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The project involved helping Carrier department during its reorganization:• Responsible for intercompany loans and FX requests through FXR/ILR and SAP systems• Managed Bank Account Reporting (BAR), FBAR, and Cash & Debt through CADET system• Worked on enhancing the Global Visibility Project GVP, legal entity reduction, and M&A• Ad-hoc process improvements projects

Established a new Treasury department for $3.5b private equity company with 37 Divisions:• Established daily cash positioning and forecasting model• Debt Management: TL, daily ABL, calculation of monthly BBC, interest, & amortization. Part of the management team for negotiating a new favorable CA for the ABL facility • Banking Relationship: focusing on automation, saved 25% on bank fees, higher ECR, new streamlined banking structure, leveraging the size of the company to introduce the use of lockbox, and the outsourcing of printing and mailing ~20k+ checks per month• New policy and procedures for M&A, LCs, bonds, P-Card program, & Sox compliance• Management and ongoing support of the company’s Credit Cards Program. Negotiations for a new Merchant Credit Cards Processor• TMS & Cash Forecasting systems study and recommendations

The project involved helping AkzoNobel transition US Treasury to the Netherlands: to stabilize treasury operations in North America after the separation of Specialty Chemicals business and to subsequently safeguard a smooth transition of all treasury activities from Chicago to treasury teams in the Netherlands.o SAP IHB Chicago hub operations for US, Canada, and LAo Corporate dividends, bank Guarantees, LC activity, Liquidity, and Cash Managemento Administration and Banking relationship with domestic and international bankso Staff supervision• Short and long-term cash forecasting project. Mexican pesos Western Union project -Telamon Corporation• Interim cash management for the US and Canada using SunGard – Anixter

• Established and implemented a global direct cash forecast model for more than 25 countries• Responsible for US daily cash positioning• Provide daily global cash positioning and measure budget to actual performance• Developed a web-based SharePoint site for Global Treasury• Worked on projects to select TMS SaaS solution, AMEX, and process improvements • Analysis of monthly bank statements fees and services• Establishing with the team metrics and a dashboard to measure key KPI’s for Treasury

• Short and long-term cash forecasting, projecting and updating 6-month rolling forecast. Using FP&A models, and internal Treasury modeling to determine working capital needs• Manage global cash positioning and reporting in US, UK, Canada, Brazil, and Australia • Short-term borrowings on revolver, debt compliance, and debt covenant calculations• Short-term investments in time deposits and MMF’s • Global treasury payments using bank platforms of Wells, U.S. Bank, RBC, ANZ, and Barclays• FX spot trades, Hedging FX Intercompany balances, and LC activity• Manage the calculation and payment of interest and principal on debt commitment, revolver, and LC• Managed and implemented WSS (Treasure) Treasury Workstation • Evaluates and recommends cash management initiatives, bank relationships, closing, and opening bank accounts, and updating signers• Working with Audit, Legal, Tax, Payroll, IT, AP, and FP&A on any needed daily or project work

a) Over 2 MM Overdraft Fee Saving Projectb) Over 50% DSO improvement in some divisions due to Variance Analysis Projectc) Open position Elimination due to Process Streamline Projectd) Implementing Variance Metric Data Project to capture BU’s Scorecard and Trends

• Forecasted daily third-party cash receipts for BP America. Approve payments, setup, and research wires• Developed a Score Card to measure forecasting accuracy for major BU’s and hold them accountable for variances.

• Forecasted lockbox, Wires, ACH, and controlled disbursements using WSS cash management system • Managed a BP Trinidad joint venture cash position from Chicago

Cash Management, Cash Forecasting, Debt Management, Banking Relationship

Managed Archibald cash position, and developed the Bank Reconciliation Function