SUMMARY:

• 17 years in the financial arena including 16+ years of experience as an SAP FICO Functional Consultant in the Financial and Controlling (FI/CO) areas: highlights include:
• Experienced in 8+ end to end full life cycle SAP implementations including all phases of FI/CO projects from blueprint, design, analysis, roll out, configuration, integration testing through go - live support and end-user .
• Experienced in building SAP S/4 HANA Queries to analyse GP restatement data for FI/SD, FI/AP and product master data
• FICO Functional Lead roles in 8+ assignments and full life cycle implementations with ability to take complex designs/scenarios and break them down into basic components to optimize decision making
• Experienced in leading global teams, creating effective team environments, building strong relationships, negotiation, solving problems and issues, resolving conflicts, managing resources and communicating effectively at all levels of an organization. Experienced managing several SAP professionals on global teams for BCS SAP Practice at IBM. Used SAP/SEM Business Consolidation component (BCS) for enterprise-wide reporting
• Strong understanding of configuration for Actual Costing with the SAP Material Ledger; including material costing; defining costing variants/rates/component structures; month-end processing.
• Strong product costing, product cost planning, maintaining overhead cost elements, etc.
• Specific full-cycle SAP implementations included General Ledger (AR, AP, TR), Fixed Assets, Controlling (CO CCA, IOA, COPA) FERC and Funds Management (FM) modules using the ASAP methodology.
• Recent three s: Material Ledger support, COPA focused involving multiple projects with complex scenarios including configuring/leading the implementation and roll-out of the COPA module throughout an international organization. Strong Understanding of Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting and Product costing with Profitability Analysis integration. Create Company Codes, define plant and controlling area and all assignments for newly acquired entities.
• I have 5 years experience leading blueprint discussions around business process in areas of budgeting and management reporting using SAP BPC tool. Have worked with BI/BPC team to implement OPEX planning and CAPEX
• Adept at designing and implementing technology-enabled business solutions for clients using project management skills, knowledge and experience with project management & research tools, documentation tools& reporting tools and 16 years of SAP experience to implement or support FI/CO
• Served as Corporate Controller overseeing financial controls and corporate accounting processes for three divisions of $3B/year manufacturing company; performing the fiscal year-end procedures including fiscal year change, sub-ledger/GL balance carry-forwards and year-end close for all SAP FI/CO modules.
• Experienced defining systems strategy, developing systems requirements, designing and prototyping, testing,, defining support procedures, and implementing practical business solutions under multiple deadlines.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Gardena, CA

SAP S/4HANA Finance Lead Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• FI-GL/AR/AP/AA; Cost Center/Cost Element, Profit Centers, COPA configuration
• Designed and configured CO objects including Cost element/Cost Centers/Internal Orders/Profit Centers
• Configured Account-Based COPA in this s/4HANA FINANCE environment
• Set up and maintained Confidential (FF) corporate Chart of Accounts using best practice for auto industry
• Configured operating Company Code setup reporting companies to anticipate business expansion
• Bank setup and connection testing for Electronic Banking System (EBS). FF’s banking still in legacy system
• Master Data governance (GL Accounts, Cost Centers, Accounting View of Vendors and Customers, etc.)
• Maintained Vertex (a 3rd party Tax bolt-on applications)
• Defining and developing a good understanding of Incoming Interfaces via EDI and IDOCS
• Configuration of Foreign Currencies and Exchange Rate Differences; setup GL/P&L accounts for ExR differences to record gain/loss and maintain ForEx table for Accounting periods
• Created Reports and built S/4HANA Queries for extracting legacy data from Quick Books to meet GAAP reporting
• Created Fiori Apps based on new user roles and most used SAP user transactions
• I have 5 years experience leading blueprint discussions around business process in areas of budgeting and management reporting using SAP BPC tool. Have worked with BI/BPC team to implement OPEX planning and CAPEX
• Collecting business requirements and proposing solutions to various business units.
• Writing Functional Design Specifications to develop RICEF objects
• Wrote Business Process Procedures (BPP’s) and trained accounting team to use GL and AP transactions in SAP
• Provided ongoing business support for the finance team and demonstrated a deep knowledge of the FICO and S/4 HANA Finance modules by resolving issues and providing solutions via enhancements, process design improvements and configuration changes
• Configuration of Integration between FI/CO with MM and SD.
• Configuration of S/4 New Asset Accounting with ledger approach and accounts approach
• Worked with IT to harmonize master data from source systems to the Central Finance system using SLT replicator and MDG to implement Simple Finance on (S/4 HANA)

