Joe Scheidecker Email & Phone Number

West Fargo, ND, US

Hankinson, North Dakota

• Direct day-to-day operations of accounting team including staff accountant, grain accountant and accounts payable/admin roles
• Responsible for timely, accurate completion of monthly financial statements and supporting financial documents
• Collaborate with accounting managers at other company-owned locations to ensure consistency and efficiency of processes.
• Oversee, review, and approve annual budgets for all departments
• Conduct monthly budget reviews with all department managers, including variance analysis as well as provide commentary and projections for board review
• Oversee annual financial audit. Work directly with outside auditors to ensure timely completion.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage and oversee completion of month end close activities, including consolidation and intercompany eliminations. Prepare and distribute consolidated monthly and quarterly financial statements.
• Research and prepare department expense variance analysis reports, work with managers on corrective actions
• Analyze KPI trends, all areas of revenue, direct costs, and indirect expenses to provide recommendations for decision making purposes supporting continual improvement and company objectives
• Provide strategic support to management via analyses, benchmarking, comparisons, presentations and other projects
• Work with other departmental delegates to evaluate and implement departmental and cross-functional processes, driving operational efficiencies and performance improvement
• Assist and support the annual budgeting and planning process. Prepare short and long-term scenario models and quarterly reforecasts.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Supervised the timely and accurate completion of month end closing activities, including performing assigned closing routines and reconciling subsidiary ledgers and account details to the general ledger. Analyzed and.
• Created, reviewed and distributed monthly and quarterly financial reports
• Analyzed actual indirect expenses versus budget and identified areas of exception and cost saving opportunities. Worked with department managers to get respective items on budget.
• Analyzed product line performance and customer profitability
• Developed, maintained and reported on KPI’s
• Coordinated annual external audits

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Maintained inventory accounting and analysis
• Completed account reconciliations and analysis
• Ensured accurate product costs and other data recorded in system
• Calculated and recorded adjustments and reserve requirements
• Assisted with forecasting cash requirements, specifically as it relates to inventory purchases
• Designed and enforced companywide records retention policies

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Responsible for timely and effective completions of all accounts payable activity
• Managed company-wide expense tracking and accounting
• Performed all sales and use tax accounting, including collections, filings and payments
• Managed all fixed asset accounting

Fargo, North Dakota Area

• Assisted with weekly payroll processing for 1,100+ employees
• Processed monthly fixed asset allocations and depreciation recording
• Assisted Accounts Payable department as needed