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Bradenton, FL

Managing transition of Shared Financial Services work for a major insurance company. I have responsibility for hiring and supervising resources supporting client, managing client interactions as well as the quality of work performed.

Chennai, India

• Over the course of six years, I oversaw all financial management and cost containment functions for Ford’s 10,000-employee Global In-house Center (GIC), routinely consulting and liaising with cross-functional teams to.
• Leading the development and implementation of center-wide continuous process improvements, supporting the center’s transition from transaction-based to knowledge-based processes;
• Directing the restructuring of the finance division, converting financial operations to a matrix reporting structure to streamline all financial processes and improve interdepartmental relations; and
• Successfully recruiting, training, and mentoring a global finance team, growing the team from 20 employees to nearly 300 highly-skilled financial specialists.

Dearborn, MI

• During my tenure with Automotive Components Holdings (ACH), a Subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, I progressed from Staff Controller of Manufacturing Operations (9/2005 – 5/2007) to Finance Controller for Materials.
• Successfully implementing continuous process improvements, sustaining year over year material cost reductions of up to $20 million per year;
• Administering financial management oversight for the Purchasing Controllers Office, managing a material buy of up to $2 billion per year;
• Developing and implementing an hourly reporting and forecasting tool, which was later used by senior management to manage and restructure an hourly work force of approximately 6,000 employees; and 
• Strategically restructured financial reporting processes in alignment with organizational changes, monitoring all processes to ensure compliance with Ford internal controls and US SOX reporting requirements.

Dearborn, MI

• My entry into Financial Management began with my career at Visteon Corporation, where I assumed multiple roles with increasing responsibility including Manufacturing Engineer Trainee, 2/1998 – 3/1999; Plant Financial.
• Guiding all financial analysis, reporting and budgeting functions in support of materials management, while supervising a team of seven (7) financial analysts tasked with tracking and reporting manufacturing and.
• Reviewing and approving plant capital expenditure projects related to both product and cost saving actions, consistently delivering material cost reductions of 3% year over year;
• Streamlining financial analysis processes, developing easily adaptable tools to analyze material cost variances for the Purchasing Controllers Office responsible for an annual material buy of $8 billion; 
• Strategizing and implementing time-saving processes through the automation of data retrieval and reporting tasks for the Controller’s office following the team restructuring from 15 plant analysts to 5 staff analysts; 
• Directly supervising 40 hourly personnel, resolving production and quality issues as needed regarding the manufacture of various automotive components; and 

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance & Strategy

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering