Hojin Kang

W**** Buchanan Rd

Appleton WI *****

920-***-****

E-mail: abidkz@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERTISE

. Controller

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. Corporate Finance (US GAAP)

. International Finance (IFRS)

. Operations and management finance

. Business Analysis, Performance metrics, KPI

. Product Pricing & Transfer Pricing

. Cost accounting and Inventory control

. Strategic Planning & Business Development

. Business Acquisition and Operation start up

. Process Improvement (VSM and Six Sigma - Green Belts)

. Change management

. ERP System & Technology Implementation

. Shared service center

. Procurement initiative

. SOX & Regulatory Compliances and Audit

LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES

Hands on management - Strategic Planning -Team Communication - Attention to

details

Mentorship for development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Albany International Corporation (NYSE: AIN), Albany, NY

Albany International ($1B) is a global advanced textiles and materials

processing company. Its core business is the world's leading producer of

custom-designed fabrics and belts essential to the production of paper and

paperboard. It operates in16 countries.

Controller: Appleton, WI

2005 - Present

Supervise financial activities in five International manufacturing sites

($300M) (Portland, TN, Appleton, WI, Saint Junien- France, Venice- Italy,

Hangzhou-China), managing 6 product lines with 35 products portfolios.

Supervise 12 direct reports including three country controllers in five

locations internationally.

. Manage financial activities for Engineered Fabrics division in multi-

site environment (operations and manufacturing facilities in U.S.,

Brazil, France, Italy and China) resulting in growing business from

$80 mil to $300 mil in revenue in five years by providing in-depth

financial analysis to support strategic decision

. Consolidate global financial statements (business entities in North

America, South America, Europe and Asia) in compliance with US GAAP

and IFRS standard by utilizing Hyperion consolidation package

. SEC reporting (8K, 10K, 10Q)

. Develop division strategic plan linked to LOB and division growth

objectives

. Annual operating plan and forecasting; consolidated plan including

sales, operations, costs budget, inventory and procurement initiatives

. Business analysis; profitability analysis (35 product lines) for

pricing and marketing, segment report for cost control and reduction,

KPI for manufacturing improvement, footprint analysis

. EVA analysis for capital investment plan and investment audit

. Prepare and review division cash flow to support company cash plan

. Product pricing for global product lines and transfer pricing

. Proactively work with the regional plants management to improve actual

financial results consistent with operating plan commitments and

objectives

. Proactively identify business improvement opportunities and implement

and/or communicate to management

. Process Improvement; lean accounting, lean inventory system (through

lean manufacturing and procurement process) implementation, Six sigma

and VSM expertise

. Establish and review internal control policy and process in compliance

with internal accounting policy and SOX

. Coordinate internal and external audit compliance requirement

. Procurement initiatives; realized cash savings in $3mil in fiscal year

2009 through consolidating supply chain, volume pricing negotiation,

procurement project analysis

. Develop and review Corporate finance policies for inventories, fixed

assets, costing and ensure accounting is being performed in a manner

that is consistent with policy

. ERP Implementation; finance team leader for QAD, SAP implementation

. Developing and supervising global finance staff (12 direct reports)

. Post acquisition finance team integration and restructuring

Internal Audit Manager: Albany, NY

2003 - 2004

. Performed audit activities for all 32 manufacturing sites globally

. Provided guidance for SOX compliance for divisions

. Company receive full compliance from PWC and SEC for SOX 404

. Process improvement audit, execution (VSM, Six Sigma - Green Belts)

Accounting Manager: The Netherlands

1999 - 2002

. Europe shared service center implementation and management: In charge

of finance function implementation in SSC environment (AR, AP, Cash

Management, Fixed Asset, and General Ledger) under the supervision of

European Controller

. In charge of finance function implementation in SSC environment (AR,

AP, Cash Management, Fixed Asset, and General Ledger) under the

supervision of European Controller

. In charge of leading finance group for VSM (value stream mapping) and

developing SSC blue print diagram (best practice) for implementation

. In charge of training SSC staff (out of 28 finance staff, 20 were

newly hired staff members) for ERP system (QAD - Mfg Pro)

. In charge of transition of financial function from local entities to

SSC

. Led ERP system (Mfg-Pro) development for finance and logistics parts

. Supervised daily accounting activities (accounts receivables, accounts

payables, general ledger, cost accounting)

. Supervised monthly closing process including financial statements

review

Accounting Manager: South Korea

1997 - 1998

. Supervised daily accounting activities (accounts receivables, accounts

payables, general ledger, cost accounting)

. Supervised banking transactions

. Cash flow management and liquidation control

. Local tax filing, US tax reporting to Corp. tax department

. Supervised monthly closing process including financial statements

review

. Developed and maintained standard costs for products

. Provided financial analysis report to Controller

. Participated in annual budget process and support Controller for

Operating plan

. Led in ERP system (QAD) development for finance and logistics parts

GE Capital Korea, South Korea

1996 - 1997

Assistant Treasurer

. Day to day funding arrangement with various financial institution

. Investment transaction under the supervision of Director of Finance

. Developed company cash flow reports and forecast

. Supervised company cash transaction

. Debt financing

Arthur Anderson Korea LLC, South Korea

1993 - 1995

Chartered Accountant

. General accounting service to non-Korean based customers in Korea

. Prepared U.S. GAAP base financial statements for US base corporation

customers in Korea

EDUCATION

. University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, MBA

. Ajou University, Korea, MS - Accounting

. Korea University, Korea, MBA

. Hong-Ik University, Korea, BS - International Business

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

. Extensive experience with ERP systems as both implementation team

leader and user for QAD, SAP

. Core team member of Report to Record team (finance team) for

implementation and transition

. In charge of FI (financial)master data: chart of account, profit

center, cost center, entity structure, general ledger

. In charge of CO (controlling)module: Inventory master, cost accounting

module, procurement module (purchase receipt and payment process)

. In charge of data transfer from single database to SAP FI module

environment

. In charge of report development with BW (Business Warehouse): account

reconciliation report, monthly key metrics report, management report,

etc.

. Extensive experience with Accounting software system : HFM, Hyperion,

BCS

. Extensive experience with analytical software : Minitab, Visual Basic,

Excel/Access financial package

. SAP AC200, 205, 210, 220 (FI module), AC 405, 505, 610 (CO module),

BW305, 306, 310 (BW module), SEM 240 (BCS module) training completed

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