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Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsible for all accounting and finance duties of a six press, high volume, time sensitive printed media facility. Total revenue is approximately sixty million with 150 full time employees plus, varying with volume, an additional 15 to 75 contract employees.Ensured all month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing requirements were mere completed before or within corporate guidelines.Generated, for leadership review, an analysis of month-end actual performance to forecast and budget.Created quarterly forecasts and initiated monthly updates from revenue through EBITDA. Facilitated monthly review meetings with plant leadership to identify any issues.Completed all necessary budget schedules using zero and flexible based techniques. Facilitated several review meetings to detail input from department managers.Completed quarterly raw material paper inventories and monthly ink inventories.Performed due diligence on continuous improvement cost savings.Developed a procedure to decrease the month-end close timeline by one to two days, depending on volume.Developed a process to increase the accuracy of their Fixed Asset Physical Inventory and Reconciliation. All line items were reviewed and disposals/additions were completed where needed.Increased the integrity of the Maintenance Spare Parts Inventory and lowered the overall perpetual balance by $90,000.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsibilities included all corporate internal controls and plant accounting activities for three U.S. facilities (including Sarbanes Oxley compliance, operational accounting and cost accounting). Total annual sales of approximately one hundred and fifty million. Managed all plant accounting activities for two remote US manufacturing locations and a virtual warehouse used for drop shipments.Completed compliance for Sarbanes Oxley for all locations, including Europe and Canada.Spent four and a half months as acting Plant Controller in Tupelo, Mississippi.Managed all cost revaluations for all locations, U.S, Europe and Canada.Brought financial integrity to the Engineering Change Process.Completed the financial portion of the SAP 3.0 to 4.0 and 4.0 to 4.7 conversion.Led General ledger team for BPCS 4.0.5 to 8.2 conversions. Also used as a resource for the Manufacturing team.Was the finance member on several improvement teams, Wall Décor, USD Door and NSI Fabricator, and Closet Door Transformations?Designed, in conjunction with Marketing, a costing model for bulk mirror program.Supported Strategic Sourcing for make versus buy analysis.

Greenwood, South Carolina

Responsible for all accounting and finance duties of an engineered to order profit center manufacturing facility. Total sales were approximately fifty million with two hundred employees.Ensured all month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing requirements were met.Generated, for management review, an analysis of month-end and quarter-end actual performance to forecast and budget.Facilitated quarterly forecasts and initiated monthly updates from gross sales through earnings before taxes and capital spending. Provided analysis for variances to budget.Compiled all necessary budget schedules for both the income statement and balance sheet using zero and flexible based techniques. This included formal causal reports as well as detailed departmental data which were then used to update SAP.Evaluated and documented internal controls.Managed physical inventories as mandated by Divisions.Planned, coordinated, and reconciled fixed asset inventory as mandated by Corporate.Led a Corrective Action Team to develop a standing cycle count procedure that minimized physical inventory adjustments.Created a procedure to communicate back ordered components that minimized closed order variances.Oversaw a Corrective Action Team to develop a process for decreasing obsolete and excess inventory. Decrease was approximately three hundred thousand dollars.Participated on a cross-functional team that tested SAP to ensure a responsible transition.Supported an eProcurement team to ensure proper accounting methods.

Black Mountain, North Carolina

Directed and managed all accounting activities of a high volume manufacturing facility. Total shipments were approximately one hundred million, at standard cost, with 500 employees.Ensured all month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing requirements were met.Facilitated quarterly forecasts and initiated monthly updates.Developed, for management review, an analysis of month-end and quarter-end actual performance to forecast and budget. Produced budget schedules using zero and flexible based techniques. This included formal causal reports and detailed departmental data, which was then used to update MacPac.Evaluated and documented internal controls.Managed physical inventories as mandated by Division.Planned, coordinated, audited and reconciled fixed asset inventory as mandated by Corporate. Led a Corrective Action Team to develop a method to isolate material usage issues.

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