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Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world:

📌  An executive leader focused on plant controllership, financial governance, and stewardship by consistently delivering value added activities for the site, our customers, and product level profit & lose (P&L) reporting while mitigating increase inflation costs by leading cost savings initiatives specifically relating to material, labor, overhead, selling, general, administrative (SG&A) and information technology (IT) YoY.

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Celestica

Strategically oriented financial leader responsible for $40 million in high growth business expansion initiatives, developing high performing cross-functional teams, driving compliance, and improving the financial operations of the business.  Drove budgeting, forecasting versus actual financial results for a global electronics manufacturing services plant to align with corporate financial commitment of $120 million 5-year strategic (STRAT) plan based on $80 million annual operating plan (AOP).  Identified significant financial gaps in plan driving commercial price increases, operational efficiency improvements adding $2.1 million in material, $1.4 million direct, indirect labor, and $1.1 million overhead targeted cost savings for the site:
                      
📌   Led automation, upgraded, and ledger revamp of old outdated legacy ERP systems resulting in $0.4 million in operational efficiency improvements, establishing standard work order (WO) processes, formalizing process for recovering $0.6 million in site absorbed material, labor cost overages while reducing $0.2 million in selling, general and admin (SGA) expenses through continuous supplier open contract negotiations.   
	                      
📌  Drove $4 million in capital expenditure (CapEx) submissions, approvals, ROIC analysis, forecasting and workflows by standardizing corporate postmortem variance analysis of actual compared to projected incremental financial impacts.   
                
📌  Support 12 cross functional department owners through full alignment of our sales, operating and planning (S&OP) process, creating robust root cause analysis, assigning corrective action plans to address any gaps in financial targets.

Controller (NYSE: CLS) $120 M

Flex

Responsible for managing the annual budget, strategic plan, capital expenditures, developing costing and forecasting models for our global manufacturing locations with $100 million in sales and +300 employees. Partnered with our commercial, manufacturing operations and executive leadership team to develop cost-plus inflation costing models to drive customer price increases and operating efficiencies which generated $2+ million in gross margin improvements for our manufacturing site:

📌  Led ERP implementation for SAP_BPC to OneStream for critical account package, $1M in material cost recoveries through CMT Tool Integration, created regional plant profile, segment playbook with fixed vs variable cost assumptions.   

📌 	Implement budgeting and financial “What-If” reporting models to provide timely and accurate tracking of KPIs and financial results to our local, regional and segment stakeholders.  Developed standardized KPI dashboard reporting including Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and Profit and Loss schedules to align with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, internal audit and corporate related policies and procedures.

📌  Directed Global Business Services (GBS) AP, AR, Audit, Costing, Credit, Treasury, Fixed Asset, Information Technology (IT) and General Ledger (GL) teams to vertically integrate our local legacy reporting structure, applications, processes, and resources into a new global operations infrastructure with segment standardized ERP systems and processes.

Division Controller (NASDAQ: FLEX) $100 M

Teleflex

Key member of the site leadership team with $200 million in sales and 400 employees that managed the annual operation plan and reforecasting processes to ensuring alignment with operational decisions, identification of risks/opportunities and the development of contingency plans to close business performance gaps. Supported plant manager and SLT in establishing factors for material waste, direct labor and manufacturing burden budgets. Directed manufacturing to control and reduce cost by analyzing and interpreting cost reports and developed cost reduction programs:

📌  Responsible for financial control, establishing standard processes and models, monitor production capacity and CAPEX, coordinate planning, forecasting and actual reporting to support plant management in achieving site targets 

📌  Manage all budget activities, develop an integrated plan for department spending, labor resources, capital purchases and inventory acquisition. Provide continuous improvement measures and proactive correction on deviations of plant performance including reducing plant overhead costs, reducing variances and under-absorbed costs. Develop, control and maintain adequate product costing systems for valuation and cost estimating activities

📌  Deeply involved in cost accounting policies, processes, controls, reporting, physical inventory, and interface with operational units on inventory management and inventory valuation. Implement budgeting and financial reporting systems to provide timely and relevant information to plant and corporate management and cost control.

Plant Controller (NYSE: TFX)  $200 M

Manage multiple manufacturing departments with annual revenues of $55 million and 135 employees. Conduct all accounting, including direct responsibility for cost controls, profitability analysis, new product evaluation and relative marketing pricing, capital request, and financial reporting. Enhance and continually improve revenue/profit accounting procedures, information reporting, forecasting, and ERP systems:

📌  Realized $3.5 million in gross margin savings by implementing weekly automated manufacturing dashboard reporting that standardized key financial metrics. 

📌  Generated $2 million in cost savings by establishing a new financial reporting system across joint-venture companies; seamlessly migrated existing data into new ERP system while ensuring compliance with general accounting standards.

📌  Achieved $1.5 million in material costs savings through the effective analysis and update of standard costs, product margins and cost variances; collaborated with senior project engineering teams to identify cost impacts of proposed BOM changes and incorporated impacts into the Project Work Plan.

Controller (NYSE: BDX) $55 M 

Travel Tags

Key member of the financial management team reporting directly to the Corporate Controller. Tasked with cost accounting activities, oversight for annual budget, streamlining and automating processes to improve production and performance, and reduce costs. Worked closely with various department heads to review historical activities, trends, and future obligations; ensured financial activity of the firm was accurately captured in financial statements and reporting:

📌  Designed Plant Balanced Scorecard to ensure associates’ accountability; result was increased efficiency and reduced errors.

