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operation. over the Corporate Controller position. Hired and developed management/ financial/administrative staff. Helped navigate Tempel through the legal/local bureaucracy that in many respects was aided by "lessons learned" from my experience in starting up our China division. Initiated Economic Value Added reporting/analysis at the divisional and corporate level. Bolstered internal controls in China and India by establishing SOPs around all material transactions. Also established an internal audit function at both locations. Worked with IT to establish a transactions exception line of reporting where I receive a daily summary of all unusual and illegal transactions or any time steel does not reconcile at our overseas locations. to measure the economic impact of stretching AR. This is especially useful in price negotiations with new and existing customers.