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Detroit, Mi, Us

Düsseldorf, Nordrhein Westfalen, De

 Senior Leadership: Integral part of senior leadership growing organization from 12 employees to 275+, increasing revenue from start up to +$250m per year Accounting Management: Maintain accurate accounting records for direct and indirect expenses in compliance with DCAA certified costing requirements, coordinating monthly closes and preparing internal and external reports. Financial Reporting: Partner with U.S. and German teams to develop monthly data entries for Germany-based reporting systems, producing consolidated financial packages for operating companies. Merger and Acquisition: Due diligence and review financials for acquisition (purchase price of $900m+) Certified Costing Compliance: Maintain updated certified costing rates in accordance with DCAA guidelines and assist project teams with bid costing for new contracts. Bid and Proposal Lead: Financial lead for proposals involving contracts across multiple years in excess of +$750m ERP Implementation: Financial lead on ERP implementation from Microsoft NAV to Deltek Costpoint IRS Compliance: Handle all IRS-related matters, including audits, transfer pricing, and payroll reporting (W-2s and 1099s). Regulatory Compliance: Ensure financial records adhere to company policies and U.S. GAAP/IFRS standards. Cash Flow Management: Manage cash flow projections and reporting, ensuring alignment with operational needs. Project Support: Assist project management teams with the establishment of financial control systems, including WBS and IMS schema integration. Baseline Change Management: Process and report on program management baseline changes to ensure project alignment and accuracy. Financial KPI Tracking: Report and monitor key financial performance indicators on a monthly and annual basis. Team Leadership: Foster a high-performance culture through effective personnel selection, training, and coaching, while supporting the executive management team in strategic direction.

• Responsible for financial results for 3 defense manufacturing plants• Manage accounts payable, accounts receivables, general leger and cash flows• Liaison between tax consultants and ownership• Implemented inventory controls and established new vendor payment process• Arranged bank loans for new building, machining equipment and line of credit that included SWAPs.• Established progress payments with large customers to help with cash flow and increase profits• Maintain inventory accuracy and financial information through Global Shop Solutions• Understand and maintain financial systems to comply with FAR and DFARS regulations

Karlsruhe, De

• Launched US operations for controlling, accounting, one brownfield plant and contributed one greenfield site.• Head of US finance operations and consolidation controller for 4 US sites.• Responsible for 4 sites totaling $300m sales per year• Build monthly and yearly P&L / Cash forecasts• Liaison between tax consultants and corporate office• Main contact leading all external audits for American plants• Integral part of 5 year strategic plan development and presentation• Full responsibility of balance sheet, income statement, P&L and cash• Working knowledge in both GAAP and IFRS Accounting• Monthly reporting within SAP and HFM system

Nanterre, Île-De-France, Fr

Plant Controller for Faurecia Exteriors and Faurecia Interiors for plants in Sterling Heights, MI and Belvidere, IL.• Responsible for $200m of sales across two plants (Sterling Heights, MI & Belvidere, IL)• Key manager in plant working across all departments to ensure safety, reliability, and profitability in plant• Multi-functional role working across different divisions with different management teams• Implement policies at plant level that ensure ethical and autonomous behavior• Manage both direct and indirect employees• Drive profitability measure to meet yearly budget goals• Key user for implementation of SAP ERP system

Coburg, De

Product Controller Latch Division• Coordinate with sales, plant controllers, logistics, purchasing, engineering, and prepare calculations and presentations for top level management/board members on potential new customer projects.• Coordinate with plants world wide in United States, Germany, Mexico, and China.• Validates planning datas and coordinates team discussions• Commercial evaluation of opportunities and threats of customer projects • Pursues product and process changes and analyzes impact • Monitors and analyzes serial business and initiates action plans• Analyzes the development of the budget of investments and personnel costs, afterwards develops an action plan.

Us

MANAGE PRODUCTION/SPARES CONTRACTS (EAC) - Actively manage 15 Domestic and International Abrams material production contracts & 20 Stryker Spares Contracts. - Track material sales of active contracts worth $1.48 billion. - Successfully closed out combined contract value of $698 million. - 6 years of current contracts lifespan (2008-2013) - Create estimates for new high potential contracts with both EAC’s and yearly material spreads. YEARLY AND MONTHLY SALES FORECAST - Forecast and track yearly material sales on all 35 active contracts. - Increased sales and/or responsibility every year. - 2011 Material Sales - $501.6m - 2010 Material Sales - $631.9m - 2009 Material Sales - $394.4m - 2008 Material Sales - $110.3mMONTHLY CURRENT ESTIMATES UPDATES - Updated monthly, yearly, and contract life of all 35 actively managed programs. - Responsible for variance explanations and recovery plans for incorrect sales forecasts. - Forecast and track vendor progress payments and performance based payments for all active contracts encompassing over 50 suppliersEAC SAVINGS - Identify and manage contract material savings due to negotiations, economies of scale, and utilizing excess and obsolete material on closed contracts. - Current active Abrams production contracts are running on average about 4.5% below target EAC. - Maintain EAC to stay below negotiated value with uncontrollable forces potentially being increases.PRICE COST ANALYSIS - Cost audits of supplier quotes for cost estimates and NTE contracts. Review elements of direct labor, material, and rates from supplier quotes. - Maintain and review material cost estimates from material estimating to review and approve for accuracy.SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - PROCUREMENT - Responsible for over 300 parts which included the following aspects for every part, procuring, negotiating, planning, returns/repairs, quality issues, shortages, and inventory issues

FINANCIAL ANALYST, QUOTE DEPARTMENT - Responsible for over 50 existing programs and new opportunities. - Implement data from engineering, purchasing, continuous improvement, and sales to assess profitable changes.PURCHASING ANALYST, QUOTE DEPARTMENT - Compare and analyze suppliers to find best prices for new and existing parts. - Work with suppliers and purchasing to meet deadlines for quotes.

New York, Ny, Us

DIRECTOR OF INTERNS - Delegated work and supervise the other interns. - Research account information, mutual funds, and individual equities.INTERN - Produced marketing material to attract new business. - Completed and organized documents for new business.

Southfield , Michigan, Us

COST ENGINEER, GLOBAL PURCHASING DEPARTMENT - Examine current products and reverse engineer pricing for interior car components. - Identified $6 million gap. - Proved my data during cost negotiation meetings - Visited plants and used data to create Affordable Cost Standard

Bachelors, Finance

Masters, Business Administration