Administrative support for commercial kitchen service organization

Managing overall Finance function including General Accounting, Reporting, Budgeting, Forecasting and Treasure. Also responsible for Human Resources/Payroll, IT, and general business support.

Contract role with Medical device manufacturer. Responsible for General and Cost Accounting, budgeting, reporting, and analysis. Transitioned paper to digital workspace.

Developed processes, policies, and financial reporting in alignment with start-up IT shared service organization. Responsible for general accounting, accounts payable/receivable, purchasing, billing, asset management, reporting and analysis. Supported transition of IT services from affiliate businesses to the new internal shared service team and subsequently to a third party IT service provider. - Increased business to $38,000,000 annually; prepared transition to 3rd party IT service provider.- Revised Internal billing model to enhance affiliate customers understanding of IT cost drivers.- Led pilot migration to new global SAP template and Travel reimbursement tool.

Directed global financial management for division with annual revenues of $500,000,000. Responsible for general accounting, consolidated managerial reporting including budgeting, along with tax and audit coordination. Championed system transition to a global SAP platform, standardizing accounting practices and managerial reporting processes. Specific focus on product costing design across domestic and international plants to support downstream reporting and minimize master data maintenance.- Implemented process supporting tax department filing for new research credit, resulting in $800,000 savings.- Transitioned financial closing activities to offshore Shared Services centers, reducing costs by $500,000- Enhanced working relationship between local management and corporate office through mutually shared understanding of cultural differences and document objectives-Developed SAP change management training documentation to optimize finance staff classroom hours.- Coached new financial manager at acquired India manufacturing location

Improved business processes through technology enhancements. Finalized adoption of company IT infrastructure standards following 2001 acquisition from BP. Coordinated internal IT projects among local and regional IT resources and business functions.- Developed domestic IT spend summary to facilitate management understanding of IT cost drivers. - Transitioned contract help desk off-shore generating $100,000 annual savings.- Modernized laboratory information management system, fostering greater information exchange between manufacturing and research teams and standardization of test processes across sites.

Led financial migration to acquiring company’s domestic SAP platform following acquisition from BP, with specific focus on optimizing product costing and financial reporting. - Optimized established Accounts Payable Shared Service center to support incremental volume.