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Saint Petersburg, Fl, Us

Saint Petersburg, Fl, Us

Fairfield, Nj, Us

• Manage the development and support of complex systems and initiatives by supervising the requirements, design, development, and implementation stages; guide, direct, and review the development and support work of others.• Provides leadership for the selection, maintenance, enhancements, training, upgrades, and other core components of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other financial systems software. • Lead and support the ERP team and the business users in their functions. Help improve business processes and uncover potential benefits within the ERP setting.• Act as a trusted advisor to senior management and business SME’s by providing thought leadership and recommendations on leveraging ERP capabilities to drive business growth and optimize business operations.• Coordinates and cooperates with the business and internal IT staff, system vendors and personnel as system changes and upgrades are designed, tested, and executed. Ensures modifications and upgrades are successfully verified before applying them to the live environment.• Writes, updates and supports various reports or queries for business and IT use using BI reporting tools and SQL. • Oversee the evaluation and authorization process for the ERP configuration modification requests, improvement requests, and development work.• Design improvement projects for the team that include resource distribution and monitor the team's progress to make sure they achieve project goals according to the needs of the business area and IT.• Deliver strong technical expertise serving as a subject matter expert on finance technology, providing guidance, training and documentation, and support to finance teams and stakeholders across the organization.• Explains technical ideas to a business audience and business information to a technical audience.

Fairfield, Nj, Us

 Manage implementation of Sage X-3 ERP system. Developing, testing, and documenting all procedures related to manufacturing, planning, scheduling, inventory, Procurement and accounting functions. Manage month end and year end close for 3 manufacturing plants and all 3rd party inventory warehouses.  Direct and Coordinate yearly budget and quarterly forecasts. Generate plant financials and review with management to identify efficiencies/inefficiencies vs budget and prior year as well as provide corrective action plans.  Prepare weekly KPI metrics related to production, supply chain, inventory, costs and other necessary areas to analyze performance, identify reporting inaccuracies and identify areas for process improvements and cost savings initiatives. Manage bi-annual bank audit and yearly external financial audits. Continuous improvement meetings focused and growth and improvement of direct reports. Variance analysis related to manufacturing, labor absorption, import product costs, 3rd party processing plants, and inventory shrink. Led initiative to develop and expand production costing standards by manufacturing line, product type, size and unique characteristics to improve standard costing accuracy, sales margin analysis, and identify scheduling inefficiencies impacting cost to manufacture.  Project lead to improve and streamline current inventory tracking and manufacturing flow to assure accuracy and adequate timing of transactions. Manage and oversee production line audits to develop standard costs for new products, improve reporting accuracy and identify potential cost savings with production and engineering teams Implemented new capital investment approval model to determine ROI and NPV, as well as detailed tracking of actual vs assumptions.

Vista, California, Us

 Manage month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing activities including the preparation of the management report and accompanying schedules and worksheets.  Prepare monthly financial “flash” reports (Actual vs. Budget) presented to corporate department leaders (e.g., Executives, Human Resources, Sales Management). Create and Manage BI reporting related to financial and product unit performance related to HEOS and Marantz product lines including household entry products, acquisition cost, average repeat purchase time, and ecosystem set up configurations. Design, modify, implement, and maintenance of accounting systems to ensure adequate recognition of financial transactions.  Communicate with global financial leadership teams regarding financial reporting, budget vs actual Analysis, and overall regional performance. Identify control weaknesses and recommend remedial changes to tighten and enhance controls. Provide requested information to auditors, consultants, and others on significant matters requiring coordination Review legal entity monthly financial statement submissions for compliance with global accounting policies. Prepare and record consolidation journal entries and reconciliations for month-end closing Conduct accounting research and analyses on an ad hoc basis.  Prepare reconciliations of key financial data and intercompany transactions to ensure account information is accurate

Teaneck, Nj, Us

 Manage preparation of month end financials related to Inventory, COGS, AP and In Transit accruals.  Develop and maintain cost standards for manufacturing and import goods processes.  Manage Item Masters and Bill of Materials.  Implement and maintain inventory controls such as physical counts, cycle counts, hold codes, product location and production controls to reduce costs and inaccuracies.  Implement and maintain costs and inventory accuracy for over 30,000 items in New Jersey, California (3PL), Dominican Republic, Israel, and China warehouses. Lead yearly external Inventory Audit for NJ, California, and Dominican Republic warehouses.  Create reports in Microsoft Access and Excel to help increase efficiency and effectiveness in planning, purchasing, shipping, production, returns and other aspects of daily business. Prepare reports to assist in the sale of the medical division of Aetrex Worldwide. These reports include sales history, AP aging reports, Inventory history, and Inventory valuation for all products and vendors related to the medical division.

Orangeburg, New York, Us

 Prepare and reconcile month end inventory accounts and variance analysis.  Review and implement weighing and production controls to reduce material waste and inefficient production processes.  Responsible for the costing of products by applying all freight, duties, production, and overhead costs appropriately. Lead on quarterly inventory counts Created 6, 12, and 18 month purchasing forecasts and reported to the CEO on a monthly basis for review and approval of purchases. Provided future sales and production projections to help maintain purchasing budget. Prepared bill of materials and costing analysis for manufactured products. Daily preparation of bank and intercompany A/P and A/R reconciliations.  Implemented, maintained, and trained 12 colleagues in all aspects of Sage X-3 ERP operating system.

 Prepared general ledger reports and payroll expenses for local businesses.  Prepared tax returns for individuals and businesses using information provided to me by the tax payer.