Brandon Frederick, Cpa, Mba Email & Phone Number

Detroit, MI, US

Auburn Hills, Michigan, US

• As Vice President of Strategy, I provide strategic direction and financial planning regarding the company’s domestic and global initiatives. Reporting directly to the CEO, I am responsible for developing customer.
• Development of financial models to validate company strategies to participate in Macro Market environment
• Formalizing the company’s strategic planning processes including responsibility for design and development of systems to support
• Analyzing the efficacy of existing strategies.
• Forge working relationships and synergies between all organization functional groups.
• Planning and overseeing the financial, marketing and Advanced Engineering and R&D development efforts and budgets

Detroit, MI, US

• Responsible for the finance and accounting department including financial reporting, accounting operations, debt management, bank reporting, merger and acquisition activity, insurance, risk management, and treasury.
• Designed and implemented FP&A framework for enhanced and standardized reporting across the organization
• Led the Company’s first ever bottom-up budget for Corporate and SG&A
• Improved Free Cash Flow by strategically eliminating unfavorable early payment discounts Responsibilities:
• Owns consolidation and reporting process including preparation of standalone annual financial statements
• Drives continuous improvement and standardization across the company’s financial reporting process

Auburn Hills, Michigan, US

• Owns global close & consolidation process and annual financial statement reporting. Leads technical accounting for adherence and implementation of revenue recognition, lease accounting and business combinations..
• Leads the finance and accounting function for Automotive Division of Teijin in accordance with US GAAP/IFRS, J-Sox (Sarbanes-Oxley), local statutory, and Corporate Governance requirements.
• Drives the FP&A function helping senior management team identify opportunities for value creation
• Prepares standalone quarterly and annual financial statements including supplemental reporting schedules for consolidation into publicly traded parent company
• Ensures compliance with US GAAP, which includes research and implementation of company-wide policies for significant transactions and adoption of new accounting pronouncements such as ASC 606 and ASC 842
• Leads Transfer Pricing strategy to maximize opportunity and minimize risk

Auburn Hills, Michigan, US

• Operationally responsible for P&L and Balance Sheet responsible including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, customer quotes, capital expenditures, transfer pricing, FX, and commercial issues. Participates in key.
• Successfully integrated CSP consolidation and business practices into Parent Company Responsibilities:
• Reviews preparation of monthly consolidated financial statements
• Oversees global consolidation process and internal financial reporting process for the Company
• Provides financial advice to Regional Operations Director and Plant Management teams on all critical financial, accounting, and strategic issues
• Serves as technical accounting expert for the Company

Auburn Hills, Michigan, US

• Supports global close & consolidation process and annual financial statement reporting. Serves as technical accounting expert on all transactional accounting processes, responsible for developing and implementing.
• Overhauled Global Consolidation and Reporting process through implementation of Infor-SunSystems consolidation tool to sit on top of multiple ERPs
• Instrumental role on acquisition of $200 Million business unit including integration into CSP
• Key member on executive M&A Due Diligence Team resulting in full enterprise stock sale of CSPResponsibilities:
• Manages global consolidation and financial reporting process for internal and external reporting
• Oversee and execute all accounting (GL, AP, AR, budgeting, reporting)

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Managed team within General Motors Controllers group for global financial month-end close process. Reviewed various time sensitive close related tasks and processes such as profit in inventory elimination, investment.
• Recognized by GM’s Executive Operations Committee for outstanding leadership and dedication toward transformation of General Motors accounting and financial reporting process
• Help implement Lean Concepts reducing global consolidation process by two days Responsibilities:
• Reviewed and calculated Consolidating Journal Entries for General Motors financial close process
• Prepared and reviewed footnotes and analysis for SEC documents such as 10K and 10Q
• Trained, coached, developed and evaluated two direct report employees

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Accomplishments:
• Prepared SEC reports and support for S-1 filing related to successful completion of GM’s IPO
• Successfully managed year-end roll process and account edit checks after fresh start accountingResponsibilities:
• Prepared and calculated significant intercompany profit elimination consolidating journal entries
• Assisted with quality review and preparation of SEC documents such as10K, 10Q, and S-1 filing.
• Provided monthly forecasts to FP&A groups on monthly results

Chicago, IL, US

• Performed independent external financial audits for public and private companies including Tier I automotive suppliers, battery manufactures, retail distributors, food distributors, mining companies. Developed in-depth.
• Planned, managed and executed audits for public and private companies
• Preformed test of controls, evaluations, walkthroughs, and documentation of accounting systems
• Selected samples and audited all aspects of Balance Sheet in accordance with US GAAP
• Prepared financial statements on behalf clients
• Supervised and developed staff through review of their work and technical accounting guidance

Superior Plastics, Inc was publicly traded company was a tier 1/tier 2 automotive supplier specializing in plastic injection molding and is a division of an international manufacturing group.As cost accountant, main job responsibilities included inventory burden and standard rate calculations, comparing budget to actual results, inventory control counting.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Enlisted Active Duty for 2 years. During active duty, spent time deployed overseas in South Korea. After active duty, spent 10 years in the Army Reserves.
• Promoted to Sergeant after completion of Army Primary Leadership Development Course
• Appointed by Department of the Army as Finance Corps Commission Officer, 2nd Lieutenant
• Commander of US Army Reserve Unit leading with company with strength of 30+ soldiers
• Selected as 2004 Soldier of the year US Army 84th Division

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting