Sarah Keyser, Mba Email & Phone Number

The Colony, Tx, Us

Addison, Texas, Us

Lewisville, Tx, Us

* Key Accomplishment: Team Management: Supervision of 2 Senior Cost Accountants, covering Fixed Assets, Operations Accounting, Field Inventory & Inventory Reserves for 2 domestic affiliates, as well as 3 international affiliates.* Key accomplishment: Converting Spreadsheet E&O Model to Altryx workflow, eliminating 15 hours from month-end/quarter-end close process.

Lewisville, Tx, Us

* Key accomplishment - Efficient & Timely process set in place for calculation and review of Inventory Reserves by SBU to include Model Processing, and close coordination with Operations, FP&A & Executive leadership teams for Domestic and (3) International Affiliates. ($60M in reserves against $124M Inventory.)* Integration of Supply Chain Finance Activities for Acquisitions and Affiliates (Oracle R12, Fixed Assets, Standard Cost Updates, Month-end Processing, Reporting* Leadership and Guidance provided to team members to ensure close schedules, project progress, etc.* Development and Dissemination of inter- & intra-departmental reporting on monthly gross margin, variances, inventory trending, etc.

Lewisville, Tx, Us

* AP Process improvement: Elimination of all hard-copy invoice archiving, replacing with Oracle online functionality, pulling approx 15 man-hours per week off of the AP team, as well as countless hours in audit/research efforts.* Managed Accounts Payable team (1 Supervisor and 3 AP Administrators* Management of intercompany activities and confirmations across approx, 25 affiliates world-wide* Lean Team Leadership: GL Team Kaizen event pulled approx 32 man-hours from the month-end close process (Ex: moving entries to pre-close with better/earlier communication, elimination of non-value-added entries/duplicate review exercises.)

Lewisville, Tx, Us

* Manage one cost accountant (direct report)* Processing of full five-year restatement (Excess & Obsolete/Inventory activities)* Implementation of Machine Shop Manufacturing Vertical Integration* Implementation of Cost Accounting/Shop Order Processing for Specials Machine Shop and Cleanroom*Implementation of Outside Processing Shop Order Process for multiple manufacturing departments* Monthly tracking and processing of all OSI (Spinal) and INC (Extremity) instrumentation capital* Participation in lean activities such as white belt, yellow belt, Gemba, and Kaizen events

New Britain, Ct, Us

* Key accomplishment: Created position completely. Developed and defined the role within the organization: consolidated various reporting functions, implemented the Operations annual budget process, integrated and refined the Productivity reporting process, and introduced consistency across all manufacturing forecasting * Coordinated with Global Supply Management team to track and report all productivity projects* Developed Supply Chain and Global Supply Management annual budgets, and coordinated all North American Manufacturing budget development* Transformed original limited reporting to comprehensive vendor history and implemented monthly process for tracking forecast to actual for Global Supply Management team* Facilitated process improvement projects involving automation, acquisition integration and standardization

* Managed three direct reports – Fixed Asset Analyst, Cost Accountant and A/P Clerk* Weekly reporting, analysis and forecasting of plant financials* With Controller, developed the annual budget and actively participated in annual cost rolls* Managed the transfer and consolidation of the Sabina, Ohio Hot Forge Plant into the Dallas operation. Responsible for the tracking of $8M in expenses and 100 assets.* Key accomplishment: Identified opportunity to reduce company fixed asset exposure of $1.5M write-off of approximately 75 assets. Developed, trained and implemented processes and counter-measures for tighter controls. Post implementation fixed asset audit of 1400 assets with a total Net Book Value (NBV) of $35M reflected only 14 assets unusable with a write-off of $20K.* Key contribution: Reduced the month-end closing cycle from 3 days of activity, to 1½ days of activity* Participation and leadership in lean activities such as Kaizen events, Gemba Walks, Purchase Price Cost Reduction

New Britain, Ct, Us

* Managed fixed asset listings and processing for approximately 1400 assets at a NBV of $32M* Conducted full plant fixed asset inventory, assisted with the development and review of all fixed asset requests with an annual capital budget of $2M* Developed, maintained and presented monthly departmental budget-to-actuals report-out for all direct and indirect departments* Completed all required month-end activities, reconciliations and reporting* Facilitated the “5S Program” for the facility

New Britain, Ct, Us

* Managed three Accounting employees* Planned, managed and executed four full annual physical inventories covering two buildings, 200,000 square feet, 7,000 tickets, and 150 personnel, count included both location and WIP inventory * Completed annual standard cost rolls with in-depth analysis of material, labor and overhead* Completed weekly and monthly reviews of work order and purchase price variance, establishing documentation and procedures for both reviews, monthly Shop Order Variance of $125K, 2,000 shop orders ($18M Inventory)* Affiliate Assistance – Directed (hands-on) and facilitated physical inventories for affiliates in Ohio and Michigan. Assisted three affiliates with standard cost roll process and documentation. Trained cost accountant at affiliate.* Peer Review Panelist and Facilitator, completed 20 hours of training and obtained certification* Managed three Accounting employees* Planned, managed and executed four full annual physical inventories covering two buildings, 200,000 square feet, 7,000 tickets, and 150 personnel, count included both location and WIP inventory * Completed annual standard cost rolls with in-depth analysis of material, labor and overhead* Completed weekly and monthly reviews of work order and purchase price variance, establishing documentation and procedures for both reviews, monthly Shop Order Variance of $125K, 2,000 shop orders ($18M Inventory)* Affiliate Assistance – Directed (hands-on) and facilitated physical inventories for affiliates in Ohio and Michigan. Assisted three affiliates with standard cost roll process and documentation. Trained cost accountant at affiliate.* Peer Review Panelist and Facilitator, completed 20 hours of training and obtained certification

* Managed four Accounting employees* Worked daily with the Manufacturing Resource Planning computer system (MRPII) and the shop floor personnel to facilitate, maintain, and improve all costing procedures for a manufacturing process with more than 50K parts, 7 lean manufacturing cells and 3 SBU’s* Completed monthly reconciliation of $15M inventory* Completed the monthly sub-ledger and general ledger close processes

* Developed, implemented and maintained project-specific P&L records for more than 30 projects * Participated weekly in revenue forecasting and risk review* Participated heavily in accounts receivable collection efforts of $3 to $5M per month for project customers

* ERP Implementation - Core Team Member* ISO 9000 Auditor

Mba, International Business

Bs, Business - General Management