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Project management- project profitability, project earned value including EVMS.Responsible for proper inventory valuation. Including yearly physical, cycle counting, and team review of E&O disposal.Government contract accounting, familiarity with CAS and FAR.Upgrade of system from CostPoint to Syspro

The primary function of the Program Coordinator is as follows:Review the courses in the certificate to improve continuity and eliminate overlapMeet with us twice a year (once with all the instructors in the program) to identify opportunities for improvementParticipate in local professional association meetings to identify opportunities to collaborate with UC Riverside ExtensionCommunicate with “lead” students to solicit feedback regarding the program and identify future needs for coursesServe as a mentor to new instructors Assist in recruiting new instructorsIdentify how best to measure student performance across the programAs adjunct Instructor I develop course curriculum, and teach one course each quarter. Alternating between Cost Accounting and Financial Reporting.

Implement Balanced Scorecard and other key operations reporting, focusing on 'lean' manufacturing techniques, variance analysis, and operations expenses vs. budget.Finance lead on operations team, supporting five domestic and four international plants. Matrixed to company Operations Manager.Conduct 'what-if' scenarios for operational decision making.Team leader for process improvement team efforts in costing, inventory accuracy, and gross margin analysis and profitability reporting.SAP ERP system.

Member of CA BaaN V (high-end ERP system) implementation team, leading financial implementation, and heavily involved in other business process re-engineering.Responsible for cost accounting activities at multiple statewide locations. Member of Corporate Cost Practices Group, setting cost accounting practices companywide.Ensure inventory accuracy through yearly physicals, cycle counting, and timely work order closure. Full responsibility for inventory accuracy, and directed staff as needed.Forecast cost of sales and manufacturing variances. Perform variance analysis and make pro-active recommendations. Report operational metrics for balanced scorecard, in support of Lean Manufacturing, including waste as a percentage of Cost of Goods Sold, Productivity, and First Time Right.During annual budget process, develop machine rates, set material standards, explode budget through MRP to verify absorption rates. Report monthly variances to budget.

Product profitability analysis by product line, product family, and product. To better supply customers, key items carried in stock, required daily inventory levels analysis.Implemented ShopTrac Pro by Kronos, time and attendance/data collection system, to provide detailed production order labor reporting as well as payroll information.Responsibilities included inventory accuracy, operational metrics - calculations for scrap, and manufacturing variance causal analysis. Cost reduction activities heavily emphasized. Significant reduction in costs of packaging and freight. Ensure compliance with GAAP.

Large volume of multi-currency transactions with other subsidiaries affecting costing and transfer pricing.Prepared Operating Statements, budgets, and liquidity forecasts. Supervised Cost Accountant and Accounting Apprentice. Implemented system to handle multi-state Sales and Use Tax submittals and filings.

Calculated Cost of Sales, Overhead Rates, and produced detailed material variance reports, highlighting variances due to part, price, or exchange rate changes.Ensured compliance and assessed profitability effects to other subsidiaries of domestic content and tariff regulations. Ensure compliance with GAAP. Lead in yearly inventory, preparing plan for inventory crew including quality procedures.

Hired to implement Activity Based Costing, ABC project cancelled after several months.