Chris Catha

About Chris Catha

Chris Catha is a self-starter, results oriented senior financial leader possessing extensive experience driving change and leading teams. He has a strong background leveraging ERP skills, using systems such as SAP and Hyperion, to drive process improvements in planning, forecasting, and reporting. He has broad experience providing strategic financial support to manufacturing, supply chain and commercial teams. His experience in the manufacturing industry has helped him develop a strong background in cost accounting. He has re-engineered cost accounting systems and established consistent product standard cost using activity based costing across multiple plants and warehouse locations that stretched across the globe. He will proactively identify problems and put procedures in place to correct them. His Six Sigma Green Belt certification always keeps him focused on reducing operating costs and eliminating inefficient administrative and financial processes.He is a thoughtful leader that will always take the time to mentor and develop his employees or help a peer work through a difficult financial analysis. He believes in sharing the skills he has gained using SAP with his employees and peers so they can become more efficient in analyzing a business which lead to improved EBITDA and cash flow for their companies.Chris excels at building relationship within his functional area as well as cross functionally and globally to become the business partner that companies value. When traveling and working with international colleagues he takes the time to understand their cultures and working styles. Understanding their cultures and styles allows him to effectively communicate what he and the company is trying to accomplish. He is an effective project leader that will do what it takes to overcome obstacles to keep a project on track and make it successful.Specialties- Planning & forecasting- Return on investment analysis- Improving cost accounting systems- Activity Based Costing- Supply Chain, Commercial, Operations Finance- Inventory control and management- Customer/Product profitability analysis- SAP, Hyperion- Advanced Excel & PowerPoint- Project management- Employee development- Ability to influence others- US GAAP

Experience

1. Director of Finance, Controller of Solutions, Electrification & Automation

   Siemens

   Dec 2024 — Present · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US

Education

• Trafton Academy

  Diploma

• Louisiana State University

  BS, Accounting

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Forecasting
• Contract Management
• Managerial Finance
• Financial Reporting
• Team Building
• Budgeting
• Business Planning
• Revenue Recognition
• Strategy
• Us Gaap
• Business Process
• Accounts Receivable
• Hyperion
• Internal Controls
• Erp
• Manufacturing
• Financial Modeling
• Microsoft Excel
• Financial Analysis
• Cost Reduction
• Hyperion Enterprise
• General Ledger
• Cost Accounting
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Finance Operations
• Corporate Finance
• Risk Management
• Cash Management
• Payroll
• Accounts Payable
• Strategic Planning
• Supply Chain
• Financial Accounting
• Process Improvement
• Variance Analysis
• Accounting
• Inventory Management
• Cash Flow
• Sap