CFO, Controller, VP Finance Resume

Desired Industry: Management	SpiderID: 20190
Desired Job Location: San Diego, California	Date Posted: 3/19/2008
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 04/18/08
Desired Wage: 180000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Executive (President, VP, CEO)	Willing to Travel:
Highest Degree Attained: CPA	Willing to Relocate: No

Experience:
CAREER SUMMARY

Experienced financial manager that delivers comprehensive executive financial support. Proven track record in delivering accurate forecasts, forward focused performance analysis and managing company assets in a Sarbanes Oxley environment. Flexible management style that attracts and retains a team of professionals that produce results and increased profits. Twenty one years of overall financial experience, 16 years of management experience.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) 05/1989 to Present

VP, Business Unit Controller – San Diego, Ca 09/2005 to Present

Financial Controller for $180M/800 employee Information Technology Services BU. Direct reports include FP&A Manager, Operations Controller and Accounting Manager, total staff of 11 employees. Department provides financial support to CIO which includes executive briefings to SAIC senior management team (CFO, COO, CEO), quarterly forecasts, periodic reporting, and financial administration for large IT departments and service centers.
• Adopted leasing strategy for IT hardware that utilized SAIC’s strong credit rating to improve SAIC’s cash flow and reduced disposal cost/environmental risk.
• Supported user acceptance testing/system design and initial pilot of Deltek Costpoint accounting system and Hyperion planning and reporting tool.
• Consolidated 22 service centers with a value of $50M to a corporate flat tax. This effort eliminated three million accounting entries annually and the associated suspense re-work.

VP, Corporate Planning Manager – San Diego, Ca 12/2000 to 08/2005

Corporate FP&A Manager for $6B Fortune 500 company. Three person department responsible for developing sophisticated planning tools, end user training, and scheduling senior management reviews to support the company wide annual plan and quarterly forecast. Coordinated monthly internal management reviews with corporate/line managers and produced executive reports focused on key performance indicators/dashboards.
• Part of a 3 person executive team responsible for briefing Dr. Beyster, CEO and SAIC’s senior management team on period results and quarterly/annual projections.
• Upgraded planning tools from manual Excel spreadsheets to a database environment which resulted in consolidation and reporting process time improvements from 3-5 business days to 10 minutes.

AVP, Deputy Business Unit (BU) Controller – San Diego, Ca 01/2000 to 12/2000

Deputy BU Controller for $209M/1,200 employee, government healthcare IT services BU. Lead day-to-day financial administration, revenue recognition and FP&A with 10 person staff.

AVP, Group Finance Manager – San Diego, Ca 07/1999 to 01/2000

FP&A Manager for $450M commercial and government IT healthcare services group. Coordinated and consolidated group financial forecasts and period results for internal/corporate reporting.
• BU resource for company policies and procedures.
• Acting BU Controller for a three plus month travel assignment for subsidiary
• Helped manage 1,200 employee layoff due to loss of major contract.

AVP, Business Unit Controller & – San Diego, Ca 03/1997 to 07/1999

Financial Controller for $45M/250 employee IT services BU. Lead day-to-day financial administration, and FP&A with 5 person staff.
• Briefed CEO, COO CFO on IT budget requirements.

Operations Administrator – Sacramento, Ca 02/1995 to 02/1997

Financial Controller for $18M for US Air Force logistics and IT engineering operation. Lead day-to-day financial administration, revenue recognition, FP&A, purchasing and facility management with 7 person staff.
• Administrative lead for SAP implementation and training.
• Negotiated facility lease renewal

Government Accounting Supervisor - San Diego, Ca 05/1991 to 02/1995

Primary DCAA auditor liaison with corporate departments. Prepared and submitted annual indirect rate claim. Researched and resolved problem areas while maintaining a positive working relationship with the government’s Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO). Coordinated and supported other government agency requests and inquiries.
• Provided policy guidance to BU finance staff to reduce audit findings.
• Assigned sensitive areas including compensation, legal expenses and personnel matters to ensure compliance with corporate policies and CAS/FAR requirements.

Financial Analyst – San Diego, Ca 05/1989 to 05/1991

Corporate Financial Analyst responsible for periodic internal management reports.

Coopers & Lybrand 01/1987 to 03/1989
Audit Senior, Accounting and Auditing Services – San Diego, Ca
Staff Auditor, Accounting and Auditing Services– Los Angeles, Ca

Education:
University of San Diego, BBA in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting, 1987

Affiliations:
California Society of CPA’s – associate member

Skills:
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
MS Office (Power-User), SAP, Costpoint, Hyperion, Cognos

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