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Automotive Manufacturing finance lead to group controller. Currently positioned as costing and finance operations manager. Heavily involved with sales and margin analysis and related month end close duties for relevant areas. Responsible for all costing requirements and assessments related to new product launches. Successfully implementing cost savings initiatives through intense financial modeling and analyses that results in significant cost variance improvement. Responsible for all aspects of recording md reconciling inventories (perpetual, finished goods, WIP, and raw materials. Also, inventory adjustments and revaluation reconciliation) Heavily involved with formulating a comprehensive and meaningful operating budget, monthly re-forecast, and weekly operating profit forecast; including cash, sales, margin, SG&A, and non-op, and working spiral. Skilled in bridging analyses as it relates to sales and margin for top-line and by brand and product category. Implements sensitivities analysis, regression analytics, and comps versus prior year, budget, and forecasts. Skilled at presenting to senior management via communicative analysis that provides high levels of understanding of results, opportunities, risks, and were applicable, the needed cost savings initiatives, cost avoidance, and/or process improvements.Month-end responsibilities include working and bookings of need journal entries, building and providing support for balance sheet recons, and ensuring all items of income statement are in compliance by working with internal and external auditors and ensuring overall GAAP is properly implemented in a timely manner.

Contracted Employee and division consultant Reports directly to Corporate leadership group while maintaining a solid line to President of Zinc Facilities that boasts $200M Revenue Annually with significant development and growth scoped to add +30% in new business.Heavy Pro Forma Acquistion/Merger & New Product introduction via robust cost modeling.Intensive detailed Forecasting, budgeting, and planning: monthly, quarterly, and annually - Full IS/BS ownership.Provides sound business case modeling and supporting analyses when applicable.Developed standards and goals with metrics in DPO, DSO, DIICapital Expenditure management and justification business case assessment and approval through multi-faceted review process involving; NPV, IRR, Cash flow, and Pay Back to determine sound business decisions.

District Controller East & SouthEastAccoutning, Forecasting, and Planning FocusResponsible for all Accounting Functions: including Billing, AR & Collections, AP2 Districts ~ $200M Revenue60 BranchesBOA Cash Processing ConsolidationsControls and ProceduresUS GAAP PoliciesTeam Building

FP&A responsibilities for entire North America Business Unit. Supporting Finance and Operations efforts to deliver $500M revenue and $95M EBITDA.

-Leading International Finance group in forecasting, monthly reviews, sales analysis, and annual planning.Worked with International President to provide various analyses to support 14 countries from sales programs, contribution and performance analysis, margin analysis, and working capital.Gained Foreign Exchange experience with impacts to P&L and hedging efforts to mitigate and control risks.Led and outlined deliverables related to month-end results, monthly re-forecasts, and annual plan.

Financial analyst and modeling consult for new product development launch.

Marketing & Advertising Budget AnalystResponsible for Month-End close, variance analysis, seasonal re-forecasts, and annual planning.Assisted VP Budget and Administration with various projects and process improvement initiatives.