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Cost Accounting ManagerEMAIL AVAILABLE PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE LinkedInSUMMARYLeader in cost accounting and management with over thirty years experience in a manufacturing and service background. Point person in monitoring and adhering to financial policy, as well as being a key driver to the finance departments overall strategy. Broad experience working in a team environment and project management. Highly proficient in standard costing and bills of materials while thoroughly familiar with activity-based costing systems and variables. Vast experience with managing inventories, including annual physicals and developing/overseeing cycle count programs. Actively involved in all financial administration reporting, including tracking operational metrics, business planning.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTSAvalign Technologies, Avalign Corporate Rosemont, IllinoisSr. Financial Analyst 09/2022 to PresentReviewed and set standard costing of Indiana business unit in a more timely manner as part of corporate pricing initiative.Finance representative on shop job posting team helping identify and resolve posting errors. Leading to Oregon business unit reduction of errors by over 50%Lead the transfer of updating the fixed asset database from the individual business units to the corporate level.Streamlined the intercompany sales and profit reporting process.Stenograph LLC Downers Grove, Illinois Cost Accounting Manager 12/1990 to 01/2022Promoted from Cost Accountant to Cost Accounting Manager and reported directly to Vice President of FinanceSuccessfully managed annual physical inventories and developed a cycle count program. One of only three Heico companies (Stenograph parent company) that has a certified cycle count program.Leader of Quality team establishing company wide warranty policies and guidelines.Worked with Operations to implement Lean Manufacturing and Kanban inventory system reducing order lead times and reducing inventories from 4 million to under 1 million dollars.Member of ERP selection and implementation team completing implementation process within six months of selection.Developed Student Writer Rent to Own program helping improve sales by reducing court reporting student barrier to high initial cost.Revised pricing structure for Billable Service resulting in an increase of $300,000 in annual revenue.Project Team Leader for successful and on time launch of current Student Writer.Developed Writer trade-in program converting customers from old Writers resulting in a one-time $200,000 increase in earnings.Developed an income statement breaking down income and earnings by product line including contract product lines that calculate revenue recognized and deferred.Finance representative on Cost of Poor Quality team helping identify and classify warranty issues resulting in a 19% decrease in warranty costs.Implemented Workday Adaptive planning software to streamline the budgeting/forecasting process and allow modeling of business plans.Illinois Tool Works Elk Grove, IllinoisPlant Accountant 03/1987 to 12/1990Promoted from Staff Accountant to Plant AccountantAssisted in the month-end process preparing journal entries reconciling various balance sheet accounts.Integrated and standardized entire product catalog into ERP softwareSuccessfully managed annual physical inventories and developed cycle count programs increasing accuracy and reducing costs associated with physical inventoriesWaterman Hydraulics Skokie, IllinoisJunior Cost Accountant 05/1985 to 03/1987Promoted from Senior Accounting Clerk to Junior Cost AccountantSuccessfully managed annual physical inventories and developed cycle count programs increasing accuracy and reducing costs associated with physical inventoriesLearned the companies new fixed asset software and maintain the databaseEDUCATIONDominican University, Master of Science in Finance, River Forest, IllinoisElmhurst College, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Elmhurst, IllinoisTriton College, Associate of Science in Computer Science, River Grove, IllinoisSKILLS & HIGHLIGHTSTools & Technologies: Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, Word), Advanced Excel (PivotTables, VLOOKUP, Macros), Workday Adaptive Planning Software, Microsoft Navision ERP system as well as JD Edwards and EpicorCore Strengths: Product cost management and control, inventory control, financial reporting and account reconciliations, margin analysis/profitability by produce line, financial modeling/data trending, operations budgeting/forecasting, acquisition integration |
