•Participated in standard plant accounting processes (month-end GL close, account reconciliations, annual standard cost setting, Annual Operating Plan forecast)•Prepared month-end P&L analysis for plant management business reviews•Developed standard daily and monthly reporting tools to highlight current financial status for plant management•Managed all Sarbanes Oxley testing for the plant including a Fixed Asset Inventory and Physical Inventory exemption for the off-site warehouse

Accelerated Development Program-Finance/AccountingTreasury Rotation-Davidson, NC•Prepared a monthly reconciliation of global cash forecasts to actual cash•Participated in the quarterly calculation of the Effective Tax Rate for Intercompany Loans•Developed the “Current State” of the Asia Pacific banking structure in order to simplify our exposure in that regionCost Accounting/FP&A Rotation-Von Duprin/Security Technologies-Americas•Created a database and coding system for all manual inventory transactions occurring at the plant to accurately track the reasoning of each transaction •Developed a new Book to Perpetual Journal Entry process to correctly classify all inventory transactions that were not automatically posting to the General Ledger reducing the average monthly entry from $300K to $25K•Prepared monthly and quarterly business reviews for the Security Technologies-Americas business unit•Developed scrap reconciliation process to verify the plant was receiving full payment for average scrap scales of $100k/monthInternal Audit Rotation-Davidson, NC•Perform operational, financial & process audits on behalf of management & Board of Directors•Assisted external auditor PwC in reviewing proxy statements, controls testing, and year end testing requirements•Assisted in the development and implementation of a new Enterprise Risk Management database and audit program