Project Management Financial Planning
Resume:
Hal Berman
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Email: ********@*****.***
Cell: 505-***-****
Education:
●MBA - WP Carey School of Business - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Executive Program - High Honors - Beta Gamma Sigma
●Masters in Project Management - George Washington University
●CPA Exam 1985 (not licensed)
●BA – Finance and Economics - Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH, Honors in Economics - Cum Laude
Training:
●Business and Financial Systems – ERP-Oracle/SAP/MS
●Numerous promotions and assignments
●Six Sigma
●Accounting and Financial Management
●Mergers & Acquisitions
●Contract Management
●Negotiations & Pricing
CANDIDATE RESUME
Hal Berman
3101 Old Pecos Trail #641
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Email: ********@*****.***
Cell: 505-***-****
SUMMARY
●Excellent, high energy Business Manager, Director of Finance & Controller having exceptional Financial Planning, Strategy, Pricing, Contracts, Compliance, and Business/Financial Operations skills.
●Honored with many performance awards throughout career for the achievement of significant reach out goals.
EDUCATION
MBA - WP Carey School of Business - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Executive Program - High Honors - Beta Gamma Sigma
Masters in Project Management - George Washington University
CPA Exam 1985 (not licensed)
BA – Finance and Economics - Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH, Honors in Economics - Cum Laude
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
●Planned, executed and program managed a significant Honeywell Aerospace financial/engineering project involving the large-scale restructuring of Engineering and Technology business operations.
●Conceived, led and implemented Compliance Plans for integration of offshore sites to support Aero businesses
●Honeywell DoE M&O site Compliance lead — regulatory/contracting support for all the Honeywell DoE M&O sites
●Identified and managed deferred income reserve restructuring opportunities and proactively implemented related process changes. These changes resulted in large favorable results for Honeywell Aerospace Defense & Space
●Negotiated favorable settlements relating to price negotiations and contract closeouts with government and commercial customers for Honeywell, Motorola and Lockheed Martin
●Worldwide cross-functional team lead, change management specialist on many US and International functional transformation projects
●Led Motorola customer/government contract compliance program cited by DoD leadership as “best in class” nationally
●As a member of Motorola’s worldwide Corporate Law Department led the development and implementation of Ethics and Compliance plans for all sectors and groups
●State tax legal reform work for Arizona government contractors codified. Tax court expert witness supporting regulatory reform
●Significant charitable and community benefit work
EXPERIENCE
Honeywell International Inc. Phoenix, AZ, and Albuquerque, NM 2010-present and prior 1980-1988
Director, Finance, Honeywell Aerospace (2015 to present)
●Developed and implemented regulatory compliance transition roadmap based upon vision presented and approved by leadership.
●Sponsored two separate Finance IT SAP projects in 2015 and 2016 to reduce non-value added work and improve cycle time
●Drove DoD low-risk determinations for several segments.
●Concluded favorable final incurred cost close outs for four separate years/segments in 2015
●Conceived, led and implemented Compliance Plans for integration of offshore sites to support Aero businesses
●Managed a department of over 25 senior level employees
Manager, Government Compliance & Finance, Albuquerque, NM (2010 to 2015)
●Led close out efforts for two incurred cost years
●Settlement of a significant Cost Accounting Standards matter
●Forward Pricing and implementation of revised financial reporting processes
●Global Sites Government Accounting Compliance Leader - 2010 to 2012
●Obtained approval of Aero VP/Controller for the strategy, roll-out, and implementation plan
Manager Financial Planning & Control and the first Albuquerque Plant Controller (1980 to 1988)
●Helped plan divisionalization into Defense (ABQ) and Space (Glendale) units and approval of ABQ Building Plan
●Promoted to Plant Controller and as a member of the ABQ Site Manager’s staff helped manage the transition activities from PHX to ABQ
●Managed professional staff of up to 35 employees
●Promoted to Sr Manager, Financial Planning and Control after division fully transitioned to ABQ
Vantage Publishers, LLC, Lake Zurich, IL and Sedona, AZ May 2008 – May 2010
Managing Partner/Owner and Publisher of small hyper-local newspaper and website
●Business consultant to small and medium-sized businesses for business operations including advertising, marketing, accounting, and information technology
●QuickBooks Pro Advisor and accounting professional for small and medium-sized organizations
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL and Scottsdale, AZ March 1990 – April 2008
Senior Operations Controller and Business Program Manager
●Business IT Project Manager for Major World-Wide Business/Manufacturing System Implementations
●Responsible for Financial Planning, Budgets, Forecasts, Information Technology and Accounting Operations for World-Wide Product, Service, and Technology Units
●As a member of Motorola’s worldwide Corporate Law Department led the development and implementation of Ethics and Compliance plans for all sectors and groups
●Significant Merger & Acquisition/Divestiture/Restructuring experience
●Business IT Project Manager for Major World-Wide Business/Manufacturing System Implementations
●Contract/Compliance/Control Manager (Procurement, Government Compliance, Licensing, Tech Transfers, Offsets, Export/Import, S/Ox, etc.)
●Corporate Office Intranet Development, Leadership, and Roll-out
●Corporate Tax/Transfer Pricing Expertise
●Business Process Improvement Expertise
●Business Start-Up Strategy, Planning, Financing, Systems, Implementation expertise
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Grand Prairie, TX February 1988- March 1990
Manager of Finance and Accounting
●Member of negotiation team for Multi-year procurement for $1.3 Billion US Army Tactical Missile and Launcher contract
●Managed cost accounting, financial planning and rate development/negotiation for a major division
SKILLS & INTERESTS
●Project/Program Business Management
●Accounting and Financial Management
●Mergers & Acquisitions
●Contract Management
●Negotiations & Pricing
●Change Management
●Six Sigma
●Business and Financial Systems – ERP-Oracle/SAP/MS Office/Exchange/SharePoint/Web
●Business & IT Management
●Purchasing/Procurement
●QuickBooks Pro Advisor Program
●Google/Search Engine Marketing
●E-Publishing
ORGANIZATIONS
●Rotary International
●E-Publishing Specialists
●Google Professional
●National Contract Management Association
●Lake Zurich & Buffalo Grove, IL Chambers of Commerce – Gold Status
●Sedona Chamber of Commerce
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