Daniel Gilbert Email & Phone Number

Mundelein, IL, US

Spring, Texas, US

• Responsible for overseeing plant accounting and finance operations across three U.S. business units, with a combined revenue of $80 million.
• Delivered comprehensive financial reporting to the Executive Management Group, encompassing budgets, strategic plans, forecasts, and monthly results analysis.
• Manage project accounting which includes job cost tracking, work-in-progress reporting, and revenue recognition for contracts.
• Instituted a real-time forecasting model that provides an accurate prediction of daily revenue numbers.
• Implemented a new inventory policies and procedures for physical and cycle counts for manufacturing plants.

• Oversee the monthly close process of a $200M segment. Manage the consolidation and accounting for 20 plants in a Shared Service Accounting Group.
• Prepare, review and analyze monthly consolidated financial statements, providing variance explanations to Upper Management.
• Responsible for the sales and personal property tax reporting within the segment.
• Part of a team that successfully implemented processes and controls to make the company SOX compliant.

• Responsible for the monthly consolidation and review of financial results of a $600M reporting segment consisting of 23 Domestic and Foreign Business Units.
• Played a major role in creation and review of the Yearly Plans and Quarterly Forecasts. Provide guidance and support to the Business Units Leaders during this process.
• Implemented a weekly revenue flash process to provide Senior Management current sales information.
• Created a SharePoint site to provide better communication and easier transfer of information between Platform and Business Units.

Lake Zurich, Illinois, US

• Accountable for financial statement generation, analysis and budgeting for business units across the corporation and the presentation of results to Senior Management.
• Team member that coordinated and developed on the successful conversion to a unified set of financial statements after the merger with the Mead Corporation.
• Supported the marketing and selling groups on pricing projects and the maximizing of product margins.
• Team lead in the conversion of cost centers from Oracle to SAP. Developed a new cost center structure and naming convention within SAP.
• Financial lead on restructuring projects that included the closing of a facility and reductions in staff.
• Provide department heads in-depth analysis and monitoring of their expenses.

• Assisted with the building of the forecasting and planning group in the newly formed Mosaic Company.
• Responsible for the consolidation of annual budgets, bi-monthly forecasts, and strategic plans at a corporate level.
• Analyzed and provided an overview of the budget and forecast information to both senior management and the board of directors.
• Provided information and support for senior management on a range of projects. A few of these projects included debt tracking, competitor analysis, cash forecasting, and capital project review.
• Consolidated and provided analysis for monthly and quarterly income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for management.
• Assisted with the preparation of 10-Q’s, 10-K’s, and the yearly annual report.

Roseland, New Jersey, US

• Responsible for the monthly closing and consolidation of financial data for regional sales offices. Requiring the recording and reviewing of general ledger accounts for those offices.
• Prepared, and filed sales tax and personal property returns for many states, maintained the fixed assets system. Internal contact between regional and corporate offices regarding accounting issues.
• Bank reconciliations, preparation of start/loss sales reports, and worked along with the forecasting department on preparing monthly forecast and plan numbers.