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• Leads a high-performing team and provides ongoing feedback and performance recommendations for operational performance excellence
• Defines, tracks and communicates appropriate performance measurements to project team and executive stakeholders
• Works with functional area managers (accounting, billing, treasury, revenue operations) to align resources to post-acquisition integration plans.
• Communicates project priority and sets project task priority for related teams. Acts as project manager as needed.
• Grows team expertise to align with organizational direction while continually looking for ways to provide / enhance the value delivered

Initiates and oversees cross-functional projects relating to cash flow, financial reporting, and revenue/expense posting.Gathers and analyzes data to identify areas for improvement and/or develop solutions to keep projects on budget and on timeEstablishes appropriate internal controls and project governance/communication.Designs and supports execution of.

• Supported transformation of Financial Shared Services in Fortune 800 manufacturing organization. Led process improvement projects across the enterprise, with emphasis on KPI improvement and SAP go-lives in the.
• Led end-to-end implementation of Concur Travel & Expense. Responsible for data validation, GL mapping, and integration activities. Successfully coordinated with banking, travel, and duty of care partner organizations.
• Developed process monitoring program for corporate payments, alerting team members to non-standard conditions. Improved first pass yield from 84% to 92% for corporate payments in Canadian currency.
• Facilitated process discovery sessions across departments, resulting in reduction of waste and cycle-time for corporate account billing, including small parcel shipments, single-use credit cards, and utility.
• Steered procure-to-pay workstreams through multiple SAP conversion complications, including foreign currency, electronic banking, and multiple payment method channels. Communicated issues and project risks effectively.

Appleton, WI

• Responsible for building a scalable, disciplined finance team including budgeting, financial modeling, and profitability analysis functions. Established operational performance objectives, assigned priorities, and.
• Led finance, operations, and sales teams to reduce weekly payroll close cycle time from 12 hours to 2 hours, creating a stable, reliable process for critical business operation. Consistently met vendor cutoff time.
• Reduced aged receivables by 52% and decreased DSO from 64 to 48 through process standardization with sales and finance teams. Improved billing accuracy from 83% to 98% for 500+ weekly invoices.
• Internal project manager for selection and implementation of ERP and HCM system for finance team of 25 users.
• Restructured and documented standard closing procedures for accounting, FP&A, and financial operations teams.

• Accountable for financial stewardship, business planning, and financial operations in rapidly growing non-profit. Supported program managers, senior leadership team, and Board of Directors with timely managerial.
• Decreased outstanding AR by $87K. Developed and implemented collections process while lowering the uncollectible debt write-offs year over year and improving cash flow.
• Created revenue/expense projections and coordinated legal/audit risk mitigation plans for new service line. Averaged 45%+ gross operating margin for business unit in first year post-launch.
• Led the consolidation of multiple billing methods to a single standardized process. Decreased processing time from 90 to 10 minute cycle-time within the invoicing role. Cost avoidance of 1.0 FTE hiring for the team of.

• Prepared financial and managerial reports for rapidly growing client service organization and its related entities. Ensured effective asset management of over $20M annually.
• Executed all financial statements, tax, compliance, benefit administration, and payroll activities for staff of 45.
• Decreased manual data handling by over 35% in daily market pricing audit, saving over 4 hours per week.
• Prepared and designed profitability analysis reports, operational scorecards, and ad hoc reports.

• Prepared all internal financial statements, cost allocation plans, bank reconciliations, operational reports, and year-end working documents for 10-county local government. Responsible for management of over $4M.
• Recognized for successfully restructuring prior service liability, resulting in savings of over $95K.
• Successful cash management strategy eliminated an annual $150K line of credit draw, and built over $200K cash reserve as of FYE 2010.
• Renegotiated annual single audit by conducting RFP, resulting in 10% cost savings. Implemented flex-spending account program, resulting in annual savings to both employees and organization of over $6K.
• Implemented direct deposit for staff of 20, increasing efficiency in processing and reconciliation.

• Implemented the core financial and manufacturing modules of accounting software for clients of a national CPA firm. Conducted business analysis and technology evaluations in the functional areas of inventory.
• Managed all phases of projects, from design through implementation and support. Trained clients on effective use of new programs and facilitated integration with existing systems.

Master Of Science (Ms), Business - Operations

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Microbiology And Immunology