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Mentor accounting staff across all of International Paper’s U.S. based recycling operations.Review and monitor local process of revenue accounting, accounts payable, payroll, and month end closing, with emphasis toward operations with newer management or accounting staff. Guide zone accountants through reconciliation of revenue, commodity purchases, and any balance sheet account as needed.Drive compliance with GAAP, and ensure adherence to evolving internal audit requirements. Conduct spot audits, and guide continuous process improvement to achieve compliance. Educate teams to enhance administrative efficiency while remaining compliant.Support business controllers with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and ad hoc reporting as needed.Support local management teams with capital requests. Draft or edit written proposals, and provide financial analysis to defend business investment needs. Provide ad hoc trend reporting with various styles of supporting charts, as specified by local management teams.Support sales and procurement teams with profitability review. Suggest value propositions with tiered service levels. Propose enhanced service agreements that grow profit margin while reducing the customer’s waste handling cost.

Maintain internal control and integrity of three operations' P&Ls and Balance Sheets with annual revenues of $30 million.Manage staff of five exempt and non exempt accountants.Analyze and endorse recycling service agreements and all capital investments. Develop standard P&L trend and variance template to support zone level and site management for all of IP’s US recycling operations.Provide ad hoc analytical support to zone manager, operations managers, and procurement team.

Manage accounting staff of six to support four operating facilities.Reduced month end close and balance sheet reconciliation at San Jose Facility from three days to one day, enabling diversion of accounting resources to support sister facilities' monthly close.Direct finance P&L responsibility for four recycling operations.Provide analytical support to region manager, area operation managers, and area sales and sourcing team.