia Pacific Manufacturing, Okazaki, Japan www.tupperwarebrands.com
$2.6 Bn Public Plastics Manufacturing Company TUP
●Achieved $600,000 in savings in my first year with additional savings in all subsequent years through improvements in controls and efficiency.
●Improved product release schedules by proactively working directly with the Marketing Departments and Production Controllers of 13 Marketing Departments and 7 manufacturing plants in Asia Pacific.
●Regularly made import vs. production decisions for the area’s Production Controllers.
Consultant 1/93 – 2/96
Accountemps, A Robert Half Company, Seattle, WA accountemps.com
●Consulted on a temporary project basis with various companies on their accounting systems and ad hoc projects.
Assistant Plant Controller 10/90 – 12/93
Japan Tupperware Manufacturing, Okazaki, Japan www.tupperwarebrands.com
$2.6 Bn Public Plastics Manufacturing Company TUP
●Reported operating results to Regional Controller and top management in United States.
●Analyzed and reported monthly operating efficiency, cost and performance variances.
●Created operations performance reports and wrote annual operating plans with Plant Manager.
●Prepared various ad hoc reports as requested by Plant Manager and Regional Controller.
International Department Auditor 2/88 – 10/90
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International, Nagoya, Japan www.deloitte.com
Big 4 International Public Accounting Firm – Japanese Division
●Performed audits on international Japanese clients.
EDUCATION
●MS, University of Phoenix, Master of Accountancy
●MBA, Thunderbird School of Global Management
●BSBA, University of Arizona, Finance Major
MILITARY
U.S. Army / U.S. Army Reserve / Army National Guard 8/84-5/88
●First Lieutenant, Military Intelligence – Top Secret Clearance