Eric Leffler Email & Phone Number

Milan, It

• General Description - Provide general ledger accounting to all Amplifon brands (Miracle Ear, Elite Hearing Network, and Amplifon Hearing Health Care).• Management - Head a four person team responsible for general services, inventory costing, cost/price analysis, sales processing, fixed assets, accounts receivable, and cash applications.• Commissions - Administer company’s commission and bonus plans for Miracle Ear corporate locations in the U.S. and Canada.• Loans - Control and monitor loan programs for Elite Hearing Network members and Miracle Ear franchises.• General Ledger - Perform month-end journal entries and general ledger account analysis on activity relating to general services.• Month End Reporting - Generate member rebate/reward reporting by territory, loan statements, equity fund reporting, and company store inventory updates on a monthly basis.• Procedure & Policy Improvements - Developed a formalized process for initiating and reporting on loans/notes receivables. Assisted in creating a new commission plan for U.S. Miracle Ear corporate locations.• Audit Reporting - Assist with internal/external audits by providing auditors with requested documentation and answering questions on procedures and results.• Systems & Software - Oracle/JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Sycle.net, Salesforce, DocuSign, Blue Ribbon Technologies DynaFile, FileHold, M/S Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Hopkins, Mn, Us

• Management Reporting - Developed monthly reporting for management team that includes Volume, Revenue, Gross Margin, Operating Margin and EBITDA analysis for all operating companies and distribution channels.• Month-End Reporting - Generated actual vs. forecast variance analysis of monthly results for G&A cost centers. Developed and monitored Excel based loan/lease schedules and summary.• Process Improvements - Created reconciliation/tie-out for main managerial reports to ensure accuracy and consistency in information being provided by General Accounting. Automated Excel based managerial P&L reporting and month-end journal entries relating to depreciation, leases, benefits, and accruals. Developed Excel reports for other departments to assist them in their responsibilities.• Capital Plan - Responsible for initiating, monitoring, and reporting on $70 million capital plan.• Capital Project Requests - Controlled and monitored all capital purchase requests. Revised capital approval procedures including development of automated SharePoint process.• Fixed Asset Physicals - Implemented annual companywide Fixed Asset review process and monitored compliance with policy.• Capital Meetings - Presented capital results along with future spending projections to executive management team on a monthly basis.• Fixed Asset Revaluations - Participated in revaluation of all company fixed assets following the sale of the company in 2010 and 2014. Communicated with appraisal company in order to arrive at appropriate valuations, developed matrix to assign new asset lives, and generated appropriate opening balance sheet journal entries.• Audit Reporting - Responsible for all capital and fixed asset audit reporting and follow up with auditors on questions relating to procedures and results provided.• Systems & Software - Included M/S Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, & SharePoint), SAP Operating System, SAP BI/BW, and Asset 4000 Tax Software.

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

• Supervision - Headed a four person team responsible for Accounts Payable functions.• General Ledger / Month-End Reporting - Responsible for G/L activity including review/reclassification of invalid postings, recurring entries maintenance, and processing of G/L month-end entries for prepaid items, accruals and various allocation entries. Reconciled A/R and A/P sub-ledgers including corresponding sales and purchase clearing accounts.• Account Reconciliation - Created Balance Sheet account reconciliation workbook in Excel and reconciled all accounts to ensure properly stated month-end results.• Procedure and Policy Improvements - Documented month-end procedures for department to allow for a formalized monthly close process. These procedures delegated responsibilities and provided detailed instructions on how to perform tasks.• Prepaid Inventory - Created procedure for monitoring and properly classifying Prepaid Inventory with foreign vendors and reported information as part of the monthly close.• Management Reporting - Created departmental Income Statement reports in FRx software, reconciled information with MAS 500, and analyzed actual vs. budget discrepancies.• Financial Reporting - Assisted with preparation of Balance Sheet, Income Statements, and Statements of Cash Flow for presentation to the Board of Directors.• Inventory Flow Analysis - Monitored and tested inventory activity in MAS 500 in order to reconcile inventory cost reports and improve inventory valuation.• MAS 500 Implementation (China) - Traveled abroad to assist in set up of general ledger, vendor/customer accounts, and other MAS 500 operations at offices in Shenzhen.

Marshall, Minnesota, Us

• Month-End Reporting - Generated month-end reporting for the Directors and Vice President of Supply Chain which included actual vs. budget variance analysis, cost per unit analysis, fuel usage summary, diesel hedge reporting, delivery vehicles summary, and freight channel analysis.• Flash/Reflow Reporting - Forecasted expected current monthly Supply Chain expenditures on a weekly basis and updated annual forecast on an ongoing basis. Reviewed and summarized deviations from previous forecasts.• Month-End Accruals - Generated month-end expense accruals for all significant Supply Chain cost elements including diesel fuel, maintenance, rentals, and third party storage locations.• Capital Expenditures - Monitored and reported Supply Chain capital expenditures for new depots/warehouses, building improvements, land purchases, and other asset acquisitions.• Ad-hoc Projects/Analysis - Performed cost analysis as needed on various projects including floor vs. pallet loading of shipments, pallet stacking configurations, new product line deployments, and third party distributor utilization.• Procedure and Policy Improvements – Documented month-end procedures for financial analysts to allow for a formalized monthly close process. New guidelines included checklists for all responsibilities, reporting requirements, due dates, and information sources.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Customer Profit & Loss (P/L) Team Leader – Headed a twelve-person team responsible for reporting Corn Milling customer P/L results across the business unit; represented team on conference calls and presentations, managed IT projects, trained new members, reviewed system/directory security, established team goals, and evaluated performance.• Customer Profitability Reporting – Generated and analyzed monthly customer profitability results for largest Corn Milling products and reviewed with appropriate sales, logistic, and financial personnel; information resulted in a direct savings of $200,000 per year.• Go-To-Market Reporting – Developed reports to Contribution and Net Margin level for division in response to corporate mission to consolidate customer results across all Cargill business units.• Crystal Reports – Assisted in implementation of Crystal Reports (SMART) as the main reporting instrument for customer profitability results in Corn Milling and worked with IT to maintain the reporting tool, review security, update data, develop new reports, and train new users.• Product Line Analysis – Performed analysis on Corn Syrup and Fructose results (revenues, costs, margins) for Corn Milling Controller after monthly close.• Inventory – Valuated inventory at month-end and monitored adjustments and fluctuations to balances on Corn Milling commodities in the U.S. and Canada.• Sales Contract Cancellations – Reported on customers with past due sales volumes and calculated financial impact of sales contract cancellations using Net Corn/Futures prices.• Corporate Financial Reporting – Performed FDC close and generated Corporate Financial Reporting Package (FRP) for Corn Milling on a quarterly basis.• Tax Reporting – Prepared yearly tax information needed for corporate federal/state tax reporting and calculated extraterritorial income (ETI) and foreign title transfer (FTT) data.