JAY MICHAEL

Ternium

Sr. Business Analyst - Industrial Engineering - October 2007 - October 2009

• Developed and tracked cost and industrial indicators to understand drivers seeking to improve performance and meet corporate objectives using financial analysis, costing, efficiency studies, work-flow analysis, operational improvements, data integrity, space planning, production reporting, and quality/safety audits.
• Budgeted - Created, tracked, and reported deviations from budget and KPIs – worked closely with Cost Accounting and IT
• Financial Analysis - Played key role in industrial business decisions as area expert to pull all numbers together
• Presentations - Led business review meetings, prepared reports, ad hoc analysis, and presentations for executives
• Capital Projects - Recommended and lead capital projects (improvements to equipment and/or layout)
• KPI - Created Key Performance Indicators for Operations and Administration (recommended headcount)
• Teamwork and Leadership - Interacted with all areas of the business from officer level to hourly employee, travel to Mexico, and supervised intern
• Benchmarking - Compared production lines against those in Argentina and Mexico to compare equipment, capacity, design and indicators, product mix et cetera to seek possible improvement opportunities
• Forecasting – Created and maintained alloy forecasting model and capacity planning resulting in working capital reduction while maintaining minimum required “days on hand” inventory
• Accomplishments - Time saving automation, inventory reduction, reduced alloy consumption saving approximately 10 metric tons alloy each month, reduced line stops significantly
• Computers - Extensive use of SAP R/3 modules (Financial and Controlling FICO, Material Management MM, and Production Planning PP), Excel, pivot tables, vlookups, Macros, Access, and data from multiple sources
• SAP, Excel, Access
• Financial Analysis and Planning
• Budget, Forecasting, & Analysis
• Accounting
• Ad hoc analysis and reporting
• Manufacturing
• Professional Presentations
• Project Management
• Six Sigma and Lean trained

Steelscape

Project Manager - Sr. Business Analyst - October 2005 - October 2007

• Steelscape, BHP BlueScope Steel Company, Kalama, Washington (10/05 - 10/07)
• Project Manager, Six Sigma Black Belt, Business Improvement Group (04/06 - 10/07)
• Teamwork and Leadership - Facilitated, trained, and coached team members and champions in the use of Six Sigma tools.
• Project Management - Identified and managed resources required to successfully execute projects. Communicate teams' progress to Champions, Business Leaders, and Master Black Belts. Projects directly impact company bottom line by improving quality, reducing cost or providing better delivery performance to customers
• Projects - Scrap Reduction, Alloy Coating Defect Reduction, Paint Waste Reduction, Line Scheduling Optimization, Paint Solvent Reduction, Quality Defect Reduction, and Customer Quality Engagements, frequent travel to California, Louisiana, and Alabama plants to lead or assist with projects. Worked closely with Cost Accounting to understand cost drivers that affecting profitability.
• Sr. Business Analyst, Finance and Strategic Planning (10/05 - 04/06)
• Consolidations - Prepared 5 plant consolidations of statistical and financial statements and communicated them to parent company
• Budget - Created annual budget and assisted with 5 year plan
• Variation Analysis - Reported monthly deviation analysis of actual to budget
• Ad hoc reporting - Prepared month-end financial statement analysis as needed
• Computers - Extensive use of SAP R/3 modules (Financial and Controlling FICO, Material Management MM, and Production Planning PP), Excel, pivot tables, vlookups, macros, Access, and data from multiple sources
• SAP, Excel, Access
• Financial Analysis and Planning
• Budget, Forecasting, & Analysis
• Accounting
• Ad hoc analysis and reporting
• Manufacturing
• Professional Presentations
• Project Management
• Six Sigma and Lean trained

RadioShack Corporation

Sr. Manager of Business Analysis / Accounting Mana - January 2000 - September 2005

• (RadioShack consolidated wireless retail operations located in Scottsdale to corporate HQ in Ft. Worth, TX 09-05) (01/00 - 09/05)
• Senior Manager of Business Analysis (08/03 - 09/05)
• Supported growth and direction of company by gathering, interpreting and reporting metrics. Attended and contributed to weekly and monthly business review and strategy meetings.
• Reporting and Analysis - Maintained and developed reports using Excel, Access, and SQL, monitored and provided analysis of retail trends, developed and managed sales quotas, sales reports and labor model for over 5,000 employees in 1,100 retail locations.
• Staff modeling - Created staff scheduling model for the retail locations used nationally
• Teamwork and Supervision Supervised 5 employees
• Product and Services Manager (11/02 - 07/03)
• Managed – Oversaw operating and reporting side of product , launches and promotions using ROI for 1,100 retail locations at business partners Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, K-Mart, and RadioShack selling Verizon, T-Mobile, Cingular, Sprint, and Dish
• Margin Analysis - Monitored and developed detail margin analysis for new products and services in multiple channels
• Supervised 1 employee
• Accounting Manager (01/00 - 10/02)
• Managed accounting department of 5, monthly close, reconciled bank accounts, fixed assets, A/R and A/P, corporate income tax, sales tax, annual audit, prepared corporate budget, variance analysis reports, and month end close
• Excel, Access
• Financial Analysis and Planning
• Budget, Forecasting, & Analysis
• Accounting
• Ad hoc analysis and reporting
• Retail
• Professional Presentations

U-Haul International

Financial Analyst - July 1999 - January 2000

• Process Documentation - Responsible for documenting process flows and developing automated data feeds from claims database to general ledger, developed AS400 reports that were not year 2000 compliant
• Monthly Close - Posted journal entries to the GL for month end and reconciled accounts and prepared financial statements and statutory filings.
• Major Accomplishment - Reduced monthly close process from 15 to 5 days using AS400, Access, and Excel to automate data flows and reconciliation

Standard Insurance Company

Field Compensation Specialist - December 1996 - June 1999

• Month end - Managed sales commission database, posted accounting journal entries to the general ledger and reconciled accounts, developed reports using Access and Excel