| OBJECTIVE |
| Highly motivated professional with experience in Finance and Accounting pursuing a leadership position in a challenging environment to drive change and results. |
| SKILLS |
- Strong analytical and accounting skills
- Extensive knowledge of SAP and PeopleSoft
- Proficient in MS Office
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| Confidential Business Analyst, Finance Department |
- Provided analytical support to the Product Management Office and the New Product Development process
- Managed reports of budget spending by project phase, track revenue and profitability on new products
- Built financial model to measure ROI, Cash Flow, Payback and other key financial metrics
- Developed quality data analysis, bowling charts and metrics to improve Cost of Poor Quality
- Enhanced methods and measurements used in SAP module
- Prepared budgets and report on budgets variance analysis
- Selected as part of the Gerber Business System team to implement lean production initiatives
- Actively contributed in Kaizen events and Strategy Deployment.
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- Cost Accountant, Accounting Department
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- Prepared financial statements, and participated in financial reviews
- Supported senior management in preparing and analyzing annual plan
- Monitored and analyzed cost center variances
- Experienced in root cause analysis and process improvement
- Assisted in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance testing and documentation.
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| Confidential - Staff Accountant, Accounting Department
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- Managed month end closeout activities
- Financial analysis and reporting
- Accounts reconciliation for accuracy and reasonableness on a monthly basis
- Update and manage fixed assets registers
- Supervised physical inventories and managed internal audits.
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| Confidential Business Analyst, Finance Department |
- Cash flow analysis
- Prepared financial statements, and participated in financial reviews
- Supported senior management in preparing and analyzing annual plan
- Forecasting, budgeting, and profitability analysis for acquired businesses and stores
- Evaluated strategic fit of current or potential new businesses.
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, Cont'd |
| Confidential Quality Analyst, Core Procurement Department |
- Helped identifying root causes of engine product quality problems
- Interacted on a daily basis with Quality, Supply Chain, and Continuous Improvement personnel
- Supported SAP transition, and reviewed its impact on general, training and working procedures
- Developed and managed Quality metrics tracking system through data acquisition.
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| Confidential Accountant, Accounting Department |
- Managed General Ledger entries, and performed bank accounts reconciliation on a monthly basis
- Prepared management reports concerning A/P and A/R balances, Sales and Inventory
- Identified opportunities and recommended potential solutions for improving financial process as well as supporting their implementation, such as cost accounting procedures and sales agents' network.
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| Confidential Accountant, CPA Training |
| Met the requirements set by the Italian laws in order to attend the Certified Public Accountant exam. Diversified experience involving general and cost accounting, state and local taxation, income and estate taxes, accounting standards for presentation and disclosure in general purpose financial statements, and internal and external auditing. |