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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Finance business partner to JLLT supporting Infrastructure, Cloud, and Capital Investments

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Support America's IT within JLL's FP&A team. Functions managed were Infrastructure, Architecture, and End User Services as well as capex consolidation for AM region.

Madison Heights, Mi, Us

At Navistar Defense I supported the FP&A, Treasury, and Program Finance/Pricing functions.Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A):- Provided income statement forecast and monthly causals to CFO which include revenue, cost of sales, margin analysis, indirect budgets, overhead, capital, and engineering forecasts- Implemented monthly revenue meeting to create an open forum for sales, operations, purchasing, and finance to discuss current program deliverables as well as future opportunities that has better aligned finance and operations to improve P&L accuracy- Prepared monthly financial analytics deck and quarterly BoD slides for senior leadership and private equity sponsor- Utilized Oracle Hyperion Essbase for forecasting purposes, ad hoc P&L analysis, and monthly departmental budgetsProgram Finance / Pricing:- Lead financial support for business capture team on $500+ million worth of military contracts of which responsibilities included pricing evaluation and recommendation, negotiation support, and presentation of financials to leadership team - Support 10+ military programs ranging from new builds, resets, and service based contracts that require weekly financial reporting to program manager with up to date actual spend vs budget, margin variance, estimate at completion, and current program metrics such as contribution margin and return on sales- Completed provisional rates submission package to Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) outlining all allowable costs used to calculate approved overhead rates for billing to the customerTreasury:- Responsible for working capital forecast as well as rolling 13 week and full year cash forecast for the truck business

Lisle, Il, Us

- Managed working capital process through cross functional collaboration with segment leaders to understand cash needs.- Provided suggestions to improve cash positions at quarter and year ends as lead consultant to upper management.- Created comprehensive working capital monthly analytics deck for VP of Finance.- Regularly presented monthly working capital results to mid and upper level management- Built and maintained P&L and balance sheet forecasts in Oracle Hyperion Essbase environment.

Lisle, Il, Us

- Managed and tracked spending of all plant capital projects totaling upwards of $10 million dollars.- Responsible for 25+ month end journal entries as well as related account reconciliations.- Member of a cross-functional lean transformation steering committee tasked with better enabling the operator and supporting 900+ employees.- Created a report to track and analyze plant wide scrap by department/operation to better understand root cause of waste and drive cost reduction actions.- Assisted Plant Controller with monthly financial analytics review deck, plant wide cost cutting initiatives, and ad hoc projects as lead analyst

Mississauga, On, Ca

- Performed monthly intercompany account reconciliations so that each branches assets and liabilities accurately reflected the general ledger.- Contributed to month end closing by entering all reoccurring, intercompany, reconciling journal entries as well as updated the fiscal year budget and fixed asset projects to maintain up to date financial statements.- Used CMS hardware on accounts payable and receivables to process all invoices, apply cash, and debit/credit the correct accounts so that payment errors would not occur.

- Utilized the AS400 daily to post all cash receipts from checks and credit card payments to accounts receivable ledger as well as prepared online bank deposits for upwards to $200,000.- Reconciled inventory and bank reconciliations as well as balance sheet accounts to ensure all transactions and balances were accounted for correctly.- Learned inventory stratification methods on purchasing side based on hits, sales, and GMROI to help better predict needed and necessary inventory to have available for customers when requested.

Luxembourg, Lu

- Dealt with real life situation involving a German based trucking company’s prospects of expanding market share by performing valuations to determine if BGL should finance the expansion- Determined possible expansion through team based S.W.O.T analysis, sector analysis, financial analysis, and review of the financial transaction structure