• Manage a $50 million budget across all City funds• Provide Strategic financial leadership to the City executive team to establish short- and long-range goals• Present reports, recommendations, and updates to Council on various financial objectives and strategies• Oversee all accounting activities including payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and collections• Responsible for the city investments and cash management• Lead the creation of the annual budget. Present proposed budget to council.• Manage general obligation and revenue bond issuances, providing required funds for Capital Improvements• Lead the annual financial audit performed by an external auditing firm while ensuring adherence to GAAP• Administer various State and Federal reports• Responsible for compliance with all state and regulatory requirements for the city• Manage all insurance policies Citywide (e.g., continuously identify risks to adequately protect City)• Continuously orchestrate operational policies and procedures to ensure consistency, controls, and knowledge sharing within the Finance and Clerk department• Provide financial guidance on agreements with developers for projects within the City.• Participate in Union negotiations to guide and influence the financial impacts of the bargained items• Credited with reducing ambulance-aged receivables by $250,000 through collection efforts.• Implemented an electronic time & attendance and Human Capital Information System citywide

• Managed the $20 million capital investment budget for all five NEI foundries • Prepared monthly sales forecast in collaboration with the VP of Industrial sales for all of NEI • Developed a sales forecasting process to aid in better estimating actual sales to alleviate month end variances • Prepared month-end Balance Sheet and Income statements• Provided month end reports and analysis • Developed and maintained internal controls, policies, and procedures • Implemented electronic workflow process, improving approval efficiency of Capital Investment requests • Implemented a Goods receipt process that will save the company $250k/year • Completed the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training

• Managed the $180 million capital Investment budget for all SCA Americas mills• Drove capital investment forecast accuracy during three annual updates• Coordinated the development of long and short range capital investments plans• Provided month-end close reporting• Prepared and presented business update material at quarterly investment meetings to company executive team.• Prepared and presented the support material and business updates during the quarterly investment meetings with company executives aligning strategic capital investments• Developed and adhere to internal controls to ensure IAS and GAAP were being met• Provided business and financial acumen to other areas of the business increasing the understanding of the Investment process within SCA Americas• Led strategic fact-based analysis that assisted in managing capital portfolio for 17 mills in North, Central and South America• Provided insightful analyses to Controllers, Directors and Operational Leaders; to solve business problems, drive strategies, and support strategic growth initiatives• Developed strong business cases for investment proposals and present to top Executives • Managed Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting both financial and non-financial• Cultivated team development while training and coaching others to ensure viable, relevant, and high quality investment proposals were being submitted for approval• Implemented an investment system using SharePoint that has aided the forecasting and budgeting efforts while making all investment processes more efficient and transparent• Managed Cost Saving initiatives and tracked savings in the P/L

• Administered marketing and advertising budgets for the Retail Channel Marketing team; conducted monthly meetings to balance all budgets• Prepared promotional expense expectations to allow for budget planning & fund allocation• Served as the conduit between the product development team, outside sales force and customers, to ensure the Kohler brand message was accurately portrayed in the retail market place• Created and managed marketing plans to achieve desired product mix sold in the market• Analyzed promotion proposals and provided recommendations on whether return on investment of the promotion was beneficial for the business• Developed a SKU rationalization tool for internal teams to utilize during strategic planning meetings with both retail customer, Lowe’s and The Home Depot• Accurately reported monthly sales results and metrics to Senior Management• Enriched the promotional tracking process while efficiently capturing all pertinent data, providing reported results

• Implemented Managed Kohler privately branded aftermarket parts program• Managed product development teams that established engaged productive relationships between departments that aided in the completion of the project by launch deadline• Using analytics, forecasted new part sales volume to provide recommended stock levels of aftermarket Parts to prevent shortages and avoid overstocking• Researched and implemented purchasing from alternate suppliers, saving Kohler $70,000 annually on one part category through vendor negotiations• Coordinated the development of effective packaging, saving cost and reducing the allocated storage space by 50%• Managed multiple sales channels to ensure Kohler product was being represented, delivered, and serviced to the highest level• Gained new sales channels that increased Kohler generator sales; led cross-functional team in the setup of these new accounts