PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Manager Finance/Operations Business Partner

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Core Team for Implementation of Infor XA
• Improve Cost Accounting Structure and Financials, as well as procedures
• Cost Modeling for New Products ROI analysis
• In charge of all reporting external as well as internal audits
• Inventory Reserve calculations
• Responsible for budget on all operating expenses related to COGS, worked closely with VP of Ops
• Amortization and Capitalization of manufacturing variances

Senior Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and manage financial reporting
• Manage month end closing process
• LIFO/FIFO Inventory Valuation
• Inventory Reserve analysis and reporting
• Expert in my field - problem solver expert in field of Cost Accounting
• Improved entire financial structure and analysis of all inventory and variance related reporting
• Responsible for budget and forecast of COGS related expenses
• External and Internal Audit reporting and follow-up
• Capitalization of variances based on inventory turns
• Review of labor and overhead variances for cost savings

Financial Control Manager/Cost Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Management of financial reporting and forecasting
• Recognized for efforts identifying new processes to improve quality, reduce costs and increase margin.
• Facilitate team charged with the improvement of inventory record accuracy.
• Initiate change to improve reporting and efficiencies to staff of six.
• Initiate accounting changes to have visibility to actual expenses..
• Project Team Leader in various improvement projects

Director of Cost Accounting/Cost Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Oracle, Inventory Management System and financial reporting,
• Analysis, development and forecasting of standard costs, manufacturing variances and overheads
• Management of financial reporting COGS, inventory valuation and reserve requirements, support physical inventory reconciliations, reconcile perpetual vs balance sheet
• Preparation of Sarbanes-Oxley Processes
• Liaison between Pfizer and Eyetech Pharmaceuticals
• ROI calculations
• Support budget process for Supply Chain/Technical Operations

Cost Accounting Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of JDEdwards for Manufacturing Accounting
• Analysis of Purchase Price Variance and, manufacturing variances
• Run Integrity reports for all Item Master files
• Responsible for the entire revaluation process
• Reconcile all inventory transactions
• Chosen for three special projects, one of which was 7 months
• Work closely with Marketing, Planning, Purchasing and Directors of all companies

Cost Accounting Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of MRP for JBA
• Analytical ability to perform all aspects of financial closing
• Prepare month-end purchase price variance
• Calculate inventory days on hand schedule and inventory roll forward
• Develop and analyze standard costs, revaluation of over 6000 skus
• Development of staff to promote efficiency, accuracy and growth
• Account reconciliation of cogs, inventory and sales
• Analysis and development of all operations expenses/variances to budget
• Work closely with IT to enhance our reporting process
• Manage staff of three

Cost Accounting Supervisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supervised Bill of Materials, Analyst and Cost Accounting Assistant
• Maintained control of all aspects of the standard cost system
• Analyze inventory freight, shrink and overhead accounts
• Prepared and monitored purchase price variances
• Coordinate, supervised and reconciled entire physical inventory
• Implemented new standard cost used for revaluation of inventory
• Duties include coordination of monthly closings for cost area
• Extensive communication with Public Auditors before, during and after physical inventory
• Responsible for daily activities of the Cost Accounting Department for a $100 million start-up organization

Senior Cost Accountant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Prepared consolidated financial statements including balance sheet and profit and loss statements
• Prepared the general ledger monthly closing process for three separate companies
• Analyzed and updated material, labor and overhead standards
• Created program for labor and overhead entries for all eleven plants including two foreign plants and monitored foreign currency translation (FAS#52) on a quarterly basis
• Responsible solely for three of the eleven domestic plants throughout the month
• Prepared journal entries including cost of sales, material variance, labor and overhead
• Support for Canada and Mexico financials
• Prepared special projects on a daily basis

Cost Accountant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintained and updated cost of all jobs
• Analyzed costs and variances in a Job Cost System
• Developed direct labor and overhead standard rates
• Performed monthly inventory, work-in-process, and special projects
• Prepared monthly closing which involved analysis of financial statements and monthly labor efficiency and utilization reports
• Responsible for physical inventory reconciliation
• Preparation of journal entries

TECHNICAL SKILLS

COMPUTER SKILLS: Â Windows ME, Windows 2000,Windows XP Excel 5.0/7.0, JDEdwards, JBA System 21, SOLOMN iii, aS400 operating System, Word, Showcase Query, Oracle, Access Database, SQL, PowerPoint, Visio, MAPICS, Infor XA