• Responsible for the leadership and oversight of accounting and finance department including Financial Reporting and Consolidations, Treasury and Income Taxes. • Execute monthly reviews and analysis of financials results to explain variances and to validate the accuracy and completeness of financial information. • Recruited to complete restatement of previously issued financial statements and to implement accounting policies and procedures to remediate identified control deficiencies. • Completed multiple debt and equity restructurings and developed reporting packages to enable compliance with monthly borrowing base certificates and debt covenant requirements.• Developed consolidation and reporting procedures to ensure accurate and timely reporting for over 20 distinct operating companies.

º Supervise all global accounting functions, including managing the general ledger, tax compliance, SEC reporting, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. º Manage the monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing process including overseeing the preparation of internal and external financial reporting. º Perform technical research regarding accounting for complex business transactions and prepare accounting whitepapers to document compliance with GAAP and SEC regulations.

º Created and built a corporate accounting and reporting function capable of providing accurate and timely financial statements.º Successfully completed an IPO enabling the private-equity owners to sell their shares and exit the business. º Developed accounting and control policies and procedures to ensure consistency and compliance with SOX regulations.º Selected and implemented a new financial consolidation software package (HFM).

(PepsiAmericas was a Fortune 500 consumer packaged goods company and the 2nd largest distributor of PepsiCo beverages worldwide. PepsiAmericas was acquired by PepsiCo in 2010.)º Coordinated with investor relations, legal, tax, treasury and external auditors to execute SEC periodic filings and reporting to audit and disclosure committees. º Supervised accounting staff responsible for consolidation of global financial results and compilation of financial statements and financial metrics for internal reporting purposes. º Maintained accounting for significant estimates and complex matters including: financial derivatives, environmental liabilities, goodwill and intangibles, pension and postretirement plans and related party transactions. º Provided guidance on consolidation and reporting issues to international finance teams, including SEC regulations and the application of existing GAAP to new transactions.

(Kimball Hill was a large privately held homebuilder with publicly traded debt. Kimball Hill filed for bankruptcy in 2008.)º Drafted and filed all periodic SEC filings, including the company’s first Form 10-Q and 10-K filings.º Designed and implemented a reporting disclosure system to capture and review information to be disclosed in periodic filings with the SEC. º Evaluated and assessed performance metrics relative to industry peers and prepared financial and operational summaries for quarterly analyst earnings calls and board presentations. º Managed the annual external audit and quarterly review process.