Morris Smith Email & Phone Number

Southfield, Mi, Us

United States

Provided financial management for the sales and distribution center servicing the Central American market. Specific duties include commercial program pricing support; transfer price development; and SOX review activities. Supervised analyst responsible for accounts payable, SG&A, and inter-company reconciliations. • Served as financial lead for ERP conversion from BPCS (AS400) to SAP.

Southfiled, Mi

Lead and coordinate annual budgets and forecast tor the seven North American distribution centers. Develop monthly financial management reports and KPIs for senior management; review monthly journal entries and account reconciliations; support internal and external audit activities. • Served as interim controller for west coast distribution center.• Developed financial models to support strategic initiatives such as working capital reductions and footprint and footprint realignment.• Partnered with DC controllers and corporate shared services to improve the accounts payable process.

Sothfield Mi

Managed the monthly reporting and budget development process for the $3 Billion aftermarket division. Supported internal and external audit requests.•Served as subject matter expert/project manager for the implementation of a SAP BW product profitability system. Specific duties included: interfacing with development team; managing user acceptance process; conducting training; monitoring project budget; and maintaining integrity of system with financial statements. Presented project status to management and stakeholders.•Assisted with the conversion of Hyperion Enterprise to OneStream XF. This included file conversion, functionality testing, and user training.

Southfied, Mi

Responsible for evaluating potential acquisitions, and/or joint ventures and divestitures; conducting customer and competitor benchmark analysis; analyzing new business opportunities; and assisting with the development of the 5 year strategic plan.•Performed financial analysis to obtain contracts worth $50 million of incremental revenue from retail and distribution customers in North America and Australia.•Conducted A/B testing to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing programs.•Analyzed North American market penetration to support sales planning process.

· Document cost accounting processes for an automotive manufacturer.· Provived interim accounting support.· Assist with training of offshore staff.· Financial reporting · Internal Control Activities

Southfield, Michigan

Responsible for the accounts payable, cash application, general ledger, fixed asset, inventory and reporting functions; managed a staff of 12 analysts. Coordinated internal and external audit reviews. Presented monthly results to senior operating management. •Reduced major external audit comments by 50% over two year period by implementing balance sheet risk control activities.•Trained over 100 management staff on J-SOX / Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley guidelines resulting in the successful implementation of initial assessment.•Served as interim Hyperion Planning Administrator.•Participated on project team responsible for converting legacy inventory system to JDE.

• Managed development and financial reporting for $800 million revenue budget.• Directed financial analysis for the launch of a new aftermarket program.• Implemented sales incentive compensation for account managers.• Coordinated Sarbanes-Oxley compliance reporting for division.• Monitored inventory, accounts receivable, and capital investments.• Assisted with due diligence analysis for divestiture.• Monitored effectiveness of internal control procedures.• Participated on cross-functional team to implement sales planning system.•Supervised 4 analysts.

· Developed pricing models for software development· Established software capitalization policy· Monitored financial status of global CAD/CAM project· Validated return on investment for IT projects· Participated on re-engineering project.

· Developed capital improvement and inventory budgets.· Performed rotational assignments in accounts payable, fixed assets and payroll at manufacturing location.· Consolidated and analyzed weekly financial reports.

Mba, Finance

Ba, Economics