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Milwaukee, WI, US

Financial consultant augmenting Accounting and Finance to manage rapid acquisition growth.> Project manage conversion of cash management operations for 16 acquired entities from legacy banking partners to JPMorgan Chase.> Rollout of ZBA account structure.> User entitlement set up, training, and support.> Facilitated remote scanner installs, check orders.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

Strategic partner for Treasury, Accounting, Tax and IT organizations supporting SAP and Oracle systems.> Project lead for SAP S4 implementation and conversion from Oracle to S4 for First Data acquisition, including training, configuration, data conversion, Payments, and Cash Management.> Project managed, applying project management principles, tools, and.

Responsible for performing manufacturing financial analysis and accounting.> Month end close including accruals, JEs and reconciliations for capital, gainsharing bonus, vacation, water usage, Concur expenses, deferred revenue, and prepaids.> Capital management including tracking Construction in Progress (CIP) capital project costs, purchase orders and.

Financial Consultant responsible for supporting the Business Line accounting teams with month end accrual calculations, evaluating expenses recorded to the disaster recovery account for applicability to disaster recovery criteria, and categorizing invoices and expense reports to cost types to facilitate management reporting. Supported the Fixed Asset team.

US

Overseeing general ledger, payroll, accounts payable, fuel payments, and tax teams. > Project managed UltiPro and Time Management implementation on time and within budget. Project entailed business requirements definition, testing, training, and post implementation support.> Reduced month end close process by three days and implemented reconciliation.

Waukesha, Wisconsin, US

Leading general ledger, credit, payroll, and accounts payable teams. > Oversee month end close, quarterly reporting, annual budget, and strategic review and analysis. > Managed projects to support business insurance renewal, IRS audit, fiscal year tax return and process design and support for NetSuite implementation.

Multi-faceted leader that drives corporate strategy. > Managed and transitioned team that supported treasury, billing, AR, purchasing, AP, rebate operations, pharmacy payments, claim reimbursements, travel and expense, and commissions.> Integrated claims adjudication, billing, pharmacy payments, and customer/broker commission functions onto Catamaran.

Milwaukee, WI, US

Strategic leader of the Private Wealth Management (PWM) Finance team enabling $450M in revenue.> Managed compensation team responsible for plan development, administration of those plans, recruit deal structure analysis, compensation metrics, and competitor benchmarking.> Oversaw financial reporting team responsible for month-end close, reporting income.

Shared Services Director driving process automation for payroll, AP, billing, expense processing, credit card program, travel management, facilities, and project management.> Consolidated disparate billing processes onto a common billing platform, enabling $650K in FTE cost savings, 10-day reduced billing cycle time, and 60% reduction in credit/rebill.

US

Regional Controller leading the accounting and financial analysis functions, which supported the Supplier Group ($386M expense) and the Metavante Operations Resources Segment ($45M revenue).> Prepared annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and monthly financial analysis to support executive business performance reviews, and cost reduction initiatives..

US

Project manager chartered with implementing new financial systems internally and for Metavante clients.> Prepared business case and requirements, and coordinated RFI process for software and consulting.> Led project to implement PeopleSoft applications, including GL, Purchasing, AP, Inventory, Fixed Assets, Order Management, Contract Management, Billing.

US

Strategic partner defining business objectives through business analysis and metrics.> Facilitated IPO efforts by preparing financial statements, forecasts, Form S-1, and MD&A analysis. > Provided financial information to enable decisions, including forecasts, variance analysis, product profitability, client profitability, investment review, and metrics.

Change agent implementing efficiencies by leveraging process reengineering and technology.> Implemented a zero-based budget process and forecast process driven by a market revenue plan, production capacity, procurement pricing and standard costing, and capital investment. > Analyzed cash flow, capital spend, and product cost, including price, volume and.

Financial Project Leader driving key corporate initiatives. > Managed the assimilation of a German R&D acquisition, requiring an overseas stay, oversaw startup of a Japanese marketing subsidiary, and implemented a global warehousing and distribution program.> Supported corporate second public offering initiative by preparing financial statements.> Drove.

Business manager that supported executives to aggressively grow operations in nine countries.> Enhanced operational infrastructure to improve controls, deliver financial information, and implemented financial models to analyze key business drivers.> Managed department responsible for operational accounting and consolidationo the $8.2M international region.

Manager of a team that accounted for international business, tax accounting, and external reporting for a $1.1B technology company.> Responsible for the accounting and treasury operations, including foreign currency translation, financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, capital repairs, intercompany loan analysis, and transfer pricing.> Prepared.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

Performed domestic and international audits.

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Accounting

Mba