Michael Lefkowitz Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

• Instrumental in driving operational and financial guidance and management for six differentdivisions at Emerson over various periods of time as VP of Finance. Reporting on daily activities to the presidents of each.
• Established new systems and procedures, building a consolidated organization that includes a consolidation and performance review for six businesses totaling $2.2B of revenue.
• Advise top management on finance issues. Prepared and communicated quarterly reports to Emerson top management; providing updates on business performance, balance sheet, ratios, quality, safety and operational.
• Key member of management team implementing cost savings and sales synergies regarding plant consolidations and job moves. Pulled in cross functional resources to manage service level RDSL & PDSL.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Managed and implemented all financial and compliance aspects of $1B division, considered a Crown Jewel of Emerson. Report daily activities to President of Division & dotted line reporting to the CFO of Emerson
• Responsible for synergy and base case financial plan as well as all financial due diligence for 3 interna-tional acquisitions closed in the last few years (Australia, India and Mexico)
• Worked with team to drastically restructure company doubling Operating margins and reducing Days in the cash Cycle by 50%.
• Responsible for synergy and base case financial plan for $140m Global company Based in Michigan
• Implementing extended payment terms across all divisions to improve cashflow. By revising sales in-centive plan reduced overall DSO below 45 and past dues down to less than 4 days. Overall, Trade Working Capital as a.
• On a Global basis, outsourced and restructured numerous jobs to protect profitability.

St. Louis, MO, US

Promoted from Director of Finance to VP of Finance in 1997.

Chicago, IL, US

Auditing

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance And International Business

Bsba, Accounting