Dave Russ
Accounting & FP&A Leader • Month-End Close • GAAP • Budgets/Forecasts • KPI & Automation (Power BI/Tableau) • SAP S/4HANA | CPA, MBA
- Role
- Finance and Accounting Consultant at DLC
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Finance and Accounting Consultant
Apr 2019 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Ran stub close for a PE transaction; owned fixed assets & projects month-end close.• Standardized FA reporting and cut prep by 50–60 hrs/month.• Built reconciliation playbooks and validated data pre/post SAP S/4HANA conversion.• Led master-data migration in S/4HANA; coordinated UAT for accounting.• Designed/validated S/4HANA reports; tracked delivery KPIs and defects.• Reconciled ~40M transactions across ERPs using R; documented JE remediation and an Excel recon kit.• Resolved SAP ↔ Snowflake variances; improved dashboard/report accuracy.• Managed and mentored a 14-person US/offshore team; trained leaders on close and controls.
Education
St. Edward's University
Bachelors
1997 — 2001
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2015 — 2017
Harvard University
Extension School - Graduate Certificate
2001 — 2003
Skills
- Accounting
- Marathon
- Strategic Planning
- Management
- Gaap
- Microsoft Excel
- Cpa
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Internal Audit
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Analysis
- Budgets
- Finance
- Microsoft Office
- General Ledger
- Cost Accounting
- Us Gaap
- Business Process Improvement
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Statements
- Internal Controls
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Forecasting
- Financial Modeling
- Sec Filings
- Auditing
- Analysis
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