W. Noel Cook

About W. Noel Cook

Executive whose leadership, financial, systems and communication skills have driven team success stories across companies spanning multiple industries. Proven record of leveraging systems and motivating people to get better and faster results with fewer resources by continually pushing for improvement. Manager with extensive expertise in Restructuring, Finance, Financial Modeling, Implementing Systems, Accounting, Operational and Strategic Planning-Developed the financial plan for the restructuring of a $200 million retailer. Led team that cut corporate staff by 180 employees (60%) while improving back-office functionality & developed the models used in deciding which underperforming assets to divest-Developed a plan of action for another company to reduce on-going costs by $33 million and divest poor performing assets to increase cash flow by $129 million-To prepare for anticipated growth, led ERP project from RFP to price negotiations to choosing implementation consultants to implementation. Price negotiations resulted in a 90% discount from the list price. The system was implemented on time and on budget.My tools include expert financial modeling skills, an aptitude for getting the most out of ERP systems – especially Oracle, an MBA from a top school and over 30 years of experience in Corporate Finance.Specialties: ERP experience-Created RFP and scripts for scripted demos-Completed full life cycle implementation-Developed more efficient method of creating Financial Reports and configuring the GL using Excel and DataLoad-Set up Allocations and Budgets-Converted & loaded history. Expert in-Excel – financial modeling, macros in Visual Basic, database functions- Hyperion - led implementation- Noetix -Access – includes Visual Basic coding of Modules-Outlook, Visio.

Experience

1. Csi Consultant, Senior

   Infor

   May 2017 — Present · US

   Completed 3 full life cycle implementations of Cloud Suite Financials- Expert in Global Ledger, Cash and Asset Management modules- Expert in using ISD for setting up the system and automating business processes.

Education

• University of Georgia - Terry College of Business

  BBA, Economics with minor in Mathematics

  1977 — 1980

• Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management

  MBA, Finance and Accounting

  1980 — 1982

Skills

• Excel
• Strategic Planning
• Change Management
• Access
• Financial Reporting
• Oracle Financials
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Microsoft Office
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Visio
• Qlikview
• Financial Planning
• Microsoft Access
• Business Process
• Accounts Payable
• Accounting
• Forecasting
• Hy
• Oracle Discoverer
• Budgets
• Finance
• Business Process Improvement
• Oracle General Ledger
• Business Strategy
• Payroll
• Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Management
• Hyperion
• Microstrategy
• Account Reconciliation
• Sarbanes-Oxley Documentation
• Erp
• Project Management
• Oracle
• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Cognos
• Leadership
• General Ledger
• Due Dilligence