Sales Management

Duane Dombrowski, CPA, MBA ***** Essex Ct.

Plymouth, MI 48170

(cell) 248-***-****

**************@***.***

CAREER TRACK

AISIN WORLD CORP. OF AMERICA Plymouth, Michigan

FINANCE MANAGER 4/07 - 4/11

Managed all aspects of the Finance & Accounting function, including

transaction processing (GL, AP, Cash and Fixed Assets), financial

reporting, budget variance, margin analysis, audit, risk management and

tax matters for this international Japanese automotive supplier with

$1.7B in annual sales. Continually analyzed current processes in areas of

cash management, vendor relationships, new business flows, budget

development and forecasting to implement improvements and facilitate new

methodologies and procedures.

> Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting packages to

satisfy internal and external reporting requirements.

> Led financial planning and analysis in discussions with senior

management to establish short / long range objectives, develop

strategies and track progress.

> Presented detailed monthly financial reporting package (P&L, variance

analysis, key performance metrics) at monthly Operations Meeting with

President and senior management.

> Responsible for daily cash management of consolidated operations (i.e.

16 plants, $70M). Conducted cash pooling, overnight investing /

borrowing and long term forecasting through banking relations.

> Developed annual and five-year P&L forecasts while working diligently

with Sales Planning Department and senior management to review company

and industry trends.

> Supervised monthly expense and margin variance analysis. Documented

reasons and worked with various departments to initiate corrective

measures.

> Managed financial and SOX audits with internal and external auditors

which resulted in zero adjustments or deficiencies for five

consecutive years.

ACCOUNTING MANAGER 3/03 - 4/07

Managed project development of new business model to improve information

gathering and planning. Chaired six-member team and implemented new

procedures to garner dramatic improvements in organizational efficiencies

and increased profit levels. Directly supervised 12-member staff and

worked closely with manufacturing plants regarding invoicing, quality,

and pricing issues.

> Developed and implemented comprehensive accounting checklist for all

accounting functions (GL, AR, AP and Cash) to increase productivity

and accuracy during strategic planning efforts.

> Led month-end closing procedures. Ensured compliance with GAAP and

reduced closing time by 37% (i.e. 3 days) while developing working

knowledge of IFRS.

> Prepared annual operations, expense and capital appropriations budgets

while working closely with 37 departments to reduce costs, improve

efficiencies and increase fixed asset utilization.

> Coordinated monthly inter-company reconciliations, consolidated

financial reporting packages from 16 plants and reported to parent

company in Japan.

> Developed, implemented and ensured adherence to financial policies and

procedures for tighter internal controls to mitigate risk for SOX

conformity and co-wrote company's first Accounting Manual.

> Member of five-person team responsible to spin-off a business segment.

Responsible for contacting federal and state agencies and completed

documents to create new legal entity.

> Conducted company's first ever fixed asset physical inventory which

resulted in annual property tax savings of $40,000 by identifying

assets no longer held.

MRC, INC. Roseville, Michigan

PLANT CONTROLLER 8/00 - 3/03

Demonstrated strong planning, organizational, and leadership skills in

all aspects of standard cost accounting, operational development, and

improvement initiatives for this privately held manufacturing company

with $15M in annual sales. Duties included leading seven-member staff in

areas of GL, AR, AP, payroll, month-end close, financial reporting,

standard costing, and inventory control.

> Provided financial planning and analysis, budget control and P&L

reporting directly to owner.

> Prepared daily, weekly and monthly operations results as well as

detailed weekly / monthly expense and production forecasts.

> Determined targeted goals for key performance indicators (KPIs) of

costs, quality, productivity, delivery, cycle time, inventory

optimization and profitability.

> Adopted various 'lean principles' to promote continuous improvements

in areas of increased productivity, operating efficiencies and

profitability.

> Identified cost reduction and process improvement opportunities

through frequent daily shop floor walks and employee interaction.

> Managed quarterly physical inventory count and implemented inventory

management and control policies and practices which reduced the number

of quantity adjustments by 85%.

COST ACCOUNTANT 6/98 - 8/00

Delivered innovative, cost-effective financial analysis and improvement

procedures for manufacturing efforts, including product-costing

projections, obsolete raw material and finished goods inventory tracking.

> Coordinated development of standard costs (i.e. material, labor and

overhead) to establish an acceptable base for measuring product cost,

expense control and plant performance.

> Enhanced cost accounting to assist in planning, quoting, execution and

review of customer projects.

> Conducted monthly variance analysis between standard costs and actuals

to identify inefficiencies.

> Recommended benchmarks against which to measure the performance of

production objectives.

LEAR CORPORATION Dearborn, Michigan

FINANCIAL ANALYST 4/96 - 6/98

Contributed vision, planning and financial management expertise critical

to organizational efficiency and business growth for this automotive

supplier with $14.1B in annual sales. Identified required resources,

effective channels, proven processes and provided leadership in areas of

financial development / analysis.

> Prepared Ford Motor Company's Customer Focused Division (CFD)

financial package including plant variance analysis, AR aging, plant

underperformance and program / product underperformance.

KUSHNER, CHUPAK, KIPPELMAN, GARELIK & TAUB, P.C. Bingham Farms, Michigan

JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT 1/94 - 4/96

Provided insightful financial accounting expertise, including compiling

monthly financial statements, assisting with budgeting and forecasting

efforts, and preparing personal, corporate, and payroll taxes for a wide

variety of clients.

> Managed 12 major client accounts valued up to $15M.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Excel - Word - Outlook - PowerPoint - JBA (i.e. ERP) - Stravis (i.e.

Hyperion)

LEARNING CREDENTIALS

MBA - FINANCE, Wayne State University 2001

BA - ACCOUNTING & FINANCE, Central Michigan University 1993

CERTIFICATIONS

CPA; CMA (Certified Management Accountant); CFM (Certified in Financial

Management)

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