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Aurora, Co, Us

St Agnes, South Australia, Au

• Manage the financial transition from family-owned business to a subsidiary of a publicly traded company. Transitions include banking, payroll, financial statement preparation, FP&A, SOX, IT network, CAPEX, freight, internal audit, and A/P • Oversight of all Finance and IT with some HR including Assistant Controller, Cost Accountant, General Accountant, IT Manager, and IT Administrator• Direct report to Division President and dotted line to Packaging Controller• Responsible for operational accounting team across 2 plants, each at $20M in sales. • Helped develop 5-year strategic plan which concludes with revenue doubled and additional domestic and international manufacturing capabilities

Oakland, California, Us

• Ensured compliance with GAAP including interpretation of accounting literature, application to business transactions & development of GAAP compliant policies. Familiarity with ASC 360 – Property Plant and Equipment, ASC 410 – Asset Retirement Obligations, and ASC 842 – Leases. Wrote or assisted in technical accounting memos related to Lease Reassessments, Evaluation of Lease Termination Options, and Asset Impairment.• Documented control risk, desktop procedures, and control performance summaries across all of the team’s Accounting and Capital controls. As a shared service Director, I am responsible for 14 distinct controls across 36 SOX control instances. Partner with Capital Assets SOX Controls team for rationalization and consolidation of multiple leasing SOX controls for 2022. Lead all external and internal audit inquiries and responses with clean test results. • Provided financial leadership in support of Asset Management Company (AMCO)—KP’s sales tax deferral strategy for purchased capital assets. Responsible for AMCO’s staffing, budgeting (~$300M/yr), billing, process improvements, service expansion, and project coordination. Present quarterly financial results to KP’s Treasurer and Deputy Corporate Controller.• Managed Real Estate Lease Administration for the entire Program and Program-wide lease footnote disclosures. Also manage the Lease Reporting Group—a shared service responsible for operational lease accounting, budgeting, reporting, SOX controls, and monthly close activities for ~6,800 leases totaling $1.0B • Since 2016, drove annual process/system improvement initiatives totaling 23,000 annual hours while implementing business value initiatives saving approximately $13.5M. Recently implemented a reconciliation frequency reduction initiative which saved ~12,000+ annual hours across the Program.

Oakland, California, Us

Irving, Texas, Us

• Coordinated month-end close for $700M/mo generics income, reconciliations, related reporting, and quarterly/annual analysis for internal business partners as well as external auditors.• Documented policies and procedures for all generics accounting transactions. Familiarity with ASC 606 – Revenue Recognition. Provided recommendations for improvements and partnered with business units to implement processes to assure compliance.• Prepared analytics and oversaw the calculation of vendor receivables reserve where open receivables were approximately $1.3B and the allowance is $66M.• Prepared the revenue budget and reviewed monthly flux for all Tier 2 Fee for Service (pharmaceutical manufacturers with annual contract revenue < $100M). • Prepared the budget and monthly forecast for NorthStar—McKesson’s $300M/year generic pharmaceutical manufacturer. Managed most NorthStar accounting operations.• Managed team of 3 direct reports and all accounting and controls for San Francisco based procurement functions of US Pharmaceutical distribution business unit, including preparation, monitoring and compliance of financial accounting policies.

Irving, Texas, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

• Ownership of IT specific finance, billing, procurement, facilities, and HR processes.• Managed financial operation of seven information technology departments with annual budgets totaling $46.8 million.• Created and documented internal departmental controls around billing, purchasing, and finance.• Aggregated purchase estimate reporting and related cash flow for a campus network equipment refresh initiative of over $25 million.

London, Gb

St Petersburg, Florida, Us

Bs, Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting