Joshua Stan, Mba, Jd Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

The Colony, Tx, Us

• Demonstrated leadership in building a strong finance team by recruiting, training, and promoting individuals who align with the company's values and goals• Significantly improved the speed of the financial close process by optimizing workflows, reducing the time required for month-end and year-end closes• Streamlined financial and operational processes, enhancing overall efficiency, reducing errors, and driving cost reductions across the organization• Implemented Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions to automate repetitive and time-consuming financial processes, resulting in cost savings and increased efficiency• Established key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial metrics to measure and track the company's financial performance, providing valuable insights to stakeholders

Arlington, Tx, Us

• Orchestrated and executed strategic financial planning and analysis initiatives, tailored to meet the unique demands and objectives of a private equity-backed organization• Led the development and oversight of the annual budgeting process, collaborating closely with private equity stakeholders to align financial targets with investment and growth strategies• Built and managed a high-performance FP&A team, driving a culture of excellence and ensuring the delivery of accurate and timely financial insights critical to private equity decision-making• Employed advanced financial modeling techniques to enhance forecasting accuracy, enabling the organization to make informed decisions that align with the investment thesis• Conducted rigorous scenario analysis and sensitivity modeling, enabling in-depth assessment of risks and opportunities specific to the private equity-backed business landscape• Spearheaded cost optimization initiatives, identifying opportunities for cost reduction and operational efficiency improvements to enhance the organization's value•Developed and tracked key performance indicators (KPIs) to gauge financial performance, providing private equity investors with the data required to evaluate their investments

Saginaw, Tx, Us

• Assembled and led a team of 15 professionals responsible for reporting, ERP, infrastructure, help desk, and security, effectively managing a $10 million budget to execute a comprehensive cloud migration and security strategy. This initiative culminated in the successful implementation of a modernized cloud-based ERP system within a zero-trust network framework• Designed and implemented real-time Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), analytical costing models, and machine learning (ML) risk assessments to continuously monitor business performance. These data-driven insights provided invaluable perspectives on customer profitability and enabled the formulation of strategic directions that significantly enhanced the company's financial performance• Spearheaded the standardization of master data, including the General Ledger (GL) chart of accounts, and harmonized manufacturing and accounting processes by seamlessly integrating three distinct ERP systems into a unified platform in less than a year. This consolidation resulted in substantial productivity gains and greatly improved customer service responsiveness• Optimized operational efficiency by streamlining procure-to-pay (AP) and order-to-cash (AR) processes through the strategic implementation of Robotic Process Automation (RPA). This automation of document flows led to an impressive 85% reduction in process steps, fostering a more efficient and cost-effective workflow

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Directed a team of 5 analysts evaluating and deploying tools to enhance data timeliness and accessibility throughout the organization, resulting in a comprehensive data warehouse and BI platform that integrated 60 disparate systems and increased accountability for more than 1,100 users across sales, marketing, operations, and finance• Created and executed corporate M&A strategies with the Mohawk COO by researching markets, modeling valuations, identifying synergies, performing due diligence, and leading financial integration, achieving successful deals in North America, Latin America, and Europe• Drove profitable growth of 300 stores in a very competitive market by restructuring the supply chain to improve on-time performance, introducing value-added products, entering new high-growth geographic markets, and rationalizing underperforming SKUs/locations, producing in a more agile, growth-oriented business

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Led team of 4 direct reports responsible for FP&A for a $500M business segment and the annual 5-year strategic planning process, challenging leadership to think differently about its traditional business model by focusing on changing customer buying patterns, leading to key investments in online ordering and buy online, pickup in-store (BOPIS) that provided new avenues for growth• Established ROI guidelines for marketing spend, R&D pipeline investments, and capital projects by conducting post-completion reviews of previous spend and analyzing sales trends that set thresholds for companywide growth-oriented investments and increased accountability in the organization• Implemented environmental continuous improvement projects across 300 stores, 15 manufacturing plants, and 20 distribution centers to align best practices and eliminate landfill waste, driving operational efficiencies and saving the company $15M annually

Auburn Hills, Michigan, Us

• Led a finance and accounting team of 25 across 12 countries with sales of $350M that supported a significant expansion of value-added sales in China and Southeast Asia, generating higher margins and improving global capacity utilization• Restructured the month-end close process by directing the Finance and Accounting teams to develop a month-end close calendar and optimize pre-close activities, speeding the financial close by 50%• Consolidated Asian Pacific finance, accounting, and IT functions into Shared Services Center, effectively streamlining accounting systems and AP/AR/Treasury processes, generating cost savings of 25%

Auburn Hills, Michigan, Us

• Defined and executed an acquisition and investment strategy for the region through market research, capability assessments, and negotiation with potential joint-venture partners, generating $200M of new investments for the region• Collaborated with government affairs to obtain subsidies for new investments in Thailand, Malaysia, and China and influence building codes in ASEAN, by preparing business cases and gaining key customer support, helping to grow value-added product sales and increase profitability

Toledo, Oh, Us

• Transformed the company’s strategic planning process, managing a global team of 6 to analyze marketplace strategies and evaluate market trends, improving the forecast accuracy of industry supply and demand by 30% and leading to market share gains• Mapped global capacity, demand, and pricing to increase competitiveness of the company’s manufacturing network by realigning and focusing product mix as each plant based on the lowest delivered cash cost in the portfolio, increasing overall capacity and revenue, while enabling the closure of high-cost assets

Toledo, Oh, Us

• Designed financial models and business cases to support $900M in M&A transactions and $300M of new capital investments, consolidating established markets in North America and Europe and gaining share in emerging markets including China, Russia, and Brazil• Prepared multiple investor and board presentations, and developed explanations for financial statements and regulatory filings, utilizing knowledge of the business and incorporating feedback from key stakeholders to meet critical deadlines

Akron, Oh, Us

Business Performance, Corporate Development, Legal & Rate Strategy

Chicago, Il, Us

Framingham, Ma, Us

Bs, Business Administration

Mba, Strategic Management

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

Business

Chinese Mandarin Language Program