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Chicago, IL, US

Woodridge, IL, US

Lake Forest, IL, US

• Introduced cost savings initiatives with annual savings in excess of $1M in addition to working capital benefits. Projects include Robotic Process Automation (RPA), audits of 3rd party freight vendors and.
• Streamlined 13-week cash projections with the company’s forecasted financial statements.
• Responsibility for annual planning and quarterly forecasting of the companies $180M SG&A spend.
• Evaluated and maintain 58 Finance and Accounting policies while working closely with our Internal Audit team to ensure company-wide adherence.
• Oversaw project to ensure compliance on new accounting standards: IFRS15 – Revenue Recognition and IFRS16 – Leases.
• Achieved a 1 day reduction in the month end close process.

Northbrook, Illinois, US

• Carry out the valuation, acquisition, and integration of target companies; Oversee the financial planning and analysis team; Manage strategic projects viewed as critical by the company’s CFO and Executive Committee.
• Negotiated the purchase of the automotive lighting division of EiKO Global for $32M.
• Directed the integration process of 1,200 customers, 1,600 SKU’s, and the operations of a recent acquisition in 59 days.
• Prepare valuation models and analyzing the viability of acquisitions as large as $250M in an effort to grow existing product lines and expand into new product offerings.
• Guided company’s 5-year strategic planning process used for long-term decision-making. Plan is integrated into financial reporting software, enabling real-time updates as current year results and forecasts are finalized.
• Developed module in financial reporting software to accurately predict cash flow needs for the company to make better borrowing decisions.

Northbrook, Illinois, US

• Responsibilities spanned all aspects of internal and external financial reporting (including the consolidation of our actual results, annual budget, and monthly rolling forecasts). In order to make this part of my role.
• Implemented financial reporting system achieving a four day reduction in the accounting close cycle.
• Managed the annual financial plan process and reduced the length of the process from twelve weeks to six.
• Created rolling forecast model which is used to drive key strategic and financial decisions within the company.
• Performed buy-side due diligence for potential acquisitions and sell-side due diligence for divestitures of multiple Old World Industries divisions.
• Acted as key team member that secured bank financing for the company in both 2007 and 2012.

Northbrook, Illinois, US

• Developed and documented full month-end close process for Automotive division.
• Worked with cost accounting department and Corporate Controller to ensure completion of month-end close process for Automotive division.

Menlo Park, CA, US

At Robert Half Management Resources I was a part of their salaried consulting practice. Projects were diverse among a wide variety of companies such as AC Nielson and Chef Solutions.

As a consultant at Arthur Anderson I was exposed to a wide variety of companies in many roles. Some of the more significant projects included helping Hewitt Associates convert from a private to public company, performing the Controller function and sell-side due diligence for Domino Sugar as they were available for sale and various process re-engineering.

While at Horwitz & Associates I performed the month end close process for various leasing partnerships.

Executive Mba

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Accounting