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Quincy, Illinois, Us

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Manage the general ledger and close the financial records. Create financial reporting package while analyze results to current conditions, prior year, and plan. Additional reporting includes Key performance indicator (KPI), daily sales flash, scorecard, dashboards, modeling, and analysis. Develop financial plan and forecast for balance sheet. Perform various accruals and analysis, including payables, inventory absorption and grading, customer incentives, and 3rd party rep commissions. Cross functional team member ensuring financials run smoothly. Participated in LEAN events such as touch point reduction, warranty, stock returns, and select inventory flow and kitting.• Implemented and manage the annual direct material standard cost roll and monitor operational variances while working with management to understand and address the financial impacts, improving variances by 50%.• Streamlined customer incentives process and provide sales a monthly measurement tool to work proactively with distributors allowing for increased use of advertising, rebates and positively impacting sales. • Project manager for conversion of main operating bank account to another bank and formulated roles and thresholds with minimal impact to accounts receivable and accounts payable. • Lean team member for cash application process streamlining the load into system and creating a tool to proactively determine pricing discrepancies, resulting in 15% increase in DSO and 25% decrease in aging in first 6 months.

Lisle, Il, Us

Managed truck and engine material price variance (MPV) accruals, rebates, and settlements that were then allocated to business units. Developed standard cost for direct material per model unit and production parts item master that was used by organization in establishing overall costing and profitability. Prepared forecast and operating plan for procurement balance sheet accounts and components of MPV that rolled up into production and overall organization forecast/plan for management evaluation.• Collaborated with supply chain/procurement professionals to determine engine program cancellation accruals.• Streamlined truck and engine MPV accrual process by consolidating workflow to one individual. • Ensured department reorganization achieved intended efficiencies by training and coaching employees.

Lisle, Il, Us

Managed tracking of significant resourced inventory and ensured stale inventory was adequately reserved and evaluated for disposition. Analyzed purchase price variance and created MPV causals for two plants. Identified significant trend variances for procurement accrual accounts.• Spearheading development of operational plan for newly formed terms maintenance team that resolved vendor payment requests that allowed different team members to cover their assigned schedule with minimal disruption to the requests.• Partnered with supply manager in minimizing inventory burden by providing financial analysis support during turbulent resourcing period.

Dekalb, Il, Us

Managed annual report and consolidation process. Prepared various financial and statistical monthly reports for management. Interacted with all areas of accounting, finance, and operational flow. Supplied financial consulting to department heads. Provided backup for Director of Accounting when on leave or special assignment.• Analyzed budget and productivity variances, reporting results to CFO for monthly board packet.• Participated, researched and/or consulted in complex financial transactions, including new GAAP pronouncements and purchase acquisitions or joint ventures.• Monitored and tracked complex physician recruitment and professional services contracts as well as grant awards, ensuring agreement maintained. Built checks and balances within calculation files, enhancing reliability and relations with Business Development.• Avoided penalties and sanctions by discovering bond covenants that still needed to be maintained during bond reissue.• Managed Illinois community benefit reporting in collaboration with Director of Marketing.

Dekalb, Il, Us

Maintained general accounting activities, month-end close, and prepared consolidated financials. Monitored subsystems to general ledger data flows and resolved inconsistencies. Applied expertise when working with contracts, budgeting, billings and accounts receivable, investments, inventory and purchasing, property, plant, equipment, accounts payable, payroll, long-term and lease liabilities.• Coordinated program for Kronos Visionware productivity system and Thomson Reuters Action OI benchmarking system with emphasis on key performance indicators (KPI) that assisted organization in determining areas of focus.• Prepared monthly consolidated financial statements and financial statistics report used by Board of Directors, Executives, and Management.• Created and maintained bond covenant compliance monitoring and reporting for all stakeholders.• Analyzed budget and productivity variances, reported results to CFO for monthly board packet.

Lafox, Il, Us

Maintained corporate accounting relations with various foreign subsidiaries and monitored their intercompany transactions for completeness. Assisted in software implementation that met SOX requirements. Performed variance analysis for select regions and countries.• Collaborated with Italian subsidiary in implementing PeopleSoft AP and GL in that location, using interactive training sessions, prepared manuals, and testing.• Updated Management Discussion and Analysis section as well as additional notes for SEC reporting requirements.• Prepared selected pages in company internal reporting management book, organized book for completion and occasionally wrote the commentary.

Master Of Accounting Science

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting