Jeff Walton

Background

About Jeff Walton

MOTIVATED, PERSONABLE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL. Talent for quickly mastering circumstances and excelling in any assignment with minimal direction. Comfortable working with all levels of an organization, in particular non-financial professionals. Consistently produce accurate and timely information, analysis, and reports for upper- and mid-level management, as well as external requirements. FLEXIBLE AND VERSATILE – ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SENSE OF HUMOR UNDER PRESSURE. Poised and confident and willing to accept any assignment. Thrive in a multitask environment. Enjoy working in, as well as leading, high-performance teams. PROVEN LEADER with thirty years of work experience in Finance and Project Management. Background includes hands on experience in the development and leadership of high performing teams across Financial Analysis and Program Management including forecasting, budgeting, earned value management, accounting, manufacturing, strategic planning, revenue recognition, pricing, audit support, and finding a way to get where we need to be. Specialties: Leadership, Financial Support to Engineering/Non-Financial Management, Team Building, Communicating, Financial Management, P&L Forecasting and Analysis, Cost Budgeting Earned Value, Getting to the Point Process Improvement: Lean, Process Re-Engineering, Policy Development, and Change Management Business Development: Strategic Planning, and Implementation Versatility has allowed me to step in wherever needed as personnel changes. During Headcount reduction from 980 to 200 employees in 7 years, successfully performed many interim assignments to facilitate transitions.