• Authored & implemented official Finance & Controlling procedures for the Materials Research & Development group.• Finance Lead for the “Oerlikon Operation Excellence Policy Deployment & Performance Reporting” program. • Business line representative on Global Transfer Pricing: responsible for analysis, implementation & maintenance of transfer pricing policies & procedures.• Perform monthly cost-roll/inventory revaluation for all U.S. materials plants.• Complete capital expenditure applications, including pay-back analysis using “NOBS” Workflow Portal.• Redesigned an automated & streamlined manufacturing variance report with SAP team & engineering department. Use of this report in conjunction with production management has led to a decrease in unfavorable variances of over $1million per year. This new report has been rolled out & used globally throughout the organization.• Perform annual budgeting & forecasting, including calculation of overhead rates, salaries & benefit expenses for 40+ cost centers. Review cost center spending with management to ensure sure departmental needs are met & budgets are attainable.• Supply late, monthly operating details to Director of F.P. &A. in order for him to complete an accurate, month-end forecast.• Calculate monthly spend & overhead utilization absorption. • Create monthly sales & variance analysis & commentaries for upper management, including multi-plant P&L consolidations.• Redesigned weekly inventory reporting process to include detail by manufacturing plant.

• Built yearly budgets for retail division consisting of 13 organic supermarkets, grossing nearly $50 million annually.• Prepared quarterly forecasts and monthly M.D. & A. reports to distribute to upper management.• Used accounting background to develop and implement new, more accurate methods for valuing and reporting shrink, inventory and cost of sales, and put together monthly journal entries.• Developed more comprehensive inventory count procedures and supervised monthly physical inventory counts at retail locations throughout Florida, Maryland and Massachusetts.• Created and maintained weighted scoring system to fairly compare and rate the performance of retail locations of varying sizes and sales volume.• Prepared presentations reflecting company performance to be delivered by the Director of Finance and Divisional President at annual and semi-annual corporate meetings.

• Completed month-end close of all B/S and P & L accounts for 14 business areas and subsidiaries.• Maintained and analyzed monthly reported earnings and gross profit reports to determine deviations.• Monitored unsettled asset liability reports to determine turnover period or if item is to be applied to profit and loss or cleared against other balance sheet account.• Monitored various reconciling general ledger accounts, prepared journal entries to adjust or clear items based on settlement of contracts and revenue recognition, as well as reclassified entries based on actual to budgeted variances for P & L items and capitalized fixed assets.• Assisted in the preparation of financial statements for S.C.O.A. and subsidiaries in the U.S., Canada, Africa and Japan.• Responded to requests from business departments and internal/external auditors.• Worked with Account Control to convert reporting standards from GAAP to International Financial Reporting Standards.

• Completed month-end close process, including recording journal entries for Newsday and other business units.• Prepared account analysis for multiple business units, including bank, prepaid expense, accounts payable and accrual reconciliations, in accordance with company policy.• Assisted in preparation of monthly departmental accrual schedules.• Performed monthly departmental expense variance analysis.• Prepared daily P & L reports during period close.• Verified income statement statistics recorded by Corporate.• Assisted in preparation of year-end schedules submitted to Corporate.

• Discovered and reported multiple instances of internal theft and fraud.• Managed, motivated, and evaluated sales-focused staff. Increased sales by 50% in first six months as Store Manager.• Improved speed and efficiency of shipment receiving practices by developing and implementing a delegation system. • Purchased store inventory and managed all control functions of $3 million per year store.• Supervised and organized year-end inventories throughout 14 store district.