PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles, Auburn Hills, Michigan

Investment Analyst, Manufacturing Engineering July 2016 – May 2017

Created CWO Purchase Requisitions and External Purchase Requisitions for 3 plants covering multiple vehicle platforms and multiple projects

Created Debit Memos and Credit Memos for 3 plants covering multiple vehicle platforms and multiple projects

Created MCN’s on existing Purchase Orders resulting in increases or decreases to total amounts

Project Analyst and Investment Analyst for EPA Weight Scale Project for manufacturing engineering initiative for US and Canada manufacturing plants

Ran 4 finance conference calls bi-monthly for the Brampton Assembly plant covering 4 departments and multiple projects through Skype for Business or Lync.

Created Financial Reports - All Item, Plan$, Open CWO and Account Items with Cost weekly for 3 plants for multiple vehicle platforms and multiple projects

Maintained purchase requisition workflows for 13 cost centers each at 11 assembly and stamping locations in US and Canada tracking personnel, UDA level and sequence

Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles, Auburn Hills, Michigan

Investment Analyst, Manufacturing Quality January 2010 – May 2015

Core team member that managed a Quality Assurance Center (QAC) consisting of a finished vehicle audit lab CTVV, CPA and Materials Lab from inception to construction completion

Created purchase reqs for every piece of equipment in the SHAP CTVV, CPA and Materials Lab

Worked closely with ME construction group and architectural firm to devise a final layout within a plant footprint

Equipped labs with necessary equipment such as vehicle hoists as well as advanced chemical analysis equipment

Worked closely with plant facilities and corporate purchasing in order to purchase the labs equipment

Monitored quality fund budget to invest in quality equipment and or infrastructure upgrades

Purchase requisition creation for capital purchases of equipment aimed at improving quality

Approved (A-10) purchase requisitions for quality equipment

Created single source letters to facilitate plant equipment purchases to improve quality

Attended meetings representing manufacturing quality and inputted MQ dollar amounts to the programs planning and program management group

Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI.

Accountant, January 2009 – July 2009

Generated checks against restricted fund accounts in which the funds were from donations and gifts

Entered journal entries for manual accruals for liabilities and for reversal entries for end of year activity

Analyzed fixed asset data to calculate depreciation rates for buildings, vehicles and equipment

Reconciled trial balance with capital asset additions, retirements and adjustments report

Reviewed physical inventory of the art collection of the library and noted new additions to the collection

Cooper Standard Automotive, Novi, MI.

Accounting Assistant II, September 2000 – March 2008

Responsible for accounts receivable analysis and collection responsibility for Chrysler Corporation and Ford Motor Corporation

Created asn's for tooling invoices in the Ford eVEREST system

Reconciled end of month accounts receivable GL trade, manual and inter company accounts

Reconciled daily banking activity logging lockbox, electronic fund and automated clearinghouse activity

Reconciled daily sales with adjusted trial balance and cash application

Performed cash application including auto cash function in JDEdwards

Handled credit card sales performing daily and monthly reconciliation's

Helped accounting staff by posting closing journal entries in Vanguard before JDEdwards conversion

Created pro forma invoices for cash in advance customers

LDM Technologies Inc., Auburn Hills, MI.

Accounts Receivable Analyst, November 1999 – September 2000

Reduced receivables past 90 balances more than 70 percent from $364,131 to 104,090 during a three-month time period (1/00 to 4/00)

Integral part of a special collection team that reduced the overall past 90-day balance from $11.1 million dollars to 7.3 million dollars during a three-month time period

Cap Gemini America, Southfield, MI.

Consultant, November 1996 – September 1999

Documentation specialist for an internal company management project capturing the screen specifications for a web-enabled engagement tracking system

System Tester on a three-tiered client service system implementing JAVA and CORBA for a Fortune 500 retailer

Developed test cases to test the functionality of developed JAVA screens

Worked as a member of the quality assurance team, meeting with testing team members associated with client server applications

Coordinated a multi-department software install at a major healthcare provider and also acted as the sole person responsible for performing the installation

Other Experience

MicroAge, Accounts Receivable Staff, January 1996 – November 1996

PepsiCo, Accounts Receivable Staff, September 1995 – December 1995

First of America, Bank Teller, August 1994 – June 1995

Smith Barney, Telemarketer, January 1994 – August 1994

EDUCATION:

Walsh College, Troy, Michigan

Bachelor of Arts Business Administration – Finance, 1993

SOFTWARE

SAP, Microsoft Excel, SHAREPOINT, MEDDS, QuickBooks, CIVIC, JD Edwards, AS400, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Vanguard, Docusphere, MetaFile, BPCS, Microsoft PowerPoint

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