Paulette Wright Email & Phone Number

Dryden, Mi, Us

Washington Twp, Mi

• Provide guidance and hands-on operational support to Share Service team regarding AR, AP and GL activities.• Meet divisional deadlines in monthly, quarterly or annual (month end reporting, forecast, operating plan, etc.)• Maintained and assisted w/Global Capex budget for Steering Engineering• Manage and prepared budget and financial forecast processes.• Oversee compliance for Internal control policies and procedures for Div A Engineering group (Steering & Braking)• Conduct monthly variance analysis of financial results vs OP, prior forecast and prior year Actuals. Provide a clear understanding of variances for management review, validation, and decision making.• Manage all accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL, FA and Inventory Accounting• Supervisor 1 employee from 2016 – 2019, maintaining both roles of Accountant 2 and Senior Finance / Accounting Supervisor from 2020 to present.o Responsibilities: Budget Development / Reporting / Capex Global Budget / Month-End Accounting / Monthly Forecasting / Balance Sheet / ISC compliance /

Washington, Mi

• Assist Local Controller with daily financial operations for R&D Engineering division.• Prepare Financial Statements for responsible business unit.• Maintain Fixed Assets list and Capital Expenditures for spending.• Conduct period end activities, including month end journals.• Conduct monthly variance analysis of financial results vs. OP, prior forecast and prior year for actuals.• Worked with shared service team regarding AR, AP and GL activities and open items.• Review and approve all capital purchase requests, create capital project numbers and process all paperwork to capitalize, retire or scrap equipment as needed. • Point person for reporting all non-labor project based financial transactions for local and global detailed budget review. • Follow up with internal team on all open purchase orders and invoicing status for budget updates and forecasting. • Review and process all invoices received and follow up on any non-payment related inquiries updating the local and global team on open account receivable items. • Conduct monthly audits of the global headcount files submitted by all global Steering divisions. • Review all documents submitted to and processed by the shared services department during month end closure to ensure accuracy and proper retention is maintained for auditing purposes.o Responsibilities: Capex Global Budget / Assisting with Month-End Accounting / AR / AR

Lapeer, Mi

• Prepare Bill of Materials for new/current products and maintain price changes.• Maintain the cost system• Update and analyze price and cost changes to products• Review and assist with freight costs and reports• Assist in Month End Close (prepare journal entries)• Participate in physical inventories for Accounting• Determine cost of sales on new projects• Analyze and forecast monthly/yearly variances of standard cost to current cost.• Provide accounting and analyzing support to the operational groups to help improve profitability in their departments• Review operations efficiencies• Analyze cost and usage variances related to manufacturing products and purchased components• Assist in development of plans and forecasts; review plans and forecast to determine integrity of data submitted.

Fenton, Mi

• Month end close for cost accounting including inventory and cost variances.• Maintain the integrity of the cost system - reconcile inventory balances monthly.• Prepare Bill of Materials for new products and maintain price changes• Process and audit customer purchase order to the commercial group bump charts• Conduct and manage standard cost roll once per year• Participate in physical inventories for Accounting• Maintain standard Journal Entries• Six Sigma Training• SOX Auditor • TS16949 certify• Review and record freight charges• Responsible for all Fixed Asset Accounting; Property plant and Depreciation records • Analyze and forecast monthly/yearly variances of standard cost to current cost.• Develop supporting documents for purchase order changes on retro-active price changes.• Monitor and maintain tracking of purchasing cost reductions.

Rochester Hills, Mi

• Collection and Research of Cash for all DCX Seating Plants and a majority of Interior Plants• Cash Application (A/R)• Assisted and maintained the aging less than 1%• Interior & Electrical billing in JBA and follow up for DCX, Mitsubishi, JCI & Siemens• Aided Romulus and Madisonville plants with open issues and training on the DCX Covisint System• Provided plants with expected cash receivables• Maintained an open relationship with all plant contacts and provided assistance with open issues• Assisted with retro calculations and projections• Maintained an open relationship with sales on resolving open PO Issues

Southfield, Mi

• Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivables• Billing Independent Physical Therapy Charges• Auditing Reports• Applying payments to patients accounts• Maintaining the A/R report monthly along with insurance rejections• Payroll• Invoices• Generating monthly projections

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bs, Corporate Finance

High School Diploma