Top priority to date has been process improvement in our Inventory and Operations accounting and reporting. This has included learning and completing the tasks, developing recommendations for improvement, and influencing change. Accomplishments include:-Redesign of weekly Operations reporting, allowing for centralized collection of data and streamlined presentation.-Multiple changes to Inventory close process, resulting in more accurate costing and a predictable Shrink cost.-Enhancing Outbound Freight Costing to minimize allocations and more accurately match costs and revenues.I partake in the monthly close process by completing entries for various costs, performing product allocations, and Business and Operations reporting. I have also begun assisting in the monthly Operations reporting for the Flora plant. I also participate in monthly reviews of results as well as make independent reviews of actuals to forecast.Perform ad hoc analysis for Operations projects that revolve around Inventory planning and analysis, labor and overhead absorption and variance, standard costing, and product mix impact.I am In the process of learning and assisting in the roles and responsibilities of a Plant Controller, specifically headcount and material planning, productivity KPI’s, and other plant performance measurements.Due to a restructuring of the GSI Finance Department, I have retained or resumed responsibility for, or oversight of, all the activities of my previous two roles. This includes an ongoing focus on improvement and integration of our forecasting process. In addition, I work directly with the Business Intelligence team to develop data and reports in the Universe for better alignment to our business.

• Main focus was on improving the business’ forecasting models. The way I am achieved this was threefold. First, I analyzed regional sales plans against planned plant capacity so that revenues were alignment with operations and material planning. Second, I added flexibility to our pricing and volume inputs so that we can adapt our forecasts more efficiently and accurately to changing market forces. Finally, the output of the model is continuously adapting to the analysis needs of all parts of the business. • I worked with the Sales and Product Management groups to forecast and budget revenue, personally develop standard costs and pricing variances with those forecasts, and submit to our Operations groups for spending and cost variance forecasts. I consolidate all of the Op Income, and submit to our parent company.• Provided support to the monthly reporting process by completing cost allocations to products, performing margin analysis on our international business, and investigating abnormal variances.

In my role as a Financial Analyst, my main function is to support the business by providing revenue and profitability reporting and analysis, as well as developing annual budgets and mid-year forecasts. I am also tasked with improving and automating the reporting process to increase turnaround, capacity, scope, and accuracy.My “flagship” report, as I like to call it, is the monthly Product Line Profitability (PLP) report wherein I report out the Gross Margin of GSI’s many different product lines. In the course of generating this report, I allocate pricing and cost variances within the period by digging into the general ledger and researching and sometimes challenging or requesting transactions. I also complete other weekly and monthly reports including, but not limited to, sales reports for our Marketing and Sales teams, order intake metrics reports with margin analysis for our Product Management teams, warehouse inventory and goods movement for our Materials Management team, vendor on-time performance for the Purchasing team, and other ad hoc reports.I work with the Sales and Product Management groups to forecast and budget revenue, personally develop standard costs and pricing variances with those forecasts, and submit to our Operations groups for spending and variance forecasts. I consolidate all of the Op Income, including the SG&A forecast/budget, and submit to our parent company.I am in charge of maintaining the company’s future cost estimates, which consider current purchase price and material variances. This includes analyzing cost adders and the validity of system costs for our raw materials and trade goods. I work in an SAP environment, and complete most of my reporting out of Excel. I have developed a skill for taking existing reports and making them more efficient and automated. However, I am currently in the process of learning and mastering the SAP Business Objects platform by converting my reports to this system.

• Day-to-day responsibility of creating, analyzing, and maintaining standard and variant cost estimates for all parts in SAP.• Initiated system for analyzing and tracking changes to current labor rates for consideration in the annual standards update as well as changes mid-year to material standards for audit reporting.• Ongoing work with IT to create variance reports, ensure data integrity per policy, and perform the annual standards roll.• Backup the senior inventory accountant and perform month end inventory analysis, reporting, and JV transactions.• Independently learning the GSI data and query systems for mining purposes, allowing for creation of ABC inventory coding files, production analysis, and material consumption analysis for individual plants.• Working in conjunction with production team to produce a costing model to approximate cycle times, material costs, and overhead for parts prior to production.

• Management of daily procurement activities including need analysis, issuing purchase orders, analyzing and negotiating price changes, expediting, and quoting. Commodities covered include pipe train and heating components, fabricated parts, castings, and others.• Oversee the purchase of outside services, including setting up parts in system, establishing procedures for requisitioning service, inventory tracking.• Work with Engineering, Commodity Managers, and supply base to source and set up new products.• Identify opportunities and work to improve supplier pricing and performance metrics such as delivery and lead time.• Key improvement projects included developing an inventory tracking, shipping, and billing process for products sent for outside services, and in another I played a key role in collaborating with the engineering and finance teams to structure outside service costs into the bills of manufactured parts.

• Purchasing Analyst for Castings/Forgings at Caterpillar.• Frequent communication with numerous suppliers every day to ensure correct quotations at the currentusages, customer satisfaction, problem resolution, and timely delivery of parts.• Issuing purchase orders for pilot, production, tooling, and web prove design. In doing so, analyzing parts on hand, proper material codes, routings, quality, buyer ownership, possible system error, and supplier capacity.• Daily interactions with Category Buyers to establish preferred suppliers, obtain quotes, and resolve issues.

• Was one of two analysts responsible for $150 Million commercial loan portfolio with customer relationships ranging in size from $0 to over $15 Million.• Industries with a concentration of credit included hotels, gas stations/convenience stores, small manufacturers, commercial real estate, auto dealerships, and agriculture (elevators and individual farmers).• Reviewed and spread data from customers’ financial statements and tax returns, and determined quality of customers’ financial reporting.• Performed quantitative analysis by applying financial formulas to data, worked with lending team to underwrite qualitative analysis of customer’s background and business strategy, and then gave written and verbal reports based on results.• Reviewed and approved commercial and residential real estate appraisals for accuracy and appropriate valuation, including proper use of comparable sales, cost assumptions, and capitalization rates.• Developed and maintained databases in Microsoft Access for industries in which the bank had concentrations of credit.• Pulled data from bank’s internal system to create and update monthly reports and other information considered in lending and financial decisions.• Completed a review of the bank’s tolerance for risk and its credit risk grading matrix.