Manager Management

Antonio Caldas

** ****** ****, *******, *********** 06484

203-***-**** or accuut@r.postjobfree.com

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Director of Finance

Salaried Professional Services

Areas of Specialization

. Internal Controls, SOX and External Audit prep and compliance

. Business Development and Strategy

. Finance, Accounting and IT restructuring and system integration

. Business and Operational Continuous Improvements

. Treasury Management

. Change Management

. Building Cross functional and collaborative teams

Industry Experience

. Aerospace

. Aviation

. Consumer Products

. Manufacturing

. Retail

. Technology

Technology Expertise

. Access

. Excel

. Hyperion HFM

. QuickBooks

. Power point

. SAP

Education & Qualifications

. BS - University of Bridgeport

. Executive Leadership Training

- Business Development

- Lean principles

- Change management

- Matrix Organizations

- Testing for CMA

Organizations Served

. Robert Half

-Terex

-Armored Autogroup

. Sikorsky Aircraft

. Pratt & Whitney Canada

. Pratt & Whitney

. Energizer Holdings

. ASML

. Warnaco

-Chaps Lauren

-Calvin Klein

Team and Leadership Roles

. General Manager

. Manager, Business and Customer Development

. Group Controller

. Division Controller/CFO

. Accounting Manager/Consolidations

. FPA Manager

.

. Group Controller

. Division Controller

Professional Summary

Financial and Business Leader with over 15 years of domestic and

international accounting, finance and operations experience. Solid

exposure to the Manufacturing, Advance Technology and Consumer Products

industries. Proven ability in building cross functional and collaborative

teams to manage large scale projects in toward achieving Operational

Excellence. Championed Kaizen and Value Stream events, changing business

culture through the implementation of "Lean Manufacturing and Business

Principles." Excellent communication and leadership skills. Proven

ability in building key business relationships, and developing staff to

meet corporate objectives.

Project Summary

Accounting

. Maintained the integrity of the general ledger and standard cost system

by performing monthly

reconciliation and analysis of P&L and Balance Sheet at a Division and

Enterprise level

. Troubleshoot and reconciled consolidation and intercompany differences

such as management expenses, transfer pricing, revenue recognition and

exchange rate differences

. Trained staff, management and updated Division and Enterprise Financial

Manual on a periodic or annual basis

. Developed standard work for all new GAAP standards, External and Internal

Audit and Company Business and Financial Directives.

. Reduced manual processes to expedite monthly closing and integrate Sales,

Manufacturing, Engineering and Administrative accounting systems

. Performed journal entries, account reconciliations and written procedures

for 401K Administration, Property, Umbrella, Environmental Insurance,

Employee Benefits

. Organizations Served: Sikorsky, Pratt & Whitney, Energizer Holdings,

ASML, Warnaco

Financial Reporting

. Maintain and analyzed the integrity of the standard cost system by

analyzing the product scrap rates, labor rates, machine rate and making

the appropriate recommendation to update overhead rates, Bills of

Materials and / or routers

. Maintain and analyzed the standard cost variances related to material

purchase price, material usage and labor utilization; new standard costs,

ERP perpetual inventory balances and reserves

. Prepared and presented Product Profitability, Business Unit

Profitability, Customer Profitability and Return on Investment and

Balanced Scorecard results, recommendations and actions to Stakeholders

and Senior leadership

. Analyzed capital spending and capital related expenses by project,

depreciation budget and forecasts

. Prepared forms for monthly, quarterly and annual lender requirements:

Covenant Letters, Collateral, Performance Test for Debt to Equity Ratio

compliance

. Organizations Served: Sikorsky, Pratt & Whitney, Energizer Holdings,

ASML, Warnaco

Risk Management, Internal Controls and Compliance

. Developed Division Level Internal Audit and SOX procedures, Testing

requirements and Key Performance and Indicators risk

. Interfaced and troubleshoot external and internal auditor field findings

via Action Plans, Training and Change Management and Key Performance

Indictors

. Developed and Implemented Risk Assessment Committee to maintain the

highest Environmental, Health and Safety standards in industry

. Negotiated Property, Umbrella, Environment and Health/Life Insurance

Contracts which resulted in cost savings or no impact to the company

. Prepared analysis to evaluate Risk and Return for Credit, Exchange Rate,

Interest Rate, Market and Industry Risks

. Organizations Served: Sikorsky, Pratt & Whitney, Energizer Holdings,

ASML, Warnaco

Financial, Customer, Business Process and Growth Management

. Prepared, evaluated and negotiated terms for Debt versus equity

financing, Short vs. long term financing and Fixed vs. floating rate

interest payments

. Prepared, evaluated and managed Current Assets: Conservative working

capital approach focusing on low risk, low return working capital

investments and financing

. Developed Working Capital Management plans to support the company

conservative growth strategy and degree of leverage/risk; Capital,

Discounted Cash Flow Analysis and Payback, Ranking Investment Projects

and Risk Analysis in Capital Investments

. Business Development: Evaluated Pricing, Customer Retention, Lowest Cost

Supplier and Product Innovation strategies at customer and internally to

grow market share

. Business Process: Lead, orchestrated Value Stream Mapping sessions,

Kaizen events and

. Organizations Served: Sikorsky, Pratt & Whitney, Energizer Holdings,

Warnaco

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