• Manage staff of 20 employees, and oversee Treasury, Accounting, Financial Reporting, Audit, Accounts Receivable, Collections, Accounts Payable and Payroll.• Established new controls and processes for closing the books and reconciling accounts, resulting in a 12-day faster close and more timely and accurate financial results• Established a more robust review and analysis process, resulting in more informative reporting to management• Determined purchase accounting entries for acquisitions and integrated new subsidiaries into management's consolidated reporting.* Transitioned the accounting for a subsidiary from MA to SC in one month without impacting the timing of the monthly close• Led the successful implementation of a new ERP system, consolidating multiple GL systems and improving reporting.

• Responsibilities included Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations, Accounting, Financial Reporting, Audit, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll and Stock Option Administration• Partner with the finance team to ensure the delivery of value-added business analysis and meaningful financial and operational metrics• Fully employed the capabilities of the stock option system in order to automate the accounting for stock option expense, generating more timely and accurate results • Key contributor to four equity transactions to raise capital, as well as two debt refinancings • Successful conversion of payroll processing from ADP as PEO to Proterra as employer, resulting in a significant reduction in payroll processing costs • Successful implementation of Kronos, resulting in more accurate tracking of time and attendance• Key member of the ERP implementation team• Manage property, casualty and workers’ compensation insurance policies and renewals to ensure adequate, but not excessive coverage that meets our business needs.

• Responsible for timely, accurate and meaningful financial reporting• Oversee monthly close process and year-end audit• Documented and established a more efficient close process and an improved and more structured data storage and record retention process• Designed significantly more efficient system-generated reports, reducing report generation time from fifteen minutes to less than a minute• Designed and implemented system controls in Microsoft NAV to replace manual processes

• Responsible for Finance, Treasury, HR, IT, Trafficking and Administration• Developed and implemented new procedures for numbering client jobs, which provides efficiencies when billing clients and reviewing profitability • Redesigned employee timesheets and accelerated employee time reporting requirements, resulting in more timely client billing and profitability analysis

• Manage staff of five employees• Responsible for Accounting, Treasury, Forecasting, A/P and A/R• Prepared a 9-month cash forecast to ensure liquidity would be adequate during a period of increased production required to fulfill a large customer order with extended collection terms• Established controls within a foreign sales entity by creating standard operating procedures• Provided training on the appropriate accounting for intercompany transactions with a foreign entity and translation of financial statements denominated in a foreign currency• Established daily cash and liquidity position reporting• Changed workers’ compensation insurance to a partially self-insured program, leading to potential savings to the company of more than $200,000 annually

•Manage staff of one contract employee•Develop, implement and maintain accounting policies and procedures•Ensure consistent application of accounting policies and procedures throughout the company by providing ongoing access, communication and training •Research complex accounting issues and the application of U.S. GAAP and Canadian GAAP: purchase accounting, goodwill, segment reporting, revenue recognition, internal-use software, pension & postretirement benefits, derivative accounting, expropriation, convertible debt, discontinued operations, exit and closure accounting, various country GAAP conversions, asset impairments, assets held for sale, functional currency, foreign currency translation, bankruptcy accounting and share-based compensation•Coordinate audit and SOX testing for all non-recurring transactions and events•Communicate with mill controllers, Corporate Accounting and Sales Accounting on the proper application of GAAP•Monitor the U.S. GAAP standard-setting process, communicate impact of proposed or newly issued guidance, draft comment response letters to the FASB and establish implementation plans for adoption of new guidance

•Managed staff of five professionals and eight contract employees •Responsible for external financial reporting in the U.S. and Canada (i.e., SEC and SEDAR filings)•Developed, implemented, maintained and monitored the application of accounting policies and procedures•Coordinated the external audit and quarterly review •Researched complex accounting issues•Established and maintained collaborative relationships with individuals in Accounting, Tax, Investor Relations, HR, Legal, Internal Audit, Sales and Operations•Prepared quarterly financial reporting package for the Audit Committee, CFO and Investor Relations•Key contributor in preparation of registration statement for the issuance of equity securities in a proposed business combination and preparation of responses to SEC comments •Successfully integrated the financial reporting function of two large SEC registrants after completion of merger in October 2007

•Managed staff of seven to nine professionals•Managed all aspects of corporate accounting department: monthly closing of approximately 50 corporate and legacy general ledgers, consolidation, SEC reporting, statutory reporting, accounting research, budgeting & forecasting, policies & procedures •Key contributor in several corporate projects: two bank refinancings, bond registration & issuance, bond exchange and redemption, sales of numerous businesses, repurchase of a business previously sold, implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses •Researched complex accounting and reporting issues: goodwill, pension & post-retirement benefits including settlements & curtailments, asbestos & environmental litigation, discontinued operations, equity investments, assets held for sale, financial statements, conversions from US GAAP to UK GAAP, exit and restructuring costs, variable interest entities and stock compensation•Coordinated external annual audit and quarterly reviews•Prepared and implemented an action plan to close several satellite corporate offices and move the work to the Florida office with 50% reduction in headcount (approx. $1 million in annual savings)•Transitioned the preparation of UK statutory reports from the external auditors to internal staff and properly filed all overdue reports within a three-month period, resulting in a significant reduction in our audit fees. •Automated the calculation of the weighted average shares and stock compensation disclosures, saving three days of work for one person each quarter•Implemented procedures allowing us to perform monthly financial closes rather than quarterly closes only •Designed and implemented programming changes in Hyperion to gather additional data from the divisions as management’s needs changed

•Managed staff of two professionals•Responsible for external financial reporting (e.g., 10K, 10Q, Annual Report)•Developed and implemented accounting policies and procedures•Researched accounting issues

•Managed staff of twenty-five associates•Monitored the monthly and year-end close and consolidation processes•Reviewed monthly financial statements and account reconciliations•Initiated in-house training program for several departments to provide professional development of staff•Implemented cross-training and rotation programs within department to provide professional development of staff, encourage process improvement and identify opportunities for succession•Performed special projects•Responsible for internal and SEC reporting •Developed and maintained accounting procedures and processes for the department •Budgeted annual departmental expenses•Communicated and interacted with field managers about accounting and financial reporting issues

•Managed staff of eight associates•Tested and reviewed all accounts receivable system interfaces•Designed and maintained accounts receivable system balancing processes•Reviewed all reconciliations between accounts receivable system and general ledger•Designed and prepared management information reports to monitor accounts receivable portfolio

•Responsible for external reporting and consolidations•Supervised staff of up to six associates•Managed designated financial areas (e.g., fixed assets, freight, international, relocation, G&A, etc.)•Reviewed and analyzed monthly financial statements•Automated monthly consolidation process and preparation of elimination entries •Developed and implemented new relocation expense and payment procedures in several departments: accounting, payroll, accounts payable, tax and relocation. Reduced time to prepare Tax Form 4782 by 50%

•Supervised and trained staffs of two to twelve accounting professionals•Planned, directed and controlled audit engagements. Researched accounting and auditing issues•Prepared audited financial statements, management letters, 10Qs and 10Ks•Assisted in the development of Firm-wide training programs and Firm accounting and auditing guidance, as well as researched and monitored pending authoritative literature

•Assisted with audits, reviews and agreed-upon procedures•Performed compilations and engaged in special projects•Prepared corporate and personal income tax returns