Controller
151802 | Contract
This highly effective Controller has extensive experience in the accounting and finance functions. Expertise includes leveraging deep business operations knowledge to effectively execute transformation strategies, turnaround management and performance improvement initiatives. Industry experience includes logistics, transportation and manufacturing.
Additional qualifications include:
- Served as a strategic business partner to the corporate leadership team, providing the vision, guidance and direction required to drive growth while balancing financial risk
- Worked across departments and divisions to collaborate with leaders and stakeholders to support enterprise financial, operational and commercial objectives
- Owned critical financial domains including budgeting, accounting, auditing, compliance, reporting, FP&A, profit monitoring and policy
- Directed a team of six that executed functions around budget management, financial reporting, U.S. GAAP adherence, financial statements, general ledger, P&L forecasting and auditing, AP and AR, compliance, reconciliation, cost analysis, process optimization and variance analysis
- Oversaw monthly, quarterly and annual closes
- Created standardized monthly reports that ensured consistency and comparability, while reducing monthly closing time
- Developed new KPIs that focused on historical results and provided improved tools for more accurate forecasting
- Increased financial team’s effectiveness by leading training and development initiatives
- Provided executive stewardship and established a culture of efficiency, accountability and integrity
- Worked across divisions and teams to deliver financial guidance
- Consulted on financial modeling used to inform business planning
- Led risk management efforts
- Enabled 9% annual revenue growth by developing a capital investment expansion strategy and oversaw all financial aspects
- Established KPIs for accounting and finance departments, resulting in an increase in productivity, client service satisfaction and performance
- Generated 67% improvement in receivable collections and improved cash flow by refining AP and AR process improvements
- Increased transparency for senior management and instituted rigorous collection practices
- Directed an SAP augmentation project that improved productivity, accuracy and quality of communications between financial and operational departments
- Reduced internal treasury-related expenses by fundamentally restructuring treasury operations, including selecting new banks, implementing new policies and procedures and reducing staff hours
- Reduced monthly close from 5 to 3 days and implemented a multiphase integration plan
- Saved $100,000 per year by renegotiating key vendor contracts
#PlatinumProgram
Skills: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Audit Planning, Balance Sheet, Bank Reconciliations, Billing, Bloomberg, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cash Flows, Consolidations, Cost Accounting – Standard, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Reporting, General Ledger
Controller
151802 | Contract
This highly effective Controller has extensive experience in the accounting and finance functions. Expertise includes leveraging deep business operations knowledge to effectively execute transformation strategies, turnaround management and performance improvement initiatives. Industry experience includes logistics, transportation and manufacturing.
Additional qualifications include:
- Served as a strategic business partner to the corporate leadership team, providing the vision, guidance and direction required to drive growth while balancing financial risk
- Worked across departments and divisions to collaborate with leaders and stakeholders to support enterprise financial, operational and commercial objectives
- Owned critical financial domains including budgeting, accounting, auditing, compliance, reporting, FP&A, profit monitoring and policy
- Directed a team of six that executed functions around budget management, financial reporting, U.S. GAAP adherence, financial statements, general ledger, P&L forecasting and auditing, AP and AR, compliance, reconciliation, cost analysis, process optimization and variance analysis
- Oversaw monthly, quarterly and annual closes
- Created standardized monthly reports that ensured consistency and comparability, while reducing monthly closing time
- Developed new KPIs that focused on historical results and provided improved tools for more accurate forecasting
- Increased financial team’s effectiveness by leading training and development initiatives
- Provided executive stewardship and established a culture of efficiency, accountability and integrity
- Worked across divisions and teams to deliver financial guidance
- Consulted on financial modeling used to inform business planning
- Led risk management efforts
- Enabled 9% annual revenue growth by developing a capital investment expansion strategy and oversaw all financial aspects
- Established KPIs for accounting and finance departments, resulting in an increase in productivity, client service satisfaction and performance
- Generated 67% improvement in receivable collections and improved cash flow by refining AP and AR process improvements
- Increased transparency for senior management and instituted rigorous collection practices
- Directed an SAP augmentation project that improved productivity, accuracy and quality of communications between financial and operational departments
- Reduced internal treasury-related expenses by fundamentally restructuring treasury operations, including selecting new banks, implementing new policies and procedures and reducing staff hours
- Reduced monthly close from 5 to 3 days and implemented a multiphase integration plan
- Saved $100,000 per year by renegotiating key vendor contracts
#PlatinumProgram
Skills: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Audit Planning, Balance Sheet, Bank Reconciliations, Billing, Bloomberg, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cash Flows, Consolidations, Cost Accounting – Standard, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Reporting, General Ledger