Timothy Schneider Email & Phone Number

Greensboro, North Carolina

Provide Business Controlling for Group IT concerning Mack + Volvo Trucks North America. Complete assigned Financial Controlling responsibilities for Group IT North America. In July 2019, completed my Business Controlling Group IT responsibilities for Volvo Financial Services.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Hired into this newly created position to develop business controls and practices, with purchasing and accounting staff.• Started weekly leadership meetings to address priority issues and develop strategies with Heads of Sales, Manufacturing and Special Projects.• Improved timeliness and accuracy of recording purchase to payables so that books could be closed promptly and accurately report results.• Improved cash management through timely billing and collection, timing inventory receipts closer to production requirements and selective payment of suppliers.• Worked on project to implement Epicor ERP.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Selected as first financial hire to develop business controls for the start-up of Mack Defense LLC and to segregate its government sales activities into a new government sales organization to market Mack Trucks, Volvo Trucks, Volvo construction equipment and aftermarket parts.• Designed, presented and continuously improved quarterly financial charts and monthly financial updates to Mack Defense LLC Board of Directors as Treasurer and financial head, collaborating with president and group while providing early warnings balanced with encouraging progress reports.• Directed and collaborated with leadership to reduce short-term spending and increase short-term sales targets and improve profitability and sales growth in five-year plan in a manner acceptable to and achievable by all parties.• Delivered pricing strategies and gross profit percentages collaborating with Sales Department leading to increased sales and profits of new trucks and aftermarket parts (percentage confidential).• Developed all financial requirements ensuring compliance with Volvo financial policies and procedures while enabling ease of future development, through collaboration with Volvo Group and local staff.• Implemented Epicor ERP including record to report, purchase to pay and order to cash to support operating as Mack Defense, LLC.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Provided business planning, financial results, financial analysis, control, gap analysis and risk assessment for Mack Trucks new vehicle sales ($2B-$3B) and margins, sales, marketing and customer order fulfillment operating expenses, working closely with financial analyst. Audience included the President, Senior Vice President-Sales and other executive management.• Strengthened the internal control environment and provided earlier warnings of forecast variances by starting monthly review of balance sheet accounts and increasing the frequency of bottom-up forecasts during a period of higher forecast risk, thus enabling more informed decisions about the timing of profitability and the usage of incentive programs.

Allentown, Pennslyvania

Provided financial leadership, guidance, strategic planning, control, budgeting, forecasting, accounting and analysis for the marketing, military sales and product portfolio management teams and for marketing incentives (amount confidential).• Prevented executive team from limiting the production of high HP engines by conducting and presenting thorough analysis of EPA compliance, product development, customer demand and profitability.• Led continuous improvement through teamwork and attention to detail in product strategy, ISO compliance, SOX, pricing, lost deal analysis and dealer forecasting showing favorable trends in KPIs for customer order fulfillment, market share and profitability.• Led Sales Billing Department through transition to shared service center, including communicating project status, working with consultant.

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Managed up to 12 staff members in new truck billing ($1B-$3B); served as process owner for new truck revenue and customer service process including ten systems and financial requirements for company owned dealerships and marketing incentive programs.• Inspired, through education, encouragement, teamwork, matching skills to jobs and decision making, Sales Billing Department to operate with sense of urgency and concern for customer and to share ideas in daily work. This led to continuous improvements in processes and productivity and invitations to return to train two additional groups of personnel.• Improved financial accuracy, timeliness and analysis process by determining business requirements and solutions for sales and gross profits including for SAP R / 3 FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-COPA, and SAP Business Warehouse.• Created six-member Sales & Marketing Team to answer product development questions from other departments, effectively eliminating a product development concern.

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

.Managed operations analysis and cost accounting in headquarters of multi-plant manufacturing environment ($104M in revenues). Managed four analysts and two plant cost managers and led all financial functions of start-up plant, annual tax package, and acquisition analyses.• Reduced inventory by 35% through the development of cost trend reporting, implementation of international transfer price book, staff’s creation of point-of-use cycle count program and creation of inventory reporting by owner, product line and obsolescence. • Improved financial controls by creating a policy and procedure manual for Operations Accounting Department, due diligence work program, and determining system solution and financial requirements for Oracle.

Wilmington, Ma

Met corporate requirements for monthly reporting of FIFO and LIFO inventory and variance reporting for this aircraft instrument maker. Developed purchase price standard costs and reported variances against standard costs, complying with defense contract audit agency standards. • Reduced purchase price variances by $3M for aerospace, government contractor, an acquisition from GE, by providing helpful analysis and collaboration with purchasing and IT.

Bachelor'S Business Administration, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Track team, Pi Lambda Phi fraternity, Wayne F. Gibbs Accounting SocietyBachelors of Business Administration.

Worked There For 2 Years To Earn My Cpa

Activities and Societies: Participated in audit and consulting engagements, with a financial services industry specialty. Extracted.