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Livonia, MI, US

• Led five financial audits, one legal product compliance audit, and one Environmental, Social, and Governance audit.
• Presented audit findings and recommendations for improvement to various business unit management and corporate executives.
• Created and enhanced various planning and reporting standardized templates that our audit team utilized in numerous audits.
• Mentored and reviewed workpapers for staff and co-source auditors.
• Identified fieldwork test steps to be enhanced, added, streamlined, and removed to prepare for Audit Board ERP transition.

Lombard, Illinois, US

• Led and facilitated Audit CPA exam courses for accounting professionals studying for the CPA exam.
• Developed comprehensive lesson plans and study materials tailored to cover the AUD section of the CPA exam, ensuring thorough preparation and understanding.
• Provided personalized coaching and guidance to students, resulting in notable achievements such as pass rate improvement and individual success stories.
• Conducted regular assessments and mock exams to evaluate student progress and identify areas needing additional focus, enhancing overall exam readiness.
• Utilized innovative teaching methods, including interactive workshops and case studies, to promote active learning and engagement among students.
• Received positive feedback from students for clear explanations, approachable demeanor, and dedication to their success in passing the CPA exam.

St. Louis, MO, US

Cleveland, Ohio, US

Performed SOX internal control testing in the following areas: - Entity Level Controls - Account Reconciliations - Revenue Recognition - Pricing - Inventory - Shipping - Payroll - Manual Journal Entries Worked on an ad hoc sustainability audit to identify areas of improvement in Environmental, Social, and Governance reporting.Led an executive travel and.

Sylvania, Ohio, US

• Examined credit histories of customers to analyze potential inefficiencies and opportunities for further profitability.
• Researched various pool and spa equipment distributors and retailers to assist management’s expansion initiatives.

Maumee, Ohio, US

• Completed PwC direct assistance work in manual journal entry, segregation of duty, inventory, fixed assets, and procure to pay testing.
• Assist with planning of plant audits
• Assist with QAR SOX Compliance testing
• Tested third party contractor documentation at select international location.
• Travel to various plant locations domestically and internationally to perform testing in the following areas:- Inventory existence testing- Obsolete/Slow Moving reserves- Scrap management process- Fixed Assets- Manual.

Akron, OH, US

• Completed PwC direct assistance work in footnotes, income statement, credit memo, and reconciliation testing.
• Tested purchase-orders, inventory, and fixed assets at select plant locations.
• Performed SOX and Remediation testing for Corporate and North America controls.
• Assisted with planning and report writing of plant audits.
• Assisted with helping organize files within TeamMate database.
• Assisted with compliance-related audits.

Akron, OH, US

• Provide Weekly Checkbook and Manufacturing Flash detailing plant conversion and waste spend for North America and Latin America plants to Manufacturing Leadership.
• Provide Weekly Ship Stock Material Checkbook to Product Supply Chain Manager.
• Provide Daily Labor Reporting Spend for North America plants to Manufacturing Leadership.
• Created monthly calendar to communicate information our group needs from various other departments.
• Assisted in automating Weekly Checkbook reporting by using Hyperion.
• Assisting in revising our asset acquisition and lease versus buy policies with the Manager of Investment Analysis.

Akron, OH, US

• Provide daily reporting on labor, engineering, and variable spend for all the business centers.
• Provide daily waste reporting for Component Prep business center.
• Compile, analyze, and present weekly waste data for Component Prep business center.
• Research outstanding purchase orders for plant procurement department and for Component Prep business center.
• Track waste cost per tire calculations weekly for Component Prep business center.
• Provide weekly forecasts for serial & construction variances, purchase price variance, and ship stock for plant FP&A manager.

Akron, OH, US

• Leverage Microsoft Excel to categorize North America IT spend for different business units monthly, and present to the VP of IT for North America.
• Utilize SAP to compile Corporate and Region IT Direct Charges monthly, and provide to various region analysts.
• Analyze flight utilization statistics and build financial life-cycle models for management to evaluate.
• Post Corporate IT charge-back journal entries monthly.
• Assist in preparation for North America and R&D cost center meetings with various cost center managers.
• Worked in a group to present to management how the finance function supports the company's strategy.

Akron, OH, US

• Create miscellaneous costs forecasts and actuals reports monthly.
• Prepare Below EBIT, SG&A, and Product Adjustment reports.
• Verify accuracy of prepaid account items.
• Assist supply chain finance team by completing closing journal entries.
• Complete intercompany and sales elimination entries.
• Oversee and prepare North America reconciliation dashboard to corporate accounting.

Oxford, Ohio, US

• Manage and train front office, back office, and depository committees of roughly 20-25 interns to ensure operational efficiency and prompt attention towards customers’ financial needs.
• Collaborated with other executive team members to prepare for board meetings, credit union examiners, and external auditors.

Oxford, Ohio, US

• Led a team of seven other committee members by monitoring delinquent and overdraft accounts and spearheading the collections policies and procedures.
• Analyzed and compiled delinquency data to deliver reports to the board of directors at monthly board meetings.

Toledo, OH, US

• Planned, tested, and documented spare parts inventory controls related to annual counts, adjustment analysis, and criticality review at offsite composites plant.
• Provided input to offsite composites plant to consistently ensure accuracy of test counts through appropriate segregation of duties.
• Coordinated the process of identifying and gathering relevant data from users in key business functions towards the transition into new compliance software.
• Confirmed that adequate IT controls were in place by testing, planning, and documenting batch job testing, issue tracking, and data conversion controls for a headquarters IT audit.

Sylvania, Ohio, US

Helped manage and enhance the company's social media accounts, researched various pool and spa equipment distributors and retailers to assist management's expansion initiatives, delivered sales reports to sales representatives and assisted the accounting department in reviewing the credit histories of customers. Additionally, I participated in sales.

Helped provide a great golfing experience to members and guests by providing feedback when asked. Was promoted to an "A" Caddie halfway through my first summer working.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting