Controller/Audit Manager
Resume:
Lawrence T. Bourdeau
Chicopee, MA 01013
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Accomplished experience in concentrations of business including: Management, Finance, Operations Accounting and Internal Audit. Accomplished team player in assisting companies to reach goals through system improvements, cost savings, and tightened budgetary constraints. Excellent communicator, manager and coach.
Industry Knowledge: Highly Engineered Electronics, HVAC, Paper and Pulp, Film and Packaging, Plastic Injection Molding, Sub-Contract, Skilled and Semi-Skilled Assembly
Business Principle Knowledge: Sarbanes Oxley, 10K, and 10Q filings through external audit and SEC filings COSO, COBIT, ISO, GMP, Lean Manufacturing, KanBan, Kaizan, MRP/ERP Implementation.
Work Experience
Robert Half International, Hartford, CT 2/07 to present
Consultant:
I have stepped into various roles to assist public companies obtain qualified opinions and objectives in publishing quarterly and annual financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including leading those companies’ external auditors through the financial and operational controls and risks to obtain the required certified financial statements. The following is a current list of companies I have assisted:
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA. 2/07 to 8//07.
Stanadyne Manufacturing , Windsor, CT 8/07 to 1/08
SPX/Fenn Technologies, Newington, CT 1/08
Solomon Technologies/Technipower, LLC, Danbury, CT 2/08 to 5/08
United Natural Foods, Dayville, CT. 6/08 and 6/09
Blackstone Medical/Orthofix Int’l, Springfield, MA. 7/08 to 5/09.
Conrad Fafard/Sygenta, Agawam, MA 6/09 to 7/09.
GSI Group, Billerica, MA 9/06 to 2/07
Corporate Internal Audit Manager –$400M manufacturer of laser technology, globally positioned in Massachusetts, China, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Munich, Germany
Project management, internal audit, operational audit, physical inventory control, and team building
Sarbanes-Oxley certification of quarterly 10Q, and annual 10K through external audit
Coordinator with external audit of all Prepared by Client (PBC) requests and back-up.
o Software: Movaris and Great Plains
Mestek, Inc., Westfield, MA 7/01 to 9/06
Corporate Internal Audit Manager – For a $400M manufacturer of HVAC Systems multi-nationally in 27 U.S. sites, 1 Canadian site, and Beijing, China
Project management, internal audit, operational audit, physical inventory control, and team building
Sarbanes-Oxley certification of quarterly 10Q, and annual 10K through external audit
Coordinator with external audit of all Prepared by Client (PBC) requests and back-up.
Corporate Governance and Disclosure Statement development, review, and audit
Documentation of financial controls using a COSO framework, IT controls using a COBIT framework
Mergers and Acquisitions due diligence, purchase price accounting, confirming asset valuation, legal interaction prior to close of sale.
Contributor to and writer of the MD&A sections for the 10Q and 10K.
Process improvement, work flow, and capacity audits performed and measured in conjunction with Manufacturing Engineering
o Software: Friedman and Infinium/Infor
Independent Contractor 10/00 to 7/01
Consultant for audit issues, financial analysis, and preparation of documentation required by the SEC prior to a complete investigation by the SEC and the Department of Revenue. of Tyco International. Consolidation of 8 Tyco divisions, reported up through Corporate, prepared back-up, analysis, and documentation of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Manufacturing Variance, Overhead Allocation, and Payroll.
o Software: Hyperion
K & M Electronics/ITT Industries, West Springfield, MA 10/98 to 10/00
Materials Manager – For a $28M manufacturer of electronic power supplies for night vision systems
Responsible for Purchasing, Print, Final Pack, Planning, Receiving, Shipping, operating on two shifts
Supervised 13 people ( 3 salary, 10 hourly )
Implementation of cycle count program from annual physical inventory.
Process Improvements utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles through Kaizan, and Kanban studies.
o Software: MFGPRO
Rexam, Inc., 5/92 to 10/98
Rexam Cosmetic Packaging – Torrington, CT 7/96 to 10/98
Manager of Cost Accounting/Material Manager – For a diverse manufacturer of packaging products, and printable films
Transferred by Rexam Print and Package (South Hadley, MA) to the Beauty Group in Torrington, CT to assist in the reorganization of a private company acquired in October 1995.
Responsible for Purchasing, Warehousing, Receiving, Shipping
Supervised 15 people (3 salary/supervisory, 12 hourly)
Consolidated and re-organized the shipping/warehousing physical facility.
Re-engineered Purchasing/Inventory Control function. Cost saving $ 155,000
Performed GMP audits and ISO audits (trained in both ISO and GMP).
Due Diligence/Purchase Accounting testing of the opening balance sheet for Purchase/Sale Agreement
Preparation of the manufacturing budget
Implementation of a cycle count program from annual physical inventory
Assisted in changing the business culture from a private to a global, team operation
Rexam DSI, South Hadley, MA 5/92 to 6/96
Manager Operations Accounting/Group Plant Controller – For a $48M manufacturer and converter of paper for print, books, and covers
Implemented Cost Accounting module of MRP II.
Integrated shop floor control transactions to inventory movement and valuation
Focused factory on continuous flow and cell manufacturing concepts – Lean Manufacturing.
Trained non-financial management on the use of MRP, benchmark results, and interpretation of the financials.
Implemented Cycle Count procedure across all four business groups
Consolidated the entire annual audit from 4-site, wall-to-wall physical, to selected site testing by external audit done from the group office.
Streamlined general ledger reporting from 6 separate ledgers to two reporting ledgers with appropriate account structures.
Prepared and oversaw entire manufacturing budget process for all 4 business groups
Re-engineered entire finance department across the four business groups
Performed audits required to maintain the ISO 9000 certification.
o Software: Growthpower, ASK MANMAN, Hyperion
Other Work Experiences:
William E. Wright Company, West Warren, MA 1990 to 1992
Cost Accounting Manager – For a $ 48M manufacturer of textile ribbons and trims
Ames Department Stores, Rocky Hill, CT 1988 to 1990
Manager Retail Accounting – For a $115M discount retailer
Comark Communications, Southwick, MA 1987 to 1988
Manager of Accounting – For a $50M manufacturer of television transmitters
Atlas Copco Industrial Compressor, Holyoke, MA 1981 to 1987
Manager Cost Accounting
Education: American International College, Springfield, MA
BS – Management Minors: Accounting, Economics
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Post Graduate: The University of Michigan, Graduate School of Business
Ann Arbor, MI, Professional Management Development
Michigan State University, Eli Broad Graduate School of
Management, E. Lansing, MI. Activity Based Cost Activity
Other: Certified ISO auditor through Lloyds of London
Trained and certified in GMP procedures
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