Experience

Focus Management Group

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • May 2023 - Present

  Focus Management Group is a professional services firm headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Tampa and Cleveland. Focus Management Group provides turn-key support to underperforming companies and their stakeholders, including lending institutions, equity sponsors and law-firms. Focus Management Group is a professional services firm headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Tampa and Cleveland. Focus Management Group provides turn-key support to underperforming companies and their stakeholders, including lending institutions, equity sponsors and law-firms.



Silverman Consulting

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jul 2022 - May 2023

• Associate

  • Apr 2016 - Jul 2022



Navistar Inc

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance and Accounting Leadership Development Associate

  • Jun 2014 - Apr 2016

  Rotation 1: Internal Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, and Risk Management: - Test of controls at various business units to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance - Central testing of account reconciliations and journal entries - Sample selection, inquiry of management review procedures, clearing/discussing reviewer comments on work performed - Assist in planning, execution and reporting of Navistar’s SOX Assessment - Perform Direct Assist work for KPMG involving substantive procedures as well as Walkthroughs, Test of Design, and Test of Operating Effectiveness for controls over a multitude of business segments -Consult with potential buyers of operations over asset valuation and other divestiture information -Consult with various business segment leaders on continuous process improvements -Remediation of issues around internal controls in order to streamline effective processes -Act as an independent, objective assurance and consulting partner to add value and improve company operations -Examine key controls in order to assess related risk -Act as catalyst for improving company's governance, risk management and management controls by providing insight and recommendations based on analyses and assessments of data and business processes. Rotation 2: Joint Strategic Operations and Planning • Consulting project designed to drive strategic plans and accelerate progress throughout Navistar • Partnered with a large consulting firm to accelerate cost reductions within the SG&A workstream • Consulted with leaders of various business segments to develop plans of action regarding cost reduction activities and revenue generation. • Performed detailed analytics behind current organizational structure and the comparison to benchmarks • Analyzed the efficiency and effectiveness of various business segment organizational structures based on benchmarks and proposed realignment activities to help meet cost reduction goals Show less


Navistar
• India
• JSOP

  • 2015 - 2016
• Finance and Accounting Leadership Development Intern

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Published Springfield Inventory Plan to Corporate Truck Manufacturing and Springfield leadership Consolidated inventory repair efforts to show repair hour per truck transparency used for projecting ending inventory and leveraged for forecasting purposes Participated in month end close procedures dealing with WIP and Account Reconciliations Assisted Internal Control Manager with Inventory Analysis and Forecasting Assisted Finance Manager with ad hoc analyses dealing with projections and standards Show less



Sakal / Credit Adjustments Inc.

• Skip Tracer

  • May 2011 - Dec 2011

  Used various resources to locate and contact debtors Retrieved information on debtors to forward to collectors. Filed, scanned and performed other office work. Used various resources to locate and contact debtors Retrieved information on debtors to forward to collectors. Filed, scanned and performed other office work.