ROBERT A.

ROCCA
(805) 208-8213 * bobrocca@hotmail.com
28806 Bay Heights Road * Hayward, California 94542

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Meticulous Controller/Financial Manager with extensive experience directing and
restructuring financial operations in public and private corporations and nonpro
fit organizations.
* Experience managing financial operations and developing and implementing new c
orporate financial reporting and control systems.
* Partners with operational management to develop and implement practical soluti
ons to business problems.
* Ensures corporate compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and additional regulations, f
acilitating passage of audits.
* Takes outcome-focused approach with employees, providing mentoring, coaching,
and training to provide them with professional tools required to perform their j
ob responsibilities.
* Provides training in use of new financial systems and in systematic approaches
to solving problems.
* Conversant in Microsoft Office Suite; Visio; Hyperion; and in ERP systems incl
uding Great Plains, Oracle, PeopleSoft, MAS 200, and Accpac.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Financial Process Re-engineering * Inventory Management Controls * Financial
Reporting and Analysis
Standard Cost Systems in Discrete and Process Manufacturing * Development of F
inancial Systems * Training
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE CALIFORNIA MUSHROOM FARM, Ventura, California 2008-2009
Privately held company with $60 million in revenue; grew, packaged, and distribu
ted 500,000 pounds of fresh mushrooms weekly.
Controller
* Developed reports such as budgeting, balance sheets, and P&L for submission to
parent company, with oversight of all local financial operations.
* Supported local general manager and owners by providing information related to
costs, financial controls, and inventory.
LUMINENTOIC, Chatsworth, California 2006-2007
$90 million manufacturer of electronic components for optical cable business.
Controller
* Managed financial operations of wholly owned subsidiary of MRV Communications,
including consolidation of Taiwan manufacturing operations.
* Standardized operational and accounting control and reporting systems includin
g financial statements, forecasts, and supporting documentation related to audit
and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
* Coordinated Sarbanes-Oxley and external audit compliance activities; tasked wi
th improving SOX controls such as process documentation and compliance testing.
* Drove conversion from Great Plains to Oracle financial system in extremely sho
rt time frame, ensuring financial aspects of conversion worked correctly to enab
le production of financial statements and forecasts.
* Facilitated management's access to Taiwan operations in real time and advanced
schedule toward completing acquisitions in China.
CONSULTANT, Thousand Oaks, California 2003-2006
* Provided financial analysis, SOX compliance, internal audit, and financial rep
orting improvement services, primarily working with clients in pharmaceutical, p
roduct security, and entertainment industries.
* Analyzed rebate payment stream for pharmaceutical client with total rebate pay
ments exceeding $3 billion annually, developing process that enabled association
of payments to underlying contracts, agreements, and sales programs.
* Spearheaded entertainment client through initial SOX compliance processes in c
ollaboration with small regional accounting firm with limited SOX experience.
* Earned positive feedback for work that was carefully prepared and projects com
pleted on time and under budget.
* Led front-line Sox compliance effort from initial process mapping through comp
liance testing for $800 million product security and logistics company with sign
ificant facilities in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Puerto Ric
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THERMO RADIOMETRIE, Gaithersburg, Maryland 2000-2003

$65 million manufacturer of custom X-ray and isotope gauges for rolled products
industries; wholly owned subsidiary of Thermo Electron Inc.,.
Controller
* Directed financial management for subsidiary, accounting department of five, a
nd contract department of two.
* Prepared operating plan, forecasts, and monthly financial reports, establishin
g new set of processes and controls that improved timeliness and reliability of
these reports.
* Revised percentage of completion revenue recognition process to comply with GA
AP and improve forecast reliability.
* Reduced Days Sales Outstanding from more than 90 to 46 days by managing variou
s contractual terms and initiating systems to ensure timely receipt of payments;
improved working capital and cash flow by 40%.
AG CONSULTING, San Francisco, California 1997-2000
Senior Management Consultant
* Provided consulting services in financial management, process re-engineering,
benchmarking, business strategy development system design and testing, and human
resource management.
* Served clients such as Time Warner Cable, Philips Consumer Communications, El
Paso Energy, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, and Rouse Corporation.
ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA (ALCOA) 1988-1997
Manufacturer of structural parts for aircraft.
Vice President/Controller - Halethorpe Extrusions, Baltimore, Maryland 1993-1997
* Supervised financial management of $45 million subsidiary, manufacturer of aer
ospace extrusions.
* Managed accounting department, procurement, MIS, and raw materials hedging tra
nsactions.
* Supported 45% inventory reduction by installing new financial reporting and in
ventory control systems.
* Reorganized accounting department to utilize corporate financial shared servic
es for credit, collections, AP, payroll, T&E, and freight payment.
* Negotiated agreement for third party procurement, storeroom, and integrated su
pply services.
Project Analyst - Headquarters, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1991-1993
* Led design and implementation of restructured AP and T&E processes, collaborat
ing with Hackett Associates and Andersen Consulting.
Ingot Plant Accountant, Massena, New York 1990-1991
* Developed complete revision of standard cost, budgeting, and management report
ing systems.
* Implemented inventory control systems supporting 50% reduction in raw material
and in-process inventory.
Cost Office Supervisor, Massena, New York 1988-1990
EARLY EXPERIENCE
LITTLE RAPIDS CORPORATION, Potsdam, New York
Controller - Potsdam Paper Mills Division
GOULD, INC., ELECTRIC MOTOR DIVISION, Watertown, New York
Manager, Cost and Credit/Financial Analyst
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, Canton, New York
Assistant Director for Marketing and Finance
EDUCATION
M.B.A., Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York
B.S., St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Corporate Board Member 1990-Present
St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, President/Vice President/Treasurer 1987
-1991
Canton Central School Board of Education, President/Vice President 1974-1980; 19
84-1991