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Northfield, Illinois, United States

Manage the PCNation Amazon Marketplace business relationship and operations.Manage the PCNation Returns, warehouse, and customer service teams.

Chicago, Illinois

Daily accounting functions, month end closings, general ledger account management, financial statement preparation and analysis, cash flow analysis, A/P, along with ad-hoc financial analysis of organizations daily operations and developing annual budgets.Key Accomplishments/Achievements• Experience working with small and mid-sized business.• Knowledge and proficiency of Quickbooks Enterprise and Bill.com.• Accounting and modeling experience within multi-site businesses.• Exceptional attention to detail.

Greater Chicago Area

Provide outsourced accounting, vendor/supplier selection and contract negotiations for small businesses in the Chicago metro area.Assist companies with daily accounting functions, month end closings, general ledger account management, financial statement preparation and analysis, cash flow analysis, A/P, A/R, monthly invoicing and payroll processing along with ad-hoc financial analysis of organizations daily operations and developing annual budgets.

Westchester, Il

Misix was a full-service, data-driven marketing agency focused on website design, event support, analytics, forecasting, data mining, creative, copywriting, account services with revenue of $3.0M and 24 employees.Provided leadership of all financial and internal operations for a $3M marketing firm’s 2 locations (Wisconsin, Illinois) Responsible for invoicing, collections, treasury & cash management, A/P & A/R, payroll processing, purchasing, tax filings. Supervised 4 direct reports (traffic/scheduling team, I/T manager).Designed, implemented and managed the organization’s first reporting of company financial metrics. Developed company budgets, financial reporting and analysis, business strategy, forecasting, KPIs, financial models and assisted leadership with strategic planning. Identified, negotiated, implemented and managed first company 401(k) plan along with administering the company’s health insurance plans. Performed monthly financial report closings, general ledger account management, preparation and analysis of financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow), payroll processing, payroll tax filing and payments, corporate credit cards and business lines of credit.Key Accomplishments/Achievements• Created and implemented first set of comprehensive company financial reports and persuaded owner to share company profitability reports with management team.• Increased profitability through renegotiation of all company contracts achieving savings of $90K. • Dramatically improved client and project profitability via custom job/client profitability reports and then trained management team on how to better price projects and assign resources to maximize profitability.• Redesigned and improved primary client retainer reporting, implementing a quarterly reconciliation process and a weekly status update process.

Mundelein, Il

Medline is the largest privately-owned manufacturer/distributor of medical supplies and clinical services in the country with revenue of $12-$13B and 10,000+ employees.Managed the Distributor Vendor/Supplier relationships for the largest privately-owned manufacturer & distributor of medical supplies in the U.S. Designed, reviewed, and implemented supply contracts and incentive programs for the top 6 distributors valued at over $500M. Supervised 5 direct reports and 1 contract analyst while administering relationships with 31 distributors that stocked and distributed products.Administered chargeback and rebate programs (averaging 40% of acquisition cost spend), acquisition price issue resolution, program performance, project management and delivery operations. Negotiated fairly and successfully with vendors and suppliers as was proactive in conflict identification/resolution.Key Accomplishments/Achievements• Increased percentage of rebate discrepancies recouped from 5% when I assumed the role to over 70%. Over 6 years of management, this added >$100M in profitability to the company. Reduced open A/R issues with all distributors from >180 days aging to less than 60 days. • Negotiated agreements with all distributors for a rebate/chargeback discrepancy reconciliation program to minimize length of time of aged receivables. • Worked with distributors to optimize ordering schedules and patterns (i.e. switching days of week for ordering, time of day for deliveries, ordering in pallet/skid quantities for items with frequent and large quantities). • Mitigated (to net zero $ impact) the annual distributor acquisition price change process saving Medline an aggregate of nearly $50M over the 6 years.

Mundelein, Il

• Provided financial support for 12 product divisions (VP’s and product managers).• Trained 12 product division presidents plus key product managers on how to read, analyze, then ultimately implement, product costing changes to account for inbound product costs (i.e. freight, import duties and fees, sourcing fees, and division overhead.• Assisted companies with month end closings, G/L, financial statement preparation & cash flow analysis.• Carried out monthly ad-hoc analyses, research & reporting leading an initiative to develop an online report distribution portal.• Reviewed Work in Progress (WIP), earned value, estimates to complete (ETC), estimates at completion (EAC), gross margin, net profit, revenue recognition, invoicing, and inventory control.• Improved efficiency by developing and auditing monthly financial reports.

Mundelein, Il

Co-managed with Division President to implement hospital distribution contracts for corporate distribution accounts, vendor rebates and customer pricing. Supervised 30 indirect reports, managing each of the 3 core teams (implementation, vendors, and contracts/pricing) ranging from 5-10 people.Through our rapid implementation process, we reduced implementation from 6+ months to less than 90 days. Constantly evaluated how we performed tasks – looking for redundancy, driving efficiencies, tweaking the team setup and looking for any and all types of automation we could do. Designed and implemented supply incentive programs worth $1M in back-end funding.Key Accomplishments/Achievements• Improved P&L by resolving vendor A/P and chargeback issues, ensuring contract accuracy and over 7 years, added $3M-$4M in additional profit via successful chargeback reprocessing.• Created job function outlines & comprehensive implementation guides for used for organization wide training.• Reduced backorders by 50% by implementing warehouse sourcing and inventory control changes.• Rapidly promoted from Project Coordinator to Manager (within one year of joining company).

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Completed MBA while working full-time.

Bs, Business Administration (Concentration In Industrial Distribution Management)

Education record