Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Worldwide experience in effectively dealing with upper management and internal controls. Highly motivated and results driven accounting/finance professional with experience in both audit and business operations. Specialties: Risk assessment, fraud examination, CPA, CFE
Finance Director
• Provided leadership and guidance to the North American Accounting/Finance team consisting of seven individuals (3 AP, 2 AR, 1 Compliance and 1 Finance). • Established and maintained appropriate systems for measuring progress toward fulfillment of the Division’s Forward Plan and revised courses of action in accordance with results of such measurement and current commodity/economic conditions. • Ensured a culture of continuous improvement in the policies, systems, processes and methods of the supervised function. • Exercised sound business judgment in carrying out expenditures, which are authorized by the Division’s Financial Plan; and in deciding to make expenditures outside of the ordinary course of business or beyond amounts called for in the Division’s Financial Plan in accordance with conferred authority. • In close collaboration with the Division President, led the development of the Division’s annual Financial and Forward Plan as well as tracking/explaining variances to Plan. • Calculated monthly bank covenant ratios and collaborated with Financial Leadership on “what-if” modeling for potential acquisitions and their effect on covenants. • Led and analyzed Corporate Bonus programs both for Salary/Hourly personnel and a Long-Term-Incentive Plan for Executives. • Created and implemented a dollar-based commission Plan for the Canada OEM Division, a tiered dollar-based commission Plan for the Global B&C Division and a performance-based commission plan for the NA OEM Division to align compensation with performance and promote the right selling behaviors. • Oversaw “offshoring” of transactional based activities to lower cost locations for AP as well as outsource Sales/Use and Property tax to 3rd party provider.
Responsible for performing walkthroughs of key business processes and developing audit programs to address both inherent and residual risks. Develop processes to ensure Best Practices are distributed amongst the entire company. Ensure workpapers are completed timely and without bias.
(Staff and Lead). Responsible for assessing the operating effectiveness of control activities and evaluating performance within established policies, internal and corporate procedures, and regulatory requirements. Ensure timely completion of assigned audit work, unbiased analysis/evaluation, and communication of test results.
Provided financial analysis for numerous departments concerning actuals to budget and explained variances for both month-to-date and year-to-date. Worked with the tracking of One Time Costs, Severance, and Capital Expenditures for the Profit Hunt initiative. Operated as the financial liaison for numerous departments concerning budgets, month end journal entries, and general finance/accounting questions. Assisted in the development of 2008-2010 budgets.
Analyzed month-end close results and held monthly meetings with managers and project supervisors to discuss process bottlenecks. Worked monthly with foreign subsidiaries on Inter-company transactions and royalties, managed Inter-company accounts and cash account balances. Worked on SOX projects including process documentation, journal templates, and SOX testing. Performed walkthroughs of Fixed Assets and Payroll processes for SOX compliance. Interacted with E&Y auditors on cash levels and supplied schedules for Consolidations.