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Scottdale, Ga.

General Accounting, Cost Accounting, A/R, A/P, Cash Management, IT, and HR.

Newnan, Ga.

General Accounting, Cost Accounting, ERP system expert, (JDE), Excel.

Responsible for all accounting at a $100MM Tier One Automotive supplier.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Responsible for all accounting at an $80MM plant. After a few months at the plant, I realized that the plant was not viable under the company's business plan. I then worked on Inventory projects geared toward selling the division, while searching for a new opportunity. The facility went down to a skeleton crew a few months after I left and has since closed.

Salina, Ks

Responsible for all Accounting activity at Exide's largest facility including budgeting, forecasting, monthly closing, capital projects, financial reporting, and plant reporting. Supervise a staff of seven

Lampeter,Pa

Responsible for all Accounting activity at the Plastics plant including budgeting, forecasting, monthly closing, capital projects, financial reporting, and plant reporting. Supervise a staff of two. • Re-established Credit with vendors as Exide emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.• Eliminated Personal Property Taxes on leased equipment, saving $17K per year.• Expanded co-load shipping program, saving $150k per year.

Birdsboro, Pa

Control all areas of accounting, credit, and MIS for a division with $40M in sales. Coordinated financial reporting to Group Headquarters. Supervised a staff of five.• Successfully led transition of accounting/credit/MIS functions from Crompton Colors to Sensient Colors.• Optimized Asset Purchase Agreement from Crompton to Sensient, saving Sensient $329K.• Developed new P&Ls, sales, and inventory reports to reflect new management/reporting structure.• Consolidated credit/collection functions, saving $30K per year.• Organized and coordinated transfer of data and systems to group headquarters with minimal disruption to operations.

Birdsboro, Pa

Directed all cost and financial accounting, including budgeting and forecasting. Coordinated accounting for up to six plants with annual sales of up to $300M. Supervised a staff of six.• Analyzed product line profitability, resulting in the divestiture of underperforming lines.• Reevaluated research and experimentation expenditures for federal tax credit, saving $800K.• Analyzed operating supply expenditures and recommended changes, annual savings of $90-120K.• Replaced most annual physical inventories with cycle counts, annual savings of $70K.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Accounting

Education record

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting