Joseph A.

Maiorana
jm112a968@westpost.net
Cookstown, NJ 08511
908-599-3060
PROFILE
Finance and Accounting Supervisor/ Manager with in depth background in Financial
Analysis, General Ledger, Billing and Inventory Control, systems development an
d enhancement experience, trained in Six Sigma (Certified Black Belt) and Lean P
rocess Improvement Methodologies with Project Management and Financial/ Operatio
nal Internal Audit experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hess Corporation, Woodbridge, NJ 1967 to 2010
2009 Supervisor of Financial Management Reporting
* Prepare monthly consolidated Profit and Loss Statements, Forecasts, and Budget
s for 10 Business Units for Senior Management.
* Extensive creation and use of Market Cost pricing used in consolidated P&L gen
eration and ad hoc analysis for over 200 plants and multiple products affected b
y geographically seasonal influences
* Heavy use of Excel lookups, file linking and advanced formulas
2008 Project Management Office Black Belt
* Developed project charters, progress tracking reports, idea inventories and ev
aluations. Prepared process flow and "SIPOC" maps for Finance Accounting units
* Facilitated 15+ Improvement Project efforts for 3 accounting units; mentored G
reen Belts
2007 Project Manager
* Managed project to outsource Accounts Payable for 120,000 invoices a year and
implemented Cornucopia's Accounts Payable Workflow resulting in reduction of 12
FTE's
* Managed the outsourcing of utility invoice processing for 1,200 facilities
* Assisted in the orderly acquisition and assimilation of 15,000 natural gas and
electric customers from a major northeast utility
2005 to 2006 Six Sigma Black Belt
* Selected by M&R vice presidents to be one of ten trained in the company's new
Six Sigma/Lean deployment.
* Earned Six Sigma Black Belt certification in 2006 (by Breakthrough Management
Group).
* Managed several Process Improvement Projects improving the accuracy of forecas
ting movement activity and eliminating duplication of effort and reduction of mu
ltiple handoffs
2002 Supervisor Purchase and Exchange Accounting
* Processed, controlled and summarized 4 to 5 billion dollars a year in product
purchase, freight and tax payments with a 12 member department.
* Implemented Accenture's eDownstream software to automate the reconciliation of
on average 80,000 exchange movements and charges a month
1999 Supervisor Inventory Control Accounting
* Controlled inventory movements at 35 company bulk terminals and 50 to 60 excha
nge locations
* Implemented in a controlled manner the expansion of exchange locations to over
150 locations
* Worked to ensure control gaps were eliminated in the transition to SAP

1997 SAP Implementation Project Lead

* Configured SAP SD and FI Billing modules
* Configured a process to automate, control and bill the unique NYC customer bil
ling function which in peak season produced 1,100 invoices a day
1995 SAP Reengineer and Project Team Member
* Trained in business Reengineering and SAP Configuration by Price Waterhouse
* Configured Accounts Receivable module and built an interface from the legacy b
illing system to SAP
* Successfully transferred $60MM from the legacy accounts receivable system to S
AP Accounts Receivable
1991 Manager Billing Department
* Developed and implemented a delivery document imaging system using software wh
ich eventually became Filenet's software.
* Member of a 20 man team assigned to interpret and define the requirements of t
he Federal Clean Air Act which mandated many reporting, delivery document labeli
ng and invoice labeling requirements on the gasoline transactions
1988 System Development Coordinator
* Converted the legacy inventory system from a manual keypunch input to an onlin
e input system which immediately displayed the results of adjustments
1984 Manager Volume Accounting
* Managed 3 inventory related accounting units (12 professional and 19 clerical)
all of which were involved in developing automated data feeds from a new Bulk T
erminals System and interfacing to the Inventory Legacy System
1981 Supervisor Billing Department
* Responsible of controlling and reporting billing, reconciling sales systems, a
nd processing billing adjustments
1971 Internal Audit Department
* Performed and led Financial and Operational Audits
* Supervised the Retail Station Audit group and the Bulk Terminal Audit group
1967 to 1971, Junior Accountant to Supervising Senior Accountant in various Inve
ntory and Distribution accounting units
EDUCATION and TRAINING
BA Accounting, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Breakthrough Management Group (BMGi.com), Longmo
nt, CO 2006
Project Management Courses, Stevens Institute, Hoboken, NJ 2007

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
SAP FI, Logistics and SD modules
Filenet Document Imaging
Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Projects, Visio, SharePoint Cornucopia'
s Accounts Payable Workflow
MiniTab
Accenture's eDownstream
AFFILIATIONS
Volunteer Firemen, Retired
Treasurer of the Local Firemen's Relief Association
Secretary/Treasurer of the Local Exempt Firemen's Association