📌  Captured valuations and variances as well as enabled rapid analysis and resolution of key issues and dollar impact within the plant by designing root cause analysis summary and detail reports for manufacturing managers.

📌  Led month end close and prepared Balance Sheet, P&L, and Cash Flow Statements; devised policies and procedures for tracking raw, work in process and finished goods materials.

📌  Realized $200K improvement in Scrap Spend by establishing standards analysis for specified production groups, implementation of continuous cost review process, and enhanced reporting of scrap and control inventory levels.

Senior Cost Accountant

Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Directed a team of 8 cost accounting professionals responsible for variance analysis, planning, forecasting, financial close, and providing ongoing cost analysis of business activities such as material, labor, and overhead spending, while continuously improving cost accounting processes and ensuring compliance with internal controls:

📌  Generated $1 million in savings by implementing annual re-costing for 60 manufacturing plants; established labor and overhead costs. 

📌  Eliminated variances of over $50K for 10 of the largest plants processing $5K+ orders monthly by enabling manufacturing leadership to identify key variance drivers and implement time and cost-effective solutions.

📌  Identified JDE inventory overstatement of $550K; worked to ensure uniform quality reviews and established accountability through detailed checklist for monthly close and pre-close.

📌  Successfully represented finance department in two SOX audits with no findings.

📌  Subject Matter Expert for the transition to new JDE version and plant consolidation from multiple ERP Systems, including HEAT ticket fixes.

Cost Accounting Manager

Rational Energy LLC

Owned the general ledger and played a critical role with responsibility to support fiscal period close process, preparation of Perpetual Inventory Reconciliation, G/L close, Waste Analysis, audit schedule, and SOX compliance. Created, managed, and reported on the plant’s daily production:

📌  Developed user-friendly spreadsheets and dashboards focused on key indicators; efforts led to investigation into work orders with high variances.

📌  Improved forecast precision and standardized reporting procedures by revamping G/L, financial models, reports, and support schedules.

📌  Conducted audits for management to assess the effectiveness of controls, accuracy of financial records, overall efficiency of operations, reported and interpreted discrepancies directly to partners and upper management. 

📌  Realized $75K ECO savings by examining changes in product design, raw materials, and manufacturing methods to determine effects on costs.

📌  Saved $250K on capital equipment by evaluating actual manufacturing/production costs vs. standard costs while acting as a liaison with customers regarding termination payment and termination disposition.

PREFERRED SANDS OF MINNESOTA LLC

Provided management with financial reports comparing factors affecting price and profitability of products and services while explaining any monthly budgeting variances to partners, directors, and senior management. Responsible for the collection, presentation, analysis and verification of data techniques, methodologies and formats associated with cost analysis and cost estimating of complex financial projects.  ERP system conversion from QuickBooks software to Sytle Line which increased accuracy, timeliness of the financial data, weekly plant reporting and month end closing procedures:

📌  Identified, analyzed, and presented on daily operational breakdowns as well as warranty, repair and goodwill issues Conducted audits for management to assess the effectiveness of controls, accuracy of financial records, overall efficiency of operations, reported and interpreted discrepancies directly to partners and upper management.

Senior Financial Analyst

CHS Inc.

Served key role in the introduction, installation and integration of new financial reporting system across three joint-venture companies. Successfully migrated existing data into new system while bringing general ledger into compliance with general accounting standards.  Coached and supervised four accountants and oversee financial analysis, financial audits, G/L, A/R, A/P and fixed-asset accounting within accordance with GAAP standards. Develop and manage external financial relationships (e.g. banks, insurers, auditors) and constantly look for ways to strengthen overall financial performance:

📌  Developed and published management reports for inventory, labor, overhead and manufacturing variances.

📌  Prepared forecast of inventories and material cost, prepared cost of product and cost of sales data.

📌  Reviewed and adjusted labor distribution, prepared data for developing manufacturing and product budget allowances, reconciled various inventory accounts, reviewed and adjusted distribution of accounts payable invoices, provided guidance and assistance in preparation of efficiency reports.

📌  Provided management with reports comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products explaining monthly budget variances to senior management.

📌  Instituted procedures that standardized operational reporting, simplifying calculations such as ROI and allowing more accurate comparisons between business groups.

📌  Implemented strategies on how to improve the reporting of scrap as well as control inventory levels.

Corporate Accountant

Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Strategic Business Partner @Amazon (AWS) | Specialize in Driving Exponential Growth for $100M+ Companies

As an accomplished Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with a proven track record, I specialize in driving exponential growth for $100M+ companies. With over 20 years of experience, I have consistently delivered transformative financial strategies that have led to 10x business growth within a five-year timeframe. My approach integrates meticulous financial planning, innovative growth strategies, and robust risk management to ensure sustainable and scalable success:

📌 Strategic Visionary 📌

Adept at crafting and executing long-term financial plans that align with corporate goals, facilitating significant market expansion and revenue multiplication.

📊 Operational Excellence 📊 

Skilled in optimizing operational efficiencies, reducing costs, and improving profit margins through data-driven decision-making and financial analytics.

🚀 Leadership & Collaboration 🚀

Strong leader with a collaborative approach, fostering cross-functional partnerships to drive collective success and organizational growth.

🏦 Risk Management 🏦 

Expertise in identifying potential financial risks and implementing effective mitigation strategies to safeguard company assets and ensure stability.

📈 Transformational Growth 📈

Proven ability to lead companies through periods of rapid change and growth, ensuring seamless transitions and sustained competitive advantage.

I am passionate about helping ambitious companies unlock their full potential and achieve extraordinary results. Let's connect and explore how I can contribute to your organization's success.

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