• Provide knowledge and insight of Supply Chain and Manufacturing to proactively highlight financial issues and collaborate with the various operational functions and business units to help drive actions and solutions.• Prepare, analyze and present business cases showing the financial impact of in house vs outsourcing proposals for Supply Chain Mfg. and Product fulfillment projects.• Prepare, analyze and communicate monthly actual re-manufacturing results for variances vs. standard – review excess material usage with Operations and Process Engineering so corrective action can be taken when needed.• Prepare ad-hoc financial analysis in the areas of product cost for Procurement & Supply Chain Operations to support key business decisions.• Consolidate, analyze and explain monthly financial results, forecasts and annual budgets for product costs and related variances for Supply Chain Finance management.• Consolidate, calculate and analyze budget production and material overhead rates to be used in the annual standard cost setting process.• Analyze Procurement standard cost movement from prior year in support of the annual budget calculation of equipment cost of sales.• Analyze annual standard costs rollups for both purchased and mfg. costs in support of the annual cost roll.• SOX – Ensure existing process key controls are followed in the annual standard cost setting process.

Business & Financial Planner – Engineering Finance• Provided financial analysis and support (actual, forecast, budget and variance analysis) for various R&D projects for Core Team Leaders.• Coordinated the consolidation of the monthly engineering resource forecast and annual budget utilizing a web based forecasting tool and Excel pivot tables.• Developed a model for the annual R&D Tax Credit calculation in order to improve the allocation methodology and maximize the allowable credit.• Assisted in the conversion and implementation to SAP, highlighting key conversion issues and assisted in the documentation and training for the engineering community.

Senior Financial Analyst – Cost Accounting• Provided system and process recommendations in the setting of standard costs in JDE (JD Edwards) in order to leverage functionality and gain efficiencies.• Supervised Associate Financial Analyst in the setting and flow of standard costs into JDE.• Analyzed and coordinated the annual standard cost roll.• Served as Financial Rep on “New Product Teams”, calculating the cost/benefit of new and/or improved products.• Reviewed, analyzed, interpreted and critiqued all capital project appropriation requests (AR’s) for Senior Management approval.• Prepared IRR/ROI, make vs. buy and lease vs. buy analysis as necessary for various AR requests.• Assured compliance with capital policy and communicated issues to management as needed.• Advised & assisted in training new financial controllers in China & India on company financial processes & requirements.

• Advised senior management on cost accounting issues, making allocation methodology recommendations to improve the accuracy of standard costs and to enable good business decisions.• Significantly improved the knowledge among plant management of how variable cost budgets work and how to more accurately budget for variable production expenses.• Supervised and directed three plant accountants at the manufacturing locations by ensuring the adequate and timely reporting and analysis of manufacturing variances.• Conducted and led monthly manufacturing variance meetings at our plants, assisting plant management in identifying and solving problems.• Consolidated the annual plant manufacturing budgets, calculating overhead rates for all production departments.• Revised product costs for the division’s entire product database and analyzed major standard cost changes from month to month.• Trained new accounting personnel at the Dominican Republic plant on the standard cost system and cost variance reporting and analysis.