Gordon Auster

About Gordon Auster

Finance professional with over twenty years of in-depth experience and accomplishments at Fortune 100 companies. Extensive participation in corporate financial planning, budgeting and forecasting. Expertise in financial reporting and analysis, internal controls, accounting and close management, and systems implementations. Demonstrated ability to manage people and teams in both traditional and cross-functional environments. M.B.A. in Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.Specialties: Financial planning and analysisAccounting and Close managementInternal Controls and AuditPlant ControllerProject management, software testing and conversionsSoftware skills: Oracle, Planful, SAP, intermediate to advanced Excel, Word, Powerpoint

Experience

1. Senior Financial Manager

   True Value Company

   Aug 2022 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Deliver annual budgets, monthly accounting close, forecasts, and financial counsel to IT project managers and senior leaders across major software development projects and enhancements, and administrative centers for software development, applications, infrastructure, and retail support.• Collaborate with IT senior management in construction of executive presentations to the company CIO, CEO and Board of Directors, successfully meeting company strategic plan, annual operating budget, and financial forecast requirements.• Manage IT governance and controls on behalf of senior leaders. Instill project managers accountability for budgets, resources management, spend authorizations and accounting compliance.

Education

• Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  BS, Accountancy

  1982 — 1986

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  MBA, Business Administration

  1991 — 1994

Skills

• Variance Analysis
• Project Management
• Sap
• Financial Modeling
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Financial Reporting
• Management
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Financial Analysis
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• General Ledger
• Cost Accounting
• Budgets
• Internal Audit
• Project Implementation
• Leadership
• Auditing
• Internal Controls
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Microsoft Office
• Sap Products
• Ms Office Suite
• Accounting
• Financial Planning
• Business Process
• Sox
• Budgeting
• Analysis