Celeste Schneider Email & Phone Number

15425 Chets Way Street Armada Mi 48005

1840 Enterprise Drive Rochester Hills, Mi 48309

Controller of a privately held, major ecommerce distributor of compression hosiery and medical supplies with over $35 million in sales. Hired, manage and evaluate an accounting staff of five colleagues. Manage all accounting activities including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and fixed assets. Responsible for all financial reporting. Orchestrate the annual audit with Magnus, Jenkins, Carroll & Volk including the annual bank collateral audit and sales and use tax audits. Streamlined month end close process along with other key processes; banking, cash reporting, expense reporting, payroll posting, and credit card processing. Also, perform the reporting and tax planning for 12 related partnership entities for the owner. Successfully implemented a cloud based ERP system called Net Suite.

6761 E. 10 Mile Road Centerline, Michigan

Controller of a privately held, major independent distributor of appliance parts with over $140 million in sales. Hired, manage and evaluate an accounting staff of twelve colleagues. Manage all accounting activities including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and fixed assets. Responsible for all financial reporting. Orchestrate the annual audit with Plante Moran including planning and conducting physical inventories as well as the annual bank collateral audit and sales and use tax audits. Orchestrated two web site acquisitions and integrated into accounting. Streamlined month end close process along with other key processes; banking, cash reporting, expense reporting, payroll posting, and credit card processing. In process of implementing an ERP system called SxE by Infor.

1757 Northfield Drive, Rochester Hills, Mi 48309

Corporate Controller of a privately held, tier one, multiple plant, supplier of automotive roof systems with over $475 million in sales. Responsible for all financial reporting, treasury activities, budgeting and forecasting, taxation, internal controls, annual audit and risk management. Hired, managed and evaluated an accounting staff of five at corporate with a direct report to the CFO. Managed and evaluated four plant controllers. Implemented the ERP system, MfgPro as well as the consolidation reporting systems Hyperion then SAP BOFC. Implemented International Financial Reporting Standards. Responsible for federal tax filing along with six states including preparation of the R&D tax credit and transfer pricing documentation. Orchestrated the annual audit and annual U.S. review with KPMG. Streamlined financial processes including electronic payments, general ledger interfaces with payroll and expense reimbursement systems.

Plant Controller of an automotive supplier. Responsible for a tier one supplier of an assembly division with over $180 million in sales. Managed and developed the plant accounting department focused on streamling finanical processes and bill of material audit procedures. Improved physical inventory procedures to reduce time to complete physical inventory count.

Assistant to the Controller an automotive supplier. Resonsible for maintaining accounting systems and financial reporting under German GAAP as well as U.S. GAAP. Supervised accounting positions of accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger accountant and financial analyst. Reduced month end close process from five days down to two days. Developed a system for tracking and analyzing production tooling.

Kansas City, Missouri

Manager of a public accounting firm. Planned, supervised and peformed audit and tax engagements. Client industries included manufacturing, construction, real estate and health care.

Detroit, Michigan

Senior auditor of the University internal audit department. Responsible for planning and conducting internal audits of university departments.

Detroit, Michigan

Senior auditor of a public accounting firm. Responsible for planning and peforming audit engagements. Performed analytical reviews, prepared financial statements and opinion reports.