Armand Buzzelli

Background

About Armand Buzzelli

Armand A. Buzzelli is the President of Buzzelli Advisory Services. Prior to joining B.A.S, Armand held numerous financial, accounting and procurement related management positions in various business segments. Armand has extensive controllership, procurement and management experience in the metals, minerals, and manufacturing sectors as well as the consumer products industry. He has worked for both privately held companies and publicly traded corporations. The majority of Armand’s experience was gained during his twenty three plus years career with Alcoa, Inc. a Fortune 100 global corporation. Key positions held with Alcoa included Division Controller, Business Unit Support Manager, Shared Services Accounting Manager, North American Accounts Payable Manager, Procurement Compliance and Co-Source Accounts Payable Lead (Bangalore, India). Armand has been recognized for his leadership in the area of business process improvements and best practices implementation. As a Division Controller and Shared Services Accounting Manager, Armand developed a strong knowledge of the budgeting, planning, forecasting and closing processes for numerous Alcoa business segments. During Armand’s tenure as Manager of the Alcoa North American Accounts Payable operation, a leading Process Improvement firm recognized Alcoa’s group as “Best in Class” on several occasions. This level of performance was achieved by a strong focus on working capital conservation, on-time payment percentages, invoice resolution, vendor management and electronic payment methods. In addition, Armand was responsible for unclaimed property recoveries of over $5 million USD in a six year period. Armand is a graduate of Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School and Robert Morris University, where he currently serves as a member of the ACT 101 Advisory Board.