Adam Seale

About Adam Seale

Highly skilled finance and operations professional with strong a strong background in international finance, operations, project management, and cross cultural relationships. Direct experience with new business start-up and growth, corporate finance, financial and operational audit procedures, and international business. Expertise in designing business systems from the ground up, coupled with system implementations, operational efficiency, and process improvements. Certifications in the field of Audit with a Masters in Business Administration, with International Honors. Fluent in Portuguese, and strong background with Spanish.

Experience

1. Director of Finance (Brenco)

   Amsted Rail

   Jan 2016 — Present

   Responsible for financial oversight of Amsted Rail’s global freight car bearing manufacturing operations, with annual sales of $200M+. Manage a team of 6 to support financial reporting and oversight of the company’s manufacturing operations in the US as well as 4 joint ventures located in Russia, South Africa, Chile and Brazil; in addition to, supporting global capital initiatives and project management.• Ensure corporate financial reporting deadlines are met and that financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP requirements. • Provide operations, supply chain and other operational departments with key financial and analytical metrics to support decision-making.• Continuous process improvements in the finance / accounting departments with focus on cost reductions, headcount analysis, budget planning, and information analytics. • Board Member for Amsted Rail bearing joint ventures in Brazil and Chile.

Education

• Liberty University

  Masters of Accounting, Accounting

  2017 — 2017

• The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business

  Finance, Accounting, Psychology

  1998 — 2002

• University of Iowa

  B.A., Finance

  1998 — 2002

• University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business

  2012 — 2013

Skills

• Kaizen
• Sap
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Internal Controls
• Business Process Improvement
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Process Improvement
• Financial Reporting
• Management
• Cost Accounting
• Accounting
• Finance
• Internal Audit
• Erp
• Financial Analysis
• Auditing
• Forecasting