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Southfield, Michigan, United States

Southfield, Michigan

Greater Detroit Area

With $2.5 billion in annual sales, Components Technology North America consists of eleven operating units located in the U.S. and Mexico and manufacture parts for the North American automotive market. In this complex matrix organizational structure, primary role is to oversee, summarize and report out on regional operations and financial KPI’s including sales, EBIT, operating cash flow, headcount, and key changes on a monthly basis.

Troy, Michigan

With annual sales of $8 billion, thyssenkrupp North America, Inc. (tkNA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of thyssenkrupp AG, a German Corporation which operates several business areas including automotive manufacturing, elevators, material management and logistics, steel production and engineering services. tkNA is a holding company with 35 subsidiaries in the NAFTA region and primarily managed tax, legal, accounting and treasury functions for the U.S., Canadian and Mexican operations of tkAG. Led corporate finance team to manage the U.S. and Canadian dollar and Mexican peso cash management systems, local bank relationships management, G/L maintenance, budgeting and forecasting, reporting, financial statement preparation and audits, transaction hedging program and cash forecasting.

Troy, Michigan

Reported directly to the CFO and Managed team of consultants to implement common SAP controls throughout the north american operations. Held position of interim controller for stamping plant, including plant wind down and closure, union negotiations, restructuring and liquidation of assets. Support M&A transactions throughout the organization.

Düsseldorf Area, Germany

Provided technical research and interpret US GAAP and IFRS regulations on an array of topics for the global organization which included public disclosures and footnotes preparation in the audited financial statements.

Audit and Assurance Services in the Detroit, Michigan (1993-2001) and Duesseldorf, Germany (2002-2003) offices.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Accounting

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Accounting And Finance