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Pamela Ruskey

Fort Worth,TX

Summary

Performance-driven Vice President with 8 years of experience aligning systems with business requirements, policies and regulatory requirements. Passionate about applying excellent organization and communication skills to manage and lead teams. Results-oriented individual well-versed in interfacing and consulting on business processes to drive results based on sound overall business judgment.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

VP of Accounting/Corporate Controller

Petmate
10.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for managing $500M in revenue, month-end close activities, financial reporting, internal and external audits, as well as Capital Expenditures, cost accounting, integration, M&A and compliance
  • Reporting directly to CFO
  • Recognized and corrected 4-year inventory insufficiencies in order to avert shortages during demand surges, reducing inventory spend by $250K
  • Designed and implemented month-end workflows that decreased errors and increased financial reporting accuracy
  • Introduced obsolescence reserve calculation that decreased audit scrutiny
  • Implemented monthly financial review with operations, increased visibility and aided in business decisions
  • Created and executed monthly lunch and learns, providing valuable tools, techniques, training, and teamwork to business
  • Reduced accruals by ~$3M in less than 2 months
  • Reduced project time by 25 hours per month, on Freight Out, Freight In, and Inventory In-transit through process simplification
  • Standardized variance recognition and reporting, reduced project time by 5 hours per month
  • Increased month-end, financial reporting, and audit efficiency resulting in reduction of 5 contract employees, in 3 months
  • Revamped and streamlined Customer Program reporting and accruals through process simplification
  • Manage daily financial accounting activities, which includes 5 reporting units and annual revenue of $500 million
  • Improved accounting practice accuracy for multiple processes where methodology did not align with GAAP.

Division Accounting Manager/ Assistant Controller

Parker Hannifin
08.2021 - 09.2022
  • Responsible for managing $250M in revenue, month-end close activities, financial reporting, accounts payable, cost accounting and compliance
  • Reporting directly to Corporate Controller
  • Designed and implemented month-end workflows that decreased errors and increased financial reporting accuracy.
  • Increased WADPO by 15 days through business and vendor relations
  • Designed and implemented purchasing approval matrix, reduced monthly spend by $1.3M
  • Collaborated closely with operations to help effectively manage inventory and manufacturing
  • Created and implemented purchase card expenditure policy and process.
  • Manage daily financial accounting activities, which includes 4 reporting units and annual revenue of $250 million.
  • Recognized by organization as “High Flier”.

Brand CFO/ Accounting Manager

Caterpillar Inc
07.2020 - 08.2021
  • Responsible for managing $900M in revenue, annual sales plan, budget, and forecast
  • Managed financial reporting, new product introductions, sales deal analysis, and sales and use tax along with compliance
  • Reporting directly to Division CFO
  • Reduced annual sales and use tax
  • Designed and implemented authority delegation matrix
  • Developed annual sales and budget workbook
  • Worked closely with supply chain, operations, and sales to drive business process and reporting improvements
  • Created sales deal analysis process
  • Streamlined and standardized New Product Introduction process
  • Managed financial review of contracts

Brand CFO/ Accounting Manager

Caterpillar Inc
10.2019 - 12.2020
  • Responsible for managing $45M in revenue, annual sales plan, budget, and forecast
  • Managed financial reporting, sales and use tax along with compliance and operational activities
  • Reporting directly to Division CFO
  • Increased inventory accuracy by 25%
  • Reduced returns, through contract negotiations
  • Decreased EH&S recordable findings through reduced returns and scrap processes
  • Developed annual sales and budget workbook
  • Worked closely with supply chain, operations, and sales to drive business process and reporting improvements
  • Managed business exit strategy and complete wind down
  • Oversaw all operational activity

Sr Project accountant

Solar Turbines Inc, Subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc
03.2019 - 10.2019
  • Responsible for managing revenue recognition across all phases of the project along with cycle counts and inventory accuracy management
  • Reported directly to the Business Resource Manager
  • Streamlined project margin analysis and reporting
  • Improved revenue recognition across multiple phases of the project

Head of Internal Audit/ Audit manager

Solar turbines Inc, Subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc
09.2017 - 03.2019
  • Responsible for internal controls, globally
  • Managed VP departmental budget
  • Reporting directly to Senior Business Resource Manager
  • Designed and implemented internal control matrix
  • Trained 250 internal control coordinators, globally
  • Created internal control testing schedule and reporting deck
  • Increased effectiveness of internal controls and audit results in 1 year
  • Streamlined and standardized audit reporting to CEO and CFO
  • In concert with Director of Risk and Controls, briefed executive leadership on audit objectives and procedures, and obtained their support and cooperation in planned audit activities
  • Managed Internal Auditing Program across all business units
  • Prepared, performed, and managed Internal Audit schedules, testing, results, and report-outs to Caterpillar Inc
  • Created and maintained executive leadership departmental budgets
  • Recognized by the organization as a “High Flier”

Internal Audit accountant

Caterpillar Inc
12.2016 - 09.2017
  • Onboarded SailPoint
  • Trained 1,500 internal control coordinators
  • Reduced segregation of duty conflicts
  • Improved mitigating controls
  • Managed SAP testing environment

Education

MBA -

University of Illinois
Springfield, IL
05.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Accounting

University of Illinois
Springfield, IL
12.2016

Skills

  • Process Improvement
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Business Acumen
  • Accounting Management
  • Financial Management
  • AP/AR Invoicing
  • Internal Control Management
  • Pricing and Costing
  • Adaptability to Change
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Cross-functional Team Leadership
  • Month-End Reporting
  • Financial Reporting
  • Audit Support
  • ERP Systems Proficiency

Systems

Oracle, SAP, InFor, D365, SharePoint, SmartSheet, Sailpoint, Essbase

Timeline

VP of Accounting/Corporate Controller

Petmate
10.2022 - Current

Division Accounting Manager/ Assistant Controller

Parker Hannifin
08.2021 - 09.2022

Brand CFO/ Accounting Manager

Caterpillar Inc
07.2020 - 08.2021

Brand CFO/ Accounting Manager

Caterpillar Inc
10.2019 - 12.2020

Sr Project accountant

Solar Turbines Inc, Subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc
03.2019 - 10.2019

Head of Internal Audit/ Audit manager

Solar turbines Inc, Subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc
09.2017 - 03.2019

Internal Audit accountant

Caterpillar Inc
12.2016 - 09.2017

MBA -

University of Illinois

Bachelor of Arts - Accounting

University of Illinois

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