Accomplished financial manager in a multinational manufacturing setting. Team player with progressive career providing strong leadership, planning, and analysis skills in financial operations. In-depth understanding of financial reporting, strategic planning, budgeting, modeling, internal controls, acquisition integration, and productivity reporting. |
Executive Summary
Highly accomplished professional financial manager with wide-ranging success in a multinational manufacturing setting. Goal-oriented team player with a progressive career providing strong leadership, planning, and analysis skills in financial operations. In-depth understanding of financial reporting, strategic planning, budgeting, financial modeling, internal controls, acquisition integration, and policy development.
Professional Experience
Division Headquarters - Georgia
Manager, Reporting and Analysis (2003 present)
Key Responsibilities
Preparation and analysis of monthly consolidated financial statements for $300 million multinational division.
Development of performance report, operations review package, and supplemental reporting schedules.
Productivity/cost reduction program (LEAN/VAVE) reporting and analysis.
Coordination of annual budget and long-term strategy processes.
Development of internal control documentation and Sarbanes-Oxley reporting solutions.
Participation in transition to SAP FICO module.
Integration of acquired business.
Implementation of control and reporting systems at purpose-built manufacturing facility in Mexico City.
Facilitator for move of division headquarters from New York to Georgia.
Development of financial scenarios related to manufacturing facility expansion into low-cost Asian countries.
Supervision of financial analysis team.
Corporate Office - Texas
Operations Analyst (2001 2003)
Key Responsibilities
Analysis of monthly financial statements for four divisions.
Preparation of MD&A narrative.
Support of strategic alternatives initiatives.
Review and reporting of purchase accounting activities.
Evaluation of prospective acquisition targets.
On-site coordination of cost system integration for three acquisitions in the UK.
Execution of ad hoc projects including scrap reporting and management, special pricing agreement programs, and excess/obsolete inventory evaluation practices and procedures.
Manager, Internal Audit (1999-2001)
Key Responsibilities
Supervision of concurrent domestic and international operations audits.
Audit report preparation, response evaluation and related follow-up.
Evaluation and application of COSO/Treadway Commission concepts.
Development and maintenance of best practices database.
Staff recruiting and development.
Manufacturing Operation Johannesburg, South Africa
Financial Controller, Southern Africa Operations (1997-1999)
Key Responsibilities
Management of financial planning and reporting, statutory reporting, cash and forex execution, cost accounting, capital project planning and reporting, and internal control environment evaluation and reporting.
Application of Coopers operational, managerial, and financial standards to reacquired post-apartheid business.
Coordination of remote-site automotive lighting manufacturing facility shutdown.
Division Headquarters - Missouri
Senior Financial Analyst (1993 1997)
Key Responsibilities
Preparation and analysis of consolidated monthly financial statements, quarterly estimates, and annual budgets for European operations (ten sites).
Financial integration of two international acquisitions.
Corporate Office - Texas
Financial Management Development Program (1991 1993)
Rotations through internal audit, financial reporting, treasury, and tax departments.
Supervision of domestic and international operational audits.
Ernst & Young North Carolina
Senior Auditor (1987 1991)
Statutory audits with an emphasis on manufacturing and governmental clients.
Computer Skills
SAP (R/3), Hyperion, Excel, Word, Remedy, SOX Express
Education and Affiliations
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina
B.S. Business and Accountancy (1987)
Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina
References
Available upon request |
