• Supporting VP/GM in financial management and growth strategies for the Thermaflex business unit.• Financial management of 5 locations in the US and Canada.• Cash management and end to end accounting functions.• Leadership and development of accounting team.• Support plant managers and key management leaders in strategy and cost management.

• Oversee all Finance and Accounting functions including FP&A, General Accounting, Treasury, Supply Chain• Develop long term business relationships with key vendors for sustainable cost savings and strategic sourcing.• Develop capital investment (CAPEX) strategies to drive productivity and encourage organic growth.• Manage daily cash flows and provide weekly and long term cash strategies to minimize debt.• Oversee and approval all new customer, vendor, SKU, and BOM setups.• Review and approve all standard costing and cost allocations.

Oversee the development and safety of 350+ employees.Provide leadership and direction on operational and financial performance.Develop and implement strategic initiatives to foster growth and expansion of the company.Mentor and advisor to plant leadership to guide them to success and personal growth.

- Strategic business partner to the plant manager and lead team.- Lead local finance organization- Ensure compliance with Internal Controls and Accounting Policies- Provide Budgetary forecasts for 3, 6, and 12 month outlooks- Lead capital investment strategies for St Augustine- Oversee metal inventory management & procurement- Support business development and quoting - Oversee and conduct month end closing activities.- Review and approve all standard costing and BOM routings- Weekly reporting of current financial position and other Ad Hoc reporting.- Profitability and customer account analysis - Strategic business partner to National Accounts Manager for American Conduit branded product line.- Managed through major cyber ware attack that took down ERP for 3 months with no financial errors in reporting.- Supporting global development of S4/Hana ERP system for North America, to include customer and product profitability models.

• Lead and support internal control requirements (ICR)• Drive annual business plan and monthly forecasts• Drive profit and capital employed initiatives to improve the regions return• Lead monthly and quarterly reporting and presentations• Perform financial and operating analysis• Drive Genesis activities for finance organization• Prepare and analyze major capital investments• Monitor financial risk management exposures• Insure quality of reporting for financial and operating information• Lead and support strategic financial and operational initiatives• Oversee and manage all supply chain and procurement functions

• Prepare data sets, statistical reports and computer applications to support financial analysis work• Administer, coordinate and review financial systems.• Assist in coordination of monthly, quarterly and annual General Ledger closes.• Generate financial reports for management.• Prepare and/or train others on financial systems and serve as a technical resource to accounting team.• Gain an in-depth familiarity and understanding of all facets of the company’s revenue processes and cost components.• Provide extensive hands-on support with the accounting department and operational department teams in the development of budgets as part of the annual budgeting cycle, including:• Development of tools and templates to help departments accurately capture and convey anticipated revenues and expenses at the detail level.• Analysis of prior year financial results to support future budget baselines.• Perform standard and ad-hoc budget-to-actual analyses, including detailed forecast variance analyses for each business and department, and rolling forecasts to provide value-added reports to senior management and department leaders to aid in making business decisions.• Periodically meet with various levels of management to understand business needs, budgets and to provide an update of each department’s performance against budget.• Assist with preparation and development of monthly & quarterly reporting packages to the Board, management and lenders, including development of Excel-based and PowerPoint-based templates, discussion points or analysis.• Support other FP&A team functions, including cash flow forecasting and analysis, management reporting, and analysis for potential acquisitions and other structural transactions.• Support the FP&A team on other projects, as assigned.

Advise and support Quality Assurance department in analysis of customer complaints in regards to compliance with Terms & Conditions. Support plant operations in keeping with compliance on ISO 9001 guidelines for document control and quality management by creating tools and systems for proper management of information. Maintain facility KPI dashboard and develop additional KPIs and tools for analyzing business productivity and profitability. Support finance and accounting departments by developing data analysis tools for understanding costs and opportunities for financial savings. Perform financial analysis as needed for regional controller and plant management to analyze account profitability and cost saving opportunities. Employ Agile methodologies for systems and process improvements by serving as business analyst to facilitate and guide teams establish scope, understand problems, define requirements, employ logical design, and perform decision analysis. Project manage all new product launches by coordinating with planning, scheduling, production, and quality departments to ensure proper control plans are implemented and risk analysis performed. Utilize methodologies from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), to ensure successful planning and completion of new product launches. Serve as business analyst for systems development, capital projects, process improvements; engineer solutions using VBA, VB.Net, Access, SharePoint, and SQL to enhance business practices and ensure repeatability and quality management.Accomplishments: Launched over 1700 new profiles for 130+ customersDiscovered significant financial errors in billings, requisitions, and inventory allocations.Nominated to the 2013 Presidents Council. Developed the following systems:Mechanical Downtime Analysis Report, Repair & Maintenance Expense Report, Customer Complaint Report, Internal Scrap Report, Facility KPI Dashboard, Open Order Report, Production Planning Report

Primary Duties - Conducting 1st Article Inspections, PPAPs, Quality process audits. Project Management - Assisted lead project managers in problem solving and root cause analysis. Maintained new business database. Performed and participated in PFMEA and Capability studies.Business Analysis - Developed KPIs and metrics for measuring and benchmarking new business. Reviewed and assisted in the development of new processes and routing to expand plant capabilities.Business Development - Hosted customers during on-site visits. Accomplishments:Given lead in developing talking guidelines for Sapa Profile Academy tours for Gainesville location. Innovated new business reporting and database: A net savings of 936 man hours per year ($17,000)Team Lead for major customer rework project that prevented a liability of over $1.7 million

Saw Operator, Forklift, Overhead Crane

Lead Line Operator

Small Arms Repair - specialized in heavy weapons: MK-19, M2-.50cal, 23mm, 81mm mortar, 63mm mortar.