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Arlington Heights, Il, Us

Mundelein, Il, Us

Financial executive responsible for leading financial strategy for a $500M+ multi-site P&L portfolio.Primary responsibilities include:* Leadership in the establishment of the organizations finance systems, controls, processes and best practices.* Partner with various corporate finance, accounting and treasury functions to align business unit activities with overall corporate strategy.* Consolidate, monitor and analyze cash flow trends to communicate impact to greater organization.* Partner with operating teams to translate manufacturing and operational scenarios into real financial impact.* Manage capital investment budgets, strategy and approvals for organization.* Lead establishment of monthly, quarterly, annual and long-range forecasts and plans.* Establish and monitor working capital goals across organization.* Develop a team of financial leaders and business partners for the organization.* Implement best practices in terms of financial systems, cost accounting methodologies and general business practices.* Lead acquisition activities to grow the organization.

Mundelein, Il, Us

Responsible for managing the centralized business systems team for MacLean-Fogg . The focus of this team is to provide technical solutions to business challenges. These solutions include enterprise resource planning (ERP), financial systems and customer compliance processes. Much like our manufacturing and business processes, our technical solutions must continuously evolve to support growth, innovation and compliance changes. Responsible for a team of over twenty skilled analysts, developers and project managers possessing a diverse mix of technical and business expertise, with the ultimate goal of pairing business best practices and technical solutions.Responsible for:* The hiring and development of team members* Formulating and deploying application strategies* Department budgeting and spending* Vendor selection, relationship management and performance evaluation* Providing executives feedback on projects and progress* Creating and administering centralized business process and system governance* Aligning technical projects with financial goals of the organization* Advising and assisting on financial and accounting projects in relation to business processes and systems

Mundelein, Il, Us

Responsible for managing the centralized business systems team for MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions. The focus of this team is to provide technical solutions to business challenges. These solutions include enterprise resource planning (ERP), financial systems and customer compliance processes. Much like our manufacturing and business processes, our technical solutions must continuously evolve to support growth, innovation and compliance changes. Our team consists of fifteen individuals with a mix of technical and business expertise, with the ultimate goal of pairing business best practices and technical solutions.Successful track-record led to an internal promotion to enterprise-level Business Systems Director.Responsible for:* The hiring and development of team members* Formulating and deploying application strategies* Department budgeting and spending* Vendor selection, relationship management and performance evaluation* Providing executives feedback on projects and progress* Creating and administering centralized business process and system governance* Aligning technical projects with financial goals of the organization* Advising and assisting on financial and accounting projects in relation to business processes and systems

Mundelein, Il, Us

Responsible for managing centralized financial policies and procedures for MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions. Required to utilize knowledge of manufacturing business units along with my technical accounting experience to advise businesses on standard financial processes, integration of best practices in manufacturing and cost accounting into newly implemented ERP system and reviews of capital expenditures. Centralized resource for "special projects" including, but not limited to, acquisitions, profit enhancement projects, capital expenditure analysis, manufacturing cost accounting best practices, creating standards on inventory valuation and the capitalization of variances and analysis of foreign expansion opportunities.My continuously demonstrated ability to handle a variety of high-profile, cross-functional projects and my dynamic ability to cross departmental lines lead to a promotion to the position of Director of Business Systems.

Mundelein, Il, Us

Financial controller of a manufacturing plant P&L, responsible for supervision of accounting department, month end closing process, financial accounting, cost account systems, and providing all finance advisory support for division management.Previously handled a variety of tasks involving divisional and corporate accounting and reporting. Also involved in management of reporting for several foreign divisions. Day-to-day focus included sales quotations, fixed asset accounting and reporting, accrual entry and review, and lean systems costing and analysis. Past major products including strategic investments, capital acquisitions and investment analysis.

Mundelein, Il, Us

Carried out a variety of functions in the following areas of the business:Accounting: Outside Services management and analysis, fixed asset system management, variance analysis and cost modeling.Quality Control: Acted as a statistical process control analyst and temporary coordinator. Conducted internal audits, product and process auditing and quality system review/auditing.Business Forecasting: Assisted with forecasting of annual sales using forecasting services, statistics and company knowledge during one of the most unpredictable automotive markets during the recession of the late 2000's.Cost Accounting: Maintained and managed various cost and cost reduction metrics, led efforts on manufacturing cost reviews and completed various cost reduction projects.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Science (M.S.), Accounting

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting