Norman Els

Background

About Norman Els

Director of Finance Management Consultant Interim Financial Management Transformative Corporate Financial Leadership Presently Senior Management Consultant implementing Financial modules of QAD ERP solutions, specializing in the Financial and Cost Accounting modules, with over 8 1/2 years with QAD. Formerly Director of Finance for three middle-market divisions of publicly held $2bn Fortune company. Operational responsibility for Purchasing function, with prior responsibility for the Production function. Accomplishments include transforming the financial function, integrating and centralizing the financial functions for 3 acquisitions, and slashing timeframes for the monthly close cycle. Acted as site leads for 5 ERP implementations, including SAP, & MS Dynamics GP. Management consulting experience includes turnarounds, corporate restructurings, business process re-engineering and liquidity & profitability improvement projects. Authored 27 published articles in South African business magazines. CORE COMPETENCIES Strategic Planning | Forecasting | Budget control | Financial reporting | GAAP | Financial Management | Controller functions | Cash & working capital | Accounts Receivable AR | Accounts Payable AP | Cost Accounting | Cost control | Finance | Factoring | Secured lending | Financial Planning and Analysis ERP implementations | QAD EE SE & AUX | SAP | MS Dynamics | Great Plains | Navision | Pastel Acquisition integration | Mergers & acquisitions | Internal controls | Turnarounds | Procurement | Production Management INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE MANUFACTURING Electronics | Electrical | Pharmaceuticals | Cable | Timber products | Snack foods | Plastics | Hospital equipment | Gold mining | Business Forms | Paper | Engineering | Automotive | Packaging SERVICE Financial Services | Airlines | Payments | Higher Education | Cellular service | Hospitals | Insurance | Payroll software