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Greater Chicago Area

Burr Ridge, IL

• Supervise 3 accounting associates responsible for manual 3rd party billings, the sales force vehicle fleet, and technology assets purchases, among other responsibilities
• Insure $1B of annual revenue is properly recognized, including recording deferred revenue and accrued returns
• Review new contracts and insure billings are accurately and timely recorded
• Manage internal control monitoring for Higher Education division; including creating new controls as the business changes, documenting processes, preparing walk-throughs, and assessing existing controls
• Work with external auditors during audit procedures, insuring MHHE remains SOX compliant.
• Prepare monthly financial statements, account reconciliations, and journal entries to insure financial statements and balance sheet are properly stated.

Burr Ridge, IL

• Partner with inventory group to drive accurate reporting of inventories and needed reserves.
• Track investment (plant/plate) spending, insuring all spend is capitalized appropriately in accordance with company policies and amortization recorded.
• Prepare analysis for impairment to assets and make recommendations on any potential ledger adjustments.
• Prepared ad hoc reports and analysis to help manage and reduce our cost base and improve data integrity.
• Work with external auditors during audit procedures, insuring MHHE remains SOX compliant.

Greater Chicago Area

• Work as a member of cross-functional teams as the costing lead to launch new innovations for Diageo in order to drive growth and renovation projects to enhance margin of existing products.
• Managed the annual standard reset processs, with annual cost base in excess of $1.4b for US and Canada Supply. This included gathering data points from our corporate finance team, procurement and logistics teams.
• Helped set intercompany pricing conditions in SAP for our import/export goods; purchase info records for our 3rd party arrangements; in addition to loading the pricing for NA Supply sites.
• Prepared ad hoc reports and analysis to help manage and reduce our cost base and improve data integrity.
• Performed internal control testing of various functions to insure SOX compliance.

Plainfield, IL

• Partnered with plant operations team to drive value in our Premium Spirits and Malt-based beverage Plant, which produces 30m cases per year.
• Identify key cost drivers and implement cost saving initiatives. This included preparing target vs. actual usage reporting of all our products and conducting meetings to discuss key findings and needed actions.
• Prepare monthly and annual budget/actual reports ($59m budget) and KPI reports for executive management’s review.
• Served as site finance lead for implementation of SAP Manufacturing and Business Warehouse, performing testing of the systems and providing training and creating new ways of working for Diageo North America.
• Assisted the site to become SOX compliant and providing training as the local lead. This included assisting our internal auditors (Deloitte) and our external auditors (KPMG) during the audit process.
• Prepare and input journal entries and prepare reconciliation’s to insure accuracy of the P&L and balance sheet accounts.

Oak Brook, IL

• Worked at the client’s site with fellow auditors in order to complete the audit/review/compilation engagement in a timely manner.
• Communicated with client’s audit staff to complete audit procedures.
• Created work papers documenting audit procedures performed.
• Drafted financial statements, notes to the financials, and supplemental information for clients in various industries (non-for-profit, governmental, healthcare, construction, etc).

Northbrook, IL

• Drafted financial statements, notes to the financials, and supplemental information to be issued to the public during the quarterly press release.
• Reviewed financial statements of similar organizations to prepare “Best Practices” reports for management’s review.

MCAS El Toro, Irvine, CA

• Trained and supervised my team of two junior Marines.
• Audited junior associates work to ensure accuracy.
• Submitted audited payment request package to pay deck officer for payment, or returned to separation clerk for correction.
• Insured that all Marines transitioning to civilian life received their final paycheck.
• Interpreted company policies and government regulations affecting payroll procedures.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting