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Fairport, New York, Us

• Key business partner to executive leadership. Supervise and coordinate activities of 44 team members engaged in the financial close, general accounting, financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, payables, and training. • Presented monthly to Controller & VP of Finance the status of key suppliers: highlighting cash discounts achieved and aging of our payables. Communicated any risks and opportunities with vendors and staffing.• Responsible for budgeting, forecasting and accounting of vendor rebates working closely with the Purchasing team. This is the 2nd largest revenue item on the Income Statement.• Oversee calculations of monthly bonuses for the Tire Group. Project lead for 2018 new bonus program. • Authorized check signer. Approve wire transfers and ACH payments for invoices.• Integrate acquisitions into company policies and practices. • Analyze impact of new vendor agreements and contracts identifying risks and opportunities.• Collaborate with Human Resources and Payroll to control headcount. • Project Manager for EDI implementation working with HCL Technologies, Monro’s third-party Indiapartner.• Business Process Owner for SOX documents for my group and tire merchandising.• Working under a Non-Disclosure Agreement, acted as project team member in sell off of wholesaledivision for $105M to American Tire Distributors June 2022.

The Outdoor Group specializes in the development and manufacturing of premium quality archery and hunting equipment. • Planned, scheduled, monitored, and reported on activities related to projects. Lead business teams in determining customer requirements and translating requirements into operational plans. • Demonstrated successful project management with a focus on cost savings and operational process improvements.• Acted as project lead for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, trade show process controls, inbound receiving, and capital expenditures.

Grasbrunn, De, De

Bosch Security Systems is a subsidiary of Robert Bosch Corp. with sales of $1.7B. It manufactures detection, control, and communication equipment. Bosch sells to dealers, integrators, distributors, end users, and music retailers. Managed financial operations of Sales, Customer Service, Marketing, Business Development, Training, Technical Support, and Credit. Reported directly to the regional CFO. • Supported 8 VPs and their directors. Reported dotted line to Sales President. • Presented monthly to the senior leadership team to review financial, operational, and strategic matters. Used SAP as ERP.• Modeled for the commission plans for inside and outside sales ; manufacturing reps.• Determined sales goals for sales staff and manufacturer representative firms. Reviewed and approved all monthly commission calculations.• Directly engaged in monthly closing. Approved journal entries, capital, operating expenses, headcount, customer pricing, discounts, rebates, commissions, and customer goodwill issues. Investigated variances and implemented corrective action measures.• Prepared rolling 6 month sales forecast for 7 business lines by collaborating with Sales VPs, Sales President, and CFO. • Resolved sales operational bottlenecks with Logistic Planners and Customer Service.• Reviewed and prepared month end and year end reporting packages to headquarters in Germany. • Designed annual operating plan and prepared quarterly forecasts of net profit. Budgeted and controlled capital expenditures• Managed staff with an operating budget of $3.2M. Supervised A/R during supervisor transitions.• Integrated Accounting and Internal Controls for acquisitions of Extreme CCTV, Inc. ($30M in sales) and Telex Communications, Inc. ($308M in sales) absorbing responsibilities of their controllers.• Earned Six Sigma Green Belt certification through training and leading a cross-functional pricing team to expedite customer price changes resulting in more revenue.

Frontier Telephone and Global Center, Inc. were divisions of Global Crossing, Inc. Global Center was a leading provider of complex web hosting and internet access services with media distribution centers in eight domestic and two international locations.Financial steward for Global Data Services Engineering & Operations organization. Implemented and directed annual corporate plan and owned all issues impacting budgeting, forecasting, and tracking of capital and expense for 860 employees in USA, Canada, UK, Latin America, and Europe. Coordinated and developed $145M worldwide maintenance budget for Engineering and Operations Network. Managed the global capital budget of $394M and department operating expense budget of $537K.Analyzed contracts to determine type of expense, timing of payments, and coverage areas.Controlled costs to ensure company properly recorded expenses on a timely basis.Prepared monthly cash flow projections for fixed and variable equipment maintenance expense.Evaluated and maintained strategic relationships with vendors such as CISCO, Juniper, Lucent,Nortel, and Qwest.Led and defined the integration of new work groups due to reorganizations under the leadership ofglobal Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations.Designed and delivered training for Operations and Finance staff in North America, South America,and Europe using conference calls and web tools. New processes reduced costs by 50%.Helped the company emerge from bankruptcy and awarded a retention bonus given to only 5% of8,000 employees.

Mountain View, California, Us

Member of the strategic team to divest Web Hosting business segment. Tasked with divesting AccountsPayable, Fixed Assets, and Cost of Access from the core business of company. Chosen by GlobalCenter Inc Controller in California and approved by CFO of Frontier Telephone to be part of this project.Identified $800K overpayment of sales tax on resale goods by Global Center and implemented processchanges to obtain state refund. Result was a sale of Global Center for $6.5B. Completed S-1 IPO projecton time. My successful performance resulted in a promotion to Senior Finance Manager.