Human Resources Cost Accounting

ROBERT M. ALBERT **** Langham Terrace

Lake Mary, FL 32746

Position Title: Cost Analyst – Senior Phone: 407-***-****

E-mail: ***********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Senior aerospace – project controls – contracts – proposals - cost accounting – procurement - manufacturing & operations with Fortune 500 corporations; also, start-up and smaller organizations. “Hands on” experience in Contract, Program Financial Management, Operation – Strategic Planning, Accounting - Cost Accounting, Budgets, Proposals, and Pricing. Familiar with Deltek Costpoint, ProCas plus Microsoft Office Products. Contract negotiations. Work experience in the manufacturing – engineering and international environment. Shared Services experience. Excellent communications skills with strong credentials in Management Training, Total Quality Management, Human Resources, and Corporate Leadership. Change agent / analysis / infrastructure. Consultant for Small Business Development Center – University of Central Florida. Certified Professional Consultant since 1996. Extensive technical, business, and leadership training. Risk assessment – Cost. Multi-location control and work responsibility. Good reputation for reducing “cost growth”. Security clearance with former employers. Shared Services – A/P, AR, and Payroll. Over thirty years’ experience in US Government – DoD and DoE contracting - Disclosure Statement, CAS, FAR, JTR, DCMA, DCAA Audits, Proposals, ICE, ETC / EAC, EVMS, CFSR, TINA, ITAR and Pricing. Strong background in GAAP and SOX. Fully understands growth, competition, compliance, profit requirements, and shareholder equity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROJECT CONSULTANT, Lake Mary, FL 2023 – Current

Controller & Contract Billings.

PROACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, Oviedo, FL 2021-2023

Sr. Manager - Accounting

Month & year-end close, audit preparation, policies & procedures, AP plus cash flow.

Special projects for Senior Management: audit, policies & procedures.

MILVETS, SCIPERIO, AITC & AKE (Government & Commercial) Orlando, FL 2018 - 2023

Sr. Financial Consultant / Controller

Contract compliance, Contracts, Billings & financial reporting, ETC/EAC development.

Special projects assigned by CFO.

Costpoint implementation team.

Cost Control, Contracts, Accounts Payable, Proposals, Billings & Cash Flow.

ALION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Orlando, FL 2015 - 2017

Project Controller - Commercial & Government

Financial controls, contract compliance, ETC/EAC development, quarterly reporting, Earned Value, procurement estimates, contract approvals, cost schedules, pricing - proposals, billing approvals plus Management Risk analysis & presentations.

PROJECT CONSULTANT, Lake Mary, FL 2006-2014

Consultant Deltek & Neo Systems Costpoint Consultant - Payroll & Accounts Payable system transition. Interim Project Controller for US Government contractor responsible for Accounting Departments including portions of IT, proposal development, budgets and cost control. Contracts & Compliance Consultant for aerospace organizations – proposals, compliance issues, audits plus process procedures. Contracts – Procurement - King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Consultant to VP Finance & CFO in $850M US Government contractor in S. Carolina. Interim Chief Financial Officer: Develop and lead Administrative Corporate Team. Full responsibility for Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, IT and Contracts reporting to President / CEO. Interim Corporate Controller: Financial Team Development - Accounting and Cost Control reporting to corporate CFO. US Government contracts / finance compliance – all areas of expertise.

SMITHS AEROSPACE, Germantown, MD 2005

Manager – Finance & Contracts

Maintained – controlled Cost Accounting, Accounts Payable, Finance, Contracts, Purchasing, Facilities, HR, Contracts & Pricing, and IT of Systems Division with offices in USA and Cheltenham, UK reporting to VP/GM.

Completed leasing portions of facility to sub-tenants to reduce unutilized facility space.

Managed year-end audit process with corporate auditors and Senior Finance Management – USA & UK. Successfully transitioned General Ledger responsibilities to Grand Rapids, MI.

Responsible for implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Member Lean Manufacturing Team, US Supply Chain activities, Earned Value reporting.

INDRA SYSTEMS, INC. Winter Park, FL & Madrid, Spain 2003-2004

Controller (USA Operations)

Developed Cost Accounting & Contracts, Program Finance - Budgets, Purchasing, Pricing & Proposals, Forecasts, Billings, Contracts & negotiations, IT, Procurement, Human Resources and Facility functions – all core competencies. Reported to President / CEO.

Implemented Deltek Costpoint ERP System / Time Collection System, cost controls, budgets, and procedures / ERP. System certified by DCAA. Provide accurate – timely financial data to banks – treasury functions, Management / Board of Directors, both United States and Spain.

Manufacturing & Procurement scheduling utilizing Costpoint.

Mentor and prioritize activities of a professional staff of nineteen Teammates.

Work directly with DCAA, corporate banks, legal and audit to ensure all requirements are compliant with GAAP (US & Spain), SOX, FAR, CAS, plus USA / Spanish corporate policy.

Multi-facilities plus international locations.

COLEMAN RESEARCH CORPORATION, Orlando, FL 1997-2002

Sr. Principal Specialist (Cost Accounting)

Accounting and Finance. Group Leader - Cost Accounting. Subcontract Audit. Program / Overhead Cost Analysis. Corporate Financial Planning. Cost Control. Contract Billings – Shared Services for two companies. 401(k) / Employee Health Cost Responsibilities. Developed new methods of Financial Reporting to Customers. Incurred Cost Proposals. Department Budgets. Revenue – Cash Backlog Review. Mentor Team Members. Member: Deltek Costpoint Implementation Team. Corporate Proposal Rates. Wrote Accounting Procedures. DCAA - DCMA Audits. Presentations to Senior Management. Developed Cash Flow, Problem Solving, and Risk Management scenarios for CFO.

Assumed responsibility for selected projects previously assigned to Corporate Controller.

Project Consulting, Orlando, FL

Various aerospace companies within the region in Accounting / Finance. 1994-1997

McDONNELL-DOUGLAS (Boeing), Titusville, FL & St. Louis, MO 1987-1994

Program Manager – Business (Combat Systems)

Finance, Contracts and Accounting Management. Business Planning Group. Cost Accounting and Control Group. Budgets. Forecasts. Program ETC / EAC Management. Product Pricing Policy. Master Program Scheduling. Current Cost and Sales / Earnings Projections. 1-5 Year Operating Plan. Division Overhead Management. Program Earned Value Reporting. Procurement Cost Estimates (Subcontracts). Cost Portion – Proposals including ECPs. Program and Contract Administration. Disclosure Statement Review and Audit. Risk Analysis. Financial Reporting, Presentations, and Reviews. Total Quality Management (TQM) Training. Human Resource Management: Performance Reviews and Mentoring.

Developed Management Costing Plan for Software Development Division – Omaha, NE.

Instructed Cost Forecasting (Budget vs. Actual) Seminar in Management Training.

Team Leader for Finance Employee Involvement Team.

Developed Internal Division Accounting and Procurement Procedures / Processes.

Initiated establishment of Automated Accounting Cost Reporting System.

EDUCATION

Master of Science (MS) Financial Management, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

Crummer Graduate School of Business

Post Graduate Studies, Systems Management & Engineering, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

Bachelor of Science (BS), Business - Accounting, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV

Certified Professional Consultant (1996), Consultants Institute, Princess Anne, MD

Member: Financial Executive Networking Group (FENG)

US Army Veteran

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