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Consulting on Distillation accounting process for new and potential investors. Provide Business Plan and financials for Distillation process. Model includes Forecasting and Budgeting Model, Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss Statements and Cash Flow Model. Financials include new distillation estimating sheets, barrel entry cost, property tax estimating and evaporation during aging process. Model covers 10 year period of distillation.Bottling estimating model for cost of goods and pricing model. Cost of goods including ingredient cost, bottle, label and caps. Calculates Federal Excise tax and gross profit.Provides for estimating Sales, Marketing and G&A expenses to calculate net profit before Income taxes.

Assist in Financial analyst and process improvements.

Develope Business Plan which includes 3 Year Strategic Plan, Budget Process and Forecasting methology. ISA has incresed it business with the purchase of an Alloy Division and the in house expansion which includes a $10 million dollar Shredder. My responsiblities include Finance, IT, Purchasing and HR reporting directly to the President.

Project Leader for $25m SAP project.

Directed financial management functions including development of monthly/quarterly financial statements, financial forecasts, and budgets. Over saw general accounting functions, including AR/AP, account reconciliation, and cash management. Administered all financial management systems, evaluating and integrating new applications. Develop highly skilled accounting and financial management team to achieve established objectives. Interacted with the CEO and Executive committee concerning financial forecasts and reports.Responsible for +$2 billion dollar budget. Monthly forecasts delivered with 98.5% accuracy. Managed five direct reports with a total staff of 45 professional accountants.Developed three year Strategic Plan working with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance and Executive committee.Spearheaded implementation of technology that improved customer service efficiency by 20%. This was a $25 million Global SAP implementation that was completed on time and on budget. There were numerous other improvements associated with the project.Strategically restructured financial reporting processes in accordance with organizational changes. Reduced monthly close by three days.Recognized in CFO magazine for budget & forecasting system developedProcess improvements projects:Established SLA's for the Order-to-Cash group which improved efficiency 20%Established KPI's for finance department, resulting in reducing monthly close process.ConsolidatedCanadian accounting operation with Corporate OfficeResponsible for coordinating external, internal audits and SOX compliant.

Prepared financial reports, developed budgets, and performed variance analysis in accordance with business plan. Compiled periodic financial reporting packages for senior management. Carried out internal audits to ensure regulatory compliance and operational efficiency/accuracy. Built and led teams in carrying out special projects.Consolidated Plant accounting into a Shared Service Center for five manufacturing plants. Reducing costs $1.5 million annually.Developed Cost of Goods manufacturing system used today. Responsible +$500 million dollar budget and variance analysis. Budget was consistently with 99.5% of actual spending.Developed KPI's for Operations increasing efficiency and reducing costs +$1 million annually.Cost reduction projects included reducing property taxes, ad valorem taxes and qualifying for energy tax credits with total savings annually $4 million annually which are still generating savings today.Responsible for filing Property Tax returns, Ad Valorem Tax returns, Energy Tax returns, State Tax returns and Federal Excise tax returns.

Responsible for Corporate Accounting for a $2 billion dollar company.