Experience

Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Financial Analyst- FP&A

  • Jan 2022 - Present



MediaNews Group

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Finance Director

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2022

  • Responsible for budgeting and weekly forecasting for DFM East Majors Revenue and Northeast Classified Revenue including Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and New England Divisions.• Developed and streamlined daily revenue reporting tools for Michigan and DFM East for use by Executive Team in making operational decisions.• Liaison for Division Controllers and DFM East Executive team.• Oversee and calculate monthly/quarterly and yearly Commission plans for Advertising Executives. • Reconcile and report month end DFM East Revenue to Executive Team and Corporate Finance.• Formulate and distribute monthly and quarterly revenue goals for Advertising Executives.• Assist in Regional Budgeting and Month end Close Process

• Regional Finance Director - Michigan

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  • P&L Responsibility for the State of Michigan including over 40 media publications. • Responsible for fiscal year budgeting, month end closing, weekly flash/forecasting.• Streamlined reporting process for Executive team including Ad rep performance, Monthly Rolling Forecasting, Expense Reduction Initiatives, Publication P&L statements.• Corporate reporting responsibilities including P&L Variance Reporting, Budget Analysis, Cost reduction Analysis, ad-hoc requests. • Oversight of monthly consolidation and executive financial package.• Oversight of the financial reporting processes, providing accurate and timely data to local and corporate management.• Development and interpretation of statistical and accounting information in order to evaluate operating results in terms of revenue and expenses comparing performance against budget, prior year and forecast.• Interpretation of financial data for management use in business decisions and assists in identifying opportunities for improvement and support processes impacting business effectiveness.• Partner with functional leadership team in the development of projects that improve operating performance. • Assists in maintaining various existing systems and assist with the deployment of new programs and software as they are introduced.

• Senior Financial Analyst

  • May 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Tracked and analyzed all aspects of the business including Sales/Revenue, Expenses, COGS, Production, Logistics, and Employee Compensation • Created and maintain standardized monthly reports for use by senior management including Key Performance Indicators.• Worked to develop a standardized multi-level P&L for use in cost reduction initiatives.



TD3 Design

• Eastpointe, MI

• Owner-Operator

  • 2010 - May 2013

  Web Design & Services including website design, social media management, SEO services, logos, graphics, website administration, web analytics. Web Design & Services including website design, social media management, SEO services, logos, graphics, website administration, web analytics.



Autoliv

• Sweden
• Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• North American Purchasing Controller

  • 2007 - 2010

  • Tracked and analyzed direct costs or actual vs. budget on a monthly basis, and presented it to the North American President, noting the reasons for any discrepancies. • Developed a supplier database to identify “at risk” suppliers—ranking them as red, yellow, and green—as part of a Supply Base Reduction Plan and Low Cost Country Percentage Plan.• Developed a 2-year detailed cost reduction planning tool for the tracking of $360M in annual sales and $230M in annual expenditures. • Created and implemented a standardized financial data reporting package that tracked the following: direct cost as a percentage of sales, material price variance, freight-in, currency exchange loss, and working capital improvements.• Monitored Material Price Variance/Material Usage Variance accounts on a daily basis to compare budgeted vs. actual savings, relaying this to management and correcting any extraordinary items.• Implemented a method for establishing standard costs for better alignment with commodity strategies, and a more simplistic measure against actual performance. • Assisted Purchasing with tools and knowledge to reach and exceed targeted cost reduction targets by commodity type. • Tracked currency raw material trends to determine the validity of supplier claims for price increases or the company’s claims for price decreases. • North American Champion for the company’s Global Purchasing System.

• Senior Financial Analyst

  • 2005 - 2007

  • North American representative for development of Worldwide Marketing Information System used to track sales, volume, market share, etc.• Analyzed and distributed monthly budget vs. actual variance reports for each North American Cost Center. • Reconciled the Customer Funded Tooling file for each customer to determine monies outstanding by Customer Group.• Analyzed monthly/quarterly/annual income statements for customer business units and provided insights on the data contained within. • Provided and analyzed Crystal reports derived from the Marketing Information System to customer business units, and to upper finance management who used them to make sourcing decisions.

• Accounting Supervisor

  • 2004 - 2005

  • Supervisor for local Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable employees.• Made decisions related to validity of expense report claims, customer invoicing, balance sheet accruals, and accounts payable authorizations.• Worked with customer business units to resolve outstanding accounts receivable issues.• Provided and analyzed income statement and balance sheet data to customer business units on a timely basis.

• Business Unit Analyst

  • 2000 - 2004

  • Tracked and analyzed North American customer business unit financials of $500M in annual sales.• Wrote hundreds of Crystal reports for the V.P. of Finance, and customer business unit directors. • Drove A/R collection, including reconciling customer funded tooling.• Devised and implemented training for the end users of a North American PACT (Project Approval and Cost Tracking) database.• Actively participated in annual cost center budget process

• Accounting Assistant

  • 1998 - 2000

  • Performed Bank and Balance Sheet Reconciliations. • Processed Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. • Processed Expense Reports. • Assisted Accountant and Controller with special projects.