Robert Cherry Email & Phone Number

South Carolina, United States

Fountain Inn, South Carolina, US

• Lead all financial activities of the company including partnerships with all the business units worldwide
• Responsible for driving continuous improvement by identifying inefficient processes as well as recognizing opportunities to improve overall productivity within the finance organization
• Ability to connect and develop change strategies to increase efficiencies by working with different organizations
• Responsible for leading corporate accounting and FP&A functions
• Partner with operations as well as sales and marketing to support accurate forecasts, annual operating plans, and actual reporting of sales orders and backlogs
• Makes assessments and recommendations to executive leadership to improve processes across the company’s finance function

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

• Liberty site: manufactures components for life-saving Cardiac Arrhythmia and Heart Failure devices.
• Oversee all aspects of finance and accounting operations for Cardiac Rhythm Management Site saving over $1.5M on $37M of output
• Reduced aged inventory by $.5M in my first year
• Partner with site operations and R&D organizations to achieve site finance goals
• Ensure compliance with Abbott Corporate policies and as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Lead the annual and quarterly budget and finance process

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Site is responsible for over $300M
• In charge of all financial accounting & reporting for internal supply chain facility that manufactures internal rotating parts for multiple GE aircraft & power generation turbine platforms
• Responsible for all the monthly financial closing processes & ensuring compliance with GE Corporate Policies including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Built management reporting tool to measure actual discrete part cost & operations metrics against Op Plan & Forecast and also provided by part impacts of rate, mix, & volumes on the overall shop performance
• Developed annual operating plans to achieve aggressive parts cost targets to meet overall company profit objectives
• Prepare monthly operating & financial forecasts for the site and partnered with the operations teams to track progress throughout the month

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Championed the product costing function for the Supply Chain division for all Affiliate sites both foreign and domestic
• Responsible for developing consistent costing methodologies between multiple sites on multiple ERP platforms
• Ensured data accuracy of information fed into the main costing system from Affiliate ERP’s and proper reporting of intercompany profits to allow for proper long-term Customer Service Agreement (CSA) accounting

Cincinnati, OH, US

• In charge of quarterly, monthly, and annual financial closings and reporting for 15 manufacturing locations with more than $1.0B in annual revenue
• Led monthly financial reviews with all sites which included the B/S and P&L and prepared executive presentations of quarterly results for review with the CFO
• Ensured compliance of financial statements in accordance with GE Policy and US GAAP
• Managed Internal Corporate Audit Staff engagements across all sites and ensured any audit findings were addressed and audit finding closure activities were documented and presented to Executive Management
• Designed, implemented and tracked a model that outlined all intercompany transactions to ensure appropriate accounting and intercompany profit eliminations were properly stated in the financial statements
• Led a cross functional team project for Aviation Systems to implement a new company wide standard chart of accounts in 5 ERP’s

West Chester, OH, US

• Responsible for all aspects of the companies forecasting, planning and strategic planning processes for $7B
• Prepared quarterly Board of Directors and Executive Management analysis and presentations
• Reviewed all expense spending, capital spending and contracts in excess of $250,000 to ensure prudent use of company funding
• Performed post audits on capital spending projects to ensure that objectives were being achieved
• Provided market and ad hoc analysis on competitors at the request of the CEO
• Performed Merger and Acquisition analysis as well as performed due diligence activities for Executive Management and the Board of Directors

Richmond, VA, US

• Documented financial processes at two integrated paper manufacturing locations and relocated financial responsibilities to the companies Financial Shared Resources Center
• Assisted with the implementation of SAP including the conversion of legacy systems and establishing a standardized Chart of Accounts
• Responsible for monthly/Qtrly/Annual financial closing for the Containerboard and Coatedboard divisions
• Coordinated and directed Internal and External financial audits
• Ensured compliance with technical accounting policies both Internal and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Documented business processes across divisions and ensured consistency in financial reporting practices

• Responsible for accounting and bookkeeping of capital expenditures, cash flow, costs, sales revenues for entire company
• Prepared monthly balance sheets, income statements, and detailed cost and inventory data and variance reports for submission to management for this global trading company
• Maintained general ledger and prepared reports on bank transactions, including letters of credit
• Prepared reconciliation reports for company’s sales
• Performed periodic inventory counts to verify information in the general ledger
• Communicated with customers and vendors concerning accounts receivable and accounts payable

Education record

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting