Perform cost analyses for manufactured products to reduce company costs and present results to senior leadership regarding strategic decision-making; created a bill of materials to enable make versus buy decisionsManage Operations Accounting Analyst’s work with distribution center managers to resolve purchase orders, invoices, and month end entries (accruals, reclasses, and intercompany transactions)Compile and analyze Company real estate holdings including the income statement, balance sheet, consolidated financials, forecasts, and ad hoc reports for review by the Chief Financial OfficerCollaborate and develop action plans with distribution center managers to optimize new pallet programs; identified outstanding pallet returns that resulted in $600k in cost savings in 2020Manage and analyze the standard cost processManage and resolve monthly bottler fees to Coca-Cola for accrual and paymentsServe as subject matter expert for Accounts Payable cycle including purchase orders, invoice coding, and invoice payments

Evaluate paralegals and associates by office and practice group on various metrics including revenue, employee and operating expenses, and utilizationPrepare and optimize office performance reports, practice group analyses, government surveys, and spend analysesPrepare the capital plan budget for all offices in the firm Develop financial projections for new income partner hires based on projected revenue, benefits, and expenses Developed and modified methodology for overhead expense allocation by departmentDeveloped a method for reporting profitability by practice group rather than by office

Developed Excel model for reporting monthly data by Commercial Entity in Hyperion and reconcile to the General LedgerAs Administrator of Hyperion Financial Forecasting, aided program implementation by training plant personnelDeveloped new forecasting models for business plans including allocating variances, determining cost by plant and item, and allocating all revenue and costPrepared actual and forecast month end inventory for all North American and European locations and reconciled plant inventory with forecastsAutomated certain processes to pull data from General Ledger and worked to categorize inventory into raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods

Team member for implementing Oracle Process Manufacturing in several plants with lead responsibility for two plants; Ensured that standard costs were “rolled up” correctly and that costing reports were accurateEnsured inventory accuracy through test scenarios for different inventory transactions before implementation of OracleWorked with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise System (OBIEE) to create custom reports that pulled information from Oracle and assisted with closing activitiesMember of Commercial Analysis team working to balance revenue and cost of goods sold by account, troubleshoot issues with invoices, and create dashboards in OBIEE

Assisted the controller with month-end journal entries and financial projections.Worked to ensure prompt payments to vendorsWorked with Borrowing Based Certificates

One of three employees to participate in a Company-wide effort to increase Gross Profit margins resulting in increased monthly profitability of $30,000Responsible for identifying and costing slow moving inventory by vendor and potential outlets for resaleAssisted the Company’s Controller each week by reviewing vendor statements, verifying invoices, initiating weekly ACH transactions to various institutions, and ensuring prompt payments to vendorsAssisted General Partner with financial forecasting and other analyses related to banking relationships

Completed 1120-S tax returns for small to mid-size retail companiesDeveloped financial projections (Income Statement and Balance Sheet) for a community hospitalCompleted a business valuation for a medical retail company using various discounting methods

Tutored university freshmen and sophomores in the subjects of Chemistry and StatisticsWorked closely with university faculty and staff to ensure students’ understanding of material covered in classHelped students to improve efficiency in various functions within Microsoft Excel