Wally Harris

Experience

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  Deloitte, Haskins & Sells

  Jan 1983 - Jan 1985

  Staff Auditor / In-Charge
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  Greenville Health System

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1988

  Internal Auditor / Financial Analyst
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  Southern Management Corporation

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1990

  Controller
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  Denny's

  Oct 1990 - Apr 2017

  Served on the HR Leadership Team as one of three direct reports to the Senior VP of HR and CPO. Established the strategy and priorities within HR to align with the broader corporate strategy. • Served as a leader in the selection, design, and implementation of the cloud based HCM system, Workday, that started in late summer 2015 and was implemented in December 2016.• Designed, managed, and communicated bonus plans for in-restaurant management up through the CEO and the annual merit process for over 1,000 employees.• Introduced quarterly diversity reporting relative to industry market data and based on strategy set by senior leadership.• Maximized and streamlined multiple outsourced services: fleet, relocation, I-9s, and background and drug screening. • Designed, implemented, and led a cross-functional team of eight leaders to channel over $1,000,000 of financial and human resource support to not-for-profit organizations in the upstate. Show less Led accounting areas of payroll, accounts payable, cash, sales, inventory, and fixed assets.• Reduced direct span of control from 40 to 35 employees through business process improvements; achieved annual savings of approximately $250,000.• Created and led a support center-wide community workday in 2004; partnered with our CEO, Christmas in Action, and Habitat for Humanity of Spartanburg; employee participation ranged from 75 to 175 for this annual event that continues today.• Led several annual “best in class” United Way Campaigns. Show less Led accounting areas of sales, cash, inventory, and field support.• Contributed to the formation of Financial Services to centralize and streamline many accounting functions for multiple restaurant concepts.• Achieved success in major projects: Y2K preparedness and Lawson system implementation.• Delivered business process improvements that reduced team size from 200 to 110 employees and achieved an annual savings of over $3,500,000; direct span of control reduced from 90 to 50 employees. Show less

  • Senior Director of HR Services

    Mar 2008 - Apr 2017

  • Director of Corporate Financial Services

    Oct 2003 - Mar 2008

  • Senior Manager of Corporate Financial Services

    Aug 2000 - Oct 2003

  • Manager of Corporate Financial Services

    Oct 1996 - Aug 2000

  • Assistant Controller of Spartan Foods Systems, Inc., subsidiary of Denny's

    Dec 1990 - Oct 1996

  • Senior Financial Analyst of Spartan Foods Systems, Inc., subsidiary of Denny's

    Oct 1990 - Dec 1990