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Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Area

Lead accounting activities for rapidly growing private equity owned oral and facial surgery company.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Overland Park, Kansas

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Responsible for directing transactional accounting and financial reporting process for industrial valve and pipe distributor whose assets were recently purchased out of bankruptcy by a private equity firm.

Overland Park, Ks

Most significant role was a Business Unit Controller for $525M division of $2.5B private equity owned food packaging company Novolex Other assignments have ranged from finance team leadership roles to building advanced financial models as well as financial reporting for mutual fund clients. Also acted as a Controller for start-up power sport vehicle manufacturer Motoped.

Overland Park, Ks

Ascension is a private equity owned specialty insurance brokerage.Directed accounting process and financial analytics for company. Key responsibilities included:• Financial reporting for internal and external stakeholders• Budgeting and Forecasting (monthly, annual, multi-year)• Debt management• Cash management• Financial modeling (maintained multi-year company valuation model) • Oversaw annual independent audit• Participated in financial analysis and due… Show more Ascension is a private equity owned specialty insurance brokerage.Directed accounting process and financial analytics for company. Key responsibilities included:• Financial reporting for internal and external stakeholders• Budgeting and Forecasting (monthly, annual, multi-year)• Debt management• Cash management• Financial modeling (maintained multi-year company valuation model) • Oversaw annual independent audit• Participated in financial analysis and due diligence on potential acquisitions Show less

Kansas City, Mo

DST Output is a $525M division of DST Systems, a $2B NYSE listed provider of information processing services and B2C communications.Lead finance individual who provided financial support to operations and communicated results to corporate finance. Key responsibilities included: • Financial statement creation and analysis• Budgeting & forecasting• Financial support for three decentralized production facilities• Capital spending• Customer and product… Show more DST Output is a $525M division of DST Systems, a $2B NYSE listed provider of information processing services and B2C communications.Lead finance individual who provided financial support to operations and communicated results to corporate finance. Key responsibilities included: • Financial statement creation and analysis• Budgeting & forecasting• Financial support for three decentralized production facilities• Capital spending• Customer and product profitability• Activity based costing• Customer invoicing• Sales pricing• Five director level direct reports with overall responsibility for 75+ employees. Show less

Lake Forest, Il

Direct Marketing is a $160M division of Moore Corporation, a $2B NYSE listed document, information management, and business forms manufacturer with locations in the U. S. and Canada. Moore was purchased by RR Donnelley in 2004.Provided financial support to operations. Key member of finance team. Helped guide company through major cost reduction initiative. Responsibilities included:• Financial statement creation and analysis• Budgeting & forecasting• Capital… Show more Direct Marketing is a $160M division of Moore Corporation, a $2B NYSE listed document, information management, and business forms manufacturer with locations in the U. S. and Canada. Moore was purchased by RR Donnelley in 2004.Provided financial support to operations. Key member of finance team. Helped guide company through major cost reduction initiative. Responsibilities included:• Financial statement creation and analysis• Budgeting & forecasting• Capital spending• Pricing• Sales compensation• Credit & collection• Four management level direct reports Show less

Lake Forest, Il

Key team member for implementation of $5M Financial Shared Service organization.Drove process to carve out business processes from divisions and implement into a shared activity structure at a significant savings to the company.Responsibilities included:• Directed general accounting, accounts payable, and payroll for all U.S. operations• Directed four management level direct reports overall responsibility for 100+ employees• Negotiated disputes with vendors•… Show more Key team member for implementation of $5M Financial Shared Service organization.Drove process to carve out business processes from divisions and implement into a shared activity structure at a significant savings to the company.Responsibilities included:• Directed general accounting, accounts payable, and payroll for all U.S. operations• Directed four management level direct reports overall responsibility for 100+ employees• Negotiated disputes with vendors• Transactional benchmarking performance• SAP enterprise software implementation• Reduced operating costs by 15% Show less

Toronto, Ontario Canada