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Noblesville, In, Us

Noblesville, In, Us

Responsibilities include maintaining and improving processes and controls associated with assessing manufacturing costs, reviewing findings and potential improvements with plant management as necessary, establish policy and administer reporting to the Parent company (SMC-JAPAN), assist and consult IT in developing necessary system functionality for capturing product cost, and ensure validity and accuracy of ERP through analysis, internal audit, and coordination with inventory control, production and work order processing.• Took over the sales academy for two semesters (2020-2 and 2021-1) by performing a GAP analysis and implementing those changes. Helped to mentor new sales academy manager for role• Created, drafted, and implemented a production incentive plan using job order efficiency and plant utilization for the metrics. This was an objective approach vs a subjective approach for rewarding employees. This allowed us to raise the ceiling vs raising the floor for wages. In the first quarter of this program we saw a 31% increase in plant utilization

I teach a finance class to those on work release or those who are close to getting out. We talk about budgeting, needs vs wants, saving for goals, debt rollover, and retirement.

Reading, Pennsylvania, Us

Responsibilities included preparing, analyzing, and reporting weekly, monthly, quarterly gross margin analysis by product and customer, assist in month-end close, review and analyze inventory and margin reports, ensure timely submission, accuracy and validity of inventory, gross margin schedules to management, assist various year end and bank audits.• Took over all financial duties of the Tray Division in July, 2016. This comprises of an Indianapolis, IN location and a Reading, PA location.

Westfield, In, Us

Responsibilities included financial analysis for Stage-Gate, Business case movements, Finance lead for physical inventories (4 US, 2 foreign), Perform Cost Studies, Book to Perpetual analysis, Month End and Year End Financial Reporting, Lead the Operations Group in the Yearly Budget process• Created model for New Product Development…3-5 year project life to show Sales, COGS, Std Marg, Cash flow, and NPV

Noblesville, Indiana , Us

Responsibilities included weekly and monthly inventory roll forward, Perform Cost Studies, Book to Perpetual analysis, Monthly Variance analysis, Excess and Obsolete Inv reporting, Cost Maintenance, Month End and Year End Financial Reporting, Lead the Operations Group in the Yearly Budget process, Assist Business Unit Leaders with ADHOC reporting.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Responsibilities included calculating Daily Production, Job Order tracking, Cost of Sales reporting, Physical Inventory, Perform Cost Studies, Book to Perpetual analysis, Monthly Variance analysis, Excess and Obsolete Inv reporting, Cost Maintenance, Month End and Year End Financial Reporting, Yearly Forecasting, Product Line Reporting, Profit and Loss Statements Reporting• Implemented Analysis of Paid Hours vs Hours Clocked in. Brought a weekly variance of 250+ hours down to approx 25• Created 12 month Cash Flow model for bank financing

Indianapolis, In, Us

Taught evening college courses to individuals interested in getting their BA in Accounting• Received the Adjunct Teacher of the Year Award for the 1999/2000 school year

Responsibilities included reporting Daily Production, Tracking Inventory Usage, Inventory Maintenance, Updating Bill of Materials, Month End and Year End Financial reporting, Physical Inventory, Cash Sales Tracking, Supervision of Inventory Auditors• Implemented Paste Bin reconciliation between three plants and vendors. Brought a ($300,000) variance down to a ($10,000) variance on $1.5 million bin value• Began Cycle Counts to assure inventory accuracy

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, De

Responsibilities included Payroll, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable backup, Bank Reconciliation, Cost of Sales Reporting, Physical Inventory, tracking Customer Funded Tooling, performing Cost Studies, Cost Maintenance, Month End and Year End Financial Reporting, Yearly Forecasting, Product Line Reporting, Profit and Loss Statements• Served on TRW’s ALPS (Accelerated Lean Processing Systems) team• Reported controllable overhead expenses to Business Unit Leaders for better decision making

Accounting, Accounting, Finance

College Prep

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