• 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.

• 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. • Assist human resources on the development and calculation of employee bonus and compensation plans.• Green Belt member of the ACCO developed Lean Six Sigma initiative. Member of a project that helped restructure our payables process and generate yearly savings of $264K.• Responsible for management and development of a Financial Analyst within the department.• Tracked and analyzed direct import sales and margin profitability.

• 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. • Compiled statistical information for U.S Government reports and was the primary contact for inquiries.

• 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.