DENNIS ZACHARY CPA, CMA, MBA

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Jasper, IN 47546

(H) 812-***-**** (C) 812-***-**** (W) 270-***-**** Email: ac0fhv@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Financial Leader with 26 years of accounting experience, 11 years in automotive. Experience in communicating to all levels of management to the Factory floor. CPA, CMA and MBA with technical experience with Hyperion, Essbase, Oracle and SAP. Working knowledge on TS, ISO, Six Sigma, Lean, 5 Why, 8D and Kaizen,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

North American Financial Controller, Daramic / Asahi Kasei Dec 2011 –Present

Asahi Kasei is $2B Global Holding company with operations in Fibers, Homes, Electronics and Health Care

Supervise a staff of 6 (3 salaried), Costing, AP/AR, GL

• Full P&L financial responsibility for two plants $150M in sales, Sales and Marketing, R&D and $17M in Capital Spend

• Detected and worked with Engineering to purchase Capital and implement process change to save $500K in material and revised staffing on one line to save $100K

Developed Mfg. Variance tracking and forecast model.

Responsible for all Sarbanes-Oxley documentation at the Business Unit.

Revised all account reconciliation procedures.

• Managed Perfect Planning initiative and currently over Global Costing improvement initiative.

Worked on Union Negotiation team.

Working on Six Sigma Greenbelt.

Plant Controller, Dana, Henderson, KY May 2006 –Nov 2011

Dana is a $6B global supplier of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies

• Supervised a staff of 14 (5 salaried) covering AP/AR, Fixed Assets, GL, Cycle counting and Tool Crib

• Full P&L financial responsibility for $1.0B in sales and $30M in Capital Spend.

Developed and Implemented Direct Labor Efficiency tracking report and review, putting the focus on production line cost

• Analysis to determine different production scenarios to provide most cost effective production process.

Developed improved forecasting model to provide a more accurate measurement target.

• Oracle upgrade team.

• Worked in and managed other areas during the economic recession.

Plant Controller, Lear, Madisonville, KY October 2005-May 2006

Lear $18.2B Global supplier of automotive seating and electrical

Plan, direct and participate in the preparation and review of the annual business plan / monthly forecasts including operating budgets, capital investments, hourly and salaried wage and benefits, pro-forma balance sheet, income statement, cash flow and supporting schedules.

Plant Controller, Kimball International, Jasper, IN July 2003 – October 2005

Kimball is $600M Office and Hospitality Furniture supplier

Financial responsibility for two plants

• Supervise a staff of 6 (3 salaried), Costing, AP/AR, GL and Capital Spend

• Responsible annual business plan / forecast to senior management of the corporation.

Responsible for all Sarbanes-Oxley documentation at the Business Unit.

Implemented SAP at this Business Unit.

Robert Bosch, August 1996 – June 2003

Robert Bosch is $70.6B Global technology and Services Company

Divisional Operations Analyst / AC-Cost Team Analyst (October 2002 - June 2003)

Cross-functional team of three (Engineer, Finance and Purchasing) for this tier one automotive division with $1.5B revenue. Review plant operations at each Automotive Chassis facility and determine areas of cost reduction. Present to local management cost reduction ideas. Maintain database of contacts whom we determined to have Best Practice. $2.0M annual savings implemented. Position reports to Vice President of Operations, North American Automotive Chassis Division.

Identified the loss leaders in the AC Chassis that the team would focus on to reduce cost (Proposed the direction of the team to Oversight Committee).

Dissected the standards for the loss leaders to determine main cost drivers (Proposed Cost Reduction focus to Plant leadership team).

Presented proposals to plant leadership team for cost cutting and raw material resourcing initiatives that we wanted to implement (current expected savings around $2.0M per year).

Assistant Controller / Sr. Pricing Analyst (February 2001 – October 2002)

North American Wheel End (Includes Clarksville Facility)

Developed model to facilitate cost estimate process for the Clarksville and Johnson City plants.

Worked on a cross functional team to develop a model for pricing proposals (Team included, Sales, Project Management, Marketing, Finance, Engineering).

Reduced cost estimate cycle from 14 days to 6 days. Open cost studies went from a monthly average of 50 to 20.

Divisional Sr. Financial Analyst (August 1996 - February 2001)

Headquarters for K1 Brakes Americas, South Bend, IN

Developed tutorial in PowerPoint for all financial personnel to facilitate understanding of the bridging process, where the data was coming from and expected analysis for month end reporting.

Developed bridging model for month end reporting by the Financial Analyst at Corporate using Hyperion Essbase, Excel and PowerPoint, which is still in use today. This particular model bridges current and YTD results against plan and is linked to PowerPoint for presentation to the Vice President of Operations and the Corporate Controller.

Promoted within 1 year.

EDUCATION

Indiana University South Bend, Indiana

Degree: Master's Business Administration (MBA) (AACSB Accredited), May 1999

Murray State University Murray, Kentucky

Degree: Bachelor of Science, Fall 1987 Area: Accounting (AACSB Accredited)

OTHER INFORMATION

Certified Public Accountant Certificate KY #5264

Certified Management Accountant Certificate #1338

MBA from Indiana University.

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Institute of Certified Management Accountants

Murray State Alumni Association

Lambda Chi Alpha (Social Fraternity)

Boy Scout Assistant Scout master

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