PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Various Consulting Positions 2010 - Present

Confidential. – Lancaster, PA, [2011-Present]
Cost Analyst

• Reduced accounts receivable days outstanding by an average of 70 % from previous historical record of payment receipts via aggressive customer contact program.
• Spearheaded team effort updating product bill of material and routings required for 1,200 plus manufactured items in successful plant-wide ERP implementation.
• Identified, reconciled, and tagged approximately 300 plus “major” company fixed assets – ensuring Sarbanes Oxley compliance – approximately one week ahead of schedule.
• Reduced amount of time needed to decommission and remove all major company fixed assets via the creation of a detailed “overhead” map of all machines in physical space.

• Consolidated budget templates three weeks ahead of schedule - well within the required deadline.
• Improved product cost accuracy 25 % by correcting flawed costs in ERP system “item master tables.”
• Provided internal marketing department staff budgetary guidance to ensure proper FY2011 sales unit forecast.

• Provide support to Financial Planning Manager and CFO in areas of financial management, planning and business analysis of the Household and Body Care North American business.
• Responsible for journal entry preparation, monthly close process, variance analysis and internal reporting.
• Develop product cost for new and existing SKU’s, provide systems maintenance of costs additions and changes and ensure accuracy of cost.
• Support development and analysis of Annual Operating plan, Outlook and LRP processes.
• Monitor general inventory levels, correct discrepancies and communicate unusual trends.
• Conduct physical inventory audits, reconciliations and procedure compliance to safeguard company assets and provide ongoing financial reviews with local management.
• Identify complex accounting problems, research solutions, develop/implement solutions and present finding to management.
• Assist in preparation of new Product Authorization cost forms.
• Assist new product teams in costing and support.
• Analyze upcoming variance and inventory issues primarily involving cost changes and supply chain structure changes.
• Ensure that the impact of significant product, packaging, and supply changes are reflected in the Division’s financial plan.
• Report, analyze and discuss monthly purchase price variance results.
• Establish strong working relation to ensure accurate decision support information is provided.

• Cost / Operations Activities – Standard Cost Development and maintenance.
• Perform fact review of variances and identify drivers.
• Annual Operating Budget – Update of material costs, calculate productivity targets, estimate variances (PPV, CJV, etc.), calculate labor costs, compile workload analysis, gather and review overhead spending and complete schedules.
• Assume the leadership role providing infrastructure support to internal customers including analytical support, operations reporting, challenging of decisions, and identifying cost reduction opportunities.
• Act as key liaison between Baldwin and Black & Decker Corp. with regards to operations reporting.
• Cost / Operations Activities – Standard Cost Development and maintenance. Establish Performance Metrics, Cost Reduction initiatives and provide extensive finance support to the Operations team.
• Support team functions by providing analytical support for team initiatives. Provide guidance and direction as financial representative on teams.
• Provide Weekly/Monthly operations finance reporting (OpEx, Live, Productivity Deck, etc.), as well as tracking and reporting on productivity projects.
• Month End Close activities. Perform fact review of variances and identify drivers. Seek out corrective action, if necessary.
• Annual Operating Budget – Update of material costs, calculate productivity targets, estimate variances (PPV, CJV, etc.), calculate labor costs, compile workload analysis, gather and review overhead spending and complete schedules.

• Created detailed cost accounting model used by ownership and management team providing accurate and timely information to allow them to make better business decisions - approximately 50 individual products were successfully analyzed using this detailed computer model.
• Developed detailed machine hourly overhead rates by analyzing all indirect corporate expenses and allocating them to machine groups based on the total number of production hours for those machines during the previous fiscal year.
• Processed quarterly analysis of individual products to determine a material “scrap” rate.
• Identified areas of inefficiency and waste within the production area as they came to my attention – made this information immediately available to members of the ownership and management team so they could take corrective action in a timely manner.
• Audited individual products being produced to verify and update information in production system database.
• Processed time studies of production employees to ensure accuracy of data being used in my cost accounting model and production system database.
• Improved my knowledge of blueprint reading, production processes, inventory control, quality control, customer quotations, statistical projection methods, personnel management, injection molding, plastics, decision-making, and metrology.

• Prepared reports, audits, and statements to provide management with information relative to financial transactions, operating costs, inventories, sales, taxes, depreciation, property values, receivables, payables, etc.
• Prepared detailed make versus buy analysis that saved company $ 250,000 by analyzing import of finished goods versus the cost of domestic production.
• Directed the preparation of consolidated operating statements, analyze and evaluate the financial status of the location.
• Prepared statement of recommendations relative to future financial plans, objectives, policies, and goals.
• Evaluated/implemented/achieved cost reduction, improve controls, work simplification.
• Prepared the operating budgets and controls.
• Budgeted and controlled daily cash flow for the location.
• Developed and maintain standard costs.
• Audited and controlled all receipts and disbursements according to recognized accounting principles.

• Prepared Company Budget for company via interaction with senior management.
• Saved company $160,000 as a direct result of statistical analysis and random sampling to identify undelivered inventory.
• Prepared company profit and loss statements and cash flow statements.
• Provided evaluations and post-completion reviews of capital expenditures, and prepared related special analyses as requested on a timely basis.
• Developed and refined annual operating cost standards for work centers, via interaction with Production Management. Standards include costing rates, throughputs and yields.
• Played an active role in various multi-disciplined team efforts, such as Business Planning Teams and Focused Improvement Teams. Assist the Controller to improve integrity of processes for recording material movement and labor reporting.

• Saved company approximately $34,000 per year in labor costs by taking the initiative and working on “responsibility gaps” via implementation of accounting improvements and procedural enhancements. Created spreadsheet model that helped automate a manual process that was very time-intensive.
• Helped company handle rapid growth by improving efficiency of existing operational processes 50 %. More was accomplished in less time. This allowed company to handle more retail customers without spending additional funds on operations personnel.
• Reduced billing errors by 75 % without any increased time spent on end-of-month reconciliations. Received commendations from company Vice President and Controller as a result of this effort.
  

ACCOUNTING & COMPUTER SYSTEM EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Project, SAP – SAPFIN (Financial Overview) Course, Epicore, Microsoft Navision, Oracle, J.D. Edwards ERP Version 5.0 system, MAS 90, MAS 200, Promise System, Mattec System, MAPICS Manufacturing Software System, MS Office, FAS Encore Asset Management System, Wachovia Connection On-Line Banking System, Advanced Microsoft Excel Certification, Monarch Data Transfer System, CHAX System, Quicken

EDUCATION / TRAINING

• Bachelor of Arts.
• MAS 200 Training – all modules
• Accounting Coursework
• Advanced Microsoft Excel Certification
• Microsoft Excel Macros Certification
• Microsoft Access Certification