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Responsible for all financial planning, forecasting and analysis for $500M+ industrial manufacturer of snow plows and related equipment. Assisting in driving margin expansion through process consistency and detailed projects that support strategic growth.

*Executive Team Member*Managed $18M of annual revenue and 300 employees, 8 of them direct.*Implemented goal-based performance reviews.*Initiated and designed Commercial Division financial reporting*Reorganized sales team to maximize revenue potential.*Created standardized RFP responses and proposals.*Lead fact based decision-making efforts with finance.*Grew revenue 22% and margins 50%. over four years.*Navigated several large customer acquisitions*Won and negotiated several multi million dollar contracts*Installed several technological improvements to increase customer satisfaction and monitor employee issues.*Designed sales metrics and sales utilization reports to help monitor sales team effectiveness.*Executed several operational improvements to reduce error rates across the division.*Developed branding identity for Commercial Division. *Redesigned employees to improve recruiting and retention efforts

*Managed $400M of annual spend and 8 employees.*Had financial oversight for several enterprise wide IT initiatives*Reported directly to the Chief Information Officer*Reduced IT spending by 5% YoY.*Drove leadership team to achieve annual budget amounts*Assisted in negotiating IT spend related lawsuit*Installed a true business partnership approach with financial analysts and IT executives

*Approved of business unit transactions as it relates to the impact of the financial statements.*Lead pipeline and future business analysis on monthly, quarterly and annual basis *Managed booking process for over $1B annual revenue.*Worked with executives from Sales and HR to develop equitable compensation plans to drive business performance.*Developed financial statements, forecasts and plans for reporting for Energy Solutions North America business.*Developed KPI’s and pipeline analysis for the sales management and executive teams.*Lead both the quarterly and annual compliance responses for both internal and external audits.*Lead all month end close activities including profit and loss statement, balance sheet and transaction review.*Implemented reporting efficiencies in Microsoft Access database, reducing over business three days of work.*When appropriate lead workforce balancing as it related to the financial performance of the business*Liaised between the Energy Solutions North America business and all finance levels.

*Lead process improvement engagements at Robert W.Baird, reducing weeks of manual financial processes, freeing a staff of over 20 to provide more value to their clients.*Lead process improvement engagement at Manitowoc Co., reducing weeks of manual financial processes, allowing for a reduction in back office cost.*Participated in team engagement to improve cost accounting planning at Cuna Mutual Group.*Took initiative to develop and implement workflow tool at The Titus Group that allowed for more efficient staffing as it related to the probability of potential business.

*Managed finance off shoring project for CIO and CFO. Evaluated low cost sites around the globe and analyzed incremental costs with human resources, IT and facilities.*Lead Six Sigma Black Belt project to globally improve the financial close cycle. Projected savings near $250,000. *Mentored five North American finance, human resources and IT greenbelt projects, along with five projects in Latin America.*Completed Six Sigma Black Belt Certification*Lead Six Sigma Green Belt project to identify decentralized finance commonalities in Latin American countries.*Benchmarked finance organization and recommended improvement actions tied to company goals. *Lead team in the Latin American region to reduce overhead expenses and increase sales volume.*Executed Sarbanes & Oxley testing and auditing for Netherlands, Canada, Milwaukee, Minnesota and Ohio-based operations.*Completed international assignment in Brussels, Belgium to execute Europe’s annual operating plan.*Assisted in the Hyperion Financial Management implementation.*Completed US year-end finance schedules for internal reporting purposes.*Completed Project Management training*Published income statements and balance sheets for over twelve business units during the month end close process.*Trained employees on Microsoft Access processes.*Assisted in the Hyperion Financial Management implementation.*Completed a peer audit of subsidiary in Best, Netherlands using a teamwork and informational approach.*Reconciled international accounts with over forty international subsidiaries.*Developed an international accounts receivable aging process. *Reduced the number of international intercompany receivables by fifteen percent.

*Developed pipeline reporting to retain line of business credit*Supervised and managed payroll and benefits for a $2M franchise.*Created Income Statements, Balance Sheets, Cash Flows and Budgets for the company President and Corporate Offices.*Performed accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll administration.*Maintained royalty contracts with former owners and corporate offices.*Managed tax planning and compliance for S corporation purposes.*Generated ledger reporting, reconciliations and maintenance.*Communicated and complied with lenders and investors.*Designed database programs to drive incentive-based compensation and help track employee productivity.

*Produced Income Statements for the press department at all Quad Graphic locations.*Provided monthly reporting and analysis of departmental productivity to managers.*Recorded monthly journal entries in the general ledger.*Accounting Intern April 1998 to May 2000.*Processed weekly and monthly payroll activity including accruals and benefit entries.*Collaborated with plant controllers on plan versus actual analysis.*Recruited, hired and trained new staff accountants and accounting intern