Sandy Jones Email & Phone Number

Springfield, MO, US

Springfield, Missouri, US

• Managing staff of 8 performing accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and human resources.
• Reconcile balance sheet and income statement accounts for manufacturing, service, and 15+ distributor locations using 3 different software programs.
• Record inventory, commission, and wage splits by business unit
• Sales tax reporting in 15+ states
• Day to day decision making and problem solving for finance operations.
• Answer more than 200 emails per day and 30 phone calls per day.

• Used Oracle to establish bill of materials for labor contracts and growing of seed crops.
• Used advanced Excel skills to establish crop inputs and outputs.
• Established key performance indicators for Mexico growing location.
• Managed team of 12 including accounting and IT in the US and Mexico

• Management of IT, payroll, and accounting staff in US (16) and Mexico (10)
• Member of Executive and Vice President teams
• Responsible for successful annual audit and closing of financial records.
• Automated financial, sales and commission reporting
• Successful implementation of Navision software with company specific programming
• Implemented reporting at division, territory, department, and cost center levels.

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• Contract position for the acquisition of Shamrock Seeds’ US and Mexico locations
• Assisted the legal department in France and the management team in the US to successfully acquire Shamrock Seeds

SAINT-BEAUZIRE, FR

• Manager of the AMPA region which included the US and Canada as well as our subsidiaries in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Peru, and Australia
• Financial Reporting and Budget Analysis in local currencies, USD, and Euro
• Successfully implemented Hyperion Budgeting ERP across 22 companies within H.M Clause creating the first consolidated budget for the business unit
• Created Common Chart of Accounts providing reporting bridge between entity local accounts and accounts within the business unit.
• AMPA Financial domain leader for JDE ERP upgrade from standalone US server to multi-company, multi-location, and multi-cultural platform

SAINT-BEAUZIRE, FR

• Assumed ownership of Accounting, Reporting, Forecasting and Strategic planning with Chief Financial Officer’s return to France
• Lead the team to successfully close the US and US Consolidated Audit in less time and with less pass adjustments than previous years
• Completed exhaustive year-end reporting for Group Limagrain including Financial, Sales and Inventory analysis ahead of schedule

Sacramento, CA, US

• Managed payments for 2000 vendors, 3400 growers and 1000 employees
• Drove annual budget and 5-year strategic plan.
• Reported quarterly results to board of directors, internal divisions, and audit committee.
• Worked with plant to established costs across different product lines.

Hershey, Pennsylvania, US

• Member of plant manager’s staff responsible for financial reporting including financial statements, annual spending outlooks and review of inventory and financial variances.
• Supervised the activities of a 35-member team including accounting, cost accounting, material control, planning, purchasing, union payroll and the retail Visitor Center

• As the finance member of the leadership team I played a crucial role in growing the business from a standalone organization to one with more than 50 branches in 38 states
• Strategic financial leadership and tactical business planning
• Developed training programs to successfully bring branches into our loan processing model
• Handpicked a corporate team of 15 staff members performing treasury, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, payroll and human resources functions for each branch location as well as the corporate office
• Automated processes and designed system improvements that lead to greater efficiency of existing staff
• Reporting included financial statements, branch modeling, quarterly and annual budgets, cash flow and break even reporting

Mba, Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration