The Siegfried Group

automotive clients

Global provider of automotive parts and accessories to wholesale customers.

• Assisted management with the development of their 2006 budget.
• Completed closure activities on acquisition.
• Reconciled two years of sales history for IT department.
• Reconciled and reported on A/P Open Balances and Warranty Returns issues. 
• Recommended and implemented steps that reduced open inventory items.
• Assisted with SOX readiness. Prepared narrative documentation; identified key controls; created process flowcharts.

Manufacturer of performance fibers widely used to construct automotive accessories.

• Helped coordinate Regional Controllers throughout the world to finalize the adjustments necessary to establish the closing and opening balance sheet for the sale of a business line. 
• Assisted external auditors with the audit/review of purchase accounting adjustments and related methodology while preparing Hyperion consolidation elimination entries for global purchase accounting adjustments.

Fortune 500 manufacturer of automotive bearings.

• Analyzed accounting issues and drafted technical memorandum documenting the company's position.
• Performed redraft and reformat of the 10K to improve the filing process in anticipation of the accelerated SEC filing deadline.