Catherine Sonntag

Director, Financial Sevices - Americas

Nordson Corporation

Present

North America Sap Controller

Nordson Corporation

Payroll and Payables Manager

Nordson Corporation

Continued responsibility for the Accounts Payable group, as well as the payroll group of four employees who are responsible for processing biweekly payroll for approximately 3,500 employees on both a current and a lag basis, with a small Union group. Worked through the divesture of 300 employees with a sale. Drove the integration of two acquired companies into our payroll for approximately 150 employees each. Implemented AFRM software to increase documentation and internal control within the group. Pushed and drove better automation of various processes, including stock option process. Work closely with the HRIS group to fix and address integration issues.

Regional Process Manager, Invoice to Pay

Nordson Corporation

-Responsible for the America's Invoice to Pay group (Accounts Payable) - Seven individuals -Oversaw the Travel and Expense group - Three individuals -Integrated Mexico's accounts payable function into a shared service center -During COVID-19 worked with the Travel and Expense team on various changes to the industry -Transitioned the Accounts Payable process from a paper based process to digital during COVID-19 -Evaluated historic processes for Invoice to Pay and updated in order to run processes more smoothly -Supported Business leaders with Invoice to Pay and Travel and Expense questions -Evaluated new tools to better automate the Invoice to Pay team's work

Senior Accountant

Nordson Corporation · Amherst, Ohio

-Responsible for supervising the monthly consolidation process, for approximately one hundred subsidiaries. - Involved in preparing the quarterly press release information, and answering questions for external auditors. -Responsible for drafting the MD&A and relevant backup schedules. -Assists with technical accounting issues, such as purchase price accounting. -Process and review monthly subsidiary financial packages using SAP's BPC tool. -Prepare and review intercompany statements for worldwide subsidiaries. -Prepare and review posting journals and adjusting entries to the general ledger. -Prepare and review monthly account reconciliations. -Review weekly backlog reporting. -Responsible for assigned footnote reporting. -Assist in preparing the 10Q's and 10k. -Responsible for various reports used by upper management.

Corporate Accountant

Nordson Corporation · Westlake, oh

-Process and review monthly subsidiary financial packages using SAP's BPC tool. -Prepare and review intercompany statements for worldwide subsidiaries. -Prepare and review posting journals and adjusting entries to the general ledger. -Prepare and review monthly account reconciliations. -Assists with technical accounting issues, such as purchase price accounting. -Prepare and review weekly backlog reporting. -Responsible for assigned footnote reporting. -Assist in preparing the 10Q's and 10k, as well as the MD&A. -Responsible for various reports used by upper management.

Staff Accountant

Corporate United · Westlake, OH

Work closely with the CFO on preparing monthly financial statements. Responsible for Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Financial reporting. Transferred payroll providers with zero errors. Converted from cash basis accounting to accrual based. Coordinated the annual audit and reduced that amount of time for the audit to be completed. Worked with the CFO on revising the annual budgeting process. Implemented better use of QuickBooks accounting system. Rolled out a corporate credit card and Expensify app for better T&E reporting. Implemented a Month End Schedule and set up Balance Sheet schedules.

Homemaker

Self-employed

Raised a family while still active in the community. Was a Girls Scout cookie mom for two years. Director of a Vacation Bible School that had 110 children in attendance. Ran the PTO right to Read Week for two years.

Manager of Affiliate Accounting - Intellinex Llc

EY

Supervised accounts payables, accounts receivables, and travel and expense review. Responsible for monthly preparations of consolidated board package, reviewing general ledger reconciliations, and preparing sales tax returns. Annually responsible for coordinating the audit and tax return.

Senior Accountant/Financial Analyst

EY

Assisted in preparing the monthly consolidated board package. Responsible for preparing monthly general ledger reconciliations. Supervised the accounts payable function. Assisted in the set up of the fixed asset system.

Accountant

Henkel · Avon, OH

Prepared quarterly reporting to submit to parent company. Reconciled and verified transactions flowing through the cash and intercompany accounts. Prepared monthly reconciliation of detail to general ledger balances. Responsible for the fixed assets of two companies. Involved in coordinating and preparing annual budgets. Supervised the payroll process.

Senior Accountant

Pacific Great Lakes Corporation

Prepared monthly consolidated financial statements for four companies. Responsible for daily and monthly cash reconciliations. Responsible for accounts receivable and accounts payable.

Accounting Manager

Standard Parking

Responsible for a department of three employees. Responsible for monthly and fiscal year end closes. Oversaw the running of accounts payable.

Auditor

Standard Parking

Responsible for auditing parking tickets and inputting audit information into the accounting system. Assisted in the month end closing.