Gordon Auster

Senior Financial Manager @True Value Company

Chicago, IL, US
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WORK HISTORY

Aug 2022 — Present

Senior Financial Manager @True Value Company

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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

1982 — 1986

Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

BS, Accountancy

1991 — 1994

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

MBA, Business Administration

SKILLS

Variance AnalysisProject ManagementSapFinancial ModelingForecastingManagerial FinanceFinancial ReportingManagementStrategic Financial PlanningFinancial AnalysisCross-Functional Team LeadershipGeneral LedgerCost AccountingBudgetsInternal AuditProject ImplementationLeadershipAuditingInternal ControlsSarbanes-Oxley ActMicrosoft OfficeSap ProductsMs Office SuiteAccountingFinancial PlanningBusiness ProcessSoxBudgetingAnalysis

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

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