Diane Ellis

Sr Mgr Finance at Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions - Microelectronics Solutions
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(386) 825-5501
Location
San Diego County, California, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Limited working proficiency

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Paul L

Diane is highly knowledgeable and skilled in all aspects of project control, finance, business process improvements, key business indicators, and leadership. Delivering key business indicators to managers to help them drive their business to success is Diane's number one priority. She jumps in and helps 100%. Diane is hard-working reliable and a visionary and leader she is an asset to have to any team.

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Experience

    • VP Corporate Financial and Business Operations
      • Sep 2017 - Nov 2018

      Responsible for the oversight of company-wide services including Finance, Contracts, Human Resources, IT, Pricing and Administration. Serves as the customer contact for GALT and assists CEO and Leadership Team in planning and meeting tactical and strategic goals. Responsible for the oversight of company-wide services including Finance, Contracts, Human Resources, IT, Pricing and Administration. Serves as the customer contact for GALT and assists CEO and Leadership Team in planning and meeting tactical and strategic goals.

    • VP of Financial Operations
      • Nov 2016 - Sep 2017
    • United States
    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Site CFO
      • Aug 2010 - Jan 2017

      Collaborate with Directors. PMs, Sr Finance Mgr on budget performance, annual and 5 year planning. Instrumental in surpassing annual plan and implementing cost cutting initiatives via collaboration across the business at all levels and disciplines and with our customer. Manage overhead budgets and Capital projects. Influential partner to Program Managers in order to achieve budget performance goals. Influential partner to business development areas of near $2B. Key characteristics - Passionate about People - Strategy - Creativity - Collaboration - Key Business Indicators and Streamlined Processes that serve to drive people and business to success. Show less

    • United States
    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Senior Finance Manager
      • Aug 2005 - 2010

      EVMS manager for a $100M contract with the Army and a $100M commercial Satellite program. In charge of FPA and overhead rates. Served as a key advisor to GM and Director of Programs for program management risks and ops, EAC's, EVMS - (internal, customer, and DCMA coordination). Instrumental in Acquisition decisions, responding to RFPs, achieving indirect rate goals, and improving cash flow. EVMS manager for a $100M contract with the Army and a $100M commercial Satellite program. In charge of FPA and overhead rates. Served as a key advisor to GM and Director of Programs for program management risks and ops, EAC's, EVMS - (internal, customer, and DCMA coordination). Instrumental in Acquisition decisions, responding to RFPs, achieving indirect rate goals, and improving cash flow.

    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • VP Project Control
      • Aug 1994 - Aug 2005

      Led $450M business Program Control, FP&A, Pricing and Scheduling, EVMS and EACs. Successfully restructured four business areas (people, processes, procedures and tools) - received a Corporate Award. Led SOX implementation for EAC/EVMS - received a Corporate Award. Experiences such as these lead me to serve as a key speaker in two corporate wide annual Program Control forums. Wrote articles for corporate wide program management bulletins and served on corporate committees creating policy, procedures, training for project control. Show less

    • United States
    • Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Manager of Business Solutions/FP&A
      • Aug 1990 - Aug 1994

      Part of a 4 person national financial reporting software implementation initiative. Collaborating with Directors, CFOs, GMs across the business to gather reporting needs and build an information delivery system that drove sales, efficiencies and profit margins. Performed market analysis of new products, brands and flavors. Lead product pricing, inventory analysis and cost cutting measures initiative. Part of a 4 person national financial reporting software implementation initiative. Collaborating with Directors, CFOs, GMs across the business to gather reporting needs and build an information delivery system that drove sales, efficiencies and profit margins. Performed market analysis of new products, brands and flavors. Lead product pricing, inventory analysis and cost cutting measures initiative.

Education

  • Loyola University Maryland
    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance, General
  • Towson University
    Bachelor's degree, Finance, General

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