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Hunt Valley, Maryland, Us

Managed 3 day close process, quarterly compliance with Sarbanes Oxley, volume forecasts, absorption forecasts, and departmental budget spend amountsAssisted in measuring and providing insight around key plant metricsDeveloped and analyzed standard costs; reviewing labor and machine rates and ABC costing modelsLead annual budgeting and planning for fiscal yearCompleted ROI's on capital expenditure projects to provide IRR's rates for projectsBalance Sheet management (Reconciliation)General ledger and journal entry management for close processTracked Construction in progress projects using % of completionProvided commentary on month end resultsManaged accounts payable management using Ariba purchasing platformsSarbanes Oxley compliance

Westbrook, Maine, Us

Managed three day month end close processProvided senior management with quarterly forecastsCommentary on financial results including risks and opportunities for future performancePartnered with Roswell team leaders to provide justifications around capital investments based on ROI models to manage $14M capital budgetsDeveloped annual budgets to align headcount, capital requirements, audits and achievement of annual goalsResponsible for inventory cycle count reporting and year end physical inventory countsReviewed and quarter end account reconciliations to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley

Gainesville, Ga, Us

Supervised 8 direct report across 3 different locations (Senior accountant, AP/AR)Duties included 3 day month end close process, Financial Statement preparations ,Balance Sheet Reconciliations,Bank reconciliations, and general ledger managementManaged company thru $40M merger and acquisition from two businesses to one consolidated unitProvided financial leadership in cost management, system implementation, establishing cost standards in Systeline for cost productionManaged inventory variance and physical counts on quarterly basisPartnered with departmental managers to establish scorecards and key KPI data score cardsResponsible for budgets, forecasting and planning and overall P&L reporting

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

•Supervised five direct reports in a $85 Million facility with responsibility for period month end close process, preparation of financial statements, general ledger reconciliations, AR&AP/ and weekly payroll processing for 104 employees •Evaluated and optimized average daily production runs using units produced per hour to drive a 10 % reduction in labor cost by switching from 12 to 8 hours shifts and rightsizing crews•Implemented new truck load design to eliminate spoilage and throwaways by $65K annually, working closely with a team of 5.•Drove continuous improvement in weekly cost review meetings of inventory and material losses to a 22% reduction in one year•Led financial analysis for a $2 million investment in machinery using reductions in hours of run time and increases in overall production run time. •Prepared rolling 6 quarterly forecasts/budgets with Hyperion and ESSBASE •In 2016, Project manager on Light weight bottle conversion project … scope was to reduce material usage in current bottle with shared benefit to the environment and material cost reduction. Currently, the project has saved over $200K in our facility since 2016. •Drove Inventory reduction of $200K by coordinating with the maintenance department to remove obsolete inventories •Prepared and presented Pro-Forma analysis working with corporate sales team on custom business for outside business by evaluating current cost factors •In 2015, managed a project while working toward Six Sigma Green Belt completion concerning overfills and material giveaways. Project outcome was elimination of product giveaways by $54K annually.•As a special assignment, I worked in a dual role as Operation Manager/Controller for 2 years and coached 6 supervisors in a High Performance work systems using key performance indicators. We built a HPWS pay scale and tech structure to eliminate traditional pay and developed a pay for skills model for 104 production employees

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Trained across two facilities in cost accounting and financial controllership. Prepared financial statements and heavy general ledger activity for monthly, quarterly and annual closings.

Masters Of Busines Administration, Accounting

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Accounting

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