Aaron Downs Email & Phone Number

Tucson, AZ, US

Irving, Texas, US

• Manage and develop two professional level staff accountants
• Establish and communicate internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley documentation requirements to all facility personnel.
• Facilitate strategic business unit planning for upper level management including facility manager, business unit manager and Vice President.
• Provide cost and investment analysis for upper level management (ROI and Make/Buy studies).
• Share and provide insight into the legal entity and accountable reporting for the facility including the timely and accurate reporting of financial results.
• Solve complex or unique accounting issues which could require interaction with local, state or federal government entities.

Irving, Texas, US

• Sr. Staff Accountant II – Cost Decision Support: 2021-Present
• Prepared Discounted Cash Flow statements to determine Net Present Value and Operating Profit Metrics on Customer Value Agreement programs
• Prepared financial slides and presented to PMs and VPs on key findings, including sensitivity analysis
• Accounting / business resource providing knowledge and guidance to program managers, marketing and engineering personnel

Irving, Texas, US

• Prepared monthly Material Variance Analysis for $3B of spend and detailed commentary on trends
• Quarterly Business Plan Forecasting and creation of monthly glidepaths
• Prepare RPM Transformation actuals for Operating Profit Improvement reporting
• Monthly presentations with PMs, VPs and Director of Procurement on Material Results

Irving, Texas, US

• Monthly Analysis of Consolidated metrics for Material, Mix and Currency
• Lead for compiling monthly Board of Director results and Quarterly Business Review presentations
• Assisted in yearly restatement process and corporate methodology revisions
• Assisted in the review of quarterly release

Irving, Texas, US

• Prepared monthly Sales / Cost of Sales analysis for Cat South America legal entity, including monthly closing activities, journal entries and account reconciliations
• Monthly Post Sale Credit accrual analysis
• CART (Reconciliation Tool) Administrator, including training of all Shared Services personnel in the US and Panama

Irving, Texas, US

• Conducted monthly closing activities, journal entries and account reconciliations for legal entities specific to Debt and Investments
• Accounts Receivable Factoring journal entries and reconciliations working with the Cat Financial team
• Coordinated with Technical Accounting on handling of unique business situations including Affiliates, Intellectual Property, Acquisitions, etc.

Fairfax, Virginia, US

• Report directly to President, Corporate Operations Director (all offices) and Office Managers monthly on Office financial performance, financial metrics, key projects and operational issues.
• Provide financial projections/forecasting for Workload/Backlog Analysis to correspond to profitability and viability of Offices.
• Provide auditing and analysis of monthly Profit & Loss Statements, including identifying trends and corrective actions to return to budgeted goals.
• Discuss, recommend and implement solutions for key decisions for Office operational issues effecting financial performance.
• Prepare yearly Office budget for subsequent year.
• Provide leadership to Project Managers in management of projects thru contract preparation and review and project budget creation and monitoring.