Steve Harshbarger

**** ******** *** ** ********, Georgia 30152

770-***-****

acyr7o@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/steve-harshbarger

SUMMARY

Financial Reporting

Forecasting & Budgeting

Multi-Site Responsibility

Strategic Planning

Cost Accounting

Financial Modeling

Process Improvement

Accounting / Finance

–Financial Analysis

–Month End Closing Process

–Balance Sheet Analysis

–Fixed Assets

–Capital Planning and Analysis

–Intercompany Transactions

–Working Capital Analysis

–Credit and Collections

–Payroll

Accounting Policies & Procedures

SOX Compliance

Audit Coordination

Internal Control Reviews

KPI Analysis

Corporate Accounting Experience

Manufacturing Plant Experience

Project Implementations

–Infinium conversion to JDE – G/L, A/R, A/P, Payroll & Purchasing

–TBOX Upgrade - Inventory Costing, Invoicing

–COGNOS Financial Reporting Package

–Payroll Conversion – JDE to Kronos

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES; AUSTELL, GEORGIA 2004-2016

A private equity company owned by HIG, Caraustar is one of the nation’s largest integrated manufacturers of 100% recycled paperboard and converted paperboard products.

Group Controller, Consumer Packaging Group

Responsible for the general ledger, balance sheet, month end closing and financial reporting for the entire Consumer Packaging Group,

which consists of eight manufacturing locations, a digital imaging center and the group HQ, generating $225M in annual revenues.

Administered the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual responsibilities for the group, ensuring all Caraustar accounting policies and financial control procedures were met.

Reduced the closing cycle by 25% by streamlining and automating the process.

Created financial modeling to analyze and calculate cost savings for potential capital projects. $3 - $5M in annual spend.

Responsible for the preparation and consolidation of the group’s annual budget, working with the Group VPs, Sales Managers and Area GM’s in identifying key strategic issues.

Carried out monthly AR calls with Credit Manager, Sales Managers and Shared Services to identify any potential credit risks or slow pays and develop a path forward to improve the payment cycle and minimize potential for bad debt.

Re-wrote the accounting policies and procedures to incorporate the changes stemming from the ERP conversion to JD Edwards.

Developed and generated a monthly reporting package for the Group VP and Manufacturing VP for their use during the monthly Senior Leadership P&L review meeting with the CEO and CFO.

Responsible for implementing and tracking the hourly and salary bonus programs for the group.

Company wide accounting liaison for the payroll transition team as we moved from JD Edwards to Kronos.

Led monthly P&L review meetings with the Group VP and Manufacturing VP and Area GMs to foster a better understanding of the financial results and drivers for increasing profitability.

Division Controller, Industrial Products Group

Responsible for the general ledger, balance sheet, month end closing and financial reporting for sixteen locations within the Industrial Products Group, comprising the North, Central, Mid-Atlantic and Gulf Divisions with approximately $155M in annual revenues.

Transitioned a decentralized accounting structure to a centralized accounting structure.

Led and implemented the rollout of company wide policies and procedures in order to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley, including the training necessary for the implementation of these policies and procedures for my 16 plants.

Responsible for the hourly and salary payroll of the entire group of 40+ locations, which included approximately 1,400 employees and the transition to Shared Services with the implementation of JD Edwards.

Involved in the ERP conversion to JD Edwards from Infinium for GL, Payroll, A/P, A/R, Fixed Assets and Purchasing.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEMPLE INLAND; RALEIGH, NC 1999-2004

(FORMERLY GAYLORD CONTAINER THROUGH FEBRUARY 2002)

Temple Inland, a publicly traded company with $3.8 billion in annual sales, is an American corrugated packaging and building products company.

Controller, Raleigh, NC Responsible for the Accounting and Administrative group in a plant with $36 million in annual sales, $16 million of fixed assets and over $3 million in accounts receivable.

GAYLORD CONTAINER; Greenville, SC 1989-1999

Gaylord Container, a publicly traded company with $1 billion in annual sales, was a major national manufacturer and distributor of corrugated containers, containerboard, unbleached kraft paper, multiwall bags and grocery bags.

Controller, Responsible for the Accounting and Administrative group in a plant with $25 million in annual sales, $11 million of fixed assets and $2 million in accounts receivable

GAYLORD CONTAINER; Baltimore, OH 1986-1989

Sr. Financial Analyst

Plant Accountant

EDUCATION

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY; CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA

Master of Business Administration

WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY; DAYTON, OHIO

Bachelor of Science in Business; Major in Accounting

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite, JD Edwards, Kronos, Cognos, Tbox, Infinium, HRMS, Ross RenCS, Champs

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