The document is a resume for Craig W. Gonsewski summarizing his experience as a finance executive with over 25 years of experience in corporate controlling, financial systems, modeling, process improvement and strategic planning. He has extensive leadership experience directing financial operations and implementing new systems to increase efficiency and profitability across several companies.

1. Craig W. Gonsewski
1412 Hilltop Drive || Mount Juliet, Tennessee 37122 || (615) 879‐0379 || cgonsewski@gmail.com || www.linkedin.com/in/craiggonsewski
SUMMARY
An accomplished and performance‐driven finance executive with extensive experience in corporate controlling, financial
information systems, financial modeling, process improvement, and strategic planning. Possesses a proven track of
record of expertise in budgeting for multi‐site facilities, P&L statement analysis, cost accounting, payroll, and related
taxes. A dynamic top performer driving cost‐saving measures, specialized setups and reports, implementation of new
systems, and increased profitability.
EXPERIENCE
NISSAN TRADING CORPORATION AMERICAS, Smyrna, Tennessee
Consultant, 2016‐Present
Process improvement, automation and efficiency improvements, Inventory Control and transactions. Year end audit schedule preparation,
system clean u.
FRANKE, INC., Smyrna, Tennessee
Group Controller, Franke Kitchen Systems, 2014‐2016
Volunteered to lead project team on project implementing new ERP/general ledger system and subsequently filled available position as CFO.
Directed all financial reporting to corporate for four business units. Led five direct reports: two controllers, finance manager, cost manager,
and financial analyst.
▪ Led specialized setups and reports in order to operate company as one unit but report as four separate entities (Retail, Luxury,
Hoods, Faucets).
▪ Oversaw data conversion from legacy system to new system, writing of SOPs for all critical processes, and meeting of go‐live date.
▪ Worked with IT programmers to create specification, establish test scenarios and implemented three additional new cost fields,
allowing for fully loaded costs and PPV calculations.
▪ Drove productivity increase due to new system; showed profitability increase of 15% over 2015 budget in finance due to
elimination of both controller positions.
Business Unit Controller, Franke Foodservice Systems, 2007‐2014
Oversaw all controlling activities, budgeting, external audit, and month‐end results for two business units, Foodservice and Coffee. Led six
direct reports: cost accounting manager, accounts payable manager, accounts receivable manager, and accounting manager. Traveled to
China six times and Poland five times for Foodservice division to help implement automation and productivity improvements reducing
closing timelines.
▪ Reduced closing process timeline from four days to two days, with 50% increase in productivity.
▪ Integrated Coffee division into legal entity while allowing operations to function as one business unit requiring complex allocation
module to separate shared activities, creating 30% cost savings over individual locations. Integrated Call Center for Technical
support and repairs and helped move Accounts Payable and Account Receivable operation into a Shared Services model.
Operational Controller, Franke Foodservice Systems, 2004‐2007
Performed manufacturing accounting, budgeting and sales reporting, production planning and product costing, and product data
management. Led three direct reports: cost accountant, production planning manager, and cost estimator. Implemented new production
planning process, which reduced work in process by approximately 30% and enabled manufacturing floor to become more flexible.
Conducted cost accounting, sales backlog, and inventory. Implemented new financial package, set cross‐reference, validated conversion, and
created new reports.
▪ Improved processes by reducing WIP inventory by $400,000.
▪ Created allocation methodology to allow presentation of P&L by customer groups. Strengthened business by focusing on core
customer base.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDISON AUTOMATION, INC., Nashville, Tennessee, Controller, 2002‐2003. Oversaw all financial activity of company. Performed P&L
preparation, payroll processing and related taxes, engineering job accruals, cash flow projections, customer credit checking, and collections.
Conducted accounts payable invoices and payment, budgeting, and forecasting, as well as point‐of‐sales reporting for key vendors. Led five
direct reports. Created database for commission reporting by both salesperson and product line. Established database for job costing to
snapshot each month for use creating historical view of each engineering job for both budget changes and actual costs.
DOANE PET CARE COMPANY, Brentwood, Tennessee, Manager, Financial Information Systems, 2000‐2001. Oversaw accounting information
system, ensuring integrity of data being extracted and used to prepare financial information for company. Created allocation methodology

