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Brooklyn, Oh, Us

Berea, Ohio, Us

A Privately owned Global Manufacturer of customer decision, high quality and low cost precision machine parts. As a senior member of the management team, provide leadership and strategic direction to the Accounting, Human Resources, and Purchasing Departments. . Global financial responsibility including Standby Pacific and Standby Guangzhou, entities in Hong Kong and the manufacturing plant in China. Travel to meet the demands of the organization. Successful in increasing profitability and improving cash flow in a 79 year old third generation business. Cost savings of over $400K per annum with significant improvement in cash flow.

Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, Us

$60MM Division of Public company turned PE owned in August 2015. Senior member of the Leadership Team for the AGM Division (a Global manufacturer of natural and synthetic graphite and carbon electrode powders).

Audit annual accounts and publish annual audit report for the Ohio Polygraph Examiners Association.Consulting and Treasury support.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

A $75M PE who is a World leader in furnace refractory maintenance services which provides a wide range of innovative Furnace Maintenance Services such as ceramic welding, gunning, furnace rebricking, rebuilding, in situ inspections, condition monitoring, high emissivity ceramic coatings, consulting and a variety of hot repair & refractory maintenance technologies in over 50 countries.Broad Scope of cross-functional departments including accounting for North and South America, South Africa, Zimbabwe, portions of Asia Pacific and global finance functions. Traveled to meet the demands of the position. $40M P&L responsibility as well as global risk management, extensive global inter-company transactions and global cash management for a highly leveraged private equity owned corporation.• Lead in the development of financial tools to summarize the measure status, evaluation of variances and predict results within the businesses, while leading a “Cost Savings/Cost Avoidance” cross functional team to enhance the bottom line metric resulting in savings $1.5M+ annually.• Managed and directed the Controller of South Africa and Controller of South America.• Provided strategic direction for financial and operational activities, projects, and programs to all levels of management, while overseeing the activities of Americas/Cetek and Africa accounting departments, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory control, cost control, strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, purchasing, employee expenses, short-term and long-term cash control, and payroll processing.• Directed all efforts with moving the company headquarters (office and warehouse), which saved $150K year-over-year.• Developed Inter-company standards and procedures, as well as a partnered in establishing transfer pricing policy.• Organized,controlled and reported to lenders, global cash flow forecasting and operating cash movement.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

A $40M joint venture in refractory maintenance and repair company in the Americas, Western Europe, Asia Pacific, South Africa and Zimbabwe.Responsible for the financial results of the company while incorporating the accounting department of a competitor after purchasing them. Elected to the Board of Directors for the U.S. entity. Integrated the responsibility of managing the central operations/logistics department.• Senior member of management team that grew the enterprise value of the business from $35M to $110M in 2 ½ years.• Successfully managed the finance department and maintained payroll over a business containing 200 employees in 20 different unions.• Established three new internal entities globally (Australia, China and India) and 4 departments including HR, IT, Purchasing and Payroll.• Lead role in the selection/implementation of complete ERP system, which included detailed job-costing.• Increased operating margins 10% through analysis and collaboration with Sales and Operations staff. • Financial front-runner in 2 acquisitions from discovery to completion.• Merged accounting functions of the acquisitions for cost savings of $50K.• Adapts and communicates well with various global cultures.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Accounting And Finance

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Accounting

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