sale and distribution of welding supplies and automotive industrial coatings.

• Provide oversight, leadership and financial direction to divisional business unit controllers.• Perform monthly reviews of business unit financial performances and deliver clear verbal and written explanations of analyses to executive leadership that translates findings into tactical and strategic recommendations.• Direct, plan and manage the gas division forecasting and budget development. • Establish and communicate timelines, analyze and challenge submitted budgets/forecasts and present summarized information by business unit to senior/executive management.• Provide leadership and support to the overall gas division financial processes including designing presentations and reports, variance analysis, lease tracking, capital expenditure acquisition process and forecast projections.• Direct the preparation and review of divisional board financial presentations for the gas division.

• Supported integration of new markets and entities into corporate structure following company mergers and acquisition.• Provided education and training for new market leadership in major financial indicators and processes (i.e. revenue recognition, cash flow, forecasting, Cost in Excess of Billing (CIEB), project cost control/cost monitoring, task prioritization, importance of daily project tracking, develop tools to assist in the previously mentioned activities, etc.).• Supported new markets in establishing process and procedures in accordance with corporate standards.

• Led multi-region support teams (from 5-10 direct reports and as many as 80 indirect reports, as well as dotted line responsibility for Finance team of 7) which were comprised of Site Acquisition, Project Controls, Systems and Reporting, Scoping and Logistics for a region generating in excess of $150M in revenue annually.• Drove all activities for all support teams in support of the Project Management Organization in order to properly deliver cell tower site builds involving one of the top two United States wireless carriers.• Directed each of the teams as they participated in both bi-weekly and annual business and financial reviews with the internal and external customers.• Acted as a liaison between the finance and operational support teams to drive financial performance and meet corporate revenue expectations and customer deliverables.• Supported the generation of monthly forecasts and budgets as well as the annual management plan.• Served as the frontline interface to the corporate executive leadership in all facets of the business.• Periodically supported additional regions and assisted with integration of new acquisitions.

• Led finance team through a business restructure and created processes and controls to drive all facets of regional financial reporting to properly capture POC (percentage of completion) accounting information. • Drove all month-end reporting activities including report generation for the region and executive leadership team.• Managed all budgeting and forecasting activities for the region monthly and annually.• Led all financial reviews and finance meetings with executive leadership and executive leadership of customers.

• Led the mega site finance team; comprised of two facilities manufacturing four product lines, in providing all financial requirements for the Uniboard USA entity of the international company, including full profit and loss (P&L) and balance sheet reporting for each plant. The team consisted of three direct reports and eight indirect reports.• Drove all month-end reporting activities including report generation for site and executive leadership team.• Managed all financial aspects of the start-up project for the new $150M manufacturing facility.• Led finance team and other plant personnel in implementation of systems applications and products (SAP).• Created forecasts/budgets monthly and for the annual management plan. • Supported international requirements from parent company, including foreign exchange (FX) hedging and corporate loan requirements.

• Managed manufacturing finance support for a $300M joint venture between Dow Chemical and Reichhold Chemical Specialty Latex division; included global cost accounting system, responsible for all aspects of plant accounting for all manufacturing facilities and financial reporting to President and senior leadership team.• Processed all month end book close activities related to the manufacturing and material lines of income statement, including all general ledger entries, accruals and subsequent variance analysis.• Created forecasts, budgets and the annual management plan as it related to establishing standard product cost, plant spending, inventory levels and oversight and review of Activity Based Costing (ABC). • Conducted inventory related activities including valuation, physical inventory, and reserve requirements. • Managed all aspects of fixed asset accounting, including review of Capital Expenditure Appropriation Requests for adherence to financial policies including capitalization levels, depreciation method, and asset life.

- Senior Finance Manager – Raleigh, NC – 2001- Accounting Manager – Mt. Olive, NJ – 2000 – 2001- Accounting Manager – Warren, NJ – 1997 – 2000