Deborah (Deb) G. Halvorson - MBA, CPA (inactive)

Experience

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  Deloitte

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1987

  Staff Accountant

  ▫ Provided accounting and audit services to large and medium public and not-for-profit clients▫ Created audit programs for new clients through analysis of processes and information flow

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  MSI Insurance (now Country Financial)

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1992

  ▫ Led turn-around efforts for team responsible for enrollment, contracts, and maintenance of group health contract clients through internal team and third party administrators ▫ Provided internal operational reviews and consulting for processes in newly formed business line

  • Manager, Group Administration

    Jan 1988 - Jan 1992

  • Internal Auditor

    Jan 1987 - Jan 1988
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  Pizza Hut

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1993

  District Manager

  ▫ Led 12-store market as part of senior leadership development program. Responsible for profitability, team selection, training, operations, maintenance of equipment and buildings, and local marketing

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  Target Stores

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2009

  ▫ Led teams responsible for financial management and administration of workers’ compensation, safety, and financial risk transfer vehicles (enterprise-wide insurances), 270 employees and contractors and best-in-class vendors of specialty services▫ Adopted rigorous, industry pace-setting approaches for analytical methods (e.g. Six Sigma, Kaizen, etc.) to gain insight, formulate/guide initiatives driving performance, and engage senior leaders and partners . Responsible for accounting and financial integrity of liabilities/expenses and for execution of programs to minimize expenses while maximizing guest/team experience and positive health outcomes.▫ Transformed organizational design of team to balance evolving business needs with capabilities and leverage internal capabilities efficiently while continuing to drive results▫ Expanded enterprise-wide prioritization of safety culture through elevated engagement with internal partners, improved talent selection and team deployment, strong business-case development and communication, stretch goal-setting, ongoing communication at all levels, and demonstrated impact▫ Achieved 18% improvement in stores’ safety results driving substantial financial benefits Show less ▫ Led 70-person team responsible for inventory accounting: inventory record integrity, physical inventory processes, analyses of stock shortage, and business-user expertise in merchant, store, and financial inventory systems▫ Proactively directed extensive project portfolio driving enterprise-wide improvements including complex cross –team information systems, data/measurement tools and operational processes▫ Co-developed, championed and successfully obtained C-level leadership endorsement of high level corporate priority for “Best Stock Shortage Ever” initiative, an effort meaningfully contributing to increasingly strengthened results▫ Developed team through active leadership coaching, sponsorship of development programs, intentional intra-team collaboration, and shaping of team competencies for upcoming organizational needs Show less

  • Senior Director, Risk Management

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  • Director, Inventory Accounting and Analysis

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  • Senior Manager, Stores Expense Planning

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  • Senior Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives ("Best Company Ever")

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  • Manager/Senior Manager, Payroll

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  • Senior Financial Analyst/Financial Analyst

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

  • Food Operations Market Team Lead

    Jan 1993 - Jan 1996
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  SUPERVALU

  Aug 2011 - Feb 2013

  Director, Retail Accounting Northern & Western Region
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  Branco

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  CFO
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  JMAC Energy Services, LLC

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2018

  Senior Vice President, Organizational Development
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  Summer Saether Consulting

  Dec 2018 - now

  Principal