Sabrina Filer, CMA
St. Augustine,FL
Summary
Dedicated and focused Finance professional with over 20 years of experience excelling at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve business goals. Flexible, detail-oriented and adaptive leader with expertise in finance analytics, project management, and team building.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Project Manager
Cummins Business Services
Nashville, TN
01.2017 - Current
- Facilitating and co-leading the implementation of the leasing standard change across all of the CBS sites globally, as well as the creation of a new global service line, with a global team
- Area of focus has been to verify balanced lease accounts and reduce the number of variances that existed across all reconciliations
- Facilitated global leasing training to all regions and entities on various leasing processes from account structure to currency.
- Improved various leasing processes across the business to improve the integrity of the financials in accordance to ASC842.
- Supplier relationship management with current leasing software supplier
- Trained global leasing team on various accounting concepts to build skill sets, as well as customer relations
- Worked cross functionally to identify areas for improvements
- Currently leading a major global project to improve leasing across all business units and functions.
Financial Systems Support Manager
Cummins Business Services
Nashville, TN
01.2014 - 01.2017
- Facilitating and leading various global project implementation across Cummins into a centralized business financial system
- Coordinate efforts between various business groups to implement Oracle modules such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, and general ledger across global entities
- Drive efficiency and communication between multi-team projects to ensure deliverables are met timely
- Included but not limited to Six Sigma projects
- Acted as the lead liaison for new financial software for CBS.
- Facilitated training of new software for all financial modules across the shared service.
Capital Controller
Cummins Filtration
Nashville, TN
01.2008 - 01.2014
- Overseeing all capital projects for a $1B dollar in sales business unit, of which $35 million in capital projects are in progress, at any given time
- Managed the review of all capital requests for business justification, facilitate the approval process of senior management, track all capital and software in progress, assist project leaders in the timely execution of their projects, and fixed assets management
- Provide monthly reports to senior management and Corporate for commitments through various improvement initiatives
- Responsible for the management of the monthly capital forecast, balance sheet and P&L integrity, and drive process improvements across global entities
- Lead the annual budgeting process as well as the five year strategic simulation process
- Presented results and analysis to key leaders of business unit and Corporate Finance.
- Managed direct reports through various process improvements and efficiency initiatives across the business.
Senior Financial Analyst
Cummins Filtration
Nashville, TN
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Providing budgetary and financial analysis for multiple global locations of this $1B dollar business unit
- Provide financial support and analysis (including software capitalization reporting) to the Corporate IT organization, with an annual budget of $30 million
- Prepare and execute month end close activities which include: complete consolidation, journal entries, global entity reporting, entity P&L distribution and analysis, and working capital reporting
- Assist executive management with all revenue and expenditure forecasts
- Reconcile monthly cash flow statement variances with Corporate
- Continual monitoring of SOx compliance in functional area
- Functions as Six Sigma Controller for IT organization.
Accounting Team Lead
Cummins Business Services
Nashville, TN
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Managing all external A/R, A/P, and Cash Management accounting of approximately $1B in monthly operations
- Supervise, evaluate, and develop a staff of four
- Prepare and approve monthly account reconciliations, manage month end close activities (including journal entries, reporting, and open/close the periods), variance analysis and resolution, monitor SOx compliance, and process improve
- Trained as a Six Sigma sponsor, seeking potential projects for
- Six Sigma belts that were direct reports
- Also, co-lead a team of twenty employees in local corporate diversity initiatives.
Accounts Receivable Accountant
Cummins Business Services
Nashville, TN
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Overseeing all accounting functions for the accounts receivable department
- Prepared all AR monthly reconciliations of GL accounts which included variance resolution
- Managed and executed all month end close activities
- Complied with all SOx regulations, as well as, assisted internal and external auditors with quarterly audits
- Continually worked with functional areas on process improvements.
Accounting Intern
Broward County Accounting Division
Ft Lauderdale, FL
01.2002 - 01.2002
- Responsible for all government billings (external and internal), journal entries, created spreadsheets for internal controls and assisted the Accounts Receivable Clerk with daily duties.
International Reservation Specialist
Delta Air Lines, Inc
Coral Gables, FL
01.1997 - 01.2001
- Member Services and Support Agent providing customer service to Delta’s elite status members, international and domestic customers
- Part of self-directed environment since 1997
- Held the scribe position on all teams
- Relayed all team meeting information, in writing, to team members and supervisor
- Awarded the certificate of excellence in September of 1998 and nominated every year since.
Office Manager
R/M Equipment, Inc
Miami, FL
01.1994 - 01.2000
- For a company manufacturing weapons for worldwide distribution
- In addition to bookkeeping/accounting/personnel/and financial management, responsible for all aspects required for the import/export of highly controlled merchandise including hazardous materials
- Required coordination with agencies of the U.S
- Federal
- Government, agencies of foreign nations, and international banks.
General Office Clerk, Accounts Receivable Clerk
Foot-Tec Industries, Inc
Miami Lakes, FL
01.1990 - 01.1994
- Credit Processor in the first six months
- Promoted to, responsibilities included billing, collections, shipping and receiving reconciliation as well as Letter of Credit preparation and presentation
- Promoted to Import Manager to oversee all aspects of a new venture, this entailed designing, implementing, and maintaining forecasting and sales analysis programs…determining import requirement in coordination with projected sales and on-hand inventory…personnel management including administrative assistance to seven sales people.
Education
Masters of Business Administration - Accounting
University of Phoenix
08.2006
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Florida Atlantic University
05.2002
Skills
- Microsoft Professional (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), Oracle Financials, BI Analytics, HFM (Hyperion Financial Management), Lotus Notes
- Performance Improvements
- Systems Implementation
- Multi-Unit Business Collaboration
- Project Management
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Detail Oriented
- Documentation and Reporting
- Team Collaboration
- Team Leadership
- Root Cause Analysis
- Project Scope
- Conflict Management
- Processes and Procedures
References
REFERENCES: Furnished Upon Request
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Finance Project Manager
Cummins Business Services
01.2017 - Current
Financial Systems Support Manager
Cummins Business Services
01.2014 - 01.2017
Capital Controller
Cummins Filtration
01.2008 - 01.2014
Senior Financial Analyst
Cummins Filtration
01.2006 - 01.2008
Accounting Team Lead
Cummins Business Services
01.2005 - 01.2006
Accounts Receivable Accountant
Cummins Business Services
01.2003 - 01.2005
Accounting Intern
Broward County Accounting Division
01.2002 - 01.2002
International Reservation Specialist
Delta Air Lines, Inc
01.1997 - 01.2001
Office Manager
R/M Equipment, Inc
01.1994 - 01.2000
General Office Clerk, Accounts Receivable Clerk
Foot-Tec Industries, Inc
01.1990 - 01.1994
Masters of Business Administration - Accounting
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Florida Atlantic University
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