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Salina, Kansas, United States

Perform diversified accounting functions including heavy involvement in month-end process, general ledger account analysis, budget and forecast preparation and analysis. Responsibilities also include management of the Accounts Receivable function.Manager and supervise AR Analyst and processes performed by external outsourced service provider (EXL)Evaluate the credit worthiness of potential customers, checking D&B and credit references, and deciding how much credit to offerManage customer credit holds and ensure payments are made timelyOversee commission processAttend project meeting with engineering and sales on a weekly basis providing input on credit and costsReview of shipments and invoicing for accuracy and timing of revenue recognition and prepare appropriate form in HFMWeekly preparation of status reports, GSS, Backlog report, SCK sales, balancing to ERPCoordinate, review, enter and maintain all month end journal entries, backup documentation, and account reconciliation summaryMaintain month end lean board and develop performance reportsPrepare and analyze GL account reconciliationsPrepare monthly, quarterly, yearly state tax returnsAssists in developing budgets and forecasts for multiple functional areasMonitors, analyzes, and communicates budget performance against pre-set targets while looking for drivers and errorsWork with cost accountant to ensure accurate costing on all projectsResponsible for uploading and mapping payroll from ADPSupport local business, Coperion and Hillenbrand with ad-hoc requests analysis on various projectsAssist controller with preparation of financial reports and any special projects

Salina, Kansas

Diversified accounting functions supporting the Controller including heavy involvement in the month end close process, general ledger account analysis and reconciliations, accounts payable, treasure, accounts receivable, and other tasks and responsibility assigned by the controller.Prepare and enter journal entries for monthly closingReport financials and special forms in HFMWork with SmartView - an excel platform of HFMMaintain fixed assets and depreciation in Sage accountingWork with controller on annual budgetFile sales tax with 22 states on monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual basisCompile a weekly status report with revenue, order intake, quotes and backlogSpecial projects as assigned by controllerProcess payroll for 120 employees using ADP until July 2020 when Hillenbrand moved payroll to Headquarters - helped with the ADP consolidation processes heavily.Coperion K-Tron Salina Inc. is a small portion of a larger organization. Our direct headquarters are located in Germany with a company called Coperion. Our team of 6 in the finance department report financials to them on a monthly basis and within 4 business days. Coperion is owned by the parent company, Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand owns several companies including Batesville Caskets and Milacron.

Salina, Ks

Responsible for accurate reporting and analysis of all products and project costs for Coperion K-Tron SalinaPrepare, analyzed and reported weekly, monthly, quarterly gross margin analysis by project and by business unitAnalyze actual manufacturing costs and prepare periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costsResponsible for monthly closing of all cost accounting transactions and interfaces into general ledgerAssist in month-end closing including preparing journal entriesResponsible for monthly reconciliations of all inventory and cost related accountsResponsible for analysis and interpretation of cost variancesInterface with operations management for investigation/understanding of variancesMaintain Cost Accounting System and yearly standard cost roll/analysisDetermine root cause analysis of variances and develop corrective actions with various stakeholders to improve inaccuraciesAssist in cycle count program including investigating variances, resolving issues and insuring cycle count procedures are in complianceEnsure internal controls relating to inventory are followed and in compliance with Sarbanes-OxleyRecommend cost improvements for standard productsAssist in the development of costs for new productsWork with materials review board to locate and dispose of obsolete inventoryDevelop annual labor and overhead ratesMaintain Fixed Asset records and perform physical inventory of Fixed AssetsEnsure timely submission, accuracy and validity of inventory and gross margin schedules to managementSupport and assist internal reporting requirements such as analyses for manufacturing and engineering, audit schedules, tax schedules and othersResponsible for coordination of audit information related to costWorked on special projects as required

Salina, Ks

Prepared journal entries for monthly closing Responsible for all Accounts Payable as Staff Accountant Lean Manufacturing oriented Back-up Payroll and Accounts Receivable

Salina, Kansas

Responsible for the development and ongoing maintenance of the cost accounting system. Maintain the statistics for both the hospital and physician clinic monthly and annual requests to support budgeting and other data requests. Support development of management reports and data analyses to aid Administration in decision-making processes. Assist in the preparation, completing, and filing of third-party cost reports.

Topeka, Ks

Research and solve issues related to system configuration, validation and reporting Develop and write queries using PeopleSoft, PowerPlan and various other reporting systems for all areas of the Company Ensure all reporting tools are performing correctly and efficiently Maintain internal controls for Westar Energy and Wolf Creek financial data within the various reporting systems Analyze, monitor, run and verify the monthly allocations for Westar Energy Responsible for the administration of the PeopleSoft Financial System and the various PowerPlan system modules, including coordinating and/or conducting testing of new releases of software and overseeing other new developments Monitor, analyze, and maintain PeopleSoft workflow for Westar Energy systems, including Accounts Payable, Inventory, Expenses, Purchasing and General Ledger Serve as the primary control point for user profiles in the PeopleSoft Financial system and as liaison between users of systems and Information Technology Services staff

Topeka, Kansas Area

Skillful in PeopleSoft Financials and Supply Chain Management software Analyze issues that arise with accounts payable invoices Administer company credit cards and reconciliations Kept record of expense reports and assisted with any inquires Developed User Productivity Kits (UPK) for the implementation of the new software upgrade

Salina, Ks

Responsible for Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable and payroll, including payroll taxesFiled monthly taxes with the statesAssisted external consultants with federal income tax

Manhattan, Ks

Maintain and reconcile a teller drawer of $7,000 Conduct daily monetary transactions

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Finance

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, 4.0

High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diploma Programs