Experience

Healthier Choice Flooring

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Controller

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Tarkett

• France
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Master Data Specialist

  • Jan 2022 - Nov 2022

  In preparation for an anticipated financial SAP implementation, I accepted a new remote master data role allowing focus on testing the consistency, accuracy, and process activity flow in the legacy CAMS master data.* I developed numerous SQL testing models that isolated inconsistency within the CAMS master files. Based on the subsequent corrective actions, the legacy broadloom SKU level standards will be reported accurately in CAMS.

• Plant Controller

  • Dec 2019 - Jan 2022

  Focus on developing, building, deploying, and maintaining daily dashboards reporting detailed operational department metrics that accurately represented MTD and YTD performance to budget and departmental standards for material, labor, and overhead. Responsible for Internal Controls compliance, Departmental Production Reporting, Operational Standards, and Inventory Valuation and Control.

• Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2019

  * Mapped out Lexmark's legacy financial reporting systems to comply and transition smoothly with Tarkett's SAP financial reporting model requirements.* Continuted to generate and monitor internal management reporting and subsequent analysis, highlighting notable trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance.* Focus shifted to developing, building, and deploying daily dashboard models reporting detailed operational department metrics.



Lexmark Carpet

• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

  • Dec 2013 - Aug 2018

  Managed the development, compilation, and reporting of financial forecasts, including annual budget and strategic plan. Generated and monitored internal management reporting and subsequent analysis, highlighting trends, and analyzing causes of unexpected variance. Generated and monitored external financial reporting, including reporting packages for lenders. Implemented analytical frameworks (benchmarks, financial metrics, KPIs) to measure financial / operating performance and evaluate business decisions. Acted as an advisor to the CEO, COO, CFO, and operations managers in managing the balance sheet as the company continued its rapid growth, assuring that we remained within loan covenants. * Ensured any data feeds used to populate financial models meet high quality standards necessary to support financial decisions and forecasting process *Drove continuous improvements in financial reporting. Focusing on top-line growth, margin expansion, and cash flow improvements *Member of the core team involved with selling Lexmark to Tarkett, NA Show less



Mohawk Industries

• United States
• Textile Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analytics Manager

  • Aug 2009 - Mar 2013

  Supported system implementation of company-wide pricing improvement initiative, providing margin opportunity analytics, developing metric prototypes, overall pricing system validation-and-reporting certification, and managing team responsible for deploying price increase work plan.* Personally developed and implemented the initial regional Market Base Price (MBP) grid logic used to rollout the national pricing guidance. The MS Access application was retained for over 18 months, providing timely price guidance that improved margins on over $3 Billon in soft-surface sales revenue.* Established the daily process and procedures to confirm and validate the daily revenue and related expense streams captured from the general ledger and supporting systems that uploaded into the Vendavo systems Waterfall. Show less

• Senior Financial Analyst

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2009

  Provided business and financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, workforce planning, and Hyperion planning support. Prepared the monthly SBU Financial review package used to present and discuss each business unit’s comparative performance against prior year, forecast, and budget, along with components of Free Cash Flow. Generated the GBR financial review package to incorporate management’s direct input that supported and/or defended the period results. Prepared the YTD and Quarter Bridge slides used to support the divisions 10K walk year-over-year change in Net Sales, SG&A, Gross Margin, and Operating Income.* Reviewed, consolidated, and uploaded the division’s company-level forecast into Hyperion HFM system. * Responsible for coordinating the division’s yearly budget process with each SBU financial lead and represented the overall division at the corporate level for the Hyperion workforce and planning system consolidation. * Researched and requested new JD Edwards SG&A object accounts be opened as needed. Show less



Robert Half

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant of Mohawk Industries

  • Apr 2006 - Dec 2006

  Coordinated a company-wide internal equipment lease accounting compliance audit and was subsequently retained on several follow-up projects (i.e., company/division lease purchase analysis, preparation of the 2007 division balance sheets for five-year strategic plan, and consolidation of the 2007 sales and SG&A budgets for the flooring division). Coordinated a company-wide internal equipment lease accounting compliance audit and was subsequently retained on several follow-up projects (i.e., company/division lease purchase analysis, preparation of the 2007 division balance sheets for five-year strategic plan, and consolidation of the 2007 sales and SG&A budgets for the flooring division).



The Polymer Group

• Dalton, Georgia

• Vice President of Finance & Administration

  • Aug 1982 - Mar 2006

  Led the accounting and administrative activities of closely held group of carpet, latex, and adhesive manufacturing companies. Implemented and maintained all aspects of accounting information systems. * Facilitated divestiture of businesses in 2005-2006 to maximize owner retirement funding strategy. Led the accounting and administrative activities of closely held group of carpet, latex, and adhesive manufacturing companies. Implemented and maintained all aspects of accounting information systems. * Facilitated divestiture of businesses in 2005-2006 to maximize owner retirement funding strategy.



Unocal

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Exchange Accountant

  • Dec 1979 - Aug 1982

  Reconciled the exchange of inventories and related thru-put charges/revenues with major Oil companies. * Exxon was the largest exchange account in my assigned responsibilities. Reconciled the exchange of inventories and related thru-put charges/revenues with major Oil companies. * Exxon was the largest exchange account in my assigned responsibilities.