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Downers Grove, Illinois

Elgin, Illinois

Reported directly to CFO with a dotted line to the Americas President. Worked closely with Functional Managers to manage the Americas regional teams and operations consisting of 450+ employees and $120M in Revenue. Managed regional finance team of thirteen including Plant Controllers, Accounting Manager, Financial Analyst, Cost Accountant, Accountant, A/R and A/P clerks in three manufacturing locations. Responsibilities included monthly close and analysis; P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash, and Working Capital forecasting and management; Annual Operating Plan management; quarterly regional financial results presentations to Corporate; steering committee member for ERP upgrade and data warehouse/analytics project.

Lafox, Illinois

Reported directly to CFO, and worked closely with CEO, CAO, Vice Presidents, and General Managers to provide strategic financial input and leadership. Driving force to continuously improve processes and procedures to drive profit improvement and improve cash flow. Worked closely with Senior Management team to develop long range plans, the annual plan, and quarterly forecasts. Analyzed and interpreted results of operations, and communicated results and variances through monthly reports and quarterly Board of Directors presentations. Performed effective financial analyses to identify areas of improvement, focused on gross margin improvement, cost-reduction, and improved asset utilization including product/customer/supplier profitability analysis.

Lombard, Illinois

Managed accounting team of twelve including Supervisors, Analysts, Accountants, Accounting and Tax clerks. Worked closely with Controller, V.P. of Finance, and V.P. of Sales to ensure the integrity of the financial statements, achieve outstanding customer service, and properly establish appropriate lines of credit. Consulted directly with sales personnel including Regional Sales Managers, Assistant Sales Managers, Account Managers, Account Executives, and Client Service Representatives on credit and branch operations. Established credit for a diverse customer base via financial statement review and actively took part in on-site meetings with Presidents and CFOs. Finalized monthly financials, schedules, cash receipts, cash disbursements, profit and non-profit based commissions and bonuses.

West Chicago, Illinois

Oak Brook, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Beta Alpha Psi Majored in Accounting, Minored in Statistics, Managed at Lehan Kampus Korner, Member of Beta.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Soccer, Track and Field, Math Team Made the all-state soccer team as a senior, was in the Honors Program, was.