Kimberly Madaj

Kimberly “Kim” Madaj is the vice president of the North American Corporate Finance and Accounting group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM), in Southfield, Mich. She is responsible for the North American Finance and Accounting organization, including the establishment of regional direction, strategy development, corporate governance, global finance alignment and regional profit optimization.

Madaj joined DIAM in 1993 where she served as accounting supervisor charged with financial statement analysis, policy and procedure development, compliance and audit coordination. In 1999, she was promoted to manager of the Corporate Accounting Function and three years later she was promoted to senior manager of Corporate Accounting and North American Financial Reporting. As senior manager, Madaj was responsible for North American standardization and unification, development of financial shared services and financial reporting.

In 2004, she was appointed to director of the Corporate Accounting, North American Financial Reporting and Financial Systems functions, responsible for development and execution of long-term plans for standardization and common system implementation across DIAM’s North American-affiliated companies. She also served as liaison between North American Finance and global Finance and Accounting. Later, this role was expanded to include tax, risk management, treasury and special projects in North America.

Prior to joining DIAM, Madaj worked at Deloitte in Detroit where she served as senior auditor.

Madaj received a degree in Business Administration with a major in Accounting and a minor in Mathematics and Social Science from Northwood University in Midland, Mich.

Madaj became a certified public accountant in 1988.