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Extensive configuration and testing of various FICO modules (AR, AP, GL, Fixed Assets), treasury, Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Internal Orders, COPA (Profitability Analysis), CO-PC (Product Costing), SPL and integration of FI with MM and SD modules with Procure To Pay & Order To Cash cycles.
• Provided team leadership in working with an e-commerce company to reconcile R&F’s credit card data to the A/R module.
• Implemented credit card authorization, reconciliation and settlement.
• Extensive development of functional specsfor interfaces and custom reports.
• Excellent in working with posting validations, substitution rules, forms, interfaces (ALE & EDI), user exits and reporting tools.
• OPEX Planning using SAP® Business Planning and Consolidation tool to facilitates the input of Operating Expenditure and Operating Revenue budget by cost center. Line items aggregated from cost center flow into respective account code before they can be viewed in financial reports.
• Involved in SAP-BPC implementation, configuration and data conversion and environment management. Involved in data extraction and conversion between BPC and non-ERP systems with extractors and ETL tool.
• Extensive modification of materials while the trainers in preparation for go-live.
• Provided substantial efforts and leadership in completing the data conversion activities for this project.
• Helped develop and write many FICO test scripts and led testing sessions.
• Mapped Account ID’s from ECC chart of account to BW, to BPC.
• Using BI tools; BusinessObmect BI platform and tools to analyse client data
• Gathered requirements and identified gaps
• Designed solutions
• Drove business process discussions and solutions
• Managed project deliverables and data migration

Confidential, Irvine CA

SAP FICO & S/4 HANA Solutions Architect - Lead (Finance)

Responsibilities:

• Review existing SAP ERP implementation (multiple instances) and design SAP data outbound interfaces and data extractions.
• Support the design of an integrated SAP ERP solution with ModelN. Support various SAP implementation projects.
• PerformedSAP Analysis role supporting the GP (Government Pricing) project
• Building SAP S/4 HANA Queries to analyse Government Pricing restatement data for FI/SD and FI/AP.
• Using SAP HANA tool to extract system data to reconcile Government Pricing data over multiple years.
• Using my knowledge of FI/MM, FI/SD, FI/AP integrations as well as my understanding of COPA to interpret and translate usually vague client requirements into business requirements and was able to architect solutions that helped align and integrate SAP FICO applications with business processes and needs
• Constantly digging into legacy systems to reverse-engineer undocumented accounting processes and posting rules
• Studied and understood the pitfalls in clients financial data and used advanced analytical approaches/techniques to reconcile financial results
• Lead the enhancement of the finance area with SAP FICO Business Process Owner & power/key users (Accounting center key users, regional business controllers/plant controllers)

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

SAP FICO Solutions Architect -- Global Team

Responsibilities:

