Dave Johnson Email & Phone Number

Lake Forest, Il, Us

Schaumburg, Illinois, Us

Lead Supply Chain and Procurement Finance support team. o Budget, analyze, report and optimize on all supply chain spend including freight to warehouse, leased railcar fleet, and warehousing. Improved forecast accuracy from 80% to more than 95%.o Developed process for tracking Procurement enabled savings from initiative through to the P&L. Connecting this to the budgeting process allowed for lower more accurate budgets to be created during the annual budgeting cycle.o Coordinated first 5 year strategic plan on behalf of Operations o Played a key role in establishing framework for an ambitious cost cutting / continuous improvement program that will yield nine-figure savings over a 5 year horizon o Assist with new EPM deployment that will significantly decrease the duration of annual / quarterly budgeting cycles, increase alignment across multiple parts of the business and save valuable working hours for the finance team.

Schaumburg, Illinois, Us

Led all finance and controlling activities for the second largest plant in the network.o Led the successful transition of transactional work and ultimately analysis to a remote CoE in Poland.o Helped standardize monthly reporting and account reconciliation process across all manufacturing sites.o Drove adherence to internal control standards.o Stepped into role with no handover during Covid-19 pandemic.

London, England, Gb

Helped execute complicated carve out of a major business unit to a newly formed venture with a PE partner. Other plant responsibilities above.

London, England, Gb

Hired to be part of global FP&A team with a specific aim of building out management reporting covering all global overhead spend rather than just the spend in SAP. o Completed a database to enable reporting and analysis of all global overhead spend. This resulted in substantial savings, representing a 7% reduction in total overhead spend over 2 years.o Developed a remote team of three analysts in Poland into a team of 15 with two team leads. Numerous team members were promoted within the team during this time, with several of them being promoted to larger roles elsewhere in the company.o Regularly interacted with and presented to executive leadership in London.o Led IT Finance business partnering and investment evaluation

Illinois, Us

Responsible for the planning and execution of all operational and finance audits conducted outside the US. This involved creating annual plans based on available resourcing, scheduling projects throughout the year, setting project milestones and timelines for teams, providing updates to senior management, and issuing all reports. Left as a result of acquisition.o Led the annual risk assessment for the newly combined Baxalta and Shire business. This required interviewing numerous members of senior and executive management, balancing their qualitative input with the quantitative inputs from various businesses and processes, before creating an annual audit plan for presentation to the Audit Committee.o Developed direct reports through regular face to face feedback sessions, on the spot coaching, written performance appraisals, assisting with achievement of annual goals, and assigning appropriate work to ensure continued learning.o Concurrently managed two separate teams through the on-time completion of a new SOX program in previously untested control environments in Europe.• Upon completion multiple improvements were made to the process to save resources in subsequent years.

Lake Forest, Il, Us

Supervised financial and operational audits and consulting engagements in Central America, South America, China, and the US. Each engagement required performing a specific risk assessment to scope the project, developing appropriate audit plans, supervising fieldwork, reviewing workpapers, and conducting the issuance of reports following internal reviews with auditees and senior management. Left as a result of acquisition.o Led FCPA audits of distributors in Eastern Europe resulting in reducing FCPA risk through improvements in transaction transparency and ethics training.o Created process maturity models for assessing process improvement needs companywide.o Assessed talent by interviewing, selecting, and onboarding new auditors.o Recognized as a high performer and promoted out of cycle after only six months in the job.

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Kohler Co. is privately held $7 billion global leader in residential plumbing products. Their diverse businesses also include engines, power generators, golf courses, resorts, and spas.Held several roles with progressing responsibilities from associate financial analyst to senior auditor across the Americas and EMEA region. o Led audit engagements with teams of two to five people throughout the world, including three years living abroad. These operational and financial audits focused on internal control structure, lean manufacturing, ethics compliance and due diligence pre/post acquisition. o Directed the regional EMEA audit office during a 12-month period that I was the only person in the office. Completed the annual project plan during this time through coordination of outsourced staff and interpreters from a big four accounting or consulting firm.o Made cost effective and cost-reducing recommendations to improve inefficiencies identified during audits.• An example that reduced costs and improved day’s payables outstanding was the harmonization of payment terms across multiple businesses using the same vendor.o Led and supported investigations of reported fraud in China, Brazil, France, Morocco, Egypt, and the US. Entailed resource planning, establishing timelines, investigating, and reporting out to executive managemento Awarded spot bonuses by executive management twice for achieving exceptional results.o Responsible for a portion of the company’s corporate overhead spend as a financial analyst, which included budgeting, month end close, analysis of financial results, and regularly communicating with senior management through written information and verbal presentations.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Leadership And Change Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Finance