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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Transitioned the Treasury & Risk Manager position

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Led daily cash management and reporting/reconciliation, including final approval of all outbound payments from treasury management system (TIS). Prepared cash forecasts, including forecasted loan activities (borrowings or payments) to parent company. Financial Statement forecast modeling based on metrics and collaboration. Served as main company contact with all banks and insurance companies. Prepared Know Your Customer (KYC) reporting for all banks. Maintained corporate debt and interest schedules. Reviewed and approved all new vendors’ banking information and existing vendors’ banking changes and confirmed correct entry into enterprise system (SAP). Obtained letters of credit from banking partner. Entered into currency hedging agreements to protect company from foreign exchange risk. Prepared credit applications. Worked closely with sales team on customer payment terms and terms changes to give nothing away to customer without proper discount received. Monitored website’s credit card program, including fraud prevention, and prepared dashboard to keep senior management informed. Reviewed debt agreements during negotiation phase and monitored loan covenant compliance on a quarterly basis and for actual results / forward-looking forecasts to determine cash actions to take to ensure compliance. Involved in contract review to avoid violations of loan agreements and to ensure customers’ / vendors’ insurance requirements were reasonable and covered. Worked with insurance broker in managing property and casualty insurance programs as well as claims and policy audits, including property, general liability, umbrella liability, auto, cargo, workers’ compensation, product recall, employment practices, fiduciary, directors and officer, crime, kidnap / ransom, and credit insurance.

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Switched banks in 2007 to save $20K in fees annually and obtain better customer service with more robust online platform. Converted 250 vendors from manual check process to automated ACH payment process, saving company $3K in postage annually and one employee.

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Developed KPI scorecard to compare key performance metrics internally, historically, and externally with similar organizations, reducing debt by $10M and interest expense by $500K/yr.

Des Plaines, Illinois, United States

Prepared company’s first consolidated budget (I/S, B/S and cash flow).

Chicago, Illinois, United States

In charge of financial statement audits for a wide variety of clients including those in manufacturing, service and entertainment industries. Reviewed and consulted clients on their internal control structure.