Jennine Karg

About Jennine Karg

Adaptable finance executive with over 10 years of progressive leadership in corporate, business line, and divisional finance, specializing in global manufacturing and automation industries. Currently oversees financial operations for the $160M Automation Solutions Division at Matthews International, directing a team of 12 professionals in driving strategic planning, forecasting, and SOX compliance.• Recognized for leading M&A evaluations, divestitures, and integrations while strengthening internal controls and optimizing P&L performance. Known for building high-performing teams, instilling accountability, and embedding finance as a trusted business partner to the C-suite.• Experienced in SAP ERP, BI tools, and automation initiatives that elevate transparency, forecasting accuracy, and cost recovery. Skilled for balancing enterprise impact with operational precision to ensure finance drives both strategic outcomes and shareholder value.Areas of Expertise:• Financial Strategy & P&L Oversight• Implementing Processes & Procedures• Team Leadership & Talent Development• Enterprise Risk & SOX Compliance• Strategic Planning & Decision Support• Change ManagementSelected Career Achievements:• Operational Reorganization: Re-aligned the finance team structure to optimize collaboration and strengthen performance, eliminating and restructuring multiple roles, reassigning FTEs, and hiring for consolidated positions to deliver a 10% improvement in forecasting accuracy, greater transparency, and a shift from basic bookkeeping to strategic business partnerships. • Process Automation: Instituted productivity reviews across finance, automating reporting, reallocating journal entry work to shared services, and leveraging BI tools, resulting in a close time reduction of 4 to 3 days, expedited EBITDA leadership projections, and an increased capacity for deeper variance analysis to enable stronger business support.

Experience

1. Director, Division Controller

   Matthews International

   Jan 2022 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   Lead financial and administrative operations for the $160M Automation Solutions Division, directing a 12-person team in overseeing accounting, reporting, and financial analysis. Ensure the accuracy of financial reporting, systems and process integrity, and SOX/Internal Controls compliance while guiding annual budgets, capital planning, strategic reviews, and acquisitions. Serves as key advisor to executive leadership, partnering across functions to optimize performance, maximize profitability, and embed finance as a strategic driver of growth.• Governance & Compliance: Directs SOX adherence and internal controls and reviews, focusing on key areas, including material write-offs, physical inventories, standard costing, pricing, customer discounts, journal entries, revenue recognition, ASC606, and monthly GL account reconciliations to strengthen financial integrity for 20+ profit centers across the US, Europe, and Central America, resulting in zero site audit findings in the last 3 years and consistent SOX key control test results.• New M&A Initiatives: Played key role in approaching two different companies regarding M&A initiatives, performing initial steps as well as determining a valuation and potential offers. • Analytics Improvements: Instituted monthly close calls to review both P&L analytics and balance sheet analytics files. Implemented non-moving inventory tracking process in all Product ID locations in 2024. • Process Optimization: Deployed automation and productivity initiatives, streamlining reporting, reallocating tasks to shared services, and enhancing analytics to improve decision support, saving 2 manual hours per month by transitioning Blackline reconciliations to GBS and automating routine tasks such as journal entry postings, inventory accruals, and trial balance uploads.

Education

• University of Pittsburgh

  Business Administration, Accounting

  2006 — 2010