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Appleton, WI, US

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

• Lead weekly cash collection and billing milestone review meetings to reinforce the importance of timely billings and pro-active efforts to make sure customers are paying on time; since implemented about 6 months ago.
• Oversee completion of the annual budget and quarterly rolling forecast updates
• Created standardized monthly financial reporting package to be used across all manufacturing sites and presented to VP of Manufacturing, GMs, and CFO
• Facilitated migration of two new product lines to the Heavy Equipment Group (HEG) from elsewhere within Trident to optimize overhead structure through reduction in locations required to produce the same output
• Designed and implemented alternative hierarchy setup in financial planning tool (Oracle FCCS/EPBCS) to support new regional reporting structure put in place by senior management
• Headed HEG’s payroll migration from Ascentis to ADP (legacy Trident’s payroll provider)

• Managed all operational accounting and finance activities across five locations for the Excellerate business segment
• Designed and created consolidated and site-specific P&Ls that reported Excellerate separately from the rest of the organization
• Completed project forecast reviews monthly with project managers to determine percentage completion for revenue recognition
• Built automated model for re-forecasting all indirect and SG&A accounts monthly based on updated revenue and direct cost forecast
• Prepared monthly summary of financial results by site for Excellerate and presented directly to Vice President of Excellerate; worked with site leaders monthly on managing non-production time and indirect costs
• Provided financial support needed to accommodate $100M in revenue growth year over year within Excellerate

Neenah, WI

• Defined all Finance business requirements and functional process flows for new customer setups and implementations in Oracle
• Managed completion of accurate and timely monthly closes for Aftermarket Service (AMS) business segment across all sites
• Prepared all Corporate-level journal entries and completed reconciliations for all accounts
• Facilitated resolution for a major flaw identified in custom costing logic that was resulting in incorrect costs assigned to serialized units on shipment—detailed additional functional design requirements and.
• Transitioned Accounts Receivable and Payables activities in Oracle to Corporate Finance Department (shared services)
• Created detailed project plan for first significant AMS business win encompassing all Finance-related functions that will be used as a standard for all future new customer on-boarding and implementation in Oracle

Neenah, WI

• Performed month-end consolidations in Cognos Controller
• Reviewed quarterly revenue cut-off testing performed by the sites for accuracy and completeness; verified that sites reversed revenue and respective cost associated with any transactions identified as not meeting.
• Reconciled intercompany activity for all US sites weekly; resolved intercompany differences through regular communication with site contacts and performed journal entries required for balancing intercompany activity.
• Worked closely with Finance Systems Manager for AMS on Oracle implementation at Appleton site—gathered business requirements from site, designed functional solutions for pricing setup and estimate approval, completed.
• Supported Finance Systems Manager with AMS monthly close in Oracle and helped define the initial closing process checklist

Greenville, Wisconsin

• Gathered requirements from business for assigned projects and translated into functional design documentation, detailing the system requirements, business rules, and specific risks or limitations inherent in the process
• Developed and executed test cases for functionality of technical designs
• Supported Oracle Applications Desktop Integrator, Oracle Financials, and Spreadsheet Server
• Performed maintenance on existing Oracle responsibilities and created new Oracle responsibilities when needed
• Completed project scoping for fiscal calendar change in Oracle to determine feasibility of a successful implementation
• Designed process for revaluing fixed assets to values provided by consulting firm effective at School Specialty’s emergence from bankruptcy; trained end user on the process and successfully implemented in production.

Greenville, Wisconsin

• Performed all accounting-related procedures for School Specialty assets and capital projects in process
• Compiled detailed reports of intercompany activity for business units not yet integrated with Oracle EBS
• Calculated month-end closing journal entries for prepaid and international in-transit inventory accruals, purchase discount allocations to the business units, and profit elimination on intercompany inventory sales
• Prepared revenue and cost of goods sold tie-outs and completed account reconciliations monthly for accrued state sales taxes, intangible and fixed assets, accrued property taxes, deposits, and prepaid inventory
• Assisted independent valuation team in determining the journal entries required to comply with fresh start accounting principles pursuant to School Specialty’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• Worked with IT department to determine proper course of action for making fresh start adjustments to accounts where a sub-ledger module within Oracle was the basis for the activity making up the account balance to.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area

• Completed final proofing of proposal documents before submission to potential customer
• Assisted the Director of the Bid and Proposal Department in pulling together historical costing data and developing a schematic to project costs of the department moving forward based on estimated proposal value and.
• Tested interactive training software to be submitted with final proposal documentation for proper functionality and usability

Appleton, WI

• Conducted monthly inventory audits of sellable units and netbook computers in the field
• Managed inventory distribution to direct sales representatives and dealers
• Scheduled background checks/drug screenings for potential candidates and completed HR paperwork with new hires
• Trained new employees on operating procedures and the technical aspects of the position
• Submitted various invoices to accounts payable with proper coding and maintained expense reports by market cluster
• Inventoried and secured all marketing materials, branded products, and event equipment

Appleton, WI

• Performed daily analysis of prior day’s sales to determine if any of the orders entered indicate fraudulent activity in the field
• Generated monthly reports through Qlikview to determine if any long-term trends of suspicious activity were developing
• Completed month-end inventory of unsold units
• Created customized spreadsheets to maximize accuracy of inventory and sales tracking
• Developed framework for collecting non-returned units from customers disconnecting service and now implement at regional level
• Managed supply re-orders and new employee material purchases

Appleton, WI

• Completed required paperwork with customers ordering service
• Provisioned customer equipment and ensured proper functionality
• Performed on-site troubleshooting for customers experiencing issues with the service

Appleton, WI

• Supervised crew of four employees
• Ensured safe/successful business operations by teaching proper techniques to new staff
• Completed inventories of goods transferred by both residential and commercial clients