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Bakersfield, California, Us

Santa Monica, California, Us

Venice, California, Us

Shafter, California, Us

Oversee accounting and finance functions.

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

Drove demand forecast accuracy of 10% (ABS PE) for 250 products, resulting in 95% + demand fulfillment when plants and co-packers were capacity constrained.Monthly revenue forecasting accuracy for Consumer Products and Retail Carrot ($750M) driving ability to achieve plans. Run Sales and Operation Planning monthly meetings, addressing supply vs. demand issues, new product launches and discontinuations.

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

Established demand planning for $350MM CPG business resulting in improvement of fill rates and aging inventory. Develop monthly S&OP meeting decks and related key issues to drive consensus on actions across the organization.Provide operations with Days Of Supply for Natural Ingredients business to assist in maximizing usage of excess carrots and by-product.Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Purchasing and Operations on timing and volumes of new products as well as discontinuations.

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

Oversee cost accounting for Beverage, Salad dressing and by-product sales.Implemented costing using routings in JD Edwards, including analysis of plant downtime and change overs related to specific products.

Modesto, California, Us

Provide leadership for cost accounting in both discreet and process manufacturing.. Present to executive management and brand finance cost of goods sold trends for planning, monthly variances analysis, risk and opportunity identification.. Support multiple functions including supply chain, brand finance, production in attainment of goals and cost savings initiatives. . Lead external audit coordination for inventory and COGS areas; Perform financial and operational audits for international and domestic distributors.. Provide recommendations for improving financial accuracy, efficiencies and cost savings to business. . Coach and train staff including assisting with attainment of CPA certificates.

Modesto, California, Us

Supervising financial and operational audits.Assisting staff in obtaining form E CPA certifications, preparing them for reviews by California Board of Accountancy reviews.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Exposition Services, Financial Services, Food Service- was a mid-cap 500).; - Accounting and Analysis . Provide support and negotiation support for Human Resources for health benefit plans consistently driving savings over a 3 year period totally 1.5MM.. Streamlined insurance accounting from a department of 5, to one bookkeeper while improving workers compensation reporting and visibility.. Negotiated with insurance providers to eliminate legacy liabilities saving the company 50% ($1.3MM) on a single transaction.. Drove consolidation and relocation of show management team savings 500K annually between Florida and Chicago.. Manager Internal Audit. Operational and financial audits of subsidiaries and plants, including IT controls. Recommendation on operational processes

Supervise financial statement audits, tax returns and benefit plans for companies up to $10MM in revenue