Report, Present and Explain Monthly P&L and BS to Ownership group. Monitor inventory levels and calculate inventory reserve.Develop a system for excess/obsolescence identification and strategy for use.Create a process for identifying, approving and disposing scrap.Participate in quarterly wall to wall inventory count.Construct Bills of Materials including labor, materials and overhead.Create Production Performance Tracker to measure efficiency of production jobs for labor and materials.Complete variance analyses.

Calculate and analyze cost of goods sold for finished goods and promotional items in domestic and international markets.Maintain standard cost system.Perform quarterly standard cost roll.Calculate and analyze inventory reserve.Develop action plan for excess inventory.Perform inventory analysis for manufacturing and multiple international markets.

Compute cost estimates of raw materials, subcontracted work and labor.Prepare and maintain historical cost data.Create cost models for cost estimating elements.

Responsible for all company cost accounting.Identify and implement process improvements in finance and inventory control.Create and maintain fixed asset system; track costs, place assets into service and book depreciation.Participate on a committee to implement new timekeeping system.Forecast demand and purchase material while maintaining acceptable inventory levels.For six months voluntarily worked a week in each manufacturing/production crews to more fully understand the plant processes. Served as Materials Manager for the last 6 months of employment there.

Develop annual operating plan for ten manufacturing departments.Report, analyze and present budget vs. actual operating expenses for each department comparing monthly, quarterly and annual results.Forecast and report manufacturing and purchasing variances in a standard cost system.Calculate, analyze and report overhead rates.Complete account reconciliations.