Christopher Fontana

About Christopher Fontana

P2P (Coupa) expert, with 2 best-in-class implementations under my belt at billion $-plus companies. I was a speaker at Coupa Inspire in Vegas Aria for 3 years in a row, 2 Coupa Video testimonial, spoke at the Coupa SKO 2025 in Vegas and have helped countless companies achieve best in class.Configured and implemented Coupa Expense with 18 legal entities, 4 ERPs, users, 8 Visa card, over 50 integrations feeds.Proactive solution finder that always looking to make processes more efficient and search for root cause solutions but just better bandaides.Automate processes, Agentic AI, AI chat BOTs (Coupa Navi), UIPathManaged staff and played a critical role in getting supplier enablement, PO backed invoices and system functionality to Best In Class- Linked over suppliers to the Coupa Supplier Portal- Automating over invoices per month, through Supplier enablement and RPAs- achieved a 96% rate of PO-backed invoices - Homepage revamp- implemented SIM (Supplier Information Management)- Develop processes to automate and streamline Purchase Order creation- Developed a training plan and trained all colleagues - Very proficient with Coupa Analytics- Executive Management Reporting- Administration of Coupa (Coupa certified)- Release management- Change Management and SDLC-Manage buyers within the procurement dept.(2 staff)- RPA (BOTs) implementation to gain efficiencies - Managed the implementation of over 50 file integrations (flat file and API)- sourcing and procurement strategy- Passionate about finding efficiencies - great communication skills- very passionate Accounting Manager- Manage accounting department (5 - 7 staff)- Successfully managed the implementation of a new general ledger (Peoplesoft) and Accounts Payable and Fixed Asset system (BankTel)-Managed the implementation of a new lease accounting software to be compliant with ASC 842- Assists with merger and acquisition accounting and data/system conversion- Financial statement consolidation- Ensure appropriate accounting treatment is applied to complex transactions (eg. ASC 842, mortgage purchases, real estates-Sale Leasebacks, etc.)- Research and implement efficiency solutions (travel program, invoice processing, reconciliation system (Blackline), P-card and Corporate credit card)-Initiated and implemented the use of a P-card, which generated over 700K in revenue per year- Strong excel, reporting, communication and data analytic skills- Very analytical and deadline oriented- Great at building relationships

Experience

1. Director of Procurement Technology

   Freeman Company

   Dec 2021 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   Expert in best-in-class P2P system (Coupa) implementation and transformation of procurement, Accounts Payable efficiencies, user and supplier adoption, for end to end processing from contracts, catalogs, purchase orders and systematic invoice processing at a multi-billion dollar privately held company. Specializing in supplier enablement, system integration and change management.Freeman is a privately held global company with 1,500 Coupa users. Freeman is one of the largest tradeshow/convention companies.

Education

• University of Illinois Chicago

  Bachelor's of Science in Accounting, Accounting

  1998 — 2002

• Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

  Masters in Accounting and Financial Mangement

• Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

  Master's degree, Accounting and Finance

• Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

  Masters in Accounting and Financial Management, Accounting

  2002 — 2004

Skills

• Accounts Receivable
• Tax Preparation
• Accounting
• Financial Analysis
• Asset Management
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Internal Audit
• Basel Ii
• Accounts Payable
• Sec Filings
• Us Gaap
• Auditing
• Financial Audits
• Internal Controls
• Account Reconciliation
• Financial Reporting
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• General Ledger
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Tax
• External Audit
• Tax
• Microsoft Excel
• Financial Statements
• Gaap