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Ostrander, Oh, Us

Marysville, Ohio, Us

Marysville, Ohio, Us

Marysville, Ohio, Us

⦁Responsible for monthly actuals reporting and forecasting for the soils and mulch business within Brand Finance⦁Working with the Brand team members to build financials for new projects during several phases of each project. ⦁Connect with cross functional groups within the organization such as Supply Chain, R&D and Sales to ensure that the most current information is being used for financials and variance explanations each month. ⦁Prepare files and work with other areas if the business for yearly E&O reserves, write-offs, sku rationalization and 5 year P&Ls within the growing media business.⦁Assisted with any needed adhoc reporting that was requested such as weekly trackers, reporting vs budget and any other requests that were brought to the team.

Marysville, Ohio, Us

⦁Responsible for consolidation of the monthly financials for the US Consumer business. ⦁Contributed to the quarterly reporting & lead the quarterly balance sheet variance analysis review for US Consumer. ⦁Created and maintained quarterly earnings analysis for peers, retailers, and competitors that was reviewed by executive management. ⦁Implemented process improvements to streamline monthly and quarterly reporting⦁Worked with other finance groups to gather explanations for variances for month-end close as well as monthly forecasts and budget. ⦁Responsible for the weekly SMG stock report that also provided market & economic updates ⦁Prepared and processed monthly journal entries with supporting documentation into SAP as well as reconciliations within the Blackline System

⦁Strengthened and maintained the relationships with vendors and leaders of each division within in the company.⦁Managed a team of 6 employees including the hiring, development, and allocation of workload for each.⦁ Assisted Controller with cash flow and planning of weekly vendor cash disbursements ⦁Worked with accounting group to ensure proper accruals, coding, and account reconciliations were complete for month end.⦁Implemented process improvements to streamline the A/P process and automated tasks.⦁Worked with third party A/P scanning service to ensure proper handling of invoices, discounts, coding, and projects to increase efficiency for the team.

Tempe, Arizona, Us

⦁Reconciled assigned balance sheet accounts, researching issues resolving questionable items, and analyzing month-to-month variances to spot trends and capitalize on potential cost savings.⦁Prepared and maintained monthly reporting and rolling forecast and budget files. ⦁ Produced new business reporting to project revenue growth, contribution margin, and needed headcount that was used to make decisions on bidding on new programs and ramping up new headcount. ⦁Prepared and processed monthly journal entries with supporting documentation into SAP.⦁Managed relationship between business and corporate headquarters to ensure proper procedures were being followed and mission and goals were met. ⦁Acted as a liaison between business and AR/AP teams to ensure timely and accurate entry of data, payments to vendors, and collections of customer accounts while monitoring all agings for the business

Cranberry Township, Pa, Us

•Streamlined accounting processes and reporting that helped with daily operations of the business.•Work with Management throughout multiple sites to create yearly budgets and changes to ensure that plan is met.•Responsible for all month-end closing duties for each site and reporting results to the corporate office.•Work with facilities to provide forecasts to corporate twice a month and explain any variances to plan. •In charge of reviewing the balance sheet accounts and reconciling each month. •Responsible for working with customers for any financial reporting and billing that they might need. •Created all A/R Invoicing and Revenue accruals for multiple sites.•In charge of calculating costs of services/products for sites and clients

•Responsible for month-end and year end closing.•Review the P/L each month to ensure that it is accurate.•Responsible for cash transactions and reconciliation of multiple bank accounts.•In charge of reviewing processes and implementing any accounting changes that would be valuable to the department. •Responsible for working with the A/R department to ensure timely collections and proper internal control procedures.•In charge of all variance analysis and balance sheet account reconciliations •Work with several department managers in different locations to ensure that financial statements are accurate. •Work with auditors and assist them in receiving any information that they might need.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Accounting And Business/Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting