Experienced CPA, Manufacturing & Aerospace, Standard Cost, ERP

MICHEAL HAUSINGER, CPA

***** ****** ***** **, *******, TX 77377-4055

*************@*****.***

Cell Phone: 346-***-****

http://www.linkedin.com/in/mbhausinger

OBJECTIVE

A challenging full time contract or permanent opportunity in an environment where my accounting experience, software, cost, strategic, budgeting, reporting, and management skills will be fully utilized. I have worked in an assortment of environments including private, public, and government contracting which all have tested my abilities and I’m ready to utilize my experience to assist your business in improving processes and procedures, establishing and strengthening internal controls, participate in implementing changes in U.S. GAAP, help manage cash flows and bank covenant compliance, implement strong budgeting and forecasting procedures, lead external audits, and prepare and present financial reports and commentary to senior management.

HIGHLIGHTS

Accounting and Finance experience in a variety of manufacturing and service industries, including automated material handling equipment, pulp and paper, information technology, defense and aerospace, oil and gas, and hair care, serving in progressive roles from Staff Accountant to Global Controller. This experience has been a strong blend of public, privately held, and private equity ownership. I also have succeeded in the Department of Defense sector for three of the largest contractors in the Defense industry

Strong interpersonal skills with a team and success orientation which impacts the performance of staff and other company members.

Strong standard cost, process cost, and job cost experience.

SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics SL, EPICOR, QuickBooks Enterprise, Manufacturing and Wholesale 10.0, SAP R/3 4.5B, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, Infor SXe ERP, Hyperion Financial Management,, FRx, Business Warehouse, Microsoft Office 2007, 2010, and 2013 – expert with pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and exporting data from ERP systems into Excel for manipulation.

Direct responsibility for planning and executing internal and external audits for public and private companies, including submission of required schedules and handling all audit questions.

CPA licensed in the State of Washington through June 30, 2022.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SIM-TEX, L.P., WALLER, TX

API-certified Oil Country Tubular Goods wholesaler of ERW and Seamless manufactured pipe in Alloy and Carbon grade.

Jan 2019 - May 2020

Accounting Manager

Responsible for the daily general ledger activities using MS Dynamics SL, including review of all transactions to be posted from all integrated modules.

Prepared all monthly general journal entries for Microsoft Dynamics SL for review and approval.

Reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, bank reconciliations, maintaining fixed asset schedules, and investment roll-forward schedule,

Preparation and presentation of monthly and annual financial statements generated using Bio Analytics and Excel VLOOKUPs with commentary to executive management,

Key accounting team member of the ERP conversion project to EPICOR, keeping the Accounting team on track to meet deliverables, including the documentation of End User Procedures.

Participated in a number of initiatives to improve processes across the company, including the Vendor claims process, developing policies and procedures, and creating a new desk manual for the Accounting Manager position.

Led preparation and submission of all schedules and confirmations for the interim and annual audit performed by Carr Riggs & Ingram (CRI)

Participant in annual physical inventories at all yard locations and preparation of inventory roll forward schedules for CRI

Expert in use of Dynamics SL inventory module, including development of a new monthly inventory reconciliation procedure’

Supervise Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Specialists.

MICHEAL HAUSINGER, CPA, TOMBALL, TX

Nov 2017 - Dec 2018

After my position at Farouk Systems, Inc. was eliminated in late October 2017, I elected to use this timeframe to complete courses using AICPA CPExpress to remain current with US GAAP for future employment and retention of my CPA license, and performed contract consulting services for accounting review and cleanup, process improvements, meeting deadlines, and system conversions.

FAROUK SYSTEMS, INC., HOUSTON, TX

Manufacturer of Hair Care Products

Sep 2009 - Oct 2017

Global Controller

Responsible for accurate and timely submission of all monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting, including consolidation of international subsidiaries, converting statutory reporting to US GAAP. .

Managed relationships with banks including covenant compliance, outside auditors and other outside advisors or suppliers as needed, Implementation and oversight of all appropriate controls including proper segregation of duties, oversight or handling personally all accounting and finance activities for the company, including general ledger, A/P, A/R, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting.

Led external audit work paper preparation and review for both PWC, Grant Thornton, and Weaver audit teams.

Performed hands-on accounting and tax reporting for owner’s real estate partnerships.

CAPEX review and tracking if approved,

Management of working capital levels including overall cash flow and prepared weekly cash flow analysis for ownership.

Implemented for the 2010 year the first formal budgeting process since the company was founded over 25 years ago, including interactive training sessions and ongoing reporting and implementation of rolling forecast tools to better manage the business.

Led efforts in early 2010 to move a new brand, CHI Home, into the retail marketplace, including selection of software compatible with the EDI requirements of retail customers. Built a team of Senior Accountant and Accounting Clerk to handle all accounting for a $50MM plus sales company.

Evaluated new ERP system - recommended SAP as choice to CEO because of prior experience with the software. Purchased software direct from SAP at a 25% discount in late 2011 and recommended a fixed-price implementation vendor contract. Software was implemented within 15 months at a fixed contract price of $1.2MM.

Automated educator and show staff travel expense reporting using Concur Expense in 2013; eliminated one position as a result, saving the company $30K annually.

Negotiated new Loan Agreement terms with corporate General Counsel in September 2014 to change audit requirement and loan covenant reporting to U.S. only financials vs. consolidated financials. Potential annual audit savings $25K.