• Leading and guiding the implementation of OPEX for newly acquired entities.
• Leading four team members for global team covering Europe, Asia and Latin America in resolving functional and SAP configuration issues across global system. Led team meetings and coordinated team activities.
• As Team Lead, identified and analysed gaps between functional and technical needs to determine alternative solutions to inadequate existing designs.
• As SAP FI/CO Global Team Lead, supported the Actual Costing with SAP Material Ledger. Configured and implemented important changes to improve Material Ledger related processes. Evaluated impact of config and business process changes across FICO and other SAP modules.
• Created new company codes with plant and controlling area assignments for new acquisitions
• Supported and maintained the Project System (PS) module. Configured and setup integrated Planning, Settlement, Results Analysis, Resource Planning and reporting on cost elements between CO/PS/HR.
• Used PS MRP Grouping functionality to manage Material Requirements Planning cycle.
• Helping to analyse and resolve month-end issues related to Project Systems generated transactions
• Configuredvalidations &substitution rules to determine profit centers and cost centers for inter-company postings; or for plant, material group/sales org combination postings.
• Introduced enhanced documentation for new changes to SAP config; provided testing and for corporate users. Wrote detail functional specs to support FICO processes for global organization.
• Provided hands-on functional support for SAP Material Ledger, FI, CO, COPA, Asset Accounting, AP and Cash Management modules in SAP for global organization.
• Developed and managed business relationships between the IS department, controllers and heads of the Accounting, Financial Services, Internal Auditor's and Sales departments.
• As team lead, managed the implementation of6 medium size internal projects, complete withvision & scope proposal documents and SOWs for SAP config changes to improve system performance and business processes.
• Multiple creations of new plantsto accommodate business expansions and growth. PP-FICO integration config.
• Configured new settlement profiles and PA transfer structures for material price variance in CO Product costing.
• Modified configuration of fixed assets depreciation keys to reconcile and resolve over-depreciation issues.

Confidential, Manteca, CA

SAP FICO Functional Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version: ECC 6.0, mySAP ERP New GL.
• As SAP FI/CO Functional Team Lead, supported the Vineyard business as a member of the IS team.
• Supported the SEM/Business Consolidation Services (BCS) component for consolidated enterprise-wide reporting
• Developed and managed business relationships between the IS department, controllers and heads of the Accounting, Financial Services, Internal Auditor's and IT departments.
• Responsible for working on projects, proposals and problem tickets assignment to the FI/CO role and provide a better way to apply SAP to their business. New company code creation and implementation.
• Product cost planning, basic settings for materials, define calculation bases/percentage and quantity-based overhead rates/costing sheet overhead key/costing types and variants.

FICO Solutions Architect - CO Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version: ECC 6.0, mySAP ERP New GL, ECCS Consolidation, Data Migration
• Designed blueprints and configured business processes in SAP FICO including GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, CCA, CEA, PCA, IOA and COPA. Configured Company, company code and plant /controlling area assignment
• Conversions/loads of fixed assets from Legacy applications to SAP for Armstrong Coal Company
• Validation of conversion data for Fixed Assets, AP, AR, GL & CO; issue resolution and error correction
• Documentation, end-user and post go-live support
• Implemented the fixed assets (FI-AA) module. Configured new depreciation (depreciation reconciliation and accelerated depreciation) areas tax books and special mining activities, configured capital investment orders for fixed assets investments; configured tested settlement process for assets under construction (AuC); identified and created variants for specified internal end-user and external tax related fixed assets reporting.
• Extensive use of WinShuttle and LSMW to upload legacy master data into SAP for AP, AR, GL, and Fixed Assets. Scrubbing fixed assets and FICO data for input into SAP.
• Providing post go-live help desk support, assisting and resolving end user support problems, resolving system defects (‘break/fix’), and analyzing proposed improvements or changes to client’s new SAP system.
• As Lead SAP FICO configuration expert, provided management for the rollout of Armstrong Coal Company’s implementation to its USA companies.

