Below are the 11 Controllers with SAP & other systems experience. The Thor Group® also provides CFO/controller on a consulting or interim basis to help your team streamline their process, become more efficient and identify areas for the company to improve ROI.

Would a detail-oriented controller with experience working in chemical, retail and accounting services industries fit in your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS Accounting and Master of Business Administration. Computer skills consist of SAP ERP.

Some jobs included utilizing SAP software and Excel spreadsheets for analyzing and communicating results, as well as monitoring plant-wide accounting functions, including fixed assets, raw material and finished goods, stores’ inventory, purchasing functions and payroll. Serving as a controller in a chemical company, provided cross-functional insight for various groups and served as site SAP security coordinator and approval authorization coordinator. This professional stayed abreast of advancements in technology to continually learn and utilize technology to its maximum efficiency. Moreover, managed a professional staff of two to six personnel and a $200,000,000 budget, with responsibility for cost accounting, budgeting, forecasting, payroll, general accounting, accounts payable, fixed assets, inventory and accounts receivable.

Shared expertise by managing the budget by analyzing raw-material usage and factory cost history, as well as guiding the plant staff to recommend changes, calculate and advise as to results. In addition, communicated the results to upper management for review and further communications and changes, as well as ensured the financial integrity of the information. Furthermore, ensured procedures were in place and being followed as well as served as key control sign-off for SOX audit requirements. Similarly, provided oversight as site security coordinator for employee approval authorization and SAP security database.

How can a controller with work experience in energy and real estate industries help your organization? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Business Administration in Management. Computer skills include SAP ERP, Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, FRx and Business Intelligence Software.

Working with challenging issues such as being fully responsible for the accounting department, reporting directly to the CFO, as well as managing staff of nine have vetted this specialist’s work experience. While employed as a controller, facilitated monthly close process and reporting of financial results to Executive team with annual revenues in excess of $70M. Also, fully responsible for coordination of the year end audit by outside auditors and reporting to 3rd party lender, as well as responsible for annual budget, weekly forecasting and cash flow process. Moreover, acted as a liaison between finance and operations on all day-to-day matters.

With a “can do approach” in the area of reconciliation and validation of PMI interfaced trading activities, extensively utilizing intercompany and SAP knowledge. Serving in an energy company, streamlined PMI close process after SAP implementation, as well as facilitated PMI application of cash receipts and table maintenance for further SAP automation. Furthermore, did balance sheet account reconciliations of various corporate entities.

Would hiring a controller who worked in manufacturing, fire protection and consulting industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, Graduate Certificate in Accounting as well as Master of Accounting and Financial Management. Software proficiencies involve SAP ERP, ADP, Sage Timberline, MAS 100 and QuickBooks.

Acting as a controller in a manufacturing company, responsible for all financial activities, produced daily financial and ad hoc reports, increased profitability through cost control and revenue enhancement, as well as developed quality reporting process and reports resulting in significant cost savings. Some of the tasks were redeveloping efficient accounting processes and procedures, producing financial statements and delivering timely to owners, executives and management, as well as reducing month end close from twenty-five days to three days. Also, facilitated and managed monthly inventory count and valuation, as well as developed annual budget and held monthly budget meeting with management and company executives.

While working for a fire protection services provider as a controller, developed job tracking and costing processes, as well as developed purchasing processes and rectified inventory issues regarding tracking, quantity and cost. Part of the job was to manage inventory count and valuation aside from bringing outside payroll service processing to in-house processing. Furthermore, recouped $20,000.00 in Georgia sales tax overpayment and reduced annual expenses by $150,000.00.

Would hiring a controller with experience working in financial services, IT consulting and furniture industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of MBA with a concentration in Finance. Professional certifications earned: CPA. Core qualifications consist of Financial Statement Preparation, Financial/Operations Analysis, Cost Accounting, Cost Management, Account Reconciliations and Variance Analysis. Software skills include SAP ERP.

Acting as a controller in a capital market company, managed essential sections of the month end close in which annual expenses were $700MM. This specialist served as an integral member of the monthly financial statement’s reviews with the Domain’s Managing Directors and Finance. Some of the tasks were creating and posting the monthly KPI to the executive impact and flash reports with actionable driver commentary, as well as compiling financial reports on JD Edwards to identify variances between actuals vs. budgeted spends. Key accomplishments were developing a framework to reduce on-going IT maintenance contracts hardware and software expenses by 3-5% annually, as well as achieving $7.5M of saves from a forecasted IT bucket of $165MM.

