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Milwaukee, Wi, Us

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, and MICR and Payee Verification testing.> Implemented Positive Pay, including data file upload conversions from QuickBooks, Sage and Acumatica to the JPM Access platform. > Provide support for intercompany analysis, credit card program, and unclaimed property.

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 processes. - SAP Cash Management and Liquidity Planning implementation, enabling automation of manual processes and reporting. - System conversion for 500+ domestic and international bank accounts - Bank account migration for a primary Bank relationship change - Electronic Bank Statement and Intra Day Statement automation - Vertex tax software implementation - Bastogne treasury and systems analysis and conversion - BRM Edge (bank fees) and BAweb (bank account management) reporting tool conversion - Collaborated on initiatives related to Treasury Payment automation, Settlement Operations integration with S4, Cash Clearing, and Corporate Tax provision acquisition integration.> Leveraged proactive communication and organization skills to align project schedules and deliverables with 100+ banking partners and consulting resources from Ernst & Young and PW.

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 un-invoiced receipts. Reporting included CIP Roll-forward and project detail and summary reports.> Metrics reporting by plant for Internal Quality, Productivity, Cost, Processing tons and Shipping.> SG&A expense and headcount analysis, forecasting and month end reporting.> Internal controls reviews including Key Control Matrix updates and Oracle access.

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 with the review of purchase orders related to the disasters to confirm compliance with the Fixed Asset Policy and processed approval transactions within PeopleSoft.

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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 process for all balance sheet accounts.> Responsible for monthly financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and budgeting.> Implemented the corporate AP credit card program, resulting in $1M in rebate savings.> Managed Concur Travel Expense administration process and Travel card program.> Projects included improving IGEN fuel tax compliance and AP clearing account clean up.

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 systems and processes. Successfully transitioned 300+ customers, 400+ pharmacies, and 50+ commission payments. Reduced time to convert billing set ups by 50 minutes per account.> Streamlined procure to pay processing driving timely issue of POs, remittance of rebates/commissions by contract dates, and eliminated redundant vendors in the vendor master reducing payment errors.> Reduced AR aging of 90 day + by 25% and aged credits of $700K through proactive AR management.> Implemented CPMS application which automated calculation and payment processes for rebates and customer/broker commissions and improved calculation accuracy and client reporting.> Exceeded company goals for quality metrics including invoice/payment accuracy metric average of 1.12 errors per 1000 versus goal of 1.53, the ticket response rate at 92% versus goal of 85%.

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 statement results and metrics, monitoring of balance sheet reconciliations, and providing support for audits by various compliance and reporting agencies.> Provided PWM management support with review and analysis of financial results for branch office performance, passive income, new branch business cases, recruit and financial advisor performance.> Achieved FINRA Series 99 Operations Professional registration.> Managed projects resulting in cost savings for PWM and the firm in excess of $1M. > Goals Committee member responsible for defining a consistent approach to performance management, developing role based competency model, and revising management.

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 transactions.> Implemented e-invoicing solutions, enabling electronic receipt of AP invoices, approval workflow, and a searchable repository of AP information to facilitate analysis, SOX and audit compliance.> Managed rebate program for AP and employee credit card program that resulted in $800K of rebates.> Improved financial controls and SOX compliance, reducing T&E aging by $1.2M and Unclaimed Property by $1.5M.> Managed acquisition integration coordinating activities for 10 cross-functional teams.

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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. Redesigned reporting to support SOX review.> Supported accounting operations with monthly balance sheet analysis, divisional cash flow, conversion capitalization, and Sarbanes-Oxley financial statement review and sign off.> Implemented an activity-based tool to enable monthly product and customer profitability reporting. Drove $2.4M in annualized benefits in acquisition integration, professional services automation, electronic capital investment approval routing, and web hosting service billing and forecasting.

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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, AR, and Vertex Sales and Use Tax.> Managed cross-functional project teams that provided solutions to bridge gaps and drive efficiency. Project initiatives drove $5.3M in annualized benefits.> Achieved Metavante PMO project management certification.

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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 based on balanced scorecard concepts.> Developed revenue analysis, evaluating run rate, new business, cross-sell, volume and price trends.> Managed accounting operations, including purchasing, inventory, billing, expense accruals, account reconciliation, and accounts receivable.

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 mix variances versus standard costs, and profitability, by operation, product and major asset. > Managed project to implement Hyperion Pillar, Enterprise and Essbase, resulting in the reallocation of 46 workweeks to value add activities and improved information quality.

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 ISO 9000 certification as a member of the ISO steering committee and as ISO Audit Manager.

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, including invoicing, collections, cash management, and payables.> Coordinated statutory and year-end financial audits and filings,foreign business registrations, transfer pricing, balance sheet ratio analysis and foreign exchange hedging.

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 corporate tax provision, annual report disclosures, and SEC filings.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Performed domestic and international audits.

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Accounting

Mba