Confidential, Houston, TX

FICO Solutions Architect - CO Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version: ECC 6.0, mySAP ERP New GL, workflow
• As Lead SAP FI-SD Integration/COPA configuration expert, leading the rollout of Abengoa’s implementation to its USA companies.
• CO-Product Costing - involving process costing for semiconductor chips and plastics
• Product Cost configuration for unit cost and standard cost estimates in production orders. Simultaneous costing of goods Movements-Receipts and Consumption; Month-End Overhead and WIP configuration; Results Analysis and Month-end Variance configuration. Settlement configuration and costing run. Overhead period-end processing, Period-end WIP and month-end settlement to COPA. Process Industry sales order costing, material ledger actual costing and product cost planning configuration.
• Workingdirectly with the CORE team in Spain to manage gaps and conduct change management workshops with multiple complexities.
• Used SAP SEM integrated Business Consolidation System (BCS) component to determine resources of the client’s corporate groups along with its other enterprise units.
• Used BCS also to perform internal and external corporate and enterprise reporting
• Set up BCS consolidation functions, master data and data collection process for periodic reporting
• Responsible for leading the configuration and implementation of the Controlling and Profitability (COPA) module
• Also responsible for fixed assets conversion, loading the legacy data and the new users.
• Supported SAP Treasury FSCM functions for Treasury & Risk Management; Cash & Liquidity Management; In-House Cash; & Bank Communication Management. Also responsible setting up various payment methods including ACH and Bank reconciliation using EBS.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version: ECC 6.0, mySAP ERP New GL.
• As SAP FI-SD Integration/COPA configuration expert, worked in multiple projects with complex scenarios.
• Responsible for leading the configuration and implementation of the Controlling and Profitability (COPA) module in a multiple project environment.
• For Bridgestone, the COPA Project provides end users with a single system for performing financial accounting transactions and producing a complete set of financial statements for its legal entities in both the United States and internationally; along with providing Profitability Analysis for Brand, Product, Region and Channel.
• Bridgestone selected COPA also for the following reasons:
• Provide the ability to perform actual versus budget comparisons during the month for expenses and provide better system controls.
• Provide Bridgestone with the accounting structure in SAP required for the SAP Order to Cash project.
• Provide integrated purchasing to FICO solution in SAP.
• Replace the outdated financial system that was decreasingly supportable.
• Reporting as it applies to this SAP FICO implementation, providing consistent and uniform reporting.
• Shift the reporting process from data gathering and manipulation to data analysis.
• Eliminate the need to maintain Excel or MS Access database for reporting. Eliminate error prone process of manual intervention in moving data from one system to another.

Confidential, Mississauga

FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version ECC 6.0, mySAP ERP New GL.
• Responsible for configuring/leading the implementation and roll-out of the Controlling and Profitability (COPA) module for Confidential Inc. (MLF) throughout international organization.
• Confidential selected COPA for the following reasons: Technically uniform system environment; So as to provide sales, marketing, product management and corporate planning departments with information to support internal accounting and decision-making.
• Accrual accounting can only be used in PA. Costing-based PA is generally used by sales management as an instrument to control sales, and the features are: 1) the use of value Confidential to group cost and revenue elements; 2) automatic calculation of anticipated or accrual data (valuation). A standard cost approach to COS can be used with costing-based PA to provide a real time view of profitability. The configured solutions included: Operating Concern, Characteristics, Derivation, Profitability Segment, Value Confidential

Confidential, Anaheim, CA

FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• A California based utility company was undertaking an enhancement project to interface its SAP Project Systems Related transactions and FICO postings to REVEAL, a legacy reporting system that consolidates company-wide data for external reporting.
• SAP Version 4.6c.
• Responsible for configuring the integration objects as well as proposing RICEFs once the enhancement steps were determined.
• Analyzed and worked with all SEU divisions involved to modify operating procedures and adopt best business practices to make the enhancements feasible.
• Leveraged existing interfaces with SAP, which was already implemented at SEMPRA.

Confidential, Independence, OH

FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version 4.6c.
• Confidential was preparing a Business Unit (BU) for a Divestiture. The BU needed to become self-reliant on own SAP instance prior to day-one of the divestiture.
• With the divestiture, the BU leadership wanted to heavily leverage the existing SAP implementation both from a configuration and data perspective while using this as an opportunity for some level of process improvement and elimination of redundant functionality.
• The company was interested in leveraging leading practices and accelerators from IBM in defining their new instance.
• The following tools leveraged for the project:

Confidential

SAP Solution Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the FI and CO modules, to include:
• Built additional functionality as necessary and tested the processes and functions identified by Confidential .
• Supported Confidential in the none- Confidential configuration identification where needed.
• Built technical and functional infrastructure in Dev, QA/Test and PRD.Identified Master Data extract files.
• Identified load programs from 4.6C production environment to new instance.
• Identified extract programs/queries.
• Validated required transaction data.Eliminated Confidential functional components and Tested Development.

Confidential, Torrance, CA

SAP FICO Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version: 4.6c.
• As SAP FI/CO Functional Team Lead, supported the Kubota business as a member of the IS team.
• Developed and managed business relationships between the IS department, controllers and heads of the Accounting, Financial Services, Internal Auditor's and IT departments.
• Responsible for working on projects, KORs and problem tickets assignment to the FI/CO role and provide a better way to apply SAP to their business.

