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Fort Wayne, In, Us

Fort Wayne, In, Us

Fort Wayne, In, Us

Littleton, Colorado, Us

- Directed plant accounting activities including cash management, billing, accounts payable, collections, balance sheet reconciliations, internal control/Sarbanes-Oxley, capital expenditures, and revenue recognition.- Analyze and present month end closing of plant financial statements to corporate finance.- Work in partnership with sales, scheduling, and production to update weekly sales and EBITDA forecasts.- Lead annual plant budgeting process working with all areas of plant management to create achievable but challenging goals.Accomplishments- Navigated turnover of plant accounting staff with 3 departures in the 4-person department.- Through collaboration with sales and plant management along with strategic analysis, drove 6 quarters of growth in sales and EBITDA increasing sales by 22% and EBITDA by 30%.

Controller at Lincoln Printing, a RR Donnelley Company. In charge of plant accounting functions.

Warsaw, Indiana, Us

- Prepare sales, average selling price, and price impact reports.- Prepare, report, and analyze monthly sales rebates and administrative fees.- Responsible for auditing GPO member pricing tiers for compliance.Accomplishments- Consolidated reporting packages for 11 GPOs into one report for accruing monthly administrative fees. Average monthly admin fees equal to $750k on $42M of sales.- Consolidated reporting packages for 9 sales rebates programs into one report for accruing monthly sales rebates. Initially average monthly sales rebates averaged $200k. Current monthly average is about $750k and growing.- Expanded reporting package and tailored packages using MS Access and MS Excel for additional sales rebate programs, which have grown in number to over 50 currently.- Revised and enhanced quarterly and monthly reporting packages to provide better analytics.

- Manage staff of 6 with diversified areas of responsibilities including Accounts Receivable, Payable, Staff Accountant, Human Resources Manager, Purchasing and Insurance/Risk Management.- Manage daily cash; prepared annual budgets and forecasts, and product profitability analysis.- Conducted monthly/quarterly/annual reporting, month end closing, and preparation of financial statements.- Reported monthly SMART numbers and weekly performance metrics.- Direct Credit Risk Management: process credit applications, collections, review payment history/adjust credit limits.- Insurance and Risk Management: Administrator for Group Insurance, 401k Plan Trustee, W/C, and P&C.- Manage legal issues via coordination with company attorneys in variety of matters.Accomplishments- Drafted/proposed to Board of Directors investment policy statement for company investment accounts.- Led search to find financial advisor to manage company's investments.- Reduced injury rate 36% and worker's comp premiums reduced by 24%, through combination of equipment investments and increased emphasis on safety.- Supervised transition of Group Insurance Plan to new Third Party Administrator.- Cross-trained independently operating accounting department into team environment. - Led implementation team in migrating G/L, A/R, A/P, bank reconciliation, purchasing, receiving, and Inventory control into 1 system from antiquated DOS system, allowing automation of processes and reporting and increasing accuracy. - Decreased raw material inventories $200K over 6-month period through creation of controls policy. - Advocated and led executive team in aggressive push to grow geographically, exceeding target with 14 new dealers, and generating over $350k in sales.

Dundee, Scotland, Gb

- Manage daily trading of currencies on overseas subsidiaries transfers in amounts of $100K to $2M per transaction.- Prepare weekly borrowing base calculations for $40M revolving line of credit while maintaining catalogue of inter-company loan agreements.- Analyzed monthly financial information from 16 subsidiaries identifying and questioning variances.- Assisted Internal Audit staff and subsidiary accounting teams in preparation of auditors' fieldwork.- Consolidated annual budgets from subsidiaries and presented to senior executive team.- Prepare monthly financial reports, weekly cash flow projections, and quarterly/annual budget/forecast.- Oversee Foreign Currency trading.- Reconcile interest payable on external and internal loans.Accomplishments- Conducted deep research to support obsolete inventory to sustain write-offs during audit investigation. - Improved cash flow forecasts that varied $2-3M over 12-week period (original variance of $6-8M).Company was broken up and sold to various bidders in 2003.

Ft Wayne, In, Us

Maintain monthly/quarterly/annual reporting; budgeting/forecasting/monitoring; cost containment; financial review of bid proposals; review for business expansions; mergers and acquisitions; and profitability assessment.- Present monthly financial performance for International Relocation Services Division.- Compile and present annual budgets and forecasts for division General Manager and senior management.- Analyze profitability in business segment and recommend cost containment measures.- Assist business segment managers with foreign currency exchange rates in quoting large contracts.- Liaison between Operations and Corporate Accounting.Accomplishments- Proposed plan to close 5 decentralized offices and bring all work to Fort Wayne; cost savings of $800k and staff reduction of 7%.

Mba, Business

Bs, Accounting