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Denver, Colorado, United States

• Automate financial reports including daily metrics, landing forecasts, and weekly A/R Collections.
• Manage capex budget, draft project requests and ROI calculations, oversee CIP and fixed assets.
• Author monthly FG analysis to deliver insight regarding product mix and customer profitability.
• Set annual standards based on OH variances, machine utilization, and budgeted expenses.
• Prepare month-end journal entries, account reconciliations, and calculate E&O reserves

Rohnert Park, California, United States

• Supported plant closure by identifying fixed assets, managed asset transfers and disposals.
• Prepared margin analysis to deliver insight regarding product line and customer profitability.
• Created Bills of Materials (BOMs) and evaluated material, labor and OH variances.
• Managed inventory count data entry, audits, and automated map to display count progress.
• Led monthly spend and open PO reviews with managers to ensure timely expense recognition.
• Prepared month-end journal entries, account reconciliations, and critical report testing.

Carson, California, United States

• Analyzed complex costings with R&D to evaluate labor and scrap for accuracy and reasonability.
• Led post-launch reviews to document unanticipated issues, shortcomings and lessons learned.
• Interpreted seasonal trends to set annual standard costs for materials, labor and freight.
• Conducted root cause variance analysis and delivered key drivers and suggestions to leadership.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Managed and remotely control the daily transport and storage of 400,000 barrels of crude oil.
• Analyzed operational data and trends to ensure integrity of 1,800 miles of underground pipelines.
• Developed KPIs for inventory management and commodity tracking using VBA and Excel add-ins.
• Created models for inventory estimation and pump optimization via live data or simulated rates.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Administered program to track over $10 million in budgeted annual expenditures for four entities.
• Maintained database of project expenditures to support Engineering and identify overrun projects.
• Supported annual SG&A budget by reviewing prior spend and incorporating manager input.
• Reviewed project requests for compliance with GAAP CapEx requirements and internal controls.
• Liaised with Engineering and Accounting to close completed capital projects and record assets.
• Managed costs of emergency cleanups and ensured prompt reimbursement from insurers.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Saved $100K annually in billing errors, rate overcharges, late fees and cutting unnecessary costs.
• Audited utility usage and contract rates to optimize service plans and eliminate unused accounts.
• Streamlined A/P submission process by 15% by scripting daily report with hyperlinked invoices.
• Managed, reviewed and reconciled Accounts Payable corporate credit card.

Orange County, California Area

• Reviewed invoices to safeguard expenditures, vetted new vendors and paid approved invoices.
• Ensured correct coding of over 100 weekly invoices to proper account, cost center or project.
• Reduced payment processing costs by securing consolidated invoicing from routine vendors.

Orange County, California Area

• Facilitated sale of Dept. of Housing & Urban Development-owned homes by paying invoices.
• Audited invoices for compliance with State laws limiting HUD’s obligation for overdue balances.
• Liaised with realtors to resolve code violations by awarding bids to local contractors.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History