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allowing for driving plant performance down to customer level and reported as customer contribution margin while still maintaining ability
to drill down into details. Worked with programmers to write interface with capacity for usage and alterations without additional
programming requirements. Documented all processes and procedures.
DOANE PET CARE COMPANY, Brentwood, Tennessee, Controller, Cost Management, 1999‐2000. Performed all cost accounting and budgeting
function for 28 manufacturing plants and three distribution centers. Prepared monthly financial statements and variance analysis. Worked
closely with director of cost management to ensure operational success. Supervised three staff cost accountants with responsibility of
inventory, purchase price variance, physical inventories, and accrued accounts payable. Debugged AS/400 general ledger interface to Great
Plains. Worked closely with BIT programmers to streamline data load and enhance reporting capabilities. Created over 100 financial
reports using FRx 6.0 linked to Great Plains eEnterprise general ledger.
HORACE SMALL APPAREL COMPANY, Nashville, Tennessee, IBS Implementation Team, FI­CO, 1998‐1999. Led finance team on SAP
implementation and subsequently AIC implementation. Oversaw covering and converting all business requirements from legacy systems
into integrated business system. Worked with consultants to develop entire costing system with allocations, internal orders, and profit
center accounting. Ensured all processes adhered to main business requirements. Developed training documentation and business process
procedures to support end users.
HORACE SMALL APPAREL COMPANY, Nashville, Tennessee, Manager of Manufacturing Accounting, 1996‐1998. Conducted accounting function
for four manufacturing plants and two distribution centers. Reconciled sales reports and accounts receivable balances. Produced monthly
P&L statements, reporting variances and explanations for manufacturing division and net profit results for wholesale division. Prepared and
distributed monthly line item budget to actual packages to 30 department managers. Developed fiscal year budgets for manufacturing
operations, $32,000,000, including overhead expenses, allocations across multiple operational sites, as well as revision of labor and
overhead rates for product costing and production/profitability analysis.
GLOBE BUSINESS FURNITURE (FIRST SOURCE), Hendersonville, Tennessee, Senior Cost Accountant, 1994‐1996. Processed monthly transactions
tracking inventory from raw materials to distribution as well as journalizing cost of sales. Investigated and provided explanation for
manufacturing variances to upper management as well as proposed new policies/procedures for improvement. Maintained all product
costing utilizing multi‐level bill of materials. Developed fiscal year budgets for manufacturing operations, including allocations across
multiple operation sites, as well as calculation of labor budget based on production and sales plans.
GLOBE BUSINESS FURNITURE (FIRST SOURCE), Hendersonville, Tennessee, MAC­PAC Implementation Team, 1995‐1996. Performed all aspects of
accounting functions in new system. Coordinated conversion of general ledger balances, financial statement formats, and customer/vendor
balances. Configured all underlying tables required for 11 companies utilizing automatic intercompany transactions. Developed training
documentation and business process procedures to support end users. Served as lead trainer for all accounting functions, accounts payable,
accounts receivable, general ledger, budgeting, and cost accounting.
FABER‐CASTELL CORPORATION, Lewisburg, Tennessee, Cost Accountant, 1988‐1994. Prepared monthly journal entries for inventory movement
and variance reporting. Generated profitability reporting by product class, including calculation of salespeople’s commissions. Paid and
reconciled foreign currency inventory purchases using letter of credit and forward contract buying of foreign currencies. Conducted daily
matching of inventory receipts to invoices as well as coding to proper accounts.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, Huntsville, Alabama, B.S.B.A., Accounting, 1988
CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MS Access, Microsoft Certified MS Excel, Intermediate & Advanced
Cost Estimating for Engineers SQL 7 Query Analyzer
MRP II FRx Financial Reporting I, II, & III
SAP for FI­CO Module

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COMPUTER SKILLS & SOFTWARE
ERP Systems, HALO BI, IFS, Windows Operating Systems, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Access, MAS/200, Great Plains, Crystal Reports,
FRx Financial Report Writer, SQL Query, PRMS Version 8.0, MAPICS DB, MAC‐PAC, IPICS, AIC, ABS