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Experience
Regional Ocean Controller
2018 - PresentSchenker Americas, Inc.
- Analyze financial results and trends, providing management with data-driven insights through comprehensive variance analysis
- Developed bottom-up budget of over €569 million for the region
- Managed process to distribute $317 million budget to 26 US branches
- Developed Excel solution to streamline budget process, reducing time to completion by 2 weeks
- Designed daily gross profit reporting, resulting in 15% reduction in out-of-period adjustments and 90% reduction in manual adjustments
- Generate comprehensive quarterly and multi-year forecasts
- Serve as finance subject matter expert for ocean product and mentor junior finance members
Collections Manager
2010 - 2018Schenker Americas, Inc.
- Oversaw $60 million collection portfolio of the company's top customers
- Supervised and coordinated activities of up to 12 collections employees, reducing delinquency to 15%
- Participated in Accounts Receivable integration post-acquisition, reducing bad debt by $18 million
- Drove team capabilities through targeted coaching and development initiatives
- Acted as escalation point for complex collection issues, investigating root causes to resolve disputes
- Collaborated cross-functionally with sales and divisional leadership to manage credit risk
- Designed and implemented standard customer aging statements
- Served as subject matter expert in offshoring initiative
Core Competencies
Financial Management
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Variance & P&L Analysis
- Strategic Financial Planning
Leadership
- Team Leadership
- Training & Development
- Cross-functional Collaboration
Technical
- SAP, Advanced Excel
- Tableau, PowerPoint
- US GAAP, IFRS
Education
Master of Science in Accounting
Old Dominion University
2023