Career Experience
Confidential,
New Jersey, 1/12/12 –5/7/12 (Contract assignment)
Project Financial Analyst
Handled the financial management for multiple clinical, statprobe and research studies for US, UK and Asia.
Prepared the budget by task based on the timelines, staffing and payment schedule in accordance to the signed client contract. Track overages by task for potential change orders to the original budget. Prepare the monthly,revenue recognition, rolling forecast, rollforward schedule, client billing, and closures. Interacted with PM’s, PM Director and Clinical Data team.Prepared client billing based on milestones earned or units completed in accordance with the contract. Review, analyzed and made recommendations with financial impact.
Confidential,
New Jersey, 12/06/10 -5/9/11 (Contract assignment)
Financial Analyst
Responds to cost inquiries for new product launch business opportunities. Runs cost updates for US, Canada, Mexico as well as intercompany transfer prices through SAP. Prepares monthly financial reports for Business Units using SAP and excel. Reporting includes, Inventory turnover analysis, Branch reports and Consignment trend reports to name a few. Prepares and submits Profit and Loss statements to corporate headquarters in Germany through Hyperion. Provides variance analysis schedules on Process orders (job orders completed in manufacturing) and analyzes the variances with the Plant Managers. Prepares and reports the Sales Forecast through Hyperion. Supports the Director of Accounting and CFO with any special requests or business needs as requested by management.

Confidential,
New Jersey, 4/28/10 -11/24/10
Plant Accountant
Handles the financial/accounting responsibilities for the entire facility and has a great impact on the decision-making ability of plant and divisional management. This position is also responsible for Human Resource and general office management. Handles all aspects of Accounts Payable and Intra/Inter-company invoicing and reconciliation.Works with Resin, Concentrates and direct manufacturing supplies through reconciling payments, receipts and inventory movements. Completes month end close in 4 days which encompasses preparing journal entries, consumption reporting, inventory adjustments, rebates, reviewing scrap, account analysis and reporting. Also manages fixed asset inventory, record retention and banking functions. Maintains personnel files, tracks step progressions for pay increases and evaluations. Oversees the payroll system &Kronos time attendance system.

Confidential,
Flemington, New Jersey, 12/5/05 - 2/5/10
Senior Financial Accountant/Analyst
Prepare financial reports, develop budgets, and performed variance analysis in accordance with business plan. Report financials to corporate headquarters through Hyperion Enterprise for International consolidated reporting. Compile periodic financial reporting packages for senior management. Manage the cash flow forecast & oversee general accounting functions, including AR/AP, account reconciliation, and cash management.
Sales annual revenue $36M
Fixed Assets & Capital $33M
Trading Profit $ 4M
¢ strategically restructured financial reporting processes in accordance with organizational changes.
¢ Improved managing & forecasting of cash

Confidential,
North Branch, New Jersey, 2003-2005
Assistant Controller
Management of the Accounting department while supervising a staff of 4 accountants handling AR/AP/Cost/Payroll. Processed & prepared the month end closing & generated financial statements. Also, direct contact with the banks for monthly reporting of inventory, sales revenue & customer payments. Also, direct contact with customers & suppliers addressing problems to improve upon relationships.
¢ trained my staff plus all other co-workers to eliminate the need for papers & move into a paperless environment by using the system to the fullest capability. The outcome was less time researching, pulling paper documents & a faster response to the customer or vendor.
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Confidential,
North Brunswick, New Jersey, 1997 - 2003
Held positions of Senior Accountant and Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst
Establish monthly shipping goals based on the trend for 5 locations with sales in excess of $400M. Maintain Fixed Assets & prepare projection of future cash flow on current projects. Prepare monthly variance reports. Promoted up from Senior Accountant and held the responsibility of directing the month end close process. Also held the responsibility of liaison to the IT department for current/future needs and/or improvements for the Accounting Department.

Senior Accountant
Primary responsibility was maintaining the general ledger & chart of accounts, closing the books, preparing financial statements & analyzing the results. Also, supported the payroll department for payroll/GL maintenance & processing. Reconciled multi-state taxes for the Payroll Department. Hired & trained Accounting Staff.
Closed and prepared monthly financial statements and audit reports. Performed monthly account reconciliations and monitored general ledger transactions. Worked in collaboration with controller to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial information in support of overall business objectives.
Key Achievements:
¢ saved more than $40,000 in annual expenses through identification of inaccurate and unnecessary vendor payments.
¢ Increased productivity levels by providing key contributions toward automation of account reconciliation processes.
General ledger functions, including account analysis and reconciliation, journal entries, and AR/AP. Prepared financial statements
Key Achievement:
¢ consistently met deadlines while demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills to achieve corporate objectives.

Confidential,
North Branch, New Jersey, 1996 - 1997
Held position of Staff Accountant handling account reconciliations, Fixed Assets/Capital & documentation of accounting policies using the SAP system until the company merged with Manheim & relocated to Indianapolis.

Confidential,
New Jersey, 1985 - 1996
Held positions of Payroll Manager & then was promoted to Accountant
Accountant
Account Analysis, Documentation of Procedures, Supervised the Payroll Department, consolidated intercompany transaction for 4 plants, prepared month end financial statements, prepared product cost sheets for consideration of new product lines & any special requests needed for upper management.

Payroll Manager
Prepared & processed payroll for 5 locations including tax reporting & W2 processing. Implemented a conversion from 2 separate systems for HR/Payroll into one. Trained plant supervisors on time card preparation & wrote procedure manuals for processing which was also included in the New Hire package. Identified the causes for payroll errors & manual checks & reduced this from 30 per month to none.

Education

RUTGERSUNIVERSITY- New Brunswick, New Jersey

SKILLS
Problem solving
Training
Computer skills, MS Excel, Word, DOS, IBM, Lawson, MAS90, MAS500, Hyperion, PeopleSoft, Kronos, Citrix, ADP, Cognos, SAP, Ellipsis