Darrell Spitzer Email & Phone Number

Irving, Texas, US

• Responsible for leading the implementation and reporting for the SEC’s climate proposal at Caterpillar Inc.
• Work cross-functionally across the enterprise to support all of Caterpillar’s ESG initiatives and commitments.
• Collaborate closely with key ESG stakeholders including Legal, Investor Relations, Global Compensation & Benefits and the Enterprise Strategy Division.

Irving, Texas, US

• Manage all aspects of the consolidated monthly financial closing process and preparation of the monthly US GAAP consolidated financial statements
• Manage the SEC reporting team with full responsibility for filing the Cat Inc. 10-Q and 10-K filings
• Manage the corporate warranty and post-sale credit accrual process
• Support the Caterpillar Inc. worldwide accounting organization with transactions and issues that impact our consolidated financial statements

Irving, Texas, US

• Enterprise process owner for the Invoice to Pay process responsible for providing overall strategy and leadership for the entire accounts payable shared services organization which included four shared service centers.
• Directly managed two accounts payable shared service centers – one in the US and one in Belfast, Northern Ireland with approximately 250 people processing 5.7 million invoices totaling over $29 billion per year in.
• Worked extensively with the Global Supply Network Division to optimize the overall procure-to-pay process

Irving, Texas, US

• Built a team of Caterpillar employees and external consultants to manage the financial aspects of over 60 world-wide divestitures worth over $2.5 billion
• Developed a controlled and repeatable process that was executed for all divestitures
• Negotiated post-closing issues as needed with the Caterpillar Dealers who had acquired the business
• Completed all divestitures in just over 2.5 years with no material errors or misstatements

Irving, Texas, US

• Provided accounting guidance to the Enterprise Finance Shared Service centers in Bangalore, India and Tianjin, China on all US GAAP accounting issues
• Supported the Asia-Pacific region M&A Director for all acquisition and Joint Venture accounting issues
• Collaborated with the Asia Pacific Tax Manager and his team on enterprise accounting policies that impacted local statutory and tax reporting

Irving, Texas, US

• Managed the finance, accounting and IT functions of a Caterpillar Inc. subsidiary which included two legal entities in the US and two legal entities in Europe encompassing six production facilities and one joint venture
• Worked with the local economic development council in Waco, TX to reestablish incentive agreements upon moving production back into a previously closed manufacturing facility
• Prepared the investment proposal and helped attain corporate funding to exit our joint venture and build a world-class manufacturing facility for the production of hydraulic hammers in Waco, TX

Irving, Texas, US

Positions included cost and management accounting roles in a Business Unit as well as the SEC Reporting Manager and Corporate Financial Analysis and Reporting Manager in Corporate Accounting

- Implemented an activity based costing system. Responsibilities included organizing a cross-functional team, selecting a software package, designing the system, integrating it with the current legacy systems and educating the organization on using the information. Within the first two years after implementation,total corporate profitability improved.

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- Serviced various clients, including a Fortune 50 SEC manufacturing corporation and privately held companies with revenues ranging from $5 to $100 million.- Assisted in the development and implementation of a financial reporting system for a division of a Fortune 50 SEC manufacturing company.- Performed due diligence reviews and acquisition audits for.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), American History (United States)