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Tampa, FL, US

Reno, Nevada, US

Sarasota, Florida, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

Provided professional guidance and direction on the implementation of standard costing and manufacturing modules within newly implemented IFS ERP system.

Assist with year-end inventory. Preparation, physical counting, valuation and reconciliations

Role will initially focus on establishing the cost accounting process for current and upcoming products including account set-up inventory control and management and supply chain management

Operations finance lead for the $264M Architectural business

Manage all General Ledger accounting functions, including AP and AR.Preparation of Financial Statements.Finalize and analyze month-end results.Perpare month-end closing package for Corporate.Review and approve all journal entries and account reconciliations.Responsible for all manufacturing accounting financial data including work order variance analysis.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Managed five teams consisting of 20 plus cost professionals, including off-shore accounting team, for two separate companies of an end to end cost accounting department.
• Led financial transition team of 30 financial professionals to transition plant accounting duties and responsibilities from 21 US manufacturing facilities to Brandon Shared Service center resulting in $36 million in.
• Managed month-end closing process for 21 domestic and international manufacturing facilities, including Transportation, Fleet, PPV and Misc. COGS Departments.
• Communicated financial results to Product Supply and Executive Financial Leadership. Explained variances and provided recommendations for areas of improvements and opportunities resulting in cost savings and better.
• Review preparation, reconciliation and communications of balance sheet analysis ensuring adherence to the strictest internal controls and report results to Product Supply and Executive Financial Leadership.
• Awarded prestigious Annual Customer Focus award for timely and accurately completion of financial transition

Led a team of eight while overseeing accounting department, including general ledger, A/R, A/P, Cash, Cost and Inventory.

• Managed and directed, with global responsibility, cost accounting and inventory control groups, consisting of two cost accounting managers, one corporate inventory control manager and five staff accountants.
• Led transition of multiple plant finance functions in southern US to New York headquarters, hiring new staff to centralize all finance responsibilities. Transitioned some finance function to off-shore outsourcing firm.
• Restructured global cost and inventory control organizations, centralized analysis and policy set-up in New York, expanded cost department support in company owned manufacturing facility in Bahrain.
• Led the implementation of financial cost systems reporting into Bahrain manufacturing operations to support strategic low cost producing initiative.
• Established cost reporting system for private venture in Lahore, Pakistan (Indus Home Limited) which allowed for financial understanding of joint venture operations.
• Analyzed ROI and made recommendations on capital project requests at various investment levels for proper decision making on capital investments

• Managed Cost and Inventory Department, with a department of three. Responsible for maintenance and review of financial data for standard product costing, variance analysis and inventory systems.
• Reduced inventory levels from $18 million to $8 million over year and a half time by identifying excess and obsolete inventory along with a detailed analysis and understanding of open work orders for correct valuation.
• Reconciled detailed inventory records to GL differences down from approximately $750,000 per month to under $50,000 through analysis that uncovered disconnects between the two causing out-of-balance differences.
• Increased gross margins by identifying areas of run and set up times reductions through lean manufacturing processes.
• Created engineering reporting system to accurately capture $7 million to $10 million of annual engineering spend.

B.S., Accounting

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