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CAREER SUMMARY Professionally certified MBA with more than 30+ years of progressively responsible government contractor and commercial industry financial and manufacturing responsibilities. In depth knowledge of high and low volume manufacturing processes, all accounting methodologies and practices, and manufacturing performance measurement development and variance analyses and reporting. Strong analytical aptitude and excellent technical and listening skills. Good communicator, outstanding organizational skills, and functions efficiently and effectively as a special assignment team leader, team member, or a team facilitator. Interfaces well with all levels of management, peers, internal customers, and regulatory agencies. Able to contribute successfully at multiple assignments in a complex, fast paced demanding environment. Possess a total quality management perspective and a continuous approach to improving processes while eliminating or reducing non-value added worker and manufacturing process wastes. SKILLS/EXPERIENCES SUBCONTRACTS * Review customer RFP and develop subcontractor RFP documents (Statements of Work, Technical/Quality Specifications, Reporting Requirements-SDRLs, Schedules, WBS Structures, Award Fee Plans, Terms and Conditions and Proposal Preparation and Pricing Instructions) for $700K - $500M+ procurement efforts * Conduct proposal preparation, subcontract negotiation, subcontract administration and customer subcontract activities to ensure proper subcontract acquisition and fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements and customer specifications * Prepared Negotiation Plans, Memorandums of Negotiation, Teaming Agreements, Contract Modifications/Change Notices, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Supplier Assessment Management System Quarterly Reports, Set-up, manage and maintain Subcontract Risk and Opportunity charts, and administer Subcontract Award Fee Plan * Team Lead for numerous subcontractor source selection actions resulting in subcontractor selection recommendation based on lowest price and "best value" determinations * Developed Subcontractor Workshop program that covered "cradle to grave" training modules (12) e.g. Request for Proposal, proposal preparation and required documentation, labor and overhead rate development and profit/fee factor determination PRICE/COST ANALYSIS * Price/Cost Analysis Subject Matter Expert * Analyze supplier/vendor proposals and make cost recommendations to ensure fair and reasonable costs and prices to Government customer in accordance with the Truth-in-Negotiations Act, FAR/DFARS and Cost Accounting Standards requirements * Pricing Organization negotiation-team representative for numerous new and follow-on procurement activities AUDITING * Developed audit programs and schedules and supervised professional staff in the conduct of financial, operational, compliance audits and special studies at international and domestic locations * Established a comprehensive internal audit function, for auditor staff (10), recognizing government contractor industry regulations and corporation directives * Planned audit and managed audit team, consisting of internal and external auditors, at various foreign country Locations (UK, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Amsterdam) * Utilized "Theory of Constraints" concepts to analyze and improve production through-put and profitability at two different plant locations FINANCIAL/ANALYTICAL * Responsible for development, review and management approval of annual indirect budget, quarterly EAC rates * Responsible for new business proposal pricing and proposal updates * Worked with government agencies e.g. Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Air Force, and reviewed $248 million of various subcontractor proposal contract types for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Program to ensure compliance with the Federal Acquistion Regulation, as well as, that prices to the government were fair and reasonable * Forecasted and consolidated a 5-year plan of annual revenues, expenses, cash flows, and balance sheet accounts for a start-up subsidiary company with an annual budget of $20 million. Established standards e.g. production, material, facility, scrap allowances, and standard product costs for all commercial products * Set-up standard cost accounting system and responsible for the accounting and reporting functions for a start-up subsidiary company. Responsible for the establishing monthly budgets and re-forecasted, on a quarterly basis, annual revenues, expenses, cash flows, and balance sheet accounts updated for actual operating results, current business assumptions and revised market conditions MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTING * Reviewed a raw material supplier alleged contract underbilling. Audited contract terms and conditions relative to supplier operating yields and conversion practices resulted in reduction of future raw material pricing of $4 million for 3-year period. * Developed, implemented, and maintained separate standard cost systems for three different integrated steel producing plants. * Completed annual general revision of standard cost systems including simultaneous equation solution for dependent operations, updated overhead and labor rates, and revised standard product costs. * Responsible for the taking of annual physical inventory, dollarizing the physical unit counts, reconciling the book to physical and calculating the resulting journal entry adjustments. * Worked with State of Utah and Mississippi sale & use tax auditors. Research and negotiation efforts resulted in reduction of sales tax liability and sales tax refunds of over $2,000,000 for company.
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