While working for an information technology consulting company as a controller, managed essential sections of the month end close in which annual expenses were $200 MM annually. Also, compiled financial reports in SAP, Hyperion with Essbase integration to identify variances between actuals vs. budgeted spends apart from taking corrective actions where needed thru interactions with the Regional Controllers. Furthermore, developed a framework to reduce on-going IT maintenance contracts hardware and software expenses by 6-8% annually, as well as achieved $40M of saves from the 2008 baseline thru 2012.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this controller with work experience in food processing industries? Educational attainment is composed of BS Accounting. Professional certifications involve Green Belt Six Sigma. Computer skills consist of SAP ERP, MFG PRO and MAS 90.

Contributed by carrying out factory variance reporting daily, weekly and monthly for $350M cost flow thru or $73M in conversion costs, as well as doing weekly flash forecasting and monthly year re-cast. While employed as a controller, worked on monthly SAP financial close, capital justification reviews, as well as cost analysis including SKU rationalization. Moreover, tracked factory wide savings projects, coordinated/ executed yearly operating plan and product standard costs, as well as actively pursued cost savings with management team in an environment of declining volumes.

The job entailed coordinating and executing the plant annual operating budget ($250M), coaching and mentoring five direct reports, as well as preparing and executing yearly standard cost changes. As a controller in a food company, did publication of weekly plant financial performance scorecard, coordinated and executed monthly financial close (SAP), as well as served as FICO factory lead for SAP installation. Furthermore, completed publication of monthly financial results reporting package, prepared and executed monthly financial forecast, as well as tracked and reported factory KPIs.

Is impacting your organization with a controller who worked in oil/energy and accounting services industries a current business consideration? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA). Professional certifications include Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Professional expertise consists of Internal Controls, Process Improvement, Servant Leadership, Performance Planning & Analysis, and Financial Reporting. Software knowledge consists of SAP ERP.

While employed in an oilfield services company as a controller, directed and consolidated financial operations for a series of North America acquisitions by international operator. Also, established a solid finance team from the ground up and migrated outsourced services in-house, as well as partnered with operations to ensure targets and strategic goals were delivered. Similarly, improved reporting systems and reduced closing cycles to enable better decision making, as well as worked with field staff and management to implement purchase orders and p-cards.

Part of the job as a controller in a petroleum company was to relocate to Brazil to manage operations accounting and tax functions for company’s deep-water Brazil assets valued in excess of $1 billion. Key duties were working with drilling managers and operations staff to track and report costs, successfully completing four operated wells, as well as improving transparency and streamlining processes by standardizing account reconciliations and cross-training accounting staff. Furthermore, recovered $67 million for company and partners through joint venture audits, as well as streamlined regulatory reporting with built-for-purpose software and existing, but unutilized SAP functionality, saving 480 hours per year and minimizing error potential.

What contributions could a controller with experience working in energy, manufacturing and entertainment industries bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Arts Intl. Business and Spanish as well as Masters of Accounting Degree. Software and systems experience include SAP ERP, QuickBooks, JD Edwards, OLS Budget & Forecasting, Oracle, Great Plains and Cognos.

Challenges like overseeing monthly and year-end closing, BS recon., GL oversight and maintenance under GAAP, as well as managing cash disbursements, cash forecasting and budget to actual analysis were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. While working as a controller, assisted tax department with corporate tax compliance, tax payments, assisted payroll with accounting review, as well as developed and supervised accounting A/P staff of 3, negotiating vendor permanent terms. In addition, completed monthly FS & variance review with CFO, director of finance and department heads, as well as reviewed vendor contracts, validated and reconciled reporting to vendor payments.

Shared expertise by carrying out monthly closing, BS and I/C reconciling, supervising staff of two (A/R and A/P), as well as monthly forecasting, variance review and reporting of actuals to forecast to parent. Acting as a controller in a manufacturing company, completed metrics review and reporting of lean goals for sales, operations and purchasing, as well as conducted bi-annual physical inventories on raw materials of $2.5M. Other jobs were using Cost Accounting in the review and analysis of COS and margin results with DC Director, reduction of > 60 A/R balances by $670k, as well as identifying and reducing $560k worth of slow moving items.

Does a controller with experience in engineering, manufacturing and software industries who used SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics and Hyperion pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics, Hyperion, QuickBooks and Workday. Areas of expertise include serving as strategic business partner, aligning finance to operations and leading financial strategies for multi-billion-dollar international organization. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Major responsibilities of this controller included working as a change agent, strategy business partner to the Regional Leadership, and key member of global finance to drive strategic initiatives. This individual was accountable for developing meaningful financial and operational metrics that help drive decision-making for the region including, budgeting, forecasts, cost control, audit, tax, cash management, and risk management for several legal entities with revenues over $400M. Key roles covered overseeing the preparation of all financial reports, as well as handling the analyses, commentary, and presentations that ensured strategic messages communicated effectively and appropriately to management. Leading the development of a financial and operational strategy ensuring achievement of targets as well as ongoing development and monitoring of controls designed to safeguard company assets and report accurate financial results were positive experiences brought to the business table.

