Sales Manager

Shawn Lawrence Cahill

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Muscatine, IA 52761 home 563-***-****

Accounting/Finance Management

Forecasting Budget Creation

Job Cost Accounting Contract Administration

Financial Modeling Metric Creation

Accounts Receivable Management Earned Value Management System

Cost Analysis Business Process Development

Period Closing Business Evaluation

Forensic Accounting Strategic Analysis

Professional Experience

Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc., Nashville, TN 2002 to 2009

Parent company for several different entities including Bridgestone,

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, Firestone Diversified Products,

Bridgestone Bandag, and Bridgestone Latin America.

Manager, Planning & Budgets, 2008-2009

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, Muscatine, IA

Directed the merger of the budget process for Truck/Bus Radial Tire

Sales, a $1.5 billion Bridgestone small business unit, and Bandag, a $500

million commercial tire retread company acquired by Bridgestone in 2007.

Created two $2 billion sales budgets per year for 200 departments, 10

sales channels, four brands, six small business units, and two different

GL accounting systems.

. Consolidated budgets to corporate standard formats.

. Participated as a Subject Matter Expert and Business Process Owner for

the SAP FICO rollout.

. Directed team that meshed data from Bridgestone's legacy GL, SAP and

Bandag's PeopleSoft leading to more efficient analysis capabilities.

. Acted as inside consultant to help members of Bandag's finance team

understand the implications and functionality of various accounting

systems used throughout Bridgestone.

. Mentored teammates from Bandag as they learned Bridgestone methods and

expectations.

Manager, Financial Services, 2007-2008

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, Nashville, TN

Functioned as Assistant Controller for $1.5 billion Truck/Bus Radial Tire

Sales. Primary contact for internal/external auditors, approving purchase

requisitions up to $100,000 and managing budget processes for 10 sales

channels. Reviewed and approved $10-$20 million in monthly sales discount

accruals.

. Implemented Cognos Enterprise Planning for sales budget calculations

that included 60 million data points on a multi-dimensional database.

Received the CEO Award in 2007 for reducing cycle time from eight

hours to two hours.

. Participated in cross-functional team to improve sales discount

software.

. Provided subject matter advice for implementation of SAP FICO project.

. Mentored recent college graduates hired by Bridgestone.

. Named a High Potential Employee in 2007, one of 100 employees

recognized company-wide.

Manager, Corporate Planning and Analysis, 2004-2007

Bridgestone Firestone America's Holdings, Nashville, TN

Planned and managed preparation of two budgets per year totaling $15

billion in sales covering all locations in North and South America.

Budget planning included a 12-month budget and a six-year strategic plan

for all Bridgestone American operations. Managed three direct reports and

prepared financial presentations for senior management. Submitted budget

data to parent company in Japan.

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Manager, Corporate Planning and Analysis (continued)

. Directed implementation of Cognos Enterprise Planning. Received the

President's Award in 2005 for overseeing this process.

. Consolidated budgets for four Limited Liability Companies, reducing

cycle time from eight hours to three hours by utilizing Access.

. Provided senior management with ad-hoc analysis including development

of new reports to assess the status of current business.

. Developed monthly Accounts Receivable report for North American Tire

that included tracking days' sales outstanding for the first time,

providing management with a new cash flow tool.

Senior Financial Analyst, 2002-2004

Bridgestone Firestone Diversified Products, LLC., Carmel, IN

Prepared financial analysis for Diversified Products CFO and CEO. Managed

three budget cycles per year for Limited Liability Company with $2

billion in annual sales. Prepared summary information for LLC interim

budget review.

. Ensured budget preparation consistency across eight small business

units.

. Completed special studies as required for business units including

analysis of entering foreign markets.

IIT Research Institute, Chicago, IL 2000 to 2002

Financial Analyst

Functioned as a program controller for $55 million contract to destroy

chemical weapons. Monitored cost versus budget performance for $90,000

per month budget. Generated reports based on cost analysis.

. Aided in maintaining contract through negotiations with client.

. Created and maintained 400-plus activity schedule and updated weekly.

. Reduced client invoice processing time from 60 to 40 days.

Education

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

Master of Business Administration with emphasis in Strategic Finance

. Recipient of Wilson M. House MBA Scholarship, an annual memorial

scholarship awarded to a single MBA student based on academics,

service and professor recommendations.

. Graduate Assistant

. Beta Gamma Sigma

Capital University, Columbus, OH

Bachelor of General Studies

Multi-disciplinary degree in natural sciences and public communication

Training

Bridgestone Americas Holding

Bridgestone America's High Potential Employee seminars, SAP User Acceptance

Training, EEOC Refresher, Preventing Workplace Harassment, Ethical

Awareness and Decision Making

Federal Publication Seminars LLC

A Practical Guide to the Federal Acquisition Regulation

Software

. MS Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Publisher, Outlook, Access)

. Cognos Enterprise Planning

. SAP ER3; SAP BI

. QuickBooks

. Adobe Acrobat

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