Confidential, Washington, DC

FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• PHI is one of the largest energy delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region, serving about 1.9 million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia, with annual revenues greater than $8B.
• SAP Version: 4.6c.
• PHI completed a cost benefit analysis on how to move forward with a maintenance management solution and they selected SAP-PM as the software to be used, replacing several existing Maximo systems.
• PHI Service Company engaged IBM to assist with the development of a SAP project implementation plan.
• Responsible for reviewing existing SAP Financial Implementation including Cost Center, Chart of Accounts, GL, FERC, AP, AR, Project Systems, Internal Orders, Budgeting & Forecasting, Travel & Expenses, Reporting, etc.
• Provided high level understanding and vision of the costing process within a FERC environment.

Confidential, Las Vegas, NV

FI/CO Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version: 4.6c.
• FI/CO Team Lead for functional client post go-live support.
• Managed and completed the implementation of SAP data reload for Confidential 's Division of Aviation (DOA).
• Provided functional support to Confidential 's SAP Support Center (SSC) for eleven months.
• Conduct configuration changes to accommodate change requests and prototype activities. Maintain configuration documentation. Parallel accounting in fixed assets multiple depreciation (depreciation reconciliation and accelerated depreciation) areas with delta areas posting to parallel ledgers
• Migrating internal orders as investment measures with line item settlement
• LSMW and AS91 as well as data takeover transactions (OASV) accounting background to assist with pre- and post-conversion reconciliation tasks reconciliation of FI-AA with GL (ABST, ABST2) users on Budget Entry, Funds reservations & Commitments,
• Performing FMDERIVE and GMDERIVE and using availability control, reconciliation of FM ledgers

Confidential, Burbank, CA

FICO Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version: 4.6c.
• FICO Lead for divestiture accounting (divestiture for entertainment company's radio entities).
• Helped to segregate existing accounting data for companies that this entertainment giant was selling from its organization. This task was especially challenging because of the intricate relationships that existed between the radio companies and their parent organization.
• Managed the collection of the client’s requirements and helped prepare the blueprint for separation of these radio companies to get them ready for sale as stand-alone operations.
• Organized and presided over meetings with Disney’s top Managers and process Owners on a weekly basis to further the implementation of the Radio spin-off project.
• Created test scripts that were used to simulate the data split between Disney and its radio companies. The project was successfully completed in 2007.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

FI-AA Configuration Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version: 4.6c.
• Project description: Migration of Indirect Materials and interfaced solutions for project and fixed assets accounting, maintenance orders, repair parts, monetary approval, and project management to the SAP R/3 4.7 technology.

Confidential, CA & VA

Sr. FI/CO/FM & FERC Consultant

Responsibilities:

• SAP Version: 4.6c.
• Projects for following Confidential, Utilities (Gas & Electric): City of Charlottesville, VA; San Bernardino School District; and City of Palo Alto.
• Led Fixed Assets implementation from blueprint through go-live.
• Led CO blueprinting, configuration.
• Led FI configuration including FI-AA, FI-AP, FI-AR, and FI-GL. users on Budget Entry, Funds reservations & Commitments,
• Performing FMDERIVE and GMDERIVE and using availability control, reconciliation of FM ledgers

