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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

At SunOpta we focus on responsibly brining healthy foods from field to table. My role is Senior Accounting Manager responsible for developing & maintaining accounting principles, practices & procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements. Currently responsible for 3 direct reports. Involvement spans all facilities, business segments & corporate functions.FINANCE & OPERATIONS SUPPORTCore responsibilities include:►My team supports the following duties: accounting for all fixed assets in Oracle, prepaid assets, payroll accounting in Ceridian & DayForce, lease accounting according to ASC842, determining the AR reserves, assisting with applying AR deductions, balancing intercompany accounts & review of all associated account recs. In addition, I directly perform the following duties:►Coordinating annual insurance premium renewals with brokers, budgeting & invoice allocation.►Budgeting and monthly P&L reviews for HR & IT Departments.►Annually update and maintain ~30 corporate policies.►Conduct day-to-day activities in Oracle R12 ERP.►Developed & maintain detailed Excel pivot files used in performing user friendly detailed trend and predictive analysis to support plant & SG&A results vs. budget & history. Allow for improved discussion with key players during P&L reviews as well as flexibility in ways to evaluate accuracy of financial results.►Routine collaboration with several other cost accountants to assure alignment and improve current processes to develop consistent processes to improve efficiency and transparency.►Cross functional involvement with Plant Operations, Supply Chain, Corporate Reporting, Customer Service, Sales, Human Resources, Information Technology, Collections & Payables.►Maintain and ensure compliance with internal controls.►Liaison with internal and external auditors.

Downers Grove, Il, Us

Plant controller responsible for providing operational and financial support for 4 manufacturing facilities (MN, CO, OR, and IN), and provide secondary guidance for 3 other facilities (MN, PA, VA).BUDGETS & FORECASTING► Prepare quarterly plant forecasts and talking points to assure the drivers of results are aligned with leadership strategies. ► Create standardized forecast review templates for 10 Wood Product Division business units. Previously, multiple templates were used for business units, making it challenging to identify specific forecast drivers at the consolidated level.► Active member in the initial rollout of the Hyperion Planning software. Successfully reduced the forecast timeline from 8 weeks to less than 4 weeks.FINANCE SUPPORT OF PLANT OPERATIONS► Drive financial acumen in the plants through monthly financial reviews on key performance drivers. Developed user friendly files which provide plant managers, supervisors, and engineers detailed material, labor, and overhead data previously not provided. ► Assisted drafting and was responsible for tracking of a new results-based plant incentive compensation plan intended to generate employee engagement and drive profitability.ERP CONVERSTION ► Key member of ERP team in conversion of general ledger and accounts payable from Decade to Oracle.INVENTORY & COST ACCOUTING EXPERIENCE► Coordinated and participated in annual plant raw material, WIP, and finished goods physical inventories.PROFIT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS► Profit improvement projects include: ROI on capital equipment requests, mark to market wage analysis, overtime vs. hiring additional fulltime employees, impact of a finish line rotation in the plant, and deep dive into frameless cabinet profit opportunities.

Downers Grove, Il, Us

Managed team of 14 employees responsible for period end close, invoicing, fixed assets, commissions, co-op advertising, cost accounting, inventory reporting, and accounts payable. Prepared and reviewed journal entries and financial statements (using Oracle, Decade and SAP ERP systems). Provided key financial data and talking points to CFO, Controller, and other VPs necessary to make financial and operational decisions. Transitioned close timing from 6+ days to 4.YEAREND AUDIT RESPONSIBILITY►Responsible for the yearend audit for Wood Products Division. Audits were wrapped up timely and findings were minimal (as reflected by zero to at most 2 passed audit adjustments in any year).ORACLE ERP CONVERSTION DUE DILIGENCE►Key member of ERP team researching and identifying process / system gaps for planned full conversion from Decade and SAP to Oracle. Identified and implemented business changes required to make future conversion possible.REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (AUDIT SERVICES)►Key participant in request for proposal for new external audit / tax firm. RFP involved interviews of 6 accounting firms and lead to Elkay’s first new firm in over 50 years.►Implemented Blackline account reconciliation software for Wood Products Division. ►Automated invoicing resulting in ~20 hours labor savings each week and more timely customer invoicing.

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

At Supervalu I held position of Manager of External Financial Reporting and then as Manager Internal Financial Reporting.► @ publicly traded Fortune 100 Company INTERNAL FINANCIAL REPORTING ► As Manager of Internal Financial Reporting my responsibilities included coordinating yearend audit & quarterly reviews, reviewing journal entries & account reconciliations, preparation of monthly financial statements & other key metrics, Board of Director slide decks, monthly variance analytics and detailed talking points of variance drivers by banner. ►I also managed financial statements and other period reporting for 18 co-owned LLC partnerships stores. Formally presented financial results on a bi-annual basis to all 3rd party owners to drive financial acumen.►Managed team of 4-7 employees including coaching and annual merit reviews.►Provided account mapping & design input for conversion of general ledger and various subsystems from AXS-One to Oracle.EXTERNAL FINANCIAL REPORTINGAs Manager of External Financial Reporting my responsibilities included preparation and review the Company’s 10-K, 10-Q, proxy, health & welfare, pension & 401k benefit plan filings for this Fortune 100 Company. Coordinate and incorporate input from CEO, Controller, VPs, Board of Directors, Legal & Compensation departments. ►Coordinated and prepared audit support (for previously mentioned filings and financial statements) and acted as a primary audit liaison with external auditors (KPMG & E&Y).►Conducted new accounting technical research to determine impact of proposed accounting & reporting regulations and to ensure accounting policies were in accordance with GAAP.►Prepared pro-forma financial statements required related to multiple retail banner divestitures.►Managed team of 3 direct reports including coaching and annual merit reviews.

Chicago, Il, Us

I have over 6 years experience in public accounting with a focus on audit services.While at Grant Thornton my responsibilities included managing all phases of the audit engagements, including planning, fieldwork, review, financial statement reporting & benefit plan audits. Clients included private and publicly traded companies in manufacturing, distribution, retail, food service & not-for profit industries.► Served on ~15 to 20 different audit engagements annually which provided unique opportunity to serve and experience many companies.►Assisted with conducting interviews at local universities and evaluation of potential new hires.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

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