Solution Architect
Resume:
CURT JEWETT, MBA
Long Valley, NJ 07853
kmu882@r.postjobfree.com
FINANCIAL MANAGER & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECT
Financial professional with solid record of success providing solutions to corporate financial planning, analysis and reporting needs and requirements involving multiple divisions and locations. Verifiable expertise at analyzing business situations, establishing systems and controls, process re-engineering and change management. Extensive experience in designing and implementing customized business intelligence and planning software ( Oracle, Cognos ) applications, anticipating problems and developing solutions.
Proven ability to build and lead effective teams, obtain cooperation from people at every level, interact with customers, internal clients and senior management.
Certifications: IBM Certified Solution Designer – Cognos 10 Planning
IBM Certified Developer - Cognos TM1
Skills: Oracle, Cognos Planning, Cognos TM1, Business Intelligence, Visio, MS Project, Needs Analysis, Systems Design, Project Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Solutions Architect, IBM(Cognos)Corporation ( 2004 – 2011 )
Developer of business intelligence and enterprise planning software solutions using best practice business requirements.
* Increased client profit margins over 15%. Designed and built Client P&L model for advertising agency that generated KPIs for individual accounts.
* Designed and implemented global budgeting and rolling forecasting systems for broad spectrum of industries. Clients realized significant gains in accuracy, timeliness and efficiency of planning processes.
* Automated ETL processes at clients which reduced timeline to generate reports and analysis and eliminated data entry errors.
* Created customized user guides for clients that enabled the elimination of external training expenses and implementation of targeted user training.
Independent Consultant ( 2003 – 2004 )
Provided consulting services for the design and implementation of Oracle financial systems and personnel training. Clients were in the government health care, financial services and consumer products industries.
Management Consultant (SME), Oracle Corporation ( 1998 – 2003 )
Designed and configured financial and supply chain software products including general ledger, payables, receivables, assets, cash management, purchasing, self-service purchasing, order management, project accounting, asset management, warehouse management and inventory.
Corporate Controller, Resorts USA ( 1991- 1998 )
$125 million subsidiary of British corporation which developed and marketed vacation properties.
* Turned around failing company through re-engineering of marketing, sales compensation plans, product make-up, accounting policies and customer credit criteria.
* Cut external audit fees from $180,000 to $84,000. Standardized U.S. GAAP accounting classifications for domestic operations and created a computer program that re-classed general ledger into U.K. GAAP reporting formats for the parent company. Reduced year-end closing cycle from 6 weeks to 17 days.
* Reduced annual bank fees $390,000 while increasing cash flow and improving controls. Recommended and implemented in-house loan accounting and administration software.
* Cut annual programming costs by $75,000. Led implementation of Lawson payroll and purchasing software, which eliminated custom interfaces from legacy software into Lawson general ledger and payables systems.
* Increased annual operating profit by $789,000. Negotiated new 3-year contract for long distance service for vacation properties.
Controller, Great Bear Spring Company ( 1987- 1990 )
$50 million bottled water manufacturer and distributor.
* Increased annual sales by 15% and profits by 25%. Developed, standardized and implemented financial planning and reporting processes resulting in much greater ownership and understanding of budgets and results reporting by management at all levels.
* Reduced repair costs by 17% and customer complaints by 40%. Developed and implemented swap program for customer premise equipment repairs.
Business Unit Controller, AT&T Information Systems ( 1982-1987 )
$1.8 billion division that manufactured and distributed consumer telecommunications equipment.
* Turned around a consumer product division that was losing $350 million on $600 million in revenues and, in 4 years, saw $50 million profit on $525 million sales.
* Provided financial analysis and direction in transfer of manufacturing operations from domestic to offshore locations resulting in 50% decrease in cost of goods.
* Reduced inventory levels by 30% in 8 months with no increase in back orders. Developed procedures to revamp warehousing configuration and close excess units.
* Developed third-party merchandising channel, generating over 50% of division’s sales within 3 years.
* Conceived and developed PC based financial model to develop product and pricing strategies, design new products, negotiate offshore manufacturing costs and develop business plans. Model implemented throughout division and cut product development cycle time in half.
EDUCATION
MBA Finance, Georgia State University
BS Business Administration, University of North Carolina
Languages: Spanish - Conversational
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