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Monticello, Ia, Us

Solon, Iowa, Us

Elkader, Iowa, Us

• Managed and developed Accounting, IT, Procurement, Production Control, and System Engineering• Developed new financial statements and utilized Power BI to visualize data along with decreasing month end close from over one month to two weeks• Built and deployed ‘The Playbook' to achieve company vision and enhance tactical operations as a member of the executive leadership team• Offered advice to others on executive team and ownership on strategies to improve financial growth and understanding of financials• Completed in-depth analyses of risks to control company profile, enhance systems and track legal concerns• Devised successful benchmarks and performance optimization strategies to enhance company objectives and achieved over 12% growth• Developed relationship with multiple insurance carriers to perform first ever insurance review to ensure adequate coverage• Worked closely with audit team to prepare accounts and documentation as well as conduct audits according to all regulatory requirements

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

• Member of senior leadership team that worked to ensure growth goals were meet and internal systems performed as needed• Managed budgets, assets, portfolios, accounts payable and receivable and general financial reporting procedures• Oversaw and managed daily financial functions in collaboration with accounting, HR, and IT• Coordinated payroll data entry and processing for over 300 employees to comply with predetermined company guidelines• Completed journal entries, reconciliations, and account analysis to prepare monthly financial documents and general account management• Created weekly and monthly Power BI visualizations and presented them to office leadership

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

• Perform month end closing, financial statement preparation and present to entire company, quarterly• Created, updated, analyzed, and presented budget comparisons after month end close to executive team and ownership• Member of leadership team responsible for developing and implementing company policies• Finance department lead and core team member on JD Edwards ERP system implementation• Responsible for working with External Audit team during Year End Audit• Created employee goals while managing, leading, and developing department

Williamsburg, Ia, Us

Was the sole Cost Accountant, responsible for standard costs, inventory, BOM’s and variancesImplemented Product Line accounting to help track inventory, analyze Sales/COS and variancesCreated Monthly Sales Analysis spreadsheet analyzing three years of Sales/COS and inventory dataImplemented ABC costing to better track labor and overhead in a cellular environmentFinance department lead on New Project Cost Development and CI/Lean InitiativesWorked with Purchasing to determine FG’s cost 6 months in the future for pricingWork with outside Auditing Firm during annual Physical InventoryFinance department system area expert for our ERP (Fourth Shift) system

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Us

Was the sole Cost Accountant, responsible for standard costs, inventory, BOM’s and variancesImplemented Product Line accounting to help track inventory, analyze Sales/COS and variancesCreated Monthly Sales Analysis spreadsheet analyzing three years of Sales/COS and inventory dataImplemented ABC costing to better track labor and overhead in a cellular environmentFinance department lead on New Project Cost Development and CI/Lean InitiativesWorked with Purchasing to determine FG’s cost 6 months in the future for pricingWork with outside Auditing Firm during annual Physical InventoryFinance department system area expert for our ERP (Fourth Shift) system

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Was the sole Cost Accountant responsible for standard costs, inventory, BOM’s, PPV, IPV, and overheads Performed year end standard cost change of over 35,000 itemsTeamed with Engineering, Purchasing and Upper Management to solve operating system issuesImplemented new Oracle system, documented procedures and became inventory and system area expertMember of team reporting directly to Corporate on solving system implementation issues Lead Auditor during annual Physical Inventory of 16,000 items valued over $35 millionReconcile over 65 accounts each month after completion of month end processes