• Led budgeting and forecasting process including review with department managers and controller.• Implemented corporate financial reporting and trained global accounting managers.• Improved efficiency and quality of financial statement preparation and analysis. Increasing efficiency by up to 50%.• Responsible for working with audit team in ensuring timely and accurate review of our financials.• Led project review with project managers improving our billing process leading to timely cash receipts• Improved quality and efficiency of percentage of completion accounting by creating an automated and detailed process. Increasing efficiency by up to 50%.• Reduced time of monthly closing activities, including journal entries, management reports, intercompany reconciliations, and account reconciliations, reducing monthly close by one day.• Participated in M&A activities resulting in a $100 million acquisition.• Trained and advised Senior Accountant and reviewed his work, improving his accounting and Excel skills.• Selected as “high potential” employee by corporate management for development training.

• Improved monthly closing activities, account reconciliations, intercompany reconciliations.• Improved efficiency of internal reporting and analysis up to 50% by automating processes through Excel skills and communication with customers.• Reviewed monthly sales and costs report and analyzed cost variances with the manufacturing team.• Member of SAP implementation team for entire process and trained employees across all departments.

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