Created letter of credit financing mechanism with Whitney Bank as participating bank for European shipments through a third party shipping vendor in the Netherlands once we began making European shipments directly from Houston in July 2014.

Monthly product line/customer GM reporting, department budget analysis, working capital analysis, and other varied key metrics (DSO, DPO, Inventory Turns, Days inventory, WC Days, Cash Flow from Operations, Free Cash Flow, Return on Capital Employed) to support operational tracking and improvement.

Evaluated potential acquisitions from a systems integration and financial perspective as required by ownership.

Daily involvement in new and existing customer deal analysis, from pricing through margin analysis.

Developed daily cash reporting and implemented weekly cash flow forecasting

Designed from ground up monthly financial ratios, Statement of Cash Flows, annual budget and forecasting templates.

Developed monthly and YTD actual to budget reporting using FRx software. The company had no prior exposure to variance reporting and working with accounting to control spending.

Developed standard cost variance presentation for executive and operations management to lead the movement to monthly operations analysis.

Plan Administrator for company 401(k) plan including responsibility for annual plan audit coordination and filing of annual Form 5500.

Supervised US Controller, Accounting Manager, Accounts Receivable Supervisor, and Accounts Payable Supervisor.

CAMERON COMPRESSION SYSTEMS, HOUSTON, TX

Manufacturing and Service of Centrifugal and Reciprocating Large Frame Compression Equipment

Jul 2007 - May 2009

Division Controller

Responsible for the preparation of financial results and management reporting/analysis, including all consolidated worldwide accounting and general ledger activities. Entities included nine domestic and two international locations, with additional aftermarket sales and service offices in Romania, Italy, Korea, Dubai, United Kingdom, and Beijing.

Plan and schedule all Internal Audits, external audits, internal SOX compliance documentation and testing, and annual physical inventories at all locations.

Quarterly MD&A preparation and review with Ernst & Young.

Collection, review, and submission of 10Q and 10K inputs for Division per corporate office requirements.

Final approver before Division VP Finance signature on all Capital Investment projects, which require user inputs for estimated cash inflows/outflows, cost savings evaluations, tax benefit analysis, and measurements of Payback period and IRR.

After three months on board, I eliminated redundancies and improper timing of predecessor steps in a 144-step closing process to meet the Corporate Day +5 schedule. A day-long Kaizen resulted in meeting a Day +4 schedule on six of the remaining nineteen months I was on board. Savings due to efficiency approximately $21K annually.

Created financial analysis for new product business, pricing or any other requests that executive management may deem necessary.

Periodic management reporting and analytical tools - product line/customer GM reporting, department budget analysis, working capital analysis, product line inventory reporting and other varied key metrics (e.g. ROIC, E&O, DSO, Inventory Turns) to support operational tracking and improvement.

Responsible for currency hedging cash flow projections, accounting, and analysis after providing documentation to Corporate Treasury.

Active involvement in due diligence teams evaluating mergers, acquisitions, and consolidation or disposal of Compression Systems plants.

Improved the process for testing internal controls of 164 different processes for SOX404 compliance each quarter. My division had the best results for internal audits and SOX compliance within Cameron International Corporation.

Managed a team of ten Finance Managers as direct reports and sixteen subordinates, both international and domestic. Four people were promoted to either senior staff or finance manager positions within my first fourteen months.

HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORPORATION, WICHITA, KS

Manufacturing and Service of Business and Military Aircraft

Jun 2005 - Jul 2007

Senior Manager, Proposal Analysis

Plan, schedule, and execute proposal efforts for both U.S. Government, commercial, and international efforts in accordance with a customer statement of work and request for proposal (RFP).

Compiled cost, schedule, and technical elements in the development of the cost proposal.

Managed the collection of data from functional areas.

Researched and analyzed historical data, developed cost models to support proposal efforts, including the development of proposed standard costs for make-to-stock and make-to-order parts.

Managed and worked cooperatively with many functional organizations to ensure the proposal process is accurately and thoroughly followed. Considered expert in field within the organization, including CAS, DFARS, and FAR15 compliance.

Led and developed a team of eight subordinates

Standardized the bidding process which allowed all proposal submissions to be made on time or before due dates. Potential impact of this change is a contract award vs. no bid, potential annual revenue increase of approximately $1MM.

Led efforts in support of proposal audits by the DCAA and customer fact-finding.

Led should-cost and pricing reviews with management and US Air Force and commercial customer representatives.

Prepared internal Risk/Opportunity Analysis for all RFPs where a formal proposal was submitted. Supported cost proposal as a member of the contract negotiating team.

Independently developed the skills to research and comply with CAS and FAR requirements.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Northrop Grumman, Pascagoula, MS, Manufacturer of U.S. Navy Destroyers and Coast Guard Vessels

Business Manager, DD(X) Program

Lockheed Martin, Richland, WA, Information Technology Contractor at Department of Energy Hanford Site,

Senior Business Operations Analyst

Fort James Corporation, Camas, WA, Pulp and Paper

Progressive advancement from Construction Cost Analyst, Paper to Pricing Manager, Communications Papers Division.

Hyster Company, Portland, OR, Automated Material Handling Equipment

Progressive advancement from Staff Accountant to Senior Accountant to General Accounting Supervisor.

EDUCATION

Portland State University, Portland, OR, B.S., Business Administration with emphasis in Accounting

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