Reporting to the President & CEO and a key member of the Executive Management team,Responsibilities included a strategic role in the overall management of the company; primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial, legal, IT and HR-related activities of the company. This includes direct responsibility for accounting, finance, treasury, forecasting, strategic planning, cost accounting, legal, property management, deal analysis and negotiations, investor relationships and partnership compliance and private and institutional financing.• Implemented a daily operating cash flow forecast.• Implemented a detailed management reporting process.• Initiated a top-grading and reorganization of the finance and accounting functions.• Developed a formal budgeting and forecasting process.

Huber Engineered Materials, a $1 billion division of JM Huber CorporationResponsible for Global financial accounting for division, accounting and consolidations, financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, financial planning & analysis, credit & collections, risk management, internal control, SOX compliance, internal and external audits, taxation, payroll, financial systems administration and M&A/divestiture activity; Board of Directors presentations and key financial contact for business decisions. Responsible for 4 Strategic Business Units, 14 manufacturing locations worldwide and 9 direct reports. • Lead SG&A Austerity Program” reducing YTD spend by $6.0 million or 15% of total spend.• Implemented new automated freight payment solution, resulting in improved working capital.

Responsible for financial accounting, consolidations, adherence and compliance to US GAAP, Internal Control Review Board and Work Process Council, annual operating plan and budgeting process, business forecasts for bank covenant compliance including completion of analysis for various SEC-related reporting, such as 10K, 10Q, 8K and FAS 116; month-end closings, consolidation and reporting processes, internal and external audit engagements, payroll and financial reporting functions. 13 direct reports and 3 indirect reports• Directed 4 acquisitions and divestitures ($50 million to $250 million deals) from detailed due diligence to seamless business integrations.• Directed top-grading of staff and reassignment of workload resulting in improved performance. • Coordinated continuous improvement in monthly financial reporting packages resulting in a clear and concise management reporting package with an executive summary and relevant details and KPI’s.

Responsible for managing month-end close, consolidation and reporting processes, managing and directing the cost accounting function, managing the property accounting and sales & use tax functions and supporting the Supply Chain function with financial analysis.• Managed integration of global accounting functions into high performance teams; reduced staff 20%. • Lead due diligence efforts for 2 acquisitions; deals delivered positive EVA in year one of ownership.• Created hedge accounting for natural gas and foreign currencies resulting in nominal impact on P&L.

Responsible for driving financial and business results for $200 million business unit, development of the annual operating plan, forecast and capital plan, business case analysis for capital appropriation requests, working capital and operating cash flow and revenue accounting and preparing divisions for divestiture. • Lead two business turn-arounds in one year from negative profitability to 20% EBITDA performance.• Developed and implemented a “Cost to Serve” model resulting in elimination of unprofitable customers and a 12% improvement in profitability.• Lead price increase strategy resulting in positive EBIT and EBITDA within 90 days.• Implemented weekly detailed spend reviews resulting in 30% reduction in discretionary spending.

Responsible for designing, developing and implementing FP&A function, developing and coordinating annual operating plan and budget for six business units, preparing 12-month rolling business forecasts, developing formal process around marketing intelligence, benchmarking and key performance metrics.• Provided financial leadership to Supply Chain function resulting in $23 million in annual savings.• Developed margin analysis resulting in improved pricing and productivity initiatives.• Led financial and logistics modules for Oracle ERP implementation resulting in $20.5 million in savings.

Managed daily operations of general accounting, budgeting, financial analysis, forecasting, cost accounting, fixed assets, inventory accounting, and capital planning for a $500M division. * Drove unprofitable business lines to 15% net profit margins in 12 months.* Implemented a strict capital spending review process.* Achieved Green Belt certification for improving inventory control weaknesses.* Received special stock award for implementation of Baan ERP system.* Improved internal controls resulting in favorable audit reviews.

* Received special achievement award for work on Clorox acquisition.* Month-end close, manufacturing variance analysis, capital planning, operating plans, inventory control