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Fairfield, NJ, US

Fairfield, New Jersey, United States

Fairfield, NJ

Recruited to oversee FP&A, management reporting, accounting policies, and enterprise cost takeout/cost control initiatives for $1B Interior products division of leading building products distributor as direct report to CFO/division president. As finance business partner and financial leadership committee member, developed tools and dashboards used by.

Montvale, NJ

• Tapped for supply chain logistics role; challenged to right size and optimize the operation in line with organizational growth and profitability goals. Oversee a nine-person staff and manage a $60M transportation.
• Appointed project lead for ambitious multi-year $100M nationwide distribution center project. Drive planning and phased execution across the entire scope, which encompasses expansion, ground-up construction, and.
• Led transition to a performance-based parts distribution model. Recognized pervasive abuse of expedited shipments in the dealer network, then overhauled governance and process flow.
• Slashed the annual transportation budget by 10%. Renegotiated and reset expectations with ground/air carriers across the country.

Montvale, NJ

• Progressively expanded position scope to include P&L for the majority of Mercedes-Benz USA. Presented divisional financials, revenues and costs to senior executives at parent company, Daimler, during annual planning.
• Developed and tested business rules for transformation and migration of Parts Warehouse Accounting to SAP.
• Instrumental in sustaining profitability and productivity during economic downturn. Provided financial data and decision-making support analytics to executive management.
• Built a strong and cohesive team. Fostered a culture of engagement centered around needs and challenges of the overall business.

Montvale, NJ

• Recognized for commitment and performance with rapid promotion to Manager in a relatively flat organization. Reporting directly to the GM/Controller, spearheaded planning and controlling for $500M in annual overhead.
• Acquired deep functional knowledge across every area of the business. Created complex dashboards and reports to illustrate performance, goals and other key metrics, customized to meet the needs of each operating area.
• Represented budget and controlling at quarterly leadership meetings with corporate management.
• Influenced strategic business decisions across functional boundaries. Provided actionable analysis and insight, and facilitated challenging conversations around performance gaps to drive change and innovation.

Montvale, NJ

• Managed monthly financial close workflow for $1B+ after-sales parts business. Recognized opportunity to strengthen collaboration between operational and marketing business leaders, and initiated relationships with key.
• Leveraged understanding of each business’ goals and objectives to develop and present comprehensive financial plans for cross-functional management.
• Appointed finance liaison on migration of parts accounting from legacy system to SAP. Successfully planned and led system conversion efforts.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

• Produced monthly manufacturing cost/profitability analysis and insightful commentary for executive management. Reconciled finished goods inventory, sales, maintenance and product costs to the G/L. Drove monthly and.
• Key finance stakeholder on several business transformations, including conversion and migration to a new general ledger accounting system.

Short Hills, NJ

• Directly interfaced with C-level client-side stakeholders across various industry sectors including manufacturing, financial services, consulting and engineering.
• Planned and managed team performance on audit engagements. Prepared and/or contributed to consolidated financial statements, disclosures, auditors reports and footnotes.
• Supervised design and execution of compliance/substantive testing programs for financial statements, and performed detailed testing of internal controls.