Stephen Kipp Email & Phone Number

Littleton, Co, Us

My job responsibilities encompass all facets of the Company’s accounting, auditing, financial & managment reporting, tax, transfer pricing, HR, budgeting & forecasting, banking, working capital management, and cash management activities. I am also heavily involved in the areas of risk management, insurance coverage, 401K plan oversight, customer account maintenance, and ERP system implementations.As part of fulfilling these responsibilities, I supervise the activities of an 12-person accounting & HR team. I also collaborate heavily with my international colleagues located within our Swiss master distributor, Cyprus global tax team, and senior management at the titanium production mill in Salda, Russia.During my tenure at Tirus US, I have also held the positions of Finance Director, Corporate Controller, and Assistant Controller.

Financial Model Construction – Developed the Company’s business plan modeling tool.Forecasting - Partner with the CEO to manage the Company’s forecast update process. This entails working with Sales, Business Development, & Operations to identify all relevant new sales & resource information, and then to update the business plan modeling tool accordingly.Investor Presentations – Provide all financial content within the company’s investor presentations. This include content determination, chart construction & related commentary. Also, participate in investor pitches providing further explanations & clarifications as required.Financial Analysis – Collaborate with the Executive Team to provide ongoing analysis of the Company’s revenue base, cost structure & profitability profile from a trending, category type, and variance basis.

Schiphol, Nh, Nl

Mgmt Reporting – Developed & established a mgmt reporting package for the Ops Division. This entailed tapping into the Company’s sole consolidated dataset & creating program-based & trend-focused reports. Created the first site-level, standard monthly ops performance reportLoss-Making Program Review – Developed the Company’s first comprehensive reporting & analysis of all loss-making programs across all regions & sitesChallenged Site & Program Reviews – Prepared financial reviews for several challenged operations (both site level & individual customer programs). This entailed identification of key negative trends & cost drivers, key profit drivers, sensitivity analysis of revenue & profits, and proposal of recommended action steps Cost Savings Validation – Developed a methodology for tracking, validating & reporting credible cost savings achieved. This entailed starting with identification, valuing & target setting of the key operational metric to be improved upon followed by correlation of any change in the operational metric to the related cost category then to the change in program profits, & finally to the site level resultsNew Business Ramping Effect Analysis – Identified, quantified & articulated the true calendar year revenue & profit expectations for any new business taking into account the average time required to “go live” once a business is won, the # of months it normally takes to achieve “steady state” revenue levels, and the discount factors to use in order to reflect the expected realization of both the business case-based revenue & profitsBoard Presentations – Assisted Teleplan’s COO in compiling monthly Board presentations. This included content determination, chart construction, and narrative authoring.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

Sarbanes Oxley – Developed & implemented a custom SOX compliance program. This entailed template design, process flow documenting, risk assessments, IT general control environment review, control activity detail, testing, results documentation & overall conclusions made. Directed the activities & reviewed the work of an internal team & external consultantsProject Accounting – Managed a 2-person project accounting team responsible for all cost-tracking, revenue recognition & mgmt reporting related to all commercial, capital, product development and other internal projectsBudgeting – Managed the Company’s annual budgeting process including building dept-level input templates, reviewing all budget submissions, & compiling the results into a set of consolidated financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow & capital spending summary). Also, compiled a corresponding headcount analysis & “cost per key metrics” summary. Presented these results to the exec teamForecasting – Partnered with the CFO to manage the Company’s monthly forecast update process. This included (1) partnering with the Sales & Product Teams to obtain detailed 12-month rolling sales opportunity projections & converting this data into forecasted revenue, (2) collaborating with the Ops Team to compile a direct cost forecast in-line with the sales figures, (3) consolidating this data into a Company-wide forecast using a custom-made set of templates, & (4) preparing a presentation deck for the exec teamIntegrated Product Management (IPM) Support: Developed financial tools & procedures needed to support the company's shift from a production focus to a product & market-driven enterprise. This entailed determining the optimal method for utilizing the company's existing financial systems to support the shift to IPM (Integrated Product Management), developing business plan templates at the product, product-line & business-unit levels, and assisting the product managers in compiling their business

