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Chicago, Il, Us

Omaha, Ne, Us

Responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, and payments related to Union Pacific's $1.3 billion equipment lease portfolio. Led the accounting activities for UP's $700 million annual freight car rent expense. Managed $50 million in annual billing and collections for intermodal chassis and container repair and maintenance. Implemented new audit routines to reconcile equipment ownership within internal/external databases and to identify and recoup excess payments.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Responsible for all financial management activities related to Union Pacific's subsidiary that operates passenger train service in Chicago. Led staff of 9 that managed the $200 million purchased services contract with Metra. Duties included financial reporting, budgeting/forecasting, revenue accounting, and capital budgeting and billing. Implemented new audit routines resulting in substantial cost recovery. Drove new technology to automate cash sales processes and increases in productivity.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Responsible for all financial management functions for Union Pacific Distribution Services, a UPRR wholly owned subsidiary specializing in door-to-door transportation for rail commodities with annual revenues of $900 million. Directed a staff of 20 responsible for accounts receivable, accounts payable, financial reporting, capital expense, monthly closing, budgeting and forecasting. Led development of new financial models to bring greater visibility to pricing and unit margins at transload facilities.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Responsible for all financial management activities at Streamline, a Union Pacific wholly owned intermodal subsidiary with $80M in annual revenue. Directed a staff of 5 accountable for accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, capital expense, monthly closing, budgeting and forecasting. Drove new technology to automate management of our freight billing, cash application, and billing dispute processes.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Directed a staff of 10 responsible for billing and collections for non-freight related charges at Union Pacific, including government and joint facility recollectable engineering expenditures in excess of $1 billion annually. Led development of new overhead billing rates within SAP to increase cost recovery of administrative departmental expenses.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Directed a staff of 8 responsible for the billing, collections, cash application and dispute resolution of freight revenue. Managed all credit functions for UPRR customers, including issuance, revocations, and bankruptcy / litigation efforts. Let the outsourcing of collection agencies contracted by the company. Drove technology enhancements for our online freight billing and payment system.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Managed a staff of 6 people that performed audits of the UP Engineering and Joint Facility departments. new audit routines and related process improvements resulted in annual savings in excess of $15 million. Implemented Sarbanes Oxley audit routines to ensure accurate financial reporting of capital and operating costs.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Held various management positions in Finance and Accounting.

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General