Michelle Garrison
Houston,PA
Summary
Dedicated financial professional with a history of meeting company goals, utilizing consistent and organized practices and procedures. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations, challenges and creating efficiencies to best enhance reporting, budgeting and analysis. Excellent problem solver with past history of developing strong FP&A team and developing relationships to create successful cross functional teams. Demonstrated achievements include: transitioning the financial operations of a family owned company to a publicly traded international company along with redesigning reporting and analytics of a 550 million dollar business unit to meet requirements of parent company. Reporting includes quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, variance analysis, product margins and internal and external audits.. Designed business software to manage ever changing requirements from Business unit, US Parent company as well as Group French Company.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
FP&A Manager
Starline, A Legrand Co.
01.2018 - Current
- Assisted in due diligence process during sale of company
- Provided budgeting, analytical and reporting for 4 international companies as company grew from 185m to 550m in 5 years
- Modified financial reporting structure to support changes in revenue, COGS and SG&A expenses to support explosive growth
- Developed customer and product code gross margin to help identify low margin sales, and help Product Managers review List Prices as needed
- Evaluated various product lines with sales of less than 5m dollars to determine fully loaded margin and cost to prepare to sale
- Facilitated training of 5 plant managers and multiple mid level managers on financial statements, budget comparison as well as productivity reporting.
Controller
CFOAM LLC (Carbon Innovations)
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Managed all financial and accounting functions for Start-up Company
- Developed Financial systems
- Managed banking relationships
- Coordinated closing of $2.2m of loans for production expansion
- Instrumental in maintain staff morale and continuity during and after change in all senior management except Controller role
- Prepared quarterly financial reporting for Australian based public company
- Provided monthly costing, capital and financial reports for internal and external use
Financial Consultant
Resources Global Professionals
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Built strong relationships with clients through consistent communication and exceptional customer service.
- Generated additional revenue by creating extensions of initial contracts by completing all work as assigned and continuously requesting additional responsibilities
- Discovered errors and made corrections 10K reporting, proxy statements and SEC reporting
- Coordinated audit for multiple domestic and foreign companies
- Utilized reporting writing skills to maintain and develop financial reporting
- Provided full chart of accounts Data cleansing and enrichment for SAP implementation
Manager, Financial Controlling
ANH Refractories, Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2013
- Saved over 3m dollars in year one as China export licenses were being limited by pushing cost increases to customers 6 months sooner than average
- Produce supplemental financial reporting on monthly basis including: Business Unit Income statements with ROIC calculations
- Performed financial analysis for SG&A spending, Plant profitability, business unit margin and item margin
- Evaluated moving specific manufactured products to China to save over $2m annually as well as freeing up plant capacity
- Monthly meetings with Business and Sales Unit Mgr's., to review results, discuss problems, issues and opportunities
- Provided secondary cash management activities for $600m business
- Managed development of dynamic Strategic Plan that allowed for several variables to change during review to generate updated results
- Utilized Cognos BI software
Controller
AZCAR USA. Inc.
01.2001 - 01.2005
- Developed strategy with external tax partner to update non-filed Sales and Use tax returns, appeals and assisted customers in appeals and filings, mitigating $450k in penalties for both business and customers
- Responsible for cash management, forward contracts and currency exchange,
- Prepared consolidated financial statements for Toronto Stock Exchange Reporting financial statements for internal and external reporting
- Integrated automated billing for distribution division
- Conversion US Entity from Solomon to Jonas computer system along with implementing modules that had not been utilized previously
Controller
Bidwell Training Center/Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
01.1996 - 01.2001
- Restructured financial system to sustain organizational growth and changing structure from 3 to 5 non profit entities as well as Endowment
- Represented organization design, implementation and building of $15m complex
- Responsible for cash management, banking relationships and corporate loans for $25m entities
- Provided budgets and financial reporting for grants
- Implemented cost allocations for shared services between parent and subsidiaries
- Prepared and presented Financial Statements to various Board of Directors
Staff Accountant and Accounting Manager
Health Care Services
01.1992 - 01.1996
- Reported on 18 physician offices and clinics in health system
- Streamlined various accounting tasks and automated manual reports
- Implemented Accounts Payable/Materials Management interfaces
- Produced monthly Financial Statements
- Developed and maintained annual operating budgets
- Designed internal controls and policies
Education
MBA - Business Administration
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV05.1990
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
Glenville State University
Glenville, WV05.1988
Skills
- Financial Management
- FP&A Team development
- Cross-Functional Teamwork
- Actual, budget and variance reporting
- Complex Problem-Solver
- Operational team member helping provide KPI's evaluating results and reporting
- Strategic Planning
- Performance Management
- Cash Management
- Procedures and Policy Implementation
- System implementation, design and management
Certification
- CPA - Certified Public Accountant
Timeline
FP&A Manager
Starline, A Legrand Co.
01.2018 - Current
Controller
CFOAM LLC (Carbon Innovations)
01.2016 - 01.2018
Financial Consultant
Resources Global Professionals
01.2013 - 01.2016
Manager, Financial Controlling
ANH Refractories, Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2013
Controller
AZCAR USA. Inc.
01.2001 - 01.2005
Controller
Bidwell Training Center/Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
01.1996 - 01.2001
Staff Accountant and Accounting Manager
Health Care Services
01.1992 - 01.1996
MBA - Business Administration
West Virginia University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
Glenville State University
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