Scott Willen

**** ********** ***** ( Maineville, OH 45039

ablxvg@r.postjobfree.com ( cell 513-***-****

Senior Accounting & Financial Manager

Achievement-oriented accounting and financial professional with over 20

years of diversified experiences in plant and general accounting, business

support, team and project leadership, and financial analysis. Extensive

experience in cost management, annual business planning, capital project

analysis, and global budgeting with proven success in driving efficiency

and productivity through evaluation of financial management systems and

implementation of process improvements. Effective communicator and problem-

solver. Core competencies include:

Accounting Management Cash Management Technology Integration

Financial Analysis Budgeting Internal Controls

Forecasting Cost Reduction Efficiency Improvements

Database Management Capital Project Staff Management

Analysis

Career Experience

Entrepreneur, Cincinnati, Ohio - January 2009 - Current

Willen Design

. Manage all financial related areas of small graphic design firm

Patheon Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 2008 - January 2009

Site Finance Director, Cincinnati Operations

. Directed the overall financial forecasting and accounting practices of

Cincinnati Commercial Operations & Pharmaceutical Development Services

operations and Patheon Pharmaceutical Services Inc, (US-based sales

force and regional cost center). Oversight for short-term cash

management (payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable and daily

cash balances), accounting, budget, financial planning and analysis,

tax and external audit activities of these legal entities. Responsible

for the financial and accounting system controls and standards and

ensure financial and statistical reports are delivered timely to

senior management. Additional responsibilities included standard cost

development, capital planning, cost reduction efforts and associated

forecast updates and variance analysis

Formica Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2005 - September 2008

Finance Director, North America Operations

Leader for North America finance organization supporting manufacturing and

logistics operations. Personal support provided for VP of NA Operations and

VP of NA Finance.

. Responsibilities include annual budgeting plans for manufacturing and

logistics, standard cost development, capital planning, cost reduction

efforts and associated forecast updates and variance analysis for four

manufacturing sites and eight regional distribution centers. Also

responsible for leading and developing finance and accounting

organizations at manufacturing locations.

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1988 - 2005

Global SRAP (Selling/Research/Admin/Product Supply) Group Specialist, June

2004 - April 2005

. Primarily responsible for delivering next-generation of global

reporting capability for SRAP accounting utilizing SAP tools and

technology. Work included determining user needs, developing project

timeline and resource needs.

. Provide training to SRAP users in key ownership areas of budget

management, reporting and troubleshooting

Global R&D and Manufacturing Development Finance Manager, August 2002 -

June 2004

. Responsible for forecasting, reporting and managing business unit's

global R&D and Manufacturing Development budgets; all budgets indexed

below Annual Plan.

. Site Finance Manager for R&D facility, participated on leadership team

and managed site's Accounting organization, internal controls and

budget management; Site achieved first-ever "passing" grade for

financial measures.

. Responsible for forecasting, reporting and managing business unit's

global Capital spending; completed redesign of global reporting which

streamlined reporting, making data available five days earlier.

Global Supply Chain Reporting Project Manager, September 1999 - July 2002

. Led start-up sub-team tasked with developing automated global database

for management reporting of inventory, capital, and plant cost of

goods information; resulting database was a first for the company in

these areas.

. Post start-up, managed global database for management reporting of

inventory, capital spending, and plant cost of goods information

K-Mart Customer Team Leader, May 1997 - August 1999

. Team Leader for Customer Financial Services unit of K-Mart dedicated

team; owned Accounts Receivable, Credit Management and Promotional

Funds processes and results; team achieved lowest Payscore and average

A/R results in history of K-Mart team

. Supervised and developed eight member team dedicated to K-Mart and

General Ledger activities

. Implemented Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) payments with customer

Plant Accounting Manager, August 1993 - April 1997

. Led Finance and Accounting Organization, including manufacturing

expense, cost accounting, fixed asset accounting, payroll, accounts

payable, purchasing, forecast, and storeroom functions

. Responsible for plant internal controls self-assessments and

corrective actions

. Member of plant leadership team responsible for setting plant strategy

and direction

Division Cost Analyst, September 1991 - July 1993

. Prepared and presented monthly cost forecast-to-actuals reconciliation

. Responsible for monthly closings for four of division's manufacturing

sites

General Ledger Accountant, November 1989 - August 1991

. Prepared and presented business unit cost of product sold results

. Responsible for all general ledger activities between production

sites, the overall manufacturing unit and general accounting

Outside Materials Accountant, April 1988 - October 1989

. Prepared and presented business unit's inventory of materials located

at outside vendors including variations between book inventory and

physical audits

. Performed audits of outside vendors who stored and handled Company's

materials

Cincinnati Milacron, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1986 - 1988

Plant Cost Accountant, August 1986 - March 1988

. Responsible for Job Costing of individual projects

. Performed monthly closing activities for site

Education

Master of Business Administration, Economics, 1989

XAVIER UNIVERSITY - Cincinnati, OH

Bachelor of Science, Accounting, 1986

Bachelor of Science, Corporate Finance, 1986

BALL STATE University - Muncie, IN

References available upon request

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