Ron Foster

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ABOUT RON FOSTER

Finance and Accounting Leader with a direct and collaborative approach to development of budgets, strategic initiatives, and process improvement efforts. Experience partnering with cross-functional teams on business planning, IT system implementation, and new product / program initiatives to support and influence stakeholders.• Lead development of multi-year budget and periodic forecasts to achieve earnings growth targets. • Drive IT and business stakeholder alignment in system integration and process improvement projects. • Lead reporting and variance analysis with business partners to identify drivers and forecast impacts-IT Systems & Additional Experience: • Microsoft Excel Financial Modeling | PowerPivot | SQL Server Analysis Services Cubes | Power BI • Oracle PeopleSoft GL | Oracle Hyperion Planning | SAS Business Rules • Power Plan Suite: Projects, Cost Accounting, Depreciation, Cost Repository, & CPR • SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence | SAP Billing | OneStream Budgeting & Projections • Process Improvement, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tools • IT Merger integration and system testing • New IT system implementation, current state analysis and requirements development • Accounting close, guidance, and reporting under GAAP and Regulatory/Statutory rules • Large group collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders o Business: Sales, Marketing, IT, Operations, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Business Development, R&D o Finance: Tax, FP & A, Accounting, SAP Billing, Treasury, Risk Management. Data Analytics