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Oversee financial reporting, cost accounting and month-end functions. Review product margins and pricing with management. Initiated ongoing in-depth review with operations team of low margin products to identify root cause and improvement opportunities. Assist management with process improvements, implementing procedures and other projects. Instrumental in development of WIP report that listed all jobs and highlighted potential data inaccuracies due to transaction, process and costing errors.

Analyzed and reported manufacturing variances. Processed inventory/revenue related tasks to ensure timely and accurate reporting. Coordinated physical inventories. Assisted with budget preparation of COGS and analysis of spending.

Ensured accurate costing in job order costing environment through continuous analysis of inventory accounts, manufacturing variances and a controlled annual cost process. Improved processes and procedures to report accurately and in efficient manner with focus on related dependencies. Prepared various revenue and margin reports including product line, region, and prior year comparisons. Assisted with budget preparation and review of manufacturing cost center spending. Developed revenue forecasting model to assist in 3 year plan and weekly forecasts. Ensured proper inventory valuation including reserve analysis and participation in material disposition.

Coordinated design of several management reports distributed as excel pivot tables: sales/margin, inventory, inventory reserve and purchase price variance. Improved efficiency in processes. Provided data and suggestions permitting standardized commission structure and automated calculation. Automated accounts payable vouchering/recording in ERPsystem. Mentored clerical staff and enabled them to assist more effectively in month end close. Led change from manual accounts payable vouchering to 3-way match on ERP system (MAX/Exact) reducing month end close by two days.

Financial oversight of three plant locations reporting to corporate office in Maryland. Improved processes and information to facilitate accurate standard costing and product margin analysis. Analyzed purchase price and other manufacturing variances. Recommended discontinuations and rationalizations of products to maintain target margins and focus on strategic initiatives. Prepared plant expense budget and subsequent bridge reports.

Implemented controls and improved information quality and flow to support management in strategic and daily decisions in manufacturing organization. Analyzed sales, production and purchasing activity to mark obsolete components and products in SAP to reduce database to active products. Process mapped manufacturing flow and aligned to financial data to calculate cost per operation. Supervised database maintenance and participated in approval process of new products. Analyzed consumption of resources, purchase price variance, manufacturing order variance, cycle counting, revaluation and scrap.

Prepared budget, forecasts and financial reporting for multi-plant operations with $73 million in sales and total employee count of 900+. Managed staff of 12. Supervised payroll, accounts payable, cost accounting and general accounting for both U.S. and Mexico operations. Spearheaded decrease in spending of $1M and inventory reduction of $1.4M. Coordinated financial reporting of several cross-functional projects including plant closure in NY with transfer to Mexico. Improved data integrity and processes. Close process reduced from 4 to 2 days. Accounts Payable efficiency increased. First plant to obtain exemption from physical inventory based on cycle count accuracy and documentation of such. Coordinated administrative duties with internal/external legal counsel: powers of attorney, annual stockholder minutes, transfer pricing and increases in capital. Controlled and reported Capital Expenditure project for construction and startup of $6 million plant.

Tracked and reported capital expenditures for new manufacturing plant and ensured controls appropriate. Oversaw all financial duties including US and MX customs reporting.

Implemented Cost accounting system that interfaced with US Customs reporting/filing. Filed and obtained $900k refund from US Customs for overpaid duties.