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St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Minnesota, United States

Blaine, MN

--Work with CEO to manage supply chain, IT, and HR resources in order to facilitate and maintain high revenue growth and profit margins. --Responsible for building the accounting team and achieving full sales tax compliance in over 30 states and manage reporting needs for international expansion. ---Fully manage banking relationships to support very high.

White Bear Lake, MN

--Provide controller responsibilities for our Australia/New Zealand/Singapore operations during a controller change. Including travel, reporting, and audit inquiries.--Managed the accounting of multiple private equity purchase and sales of the corporate entity, including swap accounting, purchase accounting, and multilevel goodwill amortizations.--Manage.

White Bear Lake, MN

--Achieved successful on-time, within budget implementation of Microsoft Dynamics NAV product; subsequently trained key personnel and end-users.--Managed consultant selection team and assisted with selection of MS Dynamics NAV and contract negotiation; reduced ongoing consulting costs by 10% ($105K) saving and saved $100K+ in licensing fees.--Analyzed 200.

White Bear Lake, MN

--Analyzed project expenditure requests, with focus on Economic Value Added (EVA) analysis.--Developed and improved internal financial / capital reporting processes (e.g.: management reports).--Prepared detailed forecast and planning documents for financial and capital spending requirements.--Improved profitability of one line of business from $3M to $5M.

--Conducted detailed economic analysis on $25M in capital expenditure requests / year, including projects? marketing and cost impact.--Performed product-cost variance analysis on fuel, raw materials, and processes, including forecasts and fixed-price bids. --Efficiently handled all month-end close functions (e.g., account reconciliations, internal.

Mba, Leadership & Manufacturing Dual Focus

MBA with a dual focus in Manufacturing and Leadership while working full time.

Accounting, Accounting W/Emphasis In Is

BS in Accounting with an emphasis in Information Systems