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Greater Detroit Area

• Arm the product segment VP with actionable actual, budget, and forecast information to improve the financial performance of the product segment.
• Evaluate and make recommendations about new business opportunities by analyzing projected costs, proposed customer terms, capital requirements, and the alignment of those opportunities with product segment and customer.
• Develop the business acumen of the product segment commercial team by providing them with financial leadership… Show more
• Develop the business acumen of the product segment commercial team by providing them with financial leadership and coaching.
• Lead and develop a senior financial analyst on the commercial finance team and provide coaching and leadership to new commercial finance managers on the team. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

• Developed and led a high performing team of four financial analysts.
• Recruited and evaluated internal and external talent to maintain a fully staffed team.
• Strengthened communication with the commercial team in order to improve our team's understanding of each customer account and the impact on accruals and forecast.
• Partnered with plant controllers to speed up information flow for month end narratives and to support quicker communication of results to senior leadership.
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• Transformed the reporting process used during month end in order to communicate month end results sooner and support quicker application of actual trends into the forecast. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

• Used strong foundation of leadership, analytics, process orientation, and technical ability developed in past Finance and Information Systems assignments to further the business analytics capabilities of the business.
• Developed sales analysts by capitalizing on my strengths to lead and coach others. Explore opportunities to use Cognos, Power BI, and other analytical tools to generate powerful business insights from customer and.
• Developed creative data… Show more
• Developed creative data visualizations that are used by the sales force to communicate with customers in new and meaningful ways. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

• Consolidated and analyzed annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and actual financial results for the $4 billion North America region consisting of four strategic business units.
• Led the North America business unit finance teams in the global implementation of Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) reporting and championed the reporting process changes required to meet new internal reporting.
• Standardized processes across business units within North America to achieve… Show more
• Standardized processes across business units within North America to achieve consistency for internal and external financial reporting and audits. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

• Led the sales reporting, forecasting, and annual planning processes for the $700 million North America Aftermarket business.
• Represented the North America Aftermarket business in a project leadership role for strategic initiatives and process improvements.

Greater Detroit Area

Greater Detroit Area

• Held roles of progressive scope and responsibility with various assignments in business unit Finance and IT.
• Also gained significant project management and systems experience on a global basis while traveling extensively in India, South Korea, and Japan.

• Successfully completed a rigorous financial leadership development program consisting of job rotations in a manufacturing facility, a corporate business unit, and the corporate audit department.
• Gained skills in plant financial leadership, manufacturing cost and margin improvement, financial reporting, budgeting, and internal controls.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance And Accounting