Dynamic leader as key member of the plant leadership teams for the Champaign, IL and Arcola, IL manufacturing facilities. Contribute to all areas of plant management providing strategic and operational financial leadership within the Cap & Gown business segment. A strong focus on supply chain accounting, financial reporting and working capital management. This role includes:- Partner with operations leadership and Herff Jones Executive Leadership team to lead business strategy to improve cashflow, margin and profitability for plant operations- Ownership of financial reporting, planning and support of the Cap & Gown division- Engage with all division controllers improving and standardizing financial processes and internal controls across the business- Drive improvements in accounting procedures to improve controls, achieve higher quality, and improve operational efficiencies- Manage inventory process and procedure controls including standard costing, inventory valuation, cycle counting and tracking- Manage and direct plant accounting support teams - Responsible for accounting operations including month-end close, reconciliations and financial reporting- Close alignment and engagement with plant operations leadership to manage financial forecasting, results and impacts- Manage working capital as it relates to inventory for raw materials, work in process, finished goods and fixed assets- Influence decisions for capital project planning and ROI analysis

Supply Chain Operations Finance and Logistics leader for manufacturing facility for paper and converted paper products. Maximize the contribution of the plant operations by providing the overall business and financial guidance relative to the accounting function (budget, cost, capital, cashflow, insurance, financial analysis, and internal control), procurement, material flow, export, and indirectly MIS functions as they affect and impact on all phases of the plant operations. Serve as the principal liaison with the financial leadership of the K-C Professional sector and on all finance and logistics issues that affect the plant operations. Lead the plant Finance, Purchasing, Stores, Distribution Center and Logistics teams. Provide strategic direction to ensure systems and procedures are in place which allow for the accurate and timely compiling, reporting and evaluating of all relevant financial data for plant operations. Formulate and implement local accounting policies and procedures in accordance with Corporate Financial Instructions and policies maintaining a strong presence and practice of internal control procedures. Analyze, interpret and report on plant operating costs and statistics, make improvement recommendations to the site operating managers, staff members and business leaders in order to minimize production costs and maximize plant contribution to corporate profits. Design, maintain and operate financial systems and analytical tools in order to provide effective decision support. Collaborate with other Finance Teams and Team Leaders to drive continuous improvement and standardized business processes. $225MM COM

Operations Finance Analyst for Base Cost compensation and benefits planning and forecasting. Manage and execute quarterly bonus accrual for 10,000 employees across 75 countries and 50 currencies with annual value of $70MM. In addition to bonus management collect and calculate headcount planning from regional FP&A processes to execute and provide compensation and benefit quarterly pacing and regular planning cycle requirements. Aggregate and publish reporting with headcount assumptions and changes to prior periods for detailed view and understanding by regional customers. Migrate compensation and benefit headcount planning from regional FP&A processes to centralized share service model.

Budget Representative Analyst for Digital Engineering Solutions providing FP&A operational support. Manage and execute contract labor management. Support operating teams by engaging with sourcing to fulfill project resource requirements. Track and estimate expense, investment, and labor spend against operating plan. Provide leadership recommendations. Lead planning cycle activities including SII and annual operating plan. Coordinate requirements and objectives from operating teams in planning cycle. Maintain regular cost analysis to provide guidance on detailed expenditures in addition to cost out opportunities. Manage contracted financial analyst resources.

Controllership Financial Analyst for Corporate IT shared services organization supporting all product areas. Managed controllership functions related to monthend close activities and reporting. Executed prepaid expense process and accounting on a monthly basis including accruals and deferrals for annualized spending of $500MM. Maintained and executed over 80 required account reconciliations. Maintained rebate accounting for ISS & sourcing rebates including accruals, accounting memos, contract reviews and contract language advice with annualized benefit of $100MM. Provided quarterly balance sheet commentary from other functions within Corp IT. For Corp IT Finance team, provided daily balance information, and maintained quarterly account reconciliation ownership/assignment. Engaged teams to execute completion of 110+ account recs by required deadlines. Executed monthly, quarterly and annual government financial reporting on behalf of Corp IT. Collected and distributed monthly international headcount cost reporting. Maintained Corp IT operating lease information and submitted annual DR37C.

Financial Analyst for the $750MM Corporate IT ISS (Infrastructure Shared Services) shared service organization supporting the Mainframe, Platform Services, Global Security, Global Run Operations, and Network product areas within ISS. Conducted FP&A with activities related to month end close, monthly estimate, annual budget cycle, expense reporting, and other operation support activities. Participated in and managed all FP&A activities, including SII, Operating Plan development and load, quarterly & annual closing & estimate process. Supported planning cycles including developing & consolidating estimates, operating plan/forecasts/review, Growth Playbook (3-year plan), SII (1-year plan), and corporate reporting. Tracked progress against plan at a granular level. Recommended actions to get to planned performance for the operating teams. Provided direction on variance drivers and identifying root cause and action owners. Worked with finance and operating leaders to understand and drive opportunities for growth and managing cost. Lead and provided analytics on strategic initiatives. Identified risks and opportunities quarterly. Ensured the accuracy of the organizations financial results by recognizing and preventing controllership issues. Managed Fixed Asset accounting and controllership for Corp IT. Completed product pricing analysis on new and existing product line to determine appropriate internal charge rates for GE business units. Managed contracted employee finance analyst. Provided financial analysis and approval on operational projects within area of support.

Conducted research and analysis of financial data in planning, budgeting, cost control and project control to provide informed recommendations to management. Created, tested, distributed and tracked financial models and reports. Prepared financial statements, including profit and loss and capital commitments. Developed and measured annual budget and business planning, focusing on trends and ensuring budgets are followed. Developed and modified financial reports for executive management. Advised and counseled line management. Developed and implemented financial planning and analysis process and policy changes. Provided functional advice and training to less experienced financial analysts.

Reported profit, loss, and volume. Prepared and maintained weekly profit and loss statement reports as well as company financials, including balance sheet and income statement, and supporting schedules. Published, reconciled, and managed the enterprise sales and volume reporting database. Assisted in reconciliation of state sales tax audits. Maintained various financial and volume reporting applications.

Performed revenue and expense analysis. Prepared, maintained, and analyzed budgets, quarter estimates and monthly reporting. Maintained financial reporting system by manipulating data files and generating month-end reports. Provided ad-hoc analysis and reporting of business units, revenue, and expense. Created and managed database.

Sales trend analysis and reporting. Coordinate sales data recording with retail financial center leaders. Database creation and management. Sales report production and creation for leadership review. Maintain sales goal distributions. Produce monthly CSR incentive payroll.

Successfully completed management trainee program. Branch operations and management training. Customer service representative management.