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DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Executive Profile

Financial executive with 20 years experiences in global manufacturing and service industries. Provide financial expertise in developing corporate strategy and translating to business plan for execution. Specialize in lean manufacturing in a global environment to identify cost drivers and maximize both revenue and profitability. Strong background in forecasting and budgeting. Partnering with business leadership to achieve overall performance targets.

Skill Highlights

Revenue and Market Expansion, Strategic Planning, Merger & Acquisition, Operations start ups
  • ERP Implementation
  • Project Management
Core Accomplishments

Drove 15% sales growth in emerging market.

Achieved year over year cost savings of $20M through productivity improvement and restructuring.

Successful launch of ERP implementation on time and on budget globally.

Launched financial training program for core management.

Professional Experience
Director of Finance
September 2012 to Current Xylem Inc. － Charlotte, NC
  • Lead financial activities including reporting, compliance, planning and cash management for Americas sales region with $0.7 billion of revenue across North America, Latin America and Oceania.
  • Partner with business leader to develop sales strategy to expand market share and optimize distribution channel, achieved 15% revenue growth in emerging market and 4% in developed market.
  • Successful integration of acquisition of Multitrode that results in 50% headcount savings and $20M of revenue growth.
  • Coach and develop a finance team of 72 across Americas region and build strong financial capability to support business growth.
Controller
January 2008 to August 2012 Xylem Inc. (Applied Water System) － Morton Grove, IL
  • Responsible for overall financial performance at Xylem Inc.(AWS Morton Grove), America's largest site, to ensure profitability, internal controls and maximization of cash flow.
  • Partnered with operation, sales & marketing and engineering to achieve year to year sales growth of 3-5%; improved profitability through price realization of $12M, value engineering and cost reduction projects savings of $3.5M in 2011.
  • Led the acquisition and integration of Laing U.S. in 2009, which generated $14M of sales, reduced 15 headcounts through process improvement.
  • Supervision of a finance team of 13 including cost accounting, financial reporting, and operation accounting and implemented a financial advisory committee to support various functional areas at Morton Grove.
Finance Manager
August 2004 to January 2008 Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company, Inc － Chicago, Illinois
  • Led financial reporting group in the consolidation of monthly financial results of global operations in North America, Europe and Asia; reviewed business performance results with Senior Management Team on variances; provided analysis on root causes and followed up on action items.
  • Completed start up operations in China which tripled volume over 2 years.
  • Achieved year to year sales growth of 10-15% through emerging market development, product expansion and price realization.
  • Lead budgeting, forecasting, capital and strategic planning process to realize 15% revenue increase and 25% OI growth.
  • Coordinated with Controller in Europe and Asia on financial reporting, cost setting, transfer pricing, capital funding, auditing and tax issues to increase cash flow by 25%.
  • Worked with external CPA firms on year end audit, federal and state tax returns.
Manager of Budgeting, Tax & Special Projects
November 1998 to July 2004 Topco Associates, LLC － Skokie, Illinois
  • Reviewed and prepared corporate annual and capital expenditure budgets, which involved revenue projection, strategic planning and cost savings proposal; Drive execution on the business plan and achieved sales increase of $200M over five years
  • Provided analytical support to Vice President of Finance on special projects including acquisition, profitability and dividend analysis, executive compensation plan and cost-benefit analysis on capital expenditures such as e-commerce and accounting software implementation which resulted cost savings of $600K
Financial Analyst
March 1997 to October 1998 Markel Corp. － Deerfield, IL
  • Analyzed financial positions of over 50 re-insurers and identified re-insurers with weak financial positions to minimize company's risk exposure, which translate into a savings of $350K
  • Co-developed annual budget, quarterly GAAP and statutory forecast
  • Performed ROI analysis and assessed the impact on business operation and financial position
  • Implemented SQL accounting system and user training for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger
  • Performed product profitability analysis for management to eliminate loss leaders and improved profitability by $200K
Staff Accountant
August 1994 to March 1997 AON Corp. － Chicago, IL
  • Prepared SEC reports including 10-K, 10-Q and supporting documents.
  • Consolidated financial statements for both domestic and international locations.
Education
MBA : Finance and International Business, 2002 DePaul University － Chicago, IL, U.S.

Finance and International Business
BBA : Accounting, 1995 DePaul University － Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

CPA 
Languages
Fluent in Chinese
Professional Affiliations
Member of Illinois CPA Society Member of Ledger & Quill Alumni Club
Skills

Strategic planning, business acumen, forecasting, budget, acquisition, cash management, cost reduction, due diligence, ERP, CRM, financial reporting, process improvement, people development, cross cultural communication.

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Xylem Inc.
  • Xylem Inc. (Applied Water System)
  • Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company, Inc
  • Topco Associates, LLC
  • Markel Corp.
  • AON Corp.

School Attended

  • DePaul University

Job Titles Held:

  • Director of Finance
  • Controller
  • Finance Manager
  • Manager of Budgeting, Tax & Special Projects
  • Financial Analyst
  • Staff Accountant

Degrees

  • MBA : Finance and International Business , 2002
    BBA : Accounting , 1995

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