- Manage budgets and timelines associated with professional and DIY upgrades of residential properties (IL and CO)- Facilitate communication and negotiations among contractors, residents and realtors- Served as landlord for residential rental units

• Successfully partnered to launch Mars Financial Services (MFS), managing the transition of applicable accounting processes from multiple business units on-time and on-budget • Responsible for transitional and operational management of Mars Petcare, Nutro and Drinks general accounting• Collaborated to achieve stated budget goals by increasing efficiencies, improving processes and reducing costs • Partnered to exceed business unit’s expectations by conducting ongoing operational training and by maintaining consistent communication with the units to understand key drivers of outcomes and apply necessary process changes• Managed eight direct reports and eight indirect reports, leading legacy Wrigley associates through a significant period of change resulting from merger with Mars, Inc.• Responsible for more comprehensive, day-to-day and period-end general accounting service deliverables for Wrigley

• Led Wrigley shared services general accounting team in aligning Wrigley with Mars on financial metrics, P&L/BS accounts, financial management reports and period-end close duration and process • Reduced duration of close 50% from 10-days to 5-days• Introduced 2 new systems for consolidating results (Management reporting and Legal reporting)• Earned the highest personal performance rating possible in Mars/Wrigley• Work-stream lead for the management reporting team on a global Mars, Inc. project that established best practice processes for all financial services departments. The team designed and implemented the current standardized management reporting deck used globally to review results each period • Managed and developed six direct reports in general accounting who served as balance sheet custodians, intercompany accountants, period-end close process owners and day-to-day business support staff • Project Manager of a team initiated to create a consolidated financial reporting catalogue pilot program

• Finance owner responsible for creating Wrigley’s external manufacturing department, including financial forecasting, planning, reporting, analysis, management of period-end close; ERP system initiation, management and improvement (SAP); Implementation and direction of new and existing governance and controls • Owned the P&L, balance sheet, general ledger and sub-ledger • Developed, presented and controlled annual budget of ~$135M for ~25 Wrigley external manufacturing locations• Served as supply chain finance lead on integration project to merge Starburst & Skittles brands from Mars into Wrigley for the Canadian market, and as supply chain finance co-lead on the US integration• Project finance lead that moved Life Savers hard candy production from Canada to Mexico• Responsible for accuracy of the fixed asset ledger for multiple Wrigley external manufacturing locations• Appointed as a member of the North American Finance Leadership Team• Trained, managed & developed a Junior Analyst

• Managed and developed two associates responsible for reporting and analysis of results for the newly-created external manufacturing finance group within the Americas supply chain organization• Created the external manufacturing reporting methodology and templates for both actual and planned reporting• Worked with internal audit to develop and implement the semi-annual asset, spare part, and inventory audit processes for external manufacturing locations

• Led creation of the 2007 Strategic Business Plan and partnered to develop the 2007 Operating Budget • Assumed month-end reporting responsibilities• Developed intercompany pricing standard cost estimates for new product launches• Partnered to integrate the supply chain operations of the Life Savers, Crème Savers and Altoids brands into Wrigley upon acquisition from Kraft

• Appointed project Finance Lead on the launch of the innovative bottle form in the US market• Constructed the sales and operating plan forecast model and became the team’s expert on monthly forecast and annual budget S&OP process• Co-managed all forecasting, planning and analysis including quarterly revisions to plan, monthly year-to-go updates, actual results-to-plan and current run rates• Tracked, monitored, and advised management on actual vs. budgeted operational expenses to achieve target PFO• Identified and initiated measures to save over $500k in operational expense budget dollars for the US market

• Performed month-end journal entries and reporting in SAP• Analyzed variances in material prices and made adjustments as necessary• Provided functional support to several groups in the SCNA hierarchy• Compiled weekly and monthly offline reports for analysis • Assisted in upcoming fiscal year budgeting for several plants and departments• Participated in yearly audit of manufacturing operations at several plants

• Coordinated with cash application, cash analysis, and treasury the accurate payment of wire transfers• Invoiced all government accounts, amounting to over $500 million, according to purchase orders within SAP ERP system• Processed most credit card transactions for the company• Facilitated all questions and complaints from dealers and customers with regards to GSA• Assisted in collections on all denied credit card orders and some delinquent GSA accounts• Administered Web-based invoicing systems and investigated other Web-based collection means

• Duties included: A/R, A/P, management, cash management, accounting, reporting, analysis, & purchasing• Prepared weekly reports examining accounts receivable and payable & reconciled all credit card transactions• Maintained strict budget as purchaser of the company’s healthcare supplies• Received all incoming product and reviewed current costs relevant to selling price in order to reach the profit margin goals of the company• Billed all cash customers with credit terms and evaluated DSO positions• Oversaw collection efforts prior to use of creditors• Analyzed all vendors accounts, finding and investigating differences between both companies’ books• Additionally managed the accounting and purchasing of the newsstand owned by the company