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Farmington Hills, Michigan

Manage all period, quarter, and fiscal year-end financial close activities for a strategic business unit for publicly traded international trading company. • Manage general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable and inventory reconciliation. Develop young team through mentoring and implementation of processes and procedures.• Led implementation of reporting software for division. Developed training tools, wrote reports, trained personnel.• Work with supply chain and sales teams to support standardization of processes and procedures, train on use of software, provide understanding of how transactions are captured and relate to financial statements.• Lead physical inventory count and reconciliation for twenty-one warehouses. Supported the transition of the of opening two company owned warehouses from several third-party owned warehouses as part of cost saving measure. Worked with supply chain and sales teams for systems set up and troubleshooting. • Chosen to lead robotic process automation implementation for the division.• Act as internal ISO auditor, local project lead for corporate controls improvement objective and primary contact for PWC financial audit• Assist in department and facility budget preparation and budget review.• Provide system support for JD Edward and ReportsNow.

Bloomfield Hills, Mi

Bloomfield Hills, Mi

Managed financial analysis and lease administration services including accounts receivable, contracting, reporting of tenant sales, occupancy reporting, contract compliance, and expense participation cost recovery. Budgeted and forecasted rent increases and recovery of expense participation costs. Developed and analyzed rent stream projections. Oversight of credit determination function for current and new tenants. Reviewed and approved capital asset and tenant inducement requisitions. Ad-hoc reporting and special projects.Selected Accomplishments:•Led department implementation of a fully integrated enterprise information technology system through collaboration with business users, IT professionals and third-party consultants to identify processes, design screens and fields, develop formulas, write reports and procedures and train employees. The fully integrated solution allowed data to be shared between multiple departments reducing duplication of data entry by 70%. •Improved the sales overage rent procedure by designing a more robust and automated billing process resulting in a decrease of manual calculations by 40%, streamlining fact finding reports from 10 to 1, and applying seasonality to the calculations generating additional revenue billings of 10%.•Contributed to due diligence for property acquisition project by identifying revenue potential and contractual risk to possible redevelopment of the project. Developed model to project future rent streams. The company purchased the project, generating additional annual revenue of over $31 million. •Represented the company as a credit and financial expert in depositions and bankruptcy trials contributing to favorable settlements and avoidance of unsuitable operators. The mitigated risk to the company in one case was $10 million. •Ensured department compliance with company risk management (SOX compliance) and document retention policies.•Managed talent acquisition, mentoring and performance management.

Troy, Mi

Managed all period, quarter, and fiscal year-end financial close activities for international manufacturer including coordination and elimination of inter-company transactions, analysis of foreign subsidiary financial results to convert statements form international accounting standards to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) format, and to properly account for foreign translation. Prepared financial sections and related footnotes for annual reports and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. Coordinated and prepared year-end external audit schedules. Selected Accomplishments:• Managed Corporate General Ledger and Accounts Payable departments. Worked with regional plant controllers to identify issues and make process and reporting improvements. Evaluated and improved process of capturing both domestic and foreign inter-company transactions. Improved month-end reporting procedures resulting in a shortening of the close period by two days. Conducted internal audits of plant accounting records to assess effectiveness of controls, accuracy of financial records, and efficiency of operations. Prepared reports of findings and recommendations for management.• Contributed to ad hoc and special projects, sent to plants to train personnel on software use, more efficient accounting practices, assist in the implementation of a cost information system, and assist Cost Accounting Manager in review of plant budgets and trends analysis. • Organized workflow, reviewed reconciliations of general ledger accounts, and audited accounts payable transactions. Provided professional development of staff. Supervised and coordinated payroll tax filing requirements throughout ferrous segment of company. Approved capital projects and served as accounting systems administrator for accounting software.

Troy, Mi

Designed new methods of capturing work-in-process, quote estimation and budgeting for job shop. Performed full service accounting for plant. Prepared financial reports and charts for plant manager and supervisors. Prepared year-end audit work papers resulting in savings of $20,000 in audit fees. Determined cash needs and utilized line-of-credit appropriately. Selected Accomplishments:• Managed Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, and General Ledger.• Consolidated financial statements and reconciled accounts.• Managed cash flow.• Responsible for property tax and governmental reporting compliance.

Master Of Science In Administration, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting

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