Aaron Lagemann

Current

• Area Manager - Finance & Business Administration at Siemens Building Technologies, Inc
• District Project Controller at Siemens Building Technologies, Inc

Past

• Financial Analyst at Siemens Building Technologies, Inc
• Senior Financial Analyst at MidAmerican Energy-Northern Natural Gas
• Finance Manager at First Data Corporation

• GL accountant at MFS Communications

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Education

• University of Nebraska at Omaha

Connections

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Industry

Construction

Aaron Lagemann’s Summary

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc, Omaha, NE, Area Finance Manager, March, 2005 to Present
•Responsibility for $70M P&L in the construction industry (Building Automation Controls, Fire and Security Systems) - ensuring company financial goals are met each year.
•Area of responsibility includes sales offices in Omaha, Kansas City, Minneapolis and Des Moines.
•Manage finance and accounting department employees.
•Review and approval of sales contracts, capital acquisitions and operating expenses.
•Drive collection efforts to consistently being ranked at the top of the company in Key Indicators such as being below 2% over 90 balance as a percentage of rolling revenue.
•Ensuring Sarbanes Oxley and other compliance controls are in place and are being followed.
•Work as the business partner of the Area General Manager in driving the overall business in the Area (sales territory).
• Develop and review of monthly financial forecasts and annual plan.
•Ensure overall accuracy and quality of financials for the Area.
•Ensure accuracy and completeness of all contracts entered into by the company.
•Provide guidance and presentation of financial results to upper management.
•Ensuring inventory levels are monitored

2003–2005 Northern Natural Gas Co. Omaha, NE
Senior Financial Planning Specialist - Capital
Capital Expenditures annual plan and monthly forecast.
Variance Analysis
Pipeline construction & repair project tracking.
Access database design and implementation for operating expense planning.
Process improvement initiatives related to plan and forecast

1997–2003 First Data Corporation Omaha, NE
Manager – Financial Planning and Reporting
Consolidation of monthly financial forecast and annual plan.
Revenue, expense and capital forecast & plan.
Access database development and administration.
Month end close journal entries.
Supervised one direct report employee.

Aaron Lagemann’s Specialties:

High degree of techical skill in Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel. Ability to program using Visual Basic in order to achieve a high degree of efficiency and a much broader range of ways to analyze and manipulate data.

Highly proficient in SAP, Oracle, Oracle Financial Analyzer, Business Objects, Lawson, Hyperion Enterprise, Hyperion Retrieve, MS Word, MS Powerpoint and MS Visio.

Aaron Lagemann’s Experience

• Area Manager - Finance & Business Administration

  Siemens Building Technologies, Inc

  (Public Company; Construction industry)

  February 2009 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Responsible for P&L and Net Working Capital (AR, Billing, Inventory, etc) results for the Heartland Area. The Heartland Area includes four branch offices in Minneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha and Kansas City and covers territory in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota and parts of Wisconsin and Missouri.

• District Project Controller

  Siemens Building Technologies, Inc

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SI; Construction industry)

  December 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  Responsible for financial aspect of Heartland District's construction and installation jobs. Duties include monitoring, reporting and partnering with Project Managers through all phases of job cycle. In addition, ensuring our jobs are meeting plan expectations, providing insight as to why jobs miss targets, and providing assistance in correcting problems with jobs.

• Financial Analyst

  Siemens Building Technologies, Inc

  (Public Company; Construction industry)

  March 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 10 months)

• Senior Financial Analyst

  MidAmerican Energy-Northern Natural Gas

  (Public Company; Utilities industry)

  July 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 9 months)

  Financial planning & reporting for gas pipeline with special focus on Fixed Assets and operating expense forecast and anlaysis.

• Finance Manager

  First Data Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FDC; Financial Services industry)

  March 1997 — July 2003 (6 years 5 months)

• GL accountant

  MFS Communications

  (Construction industry)

  1995 — 1997 (2 years )

Aaron Lagemann’s Education

• University of Nebraska at Omaha

  1988 — 1993

Additional Information

Aaron Lagemann’s Honors:

Certified Public Accountant

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