karen busbee

* Managed intercompany team handling net $50M monthly from global and domestic business units. * Training and career development of professional staff. * North American representative in global process improvement effort to automate monthly invoice processing, eliminating manual processing by multiple groups and resulting in two days processing time per month within accounting department. * Participated in Revenue Recognition project, which established process for field personnel. * Provided financial litigation support to team preparing for significant legal dispute. * Provided audit support for annual financial, transfer price, SOX compliance audits and DCAA audits. * Managed budgeting and forecasting of various balance sheet and P&L accounts. * Managed accounts receivable analyses, including Days Sales Outstanding. * Assisted in month end closing process for US, Canadian and Latin American legal entities. * Analyzed and prepared monthly cost pool over/under recovery forecast reports.

Perform all accounting and financial management activities for the organization. >Responsible for cash management, financial analysis, project cost and profitability analysis, budgeting, monthly closings, management of outsourced payroll activities.

* Developed financial processes to support the formation of the manufacturing plant. * Project management of SAP FI module implementation for domestic office. * Prepared monthly financial and management reports in accordance with US GAAP and Chilean GAAP, for presentation to divisional CEO and Corporate head office. * Coordinated financial activities among Sales, Purchasing and Manufacturing departments within the company. * Worked directly with parent company in Chile and sister companies in Brazil and Venezuela on accounting issues. * Assisted in preparation of annual budgets and corporate tax returns. * Manage two staff to perform all accounting activities in the corporate office.

* Managed General Accounting activities in the corporate office of American Equipment Company and several multinational American Equipment subsidiaries. * Managed closing and consolidation of domestic and international accounting records. * Coordinated monthly close activities with offices in Mexico, Peru, Argentina. * Prepared monthly financial and management reports. * Created reporting measurements of Return on Controllable Assets for operations management. * Assisted in preparation of corporate tax returns.

* Designed and implemented globally adopted workflow process. * Automated accounting processes. * Training and career development of professional staff. * Manage all aspects of General Ledger and Project Accounting. * Submission of financial information via Hyperion Financial Management system. * Submission of division tax package to Corporate office. * Ensure compliance of cost pools with disclosure statement and other accounting processes comply with FAR and CAS. * Provide audit support for annual financial, SOX compliance audits and DCAA audits.