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Acton, Massachusetts, United States

Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States

• Coordinated lending relations along with the CEO and developed /implemented a new capital structure.• Orchestrated Real Estate Sale/leaseback and other Real estate activities.• Involved in divesting of business segment.• Quarterly interaction with the Board of Directors and Audit Committee.• Managed relationships with insurance providers and ensured compliance.• Expanded benefit choices for employees, while limiting cost increases.• ESOP Administration and Communication.

Marlborough, Ma

• Established and maintained Corporate Accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure conformance with US GAAP, international IFRS, and other laws/regulations.• Manage external auditors to consolidate all documentation required for annual & and interim audits.• Integrated a new audit and tax firm (BlumShapiro/CLA) in 2019, including international aspects.• Serve as the key technical accounting resource for the company; provide oversight of all internal and external financial statements.• Maintain operational and design effectiveness of internal controls Drive the month-end close process improving timeliness and accuracy.• Ensure continuous streamlining of accounting systems and processes via process improvement to achieve greater efficiencies and accuracy in the level and timeliness of reporting.• Maintain Banking relations along with the CFO.• Provide financial guidance for MS D365 ERP rollout.

Milford, Ma

• Finance lead on continuous Long Term Business planning for ~300M Top line business• Responsible for monthly consolidated reporting of CBU to Waters Division (4 global locations)• Develop/evaluate business cases for future business ventures• Manage day to day activities of US Finance teams and support the Finance team in Ireland

Milford, Ma

• Established business partner to Global Operations and Services Management team• Project Manager for division wide cost roll of all manufacturing standard costs• Responsible for monthly consolidated reporting of Global Operations and Services to Waters Division (6 global locations)• Manage day to day activities of US Finance team and support the Finance teams in Ireland, UK, Netherlands and Singapore

Milford, Ma

• Provided financial analysis supporting the long term outsourcing strategy to Singapore contract manufacturer's• Supported strategic initiatives such as global distribution and inventory management Financial partner to Quality, Planning & Distribution as well as the Global Sourcing organization, providing monthly financial close and reviews, budget support and ad-hoc analysis• Closely worked with procurement group establishing correct overhead rates and product costs for division wide cost roll

Milford, Ma

• Financial liaison to the Director of US Field Operations, including monthly financial reviews, budget support, ad-hoc analysis and projects• Budget responsibility for nearly fifty percent of the US order volume ($ 160 M), nearly forty percent of US Sales spending ($ 30 M) and Other Cost of sales• Monthly reporting responsibility to VP of America’s Operations and US Sales Director for US Field Orders, Sales and Trade margin, as well as US Other cost of sales US Sales & Sales HQ spending• Annual Incentive plan refinement and modeling• Provided financial support to Regional and District Managers

Milford, Ma

• Responsible for weekly Sales/Order/Backlog reporting, assuring on-time delivery to Corporate• Prepared and refined quarterly commission payouts for US Field Operations• Managed multiple PLMM’s during budget process• Prepared monthly Financials and Reviews for various Sales groups

Marlborough, Ma

• Key contributor in six-month SAP implementation and subsequent release upgrades• Provided support to 30 SAP users/ acted as bi-lingual liaison to German based SAP support• Developed and implemented SAP and ISO9001 procedures throughout the organization post SAP implementation• Assistant to CFO in monthly closings, financial reporting, strategic planning and budgeting

Norcross, Ga