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Pleasanton, Ca, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Promoted to management team member tasked with driving strategy and setting divisional goals. Managed budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analytics necessary to support data-driven decisions while minimizing risk. Developed and implemented surgical pricing initiative to grow margins across multiple product lines, driving profitability gains in targeted markets through custom pricing plans. Cultivated an empowering work environment that encouraged both individual and team excellence, repeatedly outperforming employee engagement benchmarks.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Tapped to develop future blueprint supporting aggressive growth plans upon the acquisition of Chicago Metallic by Rockwool North America. Played a pivotal role of team leader in the successful implementation of a new SAP system for legacy locations. Provided financial modeling for a multi-year project to construct a new manufacturing facility to accelerate growth in North America.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Driving best practice policies and procedures for the accounting department consistent with US and international regulatory requirements. Manage factory and sales controlling teams with ownership of period close, annual budget, quarterly forecasts, audit compliance and analysis of business performance. Analyze KPIs to provide insight to senior leadership team and partner with all business units to provide financial guidance that aligns with the overall strategy.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Provided value added financial support, research and perspective to business units in regard to New Product Development, capital project assessments, sales analysis, inventory management, budgeting, sales forecasting and key performance indicators.Business partner to the marketing, sales and manufacturing business units to understand their analysis needs, aid in the development of useful reports and analytical tools and provide necessary training and support to successfully implement those tools.Responsible for managing, developing and maintaining the cost accounting activities for the entire Chicago Metallic Division, which includes four separate locations in the United States. This includes responsibility for the accurate costing of inventories utilizing standard cost valuation methods and overseeing the costing of new products, variable overhead rates and changes to costs, determining the impact to the bottom line.Oversee Key Performance Metrics for the organization, leading a cross-functional team representing all areas of the business to monitor, maintain and drive initiatives that benefit bottom line operating profit.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Manage, develop, and maintain the cost accounting activities for all Chicago Metallic domestic locations. Design, develop, automate and analyze managerial and operating reports as required by management and operations personnel to meet reporting requirements and assist management in the analysis of the business unit’s operating results. Responsible for the accurate costing of inventories utilizing standard cost valuation methods and oversees the costing of new products and changes to current costing.Provide value added financial support, research and prospective to various business units in regard to New Product Development, capital project assessments, sales rebate programs, inventory management and performance metrics.Serve as a business partner to the marketing, sales and manufacturing business units to understand their analysis needs, aid in the development of useful reports and analytical tools and provide necessary training and support to successfully implement those tools. This involves seeing the big picture regarding business needs and still being able to break down the details and understand the technical applications required to meet business needs.

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Prepared sales and expense performance and forecast reports for sales VPs, managed commissions and creation of SAP based tools to increase profitability. Streamlined reporting through automation, allowing for 50% increase in time dedicated to the creation of value-added analytical tools for the field. Led training sessions for colleagues at various levels to increase their financial knowledge and empower them to utilize specialized analytical models.

Irving, Tx, Us

Prepared production and spending forecasts, led department and site cost reviews, calculated and explained year over year results to site leadership and corporate office, updated financial reports, created standardized models, prepared appropriation analysis and post-completion reports, and performed ad hoc analysis for cost savings initiatives. Participated on several cross-functional teams to pool resources from marketing, sales, operations and finance to determine the most cost-effective strategy while encouraging business growth.relayed to corporate finance and operations teams.Analyst lead for cross-sector benchmarking project that focused on identifying and implementing best practices across North Atlantic mills.