The job covered directing all aspects of controllership and decision support, financial performance, job costing, annual audit, payroll, tax, risk management, cash management, and monthly close functions while focusing on identifying opportunities for business growth. Tasks consisted of assessing service costs, pricing, and profitability analysis for product lines, in addition to developing, leading and managing a team of 20 including business and financial controlling, external tax and Shared Services.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a controller with work background in manufacturing and retail industries who utilized SAP? Technical skills cover SAP. Educational attainment includes B.S. Accounting (Cum Laude).

While working for a manufacturing company, main functions of this controller were composed of managing all finance and accounting activities for the production lines and handling 2 variety pack lines. Duties involved P&L oversight, yearly budget planning and review, balance sheet reviews, inventory analysis, product costing (new/ current) and maintaining internal controls.

Notable tasks in other jobs included managing all finance and accounting activities for 2 separate plants. Responsibilities consisted of P&L oversight, yearly budget planning and review, balance sheet reviews, inventory analysis, product costing (new/ current), maintaining internal controls (SOX), and coordinating yearly capital budgeting. This individual was originally hired to be the plant’s production planner while working on an accounting degree. Functions involved planning 5 production lines based on demand and labor resources, building all BOM and routings, as well as overseeing and maintaining the plants change over to print and apply system from a preprinted label system. Proficiency in Business Objects was used to better analysis various facet such as volume fluctuations and direct labor standard versus actual.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this controller with work background in manufacturing, medical technology and pharmaceutical industries? Technical competencies involve SAP and JD Edwards. Educational background includes MBA (Finance & Accounting) and BBA in Accounting (minor in Management Committee). The professional is fluent in English and Spanish.

Important contributions of this controller included managing all financial operations of 3 manufacturing sites, handling financial operations and P&L, reporting, analyzing manufacturing variances, inventory, annual business plan, forecasting, strategic planning, capital expenditure control and compliance. The direct supervision of two cost analyst, payroll clerk and general accountant was carried out. Selected accomplishments involved automating and simplifying manufacturing variances reporting for the 3 plants on the full P&L material usage reports, PPV, volume and spending variance which contributed to having weekly variance analysis to drive improvements of manufacturing variances in the reduction. The monthly forecasting process for manufacturing all variances was designed. Implementing improvements of reporting of material usage in the work orders in the SAP system drove improvements in process yield. This specialist automated Cognos consolidation reporting for reduction of monthly closing time and increase of accuracy of reporting. Designing and implementing the full P&L by plant that contributed to better control of financial results were skills brought to the table. Functions involved automating the budgeting process from department level to full P&L. Designing a cost per pound metric was done.

Responsibilities in another job involved manufacturing financial operations P&L, reporting, analysis of manufacturing variances, and inventory. Other priorities were annual business plan, forecasting, strategic planning and capital expenditure control of new facility start up.

What can a controller with work background in manufacturing, medical technology and maritime industries who utilized SAP R/3 bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve SAP R/3, Hyperion (HFM), JD Edwards and MS Dynamics NAV. Educational attainment includes Master in Accounting. This individual is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Working with areas such as doing budget and quarterly projections, as well as working closely with marketing and commercial directors for all regions were some of the responsibilities of this controller. Duties covered developing the budget template and drivers to facilitate working with different scenarios (what-if), and carrying out margin analysis for different business models (works versus landed costs). This individual handled margin analysis by distributor, by product line and implementing the pricing policy, including delegation of authority in regard to Lower margins versus budget. The implementation of free of charge and demos policy was completed. Skills brought to the table consisted of developing monthly reporting package, retrieving information from HFM and other BI platforms.

Functions in other jobs consisted of consolidating financials for the division and managing accounting issues in order to comply with US-GAAP policies. Reports were generated in accordance with corporate requirements and key financial information was interpreted. The job covered monitoring and evaluating the performance of in country accounting staff, along with recommending and implementing actions for continuous improvement. Aside from assisting the internal audit in providing documentation and explanations on processes and controls, the local tax environment was managed in accordance with the local legislation. An additional role covered serving as regional project leader for Coupa, Concur and SAP implementation.