VP / Director of Finance, Controller for mid-sized, private or publicly traded business in manufacturing, supply chain, distribution/logistics operations, industrial manufacturing, consumer goods, medical device, retail, construction or professional services.Known for driving execution of large-scale financial initiatives and improving processes, cross-functional collaboration, strategic planning and execution that achieves sustainable and profitable growth.LED EXECUTION OF NEW FINANCIAL REPORTING METRICSDirector of Finance at Red Wing Shoe Company, member of the leadership team responsible for accounting and finance. Led team that redesigned financial reporting, created predictive tools, dashboard, and metrics that improved visibility to key business drivers allowing Leadership the ability to make better decisions.DROVE LARGE-SCALE, COLLABORATIVE FINANCE INITIATIVESOversaw manufacturing P&L restructure as Finance Leader for Mfg Operations Climate Solutions, at Ingersoll Rand. Successfully led this $1B division through a global, company-wide manufacturing P&L restructure and team integration after the acquisition, and supported eleven manufacturing facilities in the US and internationally.IMPLEMENTED NEW SHARED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONCreated a new shared service organization, as the operational Controller at Hearth and Home Technologies, I improved > 90-day Accounts Receivable by more than 20%.DROVE COMPLIANCE WITH SOX FOR TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMSDriving SOX compliance for The Schwan Food Company (TSFC), I facilitated the successful security implementation of the SAP system within the seven manufacturing plants. As the VP and CFO for three business units (Schwan's Technology Group), provided strategic financial and accounting process excellence that elevated business results.ACCOUNTING & FINANCE FOUNDATIONI began my career as a CPA for Grant Thornton, performing audit and tax work primarily for manufacturing companies.