Kathleen Sylvester Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, Delaware

Senior analysis resource to assist executives manage, forecast, plan and gain insight into financial profitability of the business.• Managed month-end closing meetings with business and leadership to understand monthly financial and support planning, forecasting, analysis and reporting.• Analyzed financial results and provided variance analysis to help senior leadership prepare for management meetings and monthly corporate business reviews. • Partnered across businesses to gain knowledge and insight into Interchange Analysis, confirming daily processes and reporting aligned with trend, zero errors and accurate record month-end regional accruals.• Accumulated, reviewed and presented one-time financial items with P&L impact to guarantee error-free accruals, reversals and reporting.

Wilmington, Delaware

Prepared and analyzed financial reports with variances comparing to outlook and profit objectives. Provided financial guidance to Americas Director and Leadership team.• Reviewed and analyzed financial forecasts, delivered accurate analysis of costs and prepared financial dashboards to senior leadership, ensuring business targets achieved.• Forecasted monthly and yearly financial outlooks, obtaining gap closure resolution.• Led regular meetings with senior leadership detailing $7.2MM selling expense and cost analysis.• Developed and managed profit objectives for US and Canada, reviewing previous budgets, inflation and making past or future adjustments and breaking down selling expense by profit center.• Standardized financial business reporting for Americas during combination of regions, streamlining processes and reducing expenses.• Provide financial guidance, partnering and insight to leadership, product managers and regional teams to optimize business decisions in areas that influence sales.• Communicated with marketing, operations and leadership team members addressing financial inquiries.• Controlled accounting reclasses for forecast accuracy, identifying issues and prepared adjustment.• Managed capital equipment at customer locations, including forecasting, tracking, financing, and reconciling, ensuring all customer needs were met and confirming equipment location.• Coordinated with supply chain the movement and selling of capital equipment, creating, preparing, and overseeing processes for intercompany transfers of capital equipment.

Wilmington, Delaware

Processed and managed general ledgers for Corporate Warehouse Expense and Auto / Polymers Research & Development expense for costs originating in US regions.• Decreased data error rate 10% by researching and correcting repetitive charge code errors.• Documented and created proper codes in alignment with business divestitures, improving account accuracy.• Initiated strong relationships with businesses by conducting informal training, providing better understanding of customer issues and needs.• Processed financial data through general ledgers, preparing for monthly closing process.• Led monthly closing process including accruals, account maintenance and research, allocations, and reconciliations, accurately and meeting time lines.• Prepared and presented actual analysis costs to management, ensuring alignment of costs, forecasting and budgeting as well as resolving issues.

Wilmington, Delaware

Performed detailed accounting and analysis for Research & Development (R&D) and Information Resources divisions. Developed and managed capital budget for R&D business unit.• Increased accuracy of budgetary procedures 20% by implementing processes for successful submission of profit objectives, best estimates, long range operating plan, and quarterly and monthly estimates.• Analyzed business financial performance versus forecasts, improving cost understanding and decision making.• Guaranteed financial targets were achieved by preparing accounting analysis and cost research for R&D and Informational Resources functions.• Saved $550M by evaluating and selling excess capital equipment, implementing process as Six Sigma Black Belt project.• Trained and mentored various function personnel on accounting procedures, improving business relationships.• Created and posted general ledger vouchers, managing subsystem interfaces to general ledger and reconciling balance sheet accounts.• Reached and sustained 100% compliance with GAAP and company policy by executing accounting and reporting processes.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Mnagement

Associate'S Degree, Accounting