KENNETH A. PEARL

**** **** ***

Plymouth, IN ****3 8537

Phone: 574-***-****

E mail: ab4r4f@r.postjobfree.com

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

**** ** ******* – PLANT CONTROLLER, Silgan Containers Mfg. Corp., LaPorte, IN $85 million annual sales

Sanitary Can Manufacturer with 80 employees

• Manage directly two staff and indirectly one staff

• Collaborate with Plant Manager on various special projects

• Advise Plant Manager on financial decisions related to plant operations

• Discuss plant financial data/results with Corporate HQ in absence of Plant Manager

• Provide financial data, analysis and explanations to Corporate HQ, Plant Manager, Plant Superintendent and Production

Supervisors

• Review plant compliance with Sarbanes Oxley standards

• Review/approve purchase orders in absence of Plant Manager or Plant Superintendent (2 approvals required)

• Prepare, analyze & distribute weekly metrics report

• Prepare, analyze & distribute purchase order checkbook

• Review all vendor invoices for proper support & G/L coding

• Review daily labor distribution

• Review payroll entries to the G/L

• Prepare & review G/L journal entries

• Close month end books in two business days

• Prepare monthly forecasts

• Update inventory standard costs

• Track capital expenditures projects

• Analyze variances to budget & forecast

• Prepare annual budget

• Using JD Edwards (Enterprise One & AS/400 versions) and Microsoft Office

Accomplishments:

o Created templates to track daily spray & metal usage variances

o Applied the templates to forecast monthly spray & metal usage variances

o Created template for a Purchase Order checkbook from data extracted out of JD Edwards Enterprise One used by Plant

Manager to track monthly spending by department

o Eliminated duplicate reporting to increase efficiency

o Evaluated office layout and reorganized for easier access of files to create more efficient use of space and time

2002 to 2005 – PLANT CONTROLLER, Bremen Composites (formerly Bremen Technologies), Bremen, IN $7

million annual sales Fiberglass & Plastics Manufacturer with 95 employees

• Managed two staff directly and an additional three staff indirectly

• Responsible for G/L, financial statements, cash forecasting, reviewing vendor invoices & purchase orders, reviewing & backing

up payroll processing

• Managed computer network system and repaired accounting data through direct database entry

• Provided product cost data to and teamed with Sales Department to determine product sales prices

Accomplishments:

KENNETH A. PEARL

9977 Deer Trl

Plymouth, IN 46563 8537

Phone: 574-***-****

E mail: ab4r4f@r.postjobfree.com

Implemented internal control and review procedures for accounts payable and purchasing

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Created Excel model for cash flows statement

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Streamlined G/L chart of accounts

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Established monthly procedures to reconcile all balance sheet accounts

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Trained accounting staff to more efficiently utilize the company's accounting software features

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2000 to 2002 – ACCOUNTING MANAGER, Brightpoint, Inc., Plainfield, IN $657 million annual sales Cell

Phone Distributor with 750 employees

• Managed five staff

• Reviewed all vendor invoices for proper support

• Determined weekly disbursements

• Assisted staff with troubleshooting (receiving, unit price & other discrepancies)

• Forecasted cash requirements

• Reconciled liability of inventory received but not invoiced

• Coordinated monthly vendor account reconciliations

• Reviewed G/L account coding from accounts payable

• Forecasted spending data and worked with Budget Department on balance sheet forecasting

• Worked with Controller and CFO with special projects as needed

• Teamed with other Accounting Managers to monitor internal control procedures

Accomplishments:

o Modified cash forecasting model to create a more accurate forecast for entire division's disbursements

o Implemented tighter controls in disbursements department

o Redistributed responsibilities to more evenly distribute workload among staff

o Increased employee morale by periodically working with staff to perform their daily tasks (example, data processing of vendor

invoices)

2000 ADJUNCT ACCOUNTING INSTRUCTOR, Michiana College, South Bend, IN Commuter College

Taught introductory accounting course to non accounting / non business majors

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1999 to 2000 – CORPORATE OFFICE ACCOUNTING MANAGER, Miller’s Health Systems, Warsaw, IN – Nursing

Homes (30) and Senior Assisted Living Communities (10) locations in Indiana with 3,000 employees

• Managed four staff

• Assisted with month end reconciliations of accounts payable, accounts receivable and specific industry related expenses

• Assisted with coordination, collection and processing of weekly payroll data from the company’s forty nursing homes

• Prepared specialized industry reports

• Position was eliminated by company reorganization after 6 months

1996 to 1999 – ACCOUNTING MANAGER & COST ACCOUNTANT, BTR Automotive, Logansport, IN & Peru, IN

$115 million annual sales automotive parts manufacturer with 600 employees

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KENNETH A. PEARL

9977 Deer Trl

Plymouth, IN 46563 8537

Phone: 574-***-****

E mail: ab4r4f@r.postjobfree.com

• Managed three staff

• Maintained integrity of G/L; In charge of internal control review

• Input majority of financial data to monthly financial statements spreadsheet model

• Prepared annual budget for non inventory related accounts

• Assisted Controller with monthly forecasting

• Tracked capital expenditures projects

• Acting Cost Accounting Manager during time at Peru plant (first 8 months with company)

• Prepared daily Key Indicators report; Analyzed monthly inventory, labor and variances activity

• Maintained inventory master & balance files in computer program on AS/400

• Analyzed & balanced inter company transactions

KENNETH A. PEARL

9977 Deer Trl

Plymouth, IN 46563 8537

Phone: 574-***-****

E mail: ab4r4f@r.postjobfree.com

Accomplishments:

o Created a framework to establish departmental budgets

o Integrated accounting department's recording of unbilled production tooling with method used by sales department to eliminate

duplication of efforts

o Established tracking procedures for non production unbilled samples

o Created a 'mapping' model of general ledger accounts to convert internal financial data for use in an Excel model used by the

corporate home office

o Acted as internal intermediary to resolve situations between departments

1993 to 1996 – PARTNER & CONTROLLER/CFO, Boone Computer Systems, Plymouth, IN

1989 to 1993 – CONTROLLER, Ries Furniture Company, South Bend, IN

1984 to 1989 – ACCOUNTING & AUDITING MANAGER, McQueen & Boyer, CPAs, Plymouth, IN

1981 to 1984 – SENIOR & STAFF ACCOUNTANT, Coopers & Lybrand, South Bend, IN

EDUCATIONBachelor of Science, Business with Accounting Concentration, 1981

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (Southeast Campus)

CERTIFICATION Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in 1984

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