Assistant Corporate Controller And Controller - North America
• Provided leadership, coached and mentored a team responsible for credit & collections, contract administration, invoicing, revenue recognition, general accounting, cash applications and financial reporting• Partnered with operational and functional leaders to provide strategic advice on the evaluation of forecasts, budgets, merger & acquisitions (M&A), strategic alliances and divestitures• Collaborated with business partners on deal construction to optimize margins, cash flow and revenue recognition. Delivered proactive performance insight to support informed and effective decision making• Enhanced Financial Operations dashboard to provide weekly tracking of key performance indicators to evaluate the results of operations, identify trends, risks and opportunities• Analyzed financial and operational results versus forecast, budget and prior year for sales, revenue, expenses and key performance indicators• Delivered analytics to support Investor Relations for earnings releases, investor calls and BOD/Analyst presentations. Prepared balance sheet and income statement flux analysis to support MD&A disclosures• Managed North America’s (NA) relationship with external auditors, internal auditors and Sox Program Management Office. Responsible for continuous improvement of internal control system ensuring the safeguarding of company assets and compliance with corporate policy. Improved NA SOX compliance to 100%• Instituted new credit and collection policies that reduced the risk in our portfolio while decreasing bad debt expense by $2.7M. Improved accounts receivables aging over 90 days by 47% generating cash flow of $1.4M, reduced collection days sales outstanding (DSO) by 5% and exceeded cash collection goal by $90.0M or 8%• Delivered $1.0M in savings as Global Project Champion for Oracle eBusiness Suite R 12 implementation/upgrade• Reorganized area of responsibility improving operations and reducing costs by $2.0M in 2012 and $2.7M in 2011