Confidential, AZ

FI/CO Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP R/3 IS-U (Utility).
• Team-Lead for functional client post go-live support team.
• Blueprinting and configuration of FI/CO module (GL, AR, AP, FM).
• Led the implementation of Fixed Assets.
• Blueprinting and configuration of FERC, GASB 34 and FM modules.
• Supervised fiscal year-end audit and provided client with guidelines on reconciliation of accounts and reporting.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• SAP R/3 IS-U (Utility).
• Lead CO Consultant during the blueprinting and realization/configuration phase of implementation utilizing the Industry Solution for Utilities (IS-UTILITIES).
• Led the configuration of the FERC module for this Gas & Electric utilities company.
• Configured Costing-Based COPA, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profit Center Accounting, Special Purpose Ledger, Activity-Based Costing, Statistical Key Figures and FERC/ICC related account assignments.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led the Medical Equipment & Product Manufacturing - SAP R/3 4.6c Implementation.
• Engaged by the largest manufacturer and distributor of insulin pumps to design, blueprint and prototype investment measures for managing the company’s $89 million capital assets in an integrated planning and budgeting environment.
• Configured the A/R, A/P, IM and Fixed Assets modules in SAP.
• As FI/CO co-team lead, implemented Internal Order Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing and Profitability Analysis in an industry leading Service Provider Company. This implementation included business blue printing, scoping and design.
• As FI/CO team member, responsible for all design and configuration activities related to the Asset Management and Investment Management modules as well as AR, AP, GL and Cost Center Hierarchies. This implementation included data conversions from three legacy systems. Complex investment measures were used to capture project process costs of capital in an SAP Project Systems environment.
• Configured Fixed Assets Accounting in SAP R/3 and played a key role in providing end-user for all areas in FI/CO. These highly visible engagements were deemed critical by the clients because they introduced new ways of doing the clients’ business using SAP in a FDA regulated environment. The implementation integrated capital acquisition with corporate planning/budgeting activities.Completed implementation ahead of schedule under 9 months, using the ASAP methodology.
• Implemented FI/CO for a leading manufacturer/distributor of disposable medical supplies in Chicago.
• Introduced and implemented new designs based on industry-best-practices for capital acquisitions processing within this company that produces much of its own fixed assets.Set up new ways of recording down-payments related to asset acquisition as well as construction-in-progress for capital related production.
• Helped to achieve internal controls and efficiency by consolidating the company’s capital and asset acquisition procedures. Wrote internal procedures for capital purchases to improve day-to-day processing in SAP.
• Conducted end-user for high-level staff members.Project originally scheduled for 6 months, butcompleted in only 21 weeks.

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

SAP Fixed Assets Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured the Fixed Assets and Investment Management modules.
• Utilized complex investment measures to simulate project with no structural hierarchy.

Confidential, Chatsworth, CA

FI-AA Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led the fixed assets implementation including blueprinting, configuration, user and go-live support.

ABC RAIL, Chicago, IL

SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for blueprinting the Fixed assets and Investment Management modules.
• Supervised the configuration and go-live of FI-AA and Investment Management.

Confidential, Northridge, CA

SAP Team Lead / Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As Business Analyst and Senior Corporate Accountant, was selected as the FI/CO Team Lead to help design, blueprint and prototype the company’s business processes for the ERP implementation project.Company selected SAP R/3 for the integration of all group accounting and finance activities.
• Lead on the SAP implementation project to streamline company operations by consolidating all common group functions and general accounting processes.
• Designed and implemented A/R, G/L, A/P, and Asset Accounting in SAP R/3.
• Responsible for the configuration and implementation of FI GL, AP, AR and Asset Accounting in SAP (R3) for six of the company’s subsidiaries.
• Planned and implemented SAP Asset Management (AM) configurations for all 18 subsidiaries of the company.
• Performed the fiscal year-end procedures including fiscal year change, sub-ledger/GL balance carry-forwards and year-end close for all SAP FI/CO modules.
• Oversaw financial controls and corporate accounting processes for three divisions of this $3 billion/year Washington D.C. based manufacturer/distributor of Audio Speakers and Electronics.
• Wrote and implemented accounting procedures to better record the financial results of the company’s retail outlet operations.

Confidential, Santa Monica, CA

Controller

Responsibilities:

• Implemented and oversaw financial controls and accounting processes for a $27 million wholesale bakery and restaurant operation, an exclusive supplier of bakery products for Cheese Cake Factory, California Pizza Kitchen, Starbucks Coffee other restaurant chains.Negotiated payment terms with contractors and purveyors.
• Set up tightened internal controls through extensive restructuring and introduction of procedures resulting in improved efficiency in finance/accounting operations.Analyzed food cost variances and took corrective actions
• Managed a tight cash flow, which ensured that all bills were paid and receivables collected in a timely manner.