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Paris, Kentucky, United States

Georgetown, Kentucky, United States

• Prepare monthly group Supply Chain Key Performance Indicators.• Prepare monthly price variance analytics.• Participation on key supplier RFQ.• Monthly monitoring of Raw Material and Logistics elements.• Ensure Raw Material standard cost and savings are properly validated.• Develop financial reports and models to facilitate analysis.

Shelbyville, Kentucky

Prepared the following reports:• Weekly labor variance analysis• Construction-in-Progress and Fixed Asset reporting• Month-end closing JE’s• Temporary Labor tracking• SOX plant process control confirmationResolved vendor payment issuesProvided financial support for plant kaizen projects

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Prepared Weekly Inventory Counts.Annual Budget Preparation.Monthly Utilities and overhead spend analysis.Plant purchasing support.

Nicholasville, Ky

• Developed and trained the accounting staff for a $100M manufacturing plant with 230 employees.• Improved processes in the accounts payable, payroll, and cost accounting areas resulting in higher financial and production data accuracy.• Prepared factory financial reporting for operating departments (variance analyses, labor efficiency, overhead spend).• Directed the monthly financial close process with the accounting team, to include generating profit and loss statements, reconciling the balance sheet, and completing all pertinent manufacturing reports and analyses.• Delivered budgets and capital expenditure requests to corporate headquarters. Maintained accurate product costs through the bill of material and labor routing system.• Compiled weekly sales trends to measure and report the overall health of the business in order to make appropriate adjustments to purchases, labor crewing and overhead spending.• Analyzed daily production performance data (scrap, manpower, equipment utilization); partnered with production personnel to formulate conclusions and offer improvement recommendations.

Nicholasville, Ky

• Successfully executed a get-well plan for account receivable and accounts payable functions, greatly improving the company’s relationship with vendors and customers. • Oversee the bi-annual financial review by external auditors and present results to corporate office.• Oversee the preparation of corporate income and property taxes by external accounting firm. Coordinate Benefits Review and 5500’s filings.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Prepared the consolidated Income Statements for Latin America by country and region.• Acted as the corporate liaison to Latin America during the monthly closing process. Closely collaborated with the World Headquarter Consolidations department, the regional controllers, and corporate accounting. • Streamlined existing monthly financial close process by one day.• Maintained warranty reserves by region, ensuring accurate financial statements.• Consolidated regional forecast for Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Central America.• Analyzed weekly inventory positions for production planning purposes, in order to ensure product availability in country. • Presented monthly management forecast reviews to include analysis of consumer demand, product mix, forecast comparisons, and optimal inventory levels by country.

Waverly, Ia

• Prepared new product cost.• Responsible for weekly payroll of a factory under a union contract.• Maintained and implemented all financial and internal controls for a $240M facility, with a total operating budget of $20M.• Prepared the annual budget.• Reported financial results to the corporate offices.

Holton, Ks To Lufkin, Tx

• Organized and trained the accounting team for a newly acquired factory.• Prepared and reported the capital budget for a $10M factory expansion. • Established new product cost standards for 280 stock keeping units.• Audited inventory counts of finished goods and work in progress to ensure accuracy.• Coordinated and oversaw financial reporting to corporate office.• Tracked Capital projects created and implemented systems improvements for measuring labor efficiency and product costing information.• Implemented controls for purchasing and usage of raw materials.

Long Beach, Ca; Newport, Ky; Topeka, Ks

Assistant Plant Controller - Topeka, Kansas• Prepared closing journal entries for the Topeka facility, responsible for 20% of Heinz Pet Product’s operating income.• Maintained the bill of material system for 150 SKU’s.• Managed a three person accounting team for the local site.• Insured accuracy of inventory quantities and values.Senior Operations Analyst – Newport, Kentucky • Analyzed the financial impact of plant and manufacturing process changes and incorporated these changes into financial systems.• Allocated the operating performance of ten manufacturing plants (ingredient usage, labor, overhead variances) into company brands.• Supported plants in the preparation of capital and project analyses.• Coordinated the integration of newly acquired businesses into existing plant and corporate processes.Senior Financial Analyst - Corporate Planning, Newport, Kentucky • Prepared corporate standard costs, manufacturing, and composite product costs for the annual budget and quarterly forecast.• Published monthly brand profitability income statements for 50 brands and product lines with annual sales of $1B.• Prepared the corporate G&A budget of $52M.Business Analyst - Corporate Manufacturing Accounting, Long Beach, California • Monitored plan compliance to corporate policies for material usage for three factories.• Developed an inventory reporting system to capture raw material usage for ten cold storage locations and three factories, significantly increasing productivity and accuracy of data at monthly closing.• Directly responsible for the accounting of a $30M frozen ingredient inventory system; audited financial reports and transactions, ensuring data and process integrity.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting And Finance

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