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Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

Complete financial responsibility for the Americas segment, an external reporting segment with over 5 billion dollars in revenue, driving financial strategy and performance. With a focus on financial acumen and aligning business objectives, oversee key FP&A activities including budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, operational analysis, cost management, and investment analysis, while partnering closely with senior leadership to achieve results. Accountability spans across the U.S., Canada, and South America, reporting directly to the CFO.

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

Areas of Accountability: P&L and balance sheet responsibility for +$Billion in annual revenue across multiple business units Leader for Controller, analysts direct and indirect reports Key Finance Leader for Pipeline Hydrogen (H2) Business Finance leader providing business support to multiple Business Unit Vice Presidents and Executive Directors Cost Controller responsible for managing costs across central functions; Procurement, Operations, Research and development, and Marketing Primarily accountable for reducing annual CapEx and maintenance spend

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

 P&L and balance sheet responsibility for a business unit >$500 million in annual revenue Led a team of 3 analysts, hired and trained 3 new employees in 2 years. Acted as a key financial partner and thought leader to the General Manager and leadership team. Supported investment analyses, cash-flow modeling, and capital requests ranging from $1-$50MM of capital investment. Developed and provided ‘finance for non-finance’ training sessions. Provided monthly Operational and Variance Analysis, walking revenue, OI, and EBITDA from one period to the next Managed Operating Plan for business area Set product standards, allocations, and labor rates, annually. Designed WD+2 cross-functional meetings with accounting, decision support, and business to review accounting entries. Collaborated with accounting on establishing and releasing AROs, revenue, and cost accruals, writing memos, etc

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

Finance manager supporting operations and central functions: distribution/logistics, procurement, and strategic marketing, and technology. Accountable for financial reporting, month, quarter, year-end close, FP&A activities, strategic projects, forecasting, financial modeling, pricing models, and financial analysis for capital projects.

Göteborg, Sweden, Se

Set annual budget for 810 MUSD business unit (net sales, COGS, gross profit, S&A expense, net operating profit). Forecast sales, COGS, gross profit, S&A, net operating profit quarterly and monthly review and align with leadership team. Review monthly, quarterly and year-to-date actual results versus forecast, prior month, same month prior year and explain variances, create action plan with sales leadership to close gaps and meet budget, identify patterns and trends. Build models and create what-if scenarios to model out net sales, COGS, S&A to achieve target. Create waterfall models to bridge change in sales, gross profit or operating profit between two time periods. Provide executive-level leadership to a team of planners and demand managers to increase productivity. Direct the Sales and Operation Planning (S&OP), Sales and Operation Execution (S&OE). Establish demand management by interacting with key customers and suppliers to improve performance, resolve any inquiries regarding service levels, and product deliveries. Lead supply planning across the organization with an emphasis on tying together demand forecasting, supply capacity, in-stocks, and inventory levels.

Göteborg, Sweden, Se

Effectively managed over 75 account reconciliations, including several account accruals with balances each over 20 MUSD. Provided monthly results to senior management including Business Area President and CFO (external net sales, volume, gross profit, margin, price/mix/volume impact on gross profit, S&A, operating profit, DSO, Inventory, ROCE, etc.). Completed month-end and year-end close process within 3 days of close.

Göteborg, Sweden, Se

Held accountable for setting the strategic direction for a newly formed department of 20 employees, two managers, and 10 direct reports. Identified synergies and created a new team to focus on data quality and improving customer-facing processes. Established a new department that supporting the US Industrial Market with keen insight into the business, through the transformation of complex data, into meaningful and actionable summaries.

Göteborg, Sweden, Se

Supervised a team of Pricing Analysts and Rebate Specialists. Controlled pricing through both direct and indirect sales channels, worth approximately 800 MUSD. Monitored and maintained a price list of 80,000 unique skews. Held concurrent responsibilities in implementing a pricing strategy in a complex business that supports both organic growth initiatives identifying new business opportunities to increase revenue and deliver strong BOI through strategic channel partners. Maintained pricing integrity while remaining competitive in the marketplace.

Göteborg, Sweden, Se

Responsible for the deployment and management of both Six-Sigma and Quality throughout North America.

Graduate Certificate, Accounting

Master Of Finance, Corporate Finance

Mba

A B.S, Biology; Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry; Personal Financial Accounting

High School Diploma