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Chicago, Il, Us

Clinton, Ia, Us

Provide senior financial and accounting leadership including treasury management, budgeting and forecasting, cash management, strategic procurement and financial controls. Report to the president and manage a team of 6.• Implemented a weekly cash forecast to manage working capital and to optimize cash• Developed analytical reporting including monthly forecasting of financials, operating spend, production and variances• Implemented process improvements including from paper documents to electronic, checks to electronic payments for both vendors and customers• Optimize treasury services through a bank conversion and leveraging banking relationships to improve cash position• Present weekly and quarterly financial performance to the Board of Directors• Manage partner relationships including auditors, insurance, bank and suppliers• Drive cost reductions and improve supplier performance with strategic procurement

Muscatine, Ia, Us

Responsible for the financials to support the executive team. Manage the financial close, FERC accounting, and financial controls and drive process improvements. Reported to the director of administration and manage a team of 7.• Improved the commercial utility budget by incorporating input from the utility director, customer service and marketing to meet the business’s needs, be user friendly and adapt to change quickly• Implemented balance sheet account reconciliations on-line with a trend report signed-off by the manager and staff • Implemented electronic payments to our vendors to reduce the payment work flow • Streamlined customer payments by depositing the cash received at a local branch and utilizing a check scanner on site • Implemented a process for e-rate fillings focused on control and identification of status

Davenport, Iowa, Us

Responsible for the financial reporting and financial systems, including the monthly close process, management and statutory accounting, tax computations, audit and financial controls procedures/improvements. Reported to the vice president of finance and managed a staff of 10.• Provided financial support, guidance and leadership for Union plant negotiations• Coordinated successful audits with PwC including improving the minimum standards of financial controls, automating the account reconciliation process and a timeline for key financial processes • Improved the capital process by implementing bi-weekly status update meetings and reporting key metrics for visibility

Dubuque, Iowa, Us

Partner with the CEO and the business leaders to improve the performance of the divisions. Supervise the accounting department including compiling financial statements and presentations. Reported to the CEO and managed a staff of 8. • Formulated plans with key performance metrics required to achieve the strategic direction of the Company• Managed third-party relationships such as insurance, annual audits, tax and banks including the line of credit• Implemented lockbox and credit card portal for processing of customer payments

Muscatine, Iowa, Us

Provide leadership for business intelligence and master data governance in support of a business system transformation project and Oracle ERP implementation. Reported to the CFO and managed a staff of 30.• Establish business processes, governance and center of excellence in business intelligence and master data• Leveraged out of the box dashboards, KPI’s and reports and developed customized dashboards• Led the conversion of master data for item, bill of materials, routings, customer and supplier

Muscatine, Iowa, Us

Led a department responsible for tax planning, shared services and IT financial support in a rapid continuous improvement environment. Reported to the CFO, dotted line reporting relationship to the CIO and managed a staff of 40.• Implemented legal entity restructuring to reduce tax liability by $500K and leverage net operating losses• Optimized working capital by extending supplier payment terms and converting them from check to electronic payment• Negotiated corporate card rebate structure and increased usage to drive $1.0M of additional benefit• Led finance record to report implementation for Oracle and ADP payroll conversion to new chart of accounts• Implemented time and attendance system (Kronos) to 3,000 employees across 10 plants• Implemented budgeting and planning for $40M IT organization including base, projects and $100M ERP project to focus on value, key drivers and usage and business strategic objectives

Libertyville, Il, Us

Executive IT leader responsible for strategic planning, implementation and business systems support. Reported to the CEO. • Transformed IT team of 18 into a strategic business partner while delivering multiple large-scale projects including:o Oracle’s Agile for Product Lifecycle Management and Product Quality Management o Custom dashboards of analytics to effectively manage the business and make timely decisiono Oracle’s Primavera Project Management to support engineering and manufacturing• Reduced enterprise costs through standardization by utilizing data management and asset management systems.• Upgraded network infrastructure including capital investment globally of $500K.

Libertyville, Il, Us

Managed restructuring project to successfully turnaround the business out of financial debt. Reported to the CFO and managed a team of 2. Partnered with a turnaround firm to provide direction for all projects including:o consolidation of North American production to Mexico resulting in cost savings of $40Mo coordination of divestiture and discontinuing unprofitable product lines and SKU rationalizationo execution of extreme cost reductions including headcount reductions of 75%o sale of real estate (warehouse) for liquidation of assets• Administered zero based budgeting process to maximize profits• Stabilized the balance sheet by managing cash including disbursements and liquidation of real estate • Assisted the consulting firm with the documentation of the turnaround plan to be presented to the lenders

Libertyville, Il, Us

Established planning and analysis function including budgeting, forecasting and analytical reporting. Created hierarchal income statement reporting including gross to net sales to understand profitability by strategic business unit, profit center and product code. Reported to the CFO and managed a staff of 8.• Implemented SKU reduction initiative to generate cost savings of $4M in carrying costs; and Store.com to provide revenue growth opportunities of 4% for obsolete inventory• Managed banking relations including consolidating banks to reduce banking fees, improve net cash position and provide visibility to global cash on one platform. Implemented a cash forecasting process to minimize excess balances. • Established a formal process of valuation analysis for evaluating acquisitions for presentation to the board and banks.• Project leader for the implementation of new pricing software for sales and marketing• Presented results and forecast to senior management at monthly financial review and operating results meeting.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Managed accounting of Payroll, Accounts Payable, Capital Assets, Accounts Receivable and Treasury Accounting. Reported to the corporate controller and managed a team of 16.• Directed the Fixed Asset SAP system implementation including consolidation to the corporate office• Administrated the Fixed Asset physical inventory verification process to enhance the integrity of the balance sheet• Executed the Payroll SAP conversion project while organizing the centralization of payroll functions • Led the Disbursement (A/P and T&E) Recovery Audit and received World Class recognition by the Audit firm• Directed the re-engineering of the accounts payable process to implement electronic retention of invoices and automation of work flow and controls reducing headcount and consolidation of accounts payable processing

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Managed the financial processes of budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning• Responsible for executive financial reporting package including expenses and working capital • Provided financial counsel to the CEO, CFO and Chief Legal Counsel for special projects and prepared presentations for the board of directors meetings• Led process improvements to meet the business and financial needs of the organization

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Led the budget team that defined the first World-wide, fully integrated budget process for UOP in the new ERP system (SAP) in 2000• Prepare the annual budget including income statement, balance sheet and cash flow• Implemented improvements to streamline the analytical and reporting processes to increase department efficiency and accelerate Corporate deadlines

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Prepared World-wide financials for a $150M adsorbents and specialty chemical business unit • Compiled forecasts for corporate and executive management team• Prepared financial trend reporting analytics for sales, costs, expenses and inventory• Liaison to plant accounting to understand product costs and variances • Provided financial support to top management for acquisitions and integrated one acquisition• Business leader on the Business Transformation Initiative Team – SAP ERP implementation

Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance And Economics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance And Eonomics

Ba, Finance And Economics