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DONALD PETTER MBA CPA CMA

donpetter@austin.rr.com (512) 835 - 5054

Sophisticated accounting, finance, and operations leader with over 20 years of experience in program management, business controls, and financial stewardship. Proven ability in forecasting, measurements, and controllership for post-consumer repair for a $50M/yr Service organization. Skilled visionary seamlessly blending finance and operations. Achieved profit targets for 41 straight quarters while never failing an audit. Saved IBM $1M in component repair cost in 1997. Earned CPA and CMA certifications while working full time. Functional Skills Strategic Financial Leadership Management Reporting Teacher, Coach, Mentor Accounting Management Organizational Development Financial Stewardship Capital Budgeting Audit Interface Excel Significant Achievements Forty-one consecutive quarters on target for profitability. Career History FLEXTRONICS/SOLECTRON, Austin, Texas 1999 - 2011 Financial Reporting Internal Controls Controllership Cost Planning

Controller, Staff Financial Analyst 08/00 11/11 Financial leader for Flextronics Global Services (FGS) Austin, TX. Key Member of Global Services Senior Management Team in Austin, TX. Prepared all Monthly Financial Forecasts for FGS and SGS Austin. Generated Overhead Burden Formula for Shop Rate Model. Performed in Shared Service environment with support from U.S., Mexico and India. Managed in a cross discipline environment. Built quarterly forecasts ensuring Flextronics Global Services (FGS) was able to achieve Corporate expectations and ensure site flexibility to meet its own needs. FGS achieved Corporate financial expectations for the first 41 quarters of its existence as a separate business unit. Led team building by creating a financial services team. Took a personal interest in each member of the team, developed their professional skills and allowed them flexibility to enhance work life balance. Team morale remained high during my tenure, with no turnover of employees. Turned around supplier dissatisfaction through creative personnel management. Accounts payable was performing poorly, corporate finance refused resource additions to address significant customer sat issues. Developed a plan working across functional lines of responsibility to add an A/P person as Supplier Support to address A/P issues. Supplier satisfaction increase dramatically, buyers no longer spent 30%+ of their time addressing these issues. Developed and Implemented Petty Cash Operations for Austin Service Operations. Staff Financial Analyst 02/99 07/00 Resolved variances and bridged measurements from acquired site general ledger to Solectron. Developed measurement and forecasting process for newly combined Post Consumer Service Operations. Developed and Implemented Measurement package for newly acquired operations from IBM.

DONALD PETTER MBA CPA CMA


donpetter@austin.rr.com (512) 835 - 5054

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM), Austin, Texas 1984 - 1998 Staff Financial Analyst 01/95 -- 01/99 Expenses recognized as items were added to inventory and before actual costs were incurred during use. Revised accounting leaving these components in inventory until they were used, enabled better matching of expense recognition to actual usage. This saved IBM $1M to its bottom line in 1997 and saved the IBM Card Repair Center $2M in its internal measurements. Achieved 10X target for accuracy in repair shipments from 1996-1997. Account Manager and Measurement Interface 01/93 12/94 Managed 3 external accounts through closure of their contract Developed effective measurement process at individual marketer level for multi-million dollar operation. Site Measurement Coordinator / Capital Coordinator 08/89 12/92 Reduced monthly measurement cycle by one week. Streamlined measurement package by 75%. Saved over $1M of requested capital spending by recycling previous allotted funding. Business Controls Analyst / Internal Audit Interface 05/8807/89 Site interface for two internal audits. Proactively defending the site from major IT access concern. Consolidate Business Controls files freeing up 50% of file room space General Accountant / Fixed Asset Analyst 07/87 04/88 Administered first ever inventory of fixed assets for IBM subsidiary in Austin. Wrote first detailed documentation of General Accounting desk position. Studied for and Passed entire CPA examination in May 1988 MES Cost Planning 07/86 -- 06/87 Developed and obtained approval for business process which resulted in elimination of this position. Upgraded the automation and computerization of inventory planning desk Overhead Financial Analyst 02/84 08/86 Increased recoveries and customer/tenant satisfaction for site with >$100M in MFG Overhead. Automated site occupancy calculations, procurement burden rate, and measurement reporting.

Certifications & Training Certified Public Accountant (Texas) Certified Management Accountant Education Master of Business Administration, Finance & Accounting, University of Texas, Austin, TX Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

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