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Santa Cruz, California, Us

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

• Selected to lead the Endoscopy division as the Record to Report lead for the implementation of the new corporate ERP system (SAP), a $500M capital project• Mapped all end to end business process to understand the impact to future state including Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Reporting, and FP&A• Worked with PWC to ensure SOX compliance on complex accounting treatments in new ERP• Collaborated with cross functional teams to understand new process and associated accounting transactions• Change leader for accounting department, while working on ad hoc projects to improve efficiencies

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

• Independently manages team of supervisors, analysts and coordinators, identifies top talent, and mentors growth• Ensures sales support functions, including sales order credit, quotas, territories, account assignments, commissions and bonus payments, are performed timely and accurately. Interacts with and influences sales and finance management to ensure effective communication, collaboration, and approvals for multiple business units with a high degree of complexity• Aids in the design and implementation of sales incentive programs to drive commercial growth• Provides reporting and analysis to upper level sales and accounting management • Oversees selling commissions by communicating with sales and accounting management concerning non-standard requests and variances • Identifies and implements process improvements, controls, and automated software solutions that enhance efficiency and financial integrity • Participates in the design, testing and implementation of new software systems and ensures staff proficiency in new systems• Drives continuous improvements and efficiencies to existing manual processes and reporting• Forecasts staffing needs to meet business demands and staffs team accordingly; trains, motivates, coaches, rewards, and disciplines employees being managed; resolves personnel issues • Takes lead in monthly and yearly closing process • Assists upper level accounting management with development and implementation of policies and procedures; ensures all established policies and procedures are followed by employees • Maintains a working knowledge of all operating systems pertaining to the work area • Partners with commercial directors on business unit strategy to ensure sales operations function is aligned and can execute strategy• Influence finance and sales leaders to ensure programs are scaleable for sales operations function

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

• Responsible for managing and reviewing day-to-day general accounting functions, month-end, and year-end closings • Partnered with Human Resources to budget annual headcount and compensation expense• Responsible for Financial Reporting (Hyperion) for month end, year-end, projection, and budget• Manage and develop the General Accounting team of five on the Accounting Business Services team at Endoscopy• Work with international divisions to reconcile intercompany balances on monthly basis• Oversaw the integration of three acquisitions including transferring companies general ledger and payroll functions onto Endoscopy’s general ledger• Responsible for the accounting of employee benefits including vacation, 401k, and bonus• Selected as division subject matter expert for implementation of new ERP system for Stryker Corporation

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

• Manage and drive engagement of team of eight credit services associates and one cash application employee• Reduced divisional DSO by an average of two days from 42 to 40, achieving lowest divisional DSO in February 2013 at 36 days• Prepared financial modules for CFO, analyzing product performance and capital analysis• Actively involved in driving process improvements and efficiencies to enable the team to achieve an aggressive Days Sales Outstanding budget • Extensively involved in internal and external audits, meeting all accounts receivable deliverables, including order entry to sales to AR process• Analyze AR aging, including delinquent invoices and prepare monthly bad debt reserve• Responsible for over $50M in cash collections a month

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

• Performed month end closes for the Variable, Fixed, and G&A P&L lines including journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and month end reporting.• Performed setting of yearly standard cost for the division involving extensive analysis of division’s product lines, overhead rate changes, and labor costs.• Directly responsible for royalty agreements and quarterly calculations.• Partnered with cross-functional areas of the business to drive process improvements and cost-improvement initiatives.• Prepare and analyze monthly projections and yearly budget.• Presented strategic plans, financial forecasts, and financial results to senior executive audiences and large groups of company-wide employees.

Accounting

Bs, Financial Services