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Waltham, MA, US

Waltham, MA, US

Waltham, Massachusetts, US

• Value capture lead for procurement driven EBITA improvement reporting including consistent calculation methodology, development and standardization of reporting, and leadership of global call with sites, regional and.
• Established a global procurement database providing visibility to savings opportunities across spend categories, sites, vendors, and materials, including data standardization and cleansing, testing, and end user training
• Planned, coordinated, and executed the annual procurement budget and annual raw material standard cost process across approximately 20 global sites, including the development of a savings opportunity pipeline to.
• Procurement data and reporting SME for multiple integration projects, including savings work stream development and tracking of initiatives vs. synergy targets once deal closure announced
• Built a trusted partnership with global procurement site leads, finance, site operations management, information technology, and the corporate executive team to provide an understanding of procurement related data, as.

CA

• SAP Power User / Super User for SAP Financials implementation; training lead for SAP CO module; Balance Sheet and Inventory design and reporting lead for SAP Financials implementation project.
• Key Finance representative for global strategic programs and worked on various process and system projects as a member of cross functional SAP process design team.
• Established and maintained management allocation structure in SAP (COPA) as the global functional CO Finance design lead and subject matter expert.
• Responsible for reconciling CO and Cost Center Accounting (CCA) management reporting to Financial (FI) module and consolidated external reporting.
• Designed and created critical BW reports for Finance as a BW Report Developer in order to reduce manual efforts; served as point of contact for reporting questions and information, including leading global training.
• Collaborated with finance and IT business teams to design and build process solutions. Interfaced with SAP technical team to implement solutions. Participated in test planning and execution. Created job aids and.

Wheeling, IL, US

• Coordinated Bell & Howell MMT North American budget in 2002 with revenue of $295M and EBITDA of $36.5M.
• Led an initiative to create web based reporting packages for departmental and business unit managers, with monthly reports and supporting details published on the company’s internal web site.
• Resolved critical interface issue between Oracle AR and GL, which simplified Oracle sales structure and reduced error transactions by over 50%.
• Analyzed billing issues to ensure accurate customer invoices were released.
• Utilized root cause analysis to reduce the number of rework credit memos.
• Prepared and analyzed monthly financial reports, including profit and loss, expense analysis, and headcount reporting for various business units, and provided support and recommendations for senior management.

• Held positions of increasing responsibility:Manager (1998 - 1999):
• Oversaw bank channel insurance and annuity compensation and served as main point of contact for any problem resolution.
• Managed staff of three, who provided customer service to brokerage agencies and banks as well as prepared account reconciliations.
• Mapped and analyzed processes for company wide baselining project.
• Prepared annual budget and monthly forecasts and analyzed variances.Staff Accountant (1995 - 1998):
• Team lead for consolidating commission processing from Seattle, WA office to Lynchburg, VA office, including general ledger & commission system conversions.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

B.S., Finance