Background

A Certified Public Accountant with over fifteen years of successful experience in public accounting and Fortune 500 companies. A track record of creating more efficient and accurate financial processes utilizing advanced Excel and analysis skills. Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within teams. Very clear and concise reporting skills.

Job experience

• February 2013 - present
  Partner
  Kachel & Kachel, CPAs
  

  Bingham Farms, MI, USA

  • Preparing income tax returns; Individual, S & C Corporation, LLC/Partnership, Trust and Non-Profit
  • Building strong relationships with clients through the preparation of their taxes, quarterly estimate filings and on-going tax
  planning
  •Gather and analyze account information, maintain general ledgers, reconcile accounts, create journal entries and prepare
  financial statements
  •Creation of sales, use and withholding submissions and other payroll forms

• February 2011 - February 2013
  Financial Analyst
  Tognum America
  

  Novi, MI, USA

  • Responsible for working with managers and directors to develop quarterly budgets for over thirty cost centers
  • Created reporting process to transfer costs from cost centers to profit centers in SAP in order to increase the accuracy and
  efficiency of corporate reporting
  • Consolidated cost center budgets on a quarterly basis and engineered a process to allocate costs to engine applications and
  sales channel
  • Developed an automated scorecard to be presented to company directors with latest cost and headcount information

• August 2009 - February 2011
  Financial Analyst
  Kimberly‐Clark Corporation
  

  Knoxville, TN, USA

  In charge of Personal Care and Family Care reporting for Business Analysis units
  • Created new reports and improved existing reports to allow for better decisions
  • Analyzed data to produce monthly key drivers and recommendations for cost savings
  • Researched and implemented process of updating per unit cost targets on an annual basis which saved the company 500
  man-hours and increased accuracy

• June 2006 - August 2008
  Financial Analyst
  Ford Motor Company
  

  Dearborn, MI, USA

  Responsible for budgeting, forecasting and tracking labor costs at Wayne Assembly plant with approximately 1500 employees
  running three shifts.
  • Redesigned supplier chargeback process which saved the company $700,000
  • Formulated and periodically reviewed a budget for overall plant and seven departments within the plant
  • Analyzed costs for four and implemented plans that are on track to meet the 2008 task of $15.5 Million
  • Generated procedures that improved efficiencies in processing and tracking projects

Education

• University of Michigan-Dearborn
  Masters of Business Administration
  

  2007 - 2009
• Michigan State University
  Bachelor of Arts
  

  2002 - 2006

  Finance
• Michigan State Unviersity
  Bachelor of Arts
  

  2002 - 2006

  International Relations

• Certified Public Accountant
  Michigan
  1101036407
  

  - present