Derek Huff

Experience

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  RSM US LLP

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2013

  Senior Associate

  • Performed high quality financial statement audits for international and domestic publicly and privately held companies in the areas of construction, service (law & consulting), manufacturing, not-for-profit, and distribution

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  HKS, Inc.

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2017

  • Regional head of finance for offices based in Shanghai, China; London, England; Gurgaon, India and Abu Dhabi, UAE with a shared service center based in Dallas, Texas• Effectively supervise and manage a staff of three direct reports based in England, India, and China• Coordinate and review local tax filings, statutory audits and oversee statutory compliance for the region • Develop and distribute monthly sector-level financial and operational reporting to key stakeholders within the region to create a culture of financial accountability within the region• Measure and monitor cash flows to ensure operating requirements are met• Present financial results and projections to global executive management upon visits to London, England• Lead regional sector leaders through the annual budgeting and forecasting process• Member of the global Finance Leadership Team and the Senior Management Team within the London office Show less • Responsible for internal and external financial statement preparation on both US-tax and US-GAAP basis and maintenance of all general ledger accounts for the US, five international subsidiaries and three joint ventures• Managed coordination and preparation of global consolidated and international statutory audits (six annually), completing consolidated audit six months earlier than it had been completed in the past earning recognition from the CFO and CEO • Lead a cross-functional team to automate subcontractor payment process, reducing workload of two staff by 75%• Created balance sheet reconciliations for all US accounts on US-tax and US-GAAP basis, identifying and correcting several hundred thousand dollars in errors Show less

  • Controller - UK, India, China

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

  • GL Accounting Manager

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
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  ICL Group

  Jan 2018 - Oct 2022

  Reporting Manager EU Industrial Products

  • Manage team of four record-to-report accountants and their daily operational accounting and reporting activities (three production plants, two sales entities and reporting for 7 other entities) based in the European Headquarter (EHQ)• Lead all aspects of month end closing process for assigned companies, coordinating all departments in the EHQ, to ensure smooth closing process• Global Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Ambassador• Driving efficiencies through self-directed projects, such as leading monthly collaboration meetings with other departments in the EHQ, leading initiative to automate statutory reporting process in Amsterdam & Germany, suggesting and co-leading global November “hard close” process, and automation & standardization of various processes.• Selected to participate on the European Idea Box Committee, evaluating ideas submitted by the employees to improve the EHQ• Key member of Industrial Products Single Business Entity implementation project in 2018 whereby the IP segment converted from commission structure to Limited Risk Distributor structure Show less

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  PepsiCo

  Oct 2022 - Nov 2023

  Control & Reporting Associate Manager
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  Bunge

  Dec 2023 - now

  Sr. Accounting & Reporting Manager BFS EMEA