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Team Management – Managed the Billing, Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Groups which entailed directing the daily activities of 10 associatesAudit Liaison – Responsible for all matters related to the yearend audit including: (1) schedule auditors preliminary & yearend timetables, (2) establish audit testing types & scopes, (3) agree on the prepared-by-client (“PBC”) documents to be provided, (4) answer any auditor questions, and (5) resolve any potential audit issues discovered by the auditors during testing. Also, coordinated the efforts of all accounting staff to aid the auditors in their testing and prepared or reviewed all PBC documents prior to providing them to the auditorsMonth-End Close – Partnered with the Accounting Manager to lead the team that closed the general ledgers for all foreign operations (foreign & domestic). This entailed journal voucher preparation & review, account variance analysis, and ensuring the general ledgers were closed in a timely and accurate fashionLine of Credit Reporting – Responsible for the timely submission of financial information & covenant calculations on a monthly basis to the bank related to the Line of Credit AgreementLegal Entity Liquidations & Office Close Down – Worked with legal & accounting professionals to liquidate the Orange Glo legal entities existing in Germany, France, Brazil, Korea and Japan. Also worked with the UK office manager to transition the month-end close process and all outstanding financial issues for all Europe operations in conjunction with closing down the UK OfficeAd Hoc Analysis – Prepared a profitability analysis of the Industrial Customers Segment of the OGI Business & presented this analysis to senior management resulting in the internal restructuring of how OGI managed this business segment. Also, prepared an analysis of the fixed & variable costs associated with doing business in the German Mkt as well as the shut-down costs & time tables related to leaving the German Mkt

Stamford, Ct, Us

Sarbanes-Oxley – Performed multiple aspects of Cenveo’s 2004 SOX compliance including planning & staffing site testing visits, supervising testing team staff, performing original testing work, reviewing the work performed by staff, identifying control weaknesses and documentation deficiencies, and performing follow-up testing to ensure these weaknesses and deficiencies were resolved by yearend. Also partnered with my director to design Cenveo’s SOX-related work programs and testing templates, set testing scopes, create standard SOX-related testing memos, and establish criteria for determining testing coverage adequacy.Team Management – Directed the daily activities of 3 associates. Also, was the primary liaison between HQ and the accounting staffs of the 41 Print Group Locations including information gathering & dissemination.Month-End Close & Financial Statement Preparation – Led team that closed the general ledgers for 3 manufacturing facilities. This entailed journal voucher review & preparation, account variance analysis, and ensuring the ledgers were closed in a timely & accurate fashion. Also, compiled the monthly consolidated balance sheet and cash flow statement.Asset-Based Lending Program – Responsible for the determination of eligible asset values & timely submission of A/R and inventory data on a monthly basis related to the ABL Credit Facility.Proposed Capital Spending – Responsible for preparing capital spending proposals to be submitted to senior management for review and approval. These proposals included identifying related cash flows, preparing a narrative, and calculating various metrics including IRR, net present value, and payback period.

New York City, Us

Team Management – Directed the activities of 11 associates (2 supervisors, 3 staff accountants & 6 clerks). Prepared annual reviews, counseled sub-par performers, trained new associates & provided mentoring.Month-End Close, Variance Analysis & Financial Statement Preparation – Ensured the Home Office general ledger was closed in a timely & accurate fashion. This entailed journal voucher review & preparation, account variance analysis and identifying & explaining the material forecast-to-plan variances to senior management. Also, led the team that compiled the monthly consolidated balance sheet & cash flow statement, and prepared & provided to senior management a corresponding actual-to-plan variance analysis.Expense Payables – Led team responsible for the timely & accurate processing of all expense payable invoices and employee reimbursements.Benefit Plans – Reviewed monthly account reconciliations for the FDS Pension Plan, 401(K) Plan and Foundation. Prepared annual audit work papers for these entities and acted as liaison with external auditors.Disaster Recovery & Y2K Contingency Plans – Led team that compiled the Corporate Accounting Department Disaster Recovery & Y2K Plans. Travel Reimbursement Cost / Benefit Analysis – Prepared an analysis for management concerning the adoption of a travel reimbursement processing service versus the existing in-house processing system.

Managed audit teams for clients in various industries including manufacturing, wholesaling, banking retail, defense contracting, and financial services.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting