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Dearborn, Michigan, United States

• Drove global process standardization, optimization, efficiency and improved experience through workflow simplification, and utilization of design thinking.
• Drove performance improvement by identifying and leading projects that improve process execution by leveraging automation and lean principles. Served as Project Manager.

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

• Reported directly to corporate treasurer.
• Supported corporate Treasury Operations and Investor Relations with achievement of control milestones and identification and remediation of control deficiencies.
• Drove improved control performance through risk assessment, corrective actions identification and directing agile teams.
• Ensured GAAP compliance.
• Audited process compliance.

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

• Utilized Six Sigma methodology to assess and improve processes throughout the corporation.
• Considered an expert in process mapping throughout the organization.
• Leveraged tools and analytics to streamline processes, improve accuracy and enhance insight.
• Ensured compliance with GAAP.
• Created process to secure over $1 billion low interest loan from Department of Energy.
• Established method to improve processes and controls to improve adherence to federal fuel economy labelling laws.

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

• Managed $400 million budget and forecast.
• Identified and implemented method to reduce spending by assigning and tracking spending responsibility to appropriate operations group and holding them responsible.
• Eliminated workload.

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

• Coordinated effort to source tooling to low cost countries, achieving $9 million in savings the first year.
• Reported actual and forecasted personnel levels in new emerging markets.
• Managed billings of new offices and working conditions costs.
• Improved processes to reduce costs and workload between Purchasing and Product Development (PD).

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

• Developed method to sustain global Finance processes.
• Identified and established method to reduce global tooling costs by 15%.
• Established roles, responsibilities and procedure for the initiative.
• Prepared and presented communications to suppliers and Ford management.

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

• Worked closely with cross-functional team to identify requirements and reduce costs.
• Created first global report to track total material cost by vehicle and commodity.
• Actively supported and trained Purchasing management in connecting financials to physicals.
• Performed a detailed analysis to insource stamped parts.

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

• Managed teams in two manufacturing plant controller’s offices.
• Responsible for plants’ daily and monthly reporting and forecasting, including labor, overhead, inventory and material costs and revenues.
• Reported cost performance to plant management team.
• Forecasted and explained variances to expected outcomes.
• Established ground-up annual budgets.
• Led budget planning meetings with operations.

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

• Analyzed and reported labor and overhead costs for manufacturing plants.
• Established budgets.
• Supported corporate management to direct plants to reduce costs.
• Analyzed investment spending, identified funding and supported approval for spending.
• Created and rolled-out new plant raw material cost reporting method.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Automated hand-written cost analysis to spreadsheets to establish more efficient and accurate reporting of labor and overhead.
• Analyzed investment spending.
• Launched new timekeeping system.

M.B.A., Finance, Accounting

B.S., Mathematics And Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Delta Zeta, Mortar Board

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