Finance Controller/Manager

James H. Allen

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Lewis Center, Ohio 43035

Home: 740-***-**** Cell 614-***-****

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EXPERIENCE

Independent Insurance Agent 2009-Current

· Attended and completed courses required by the State of Ohio.

· Successfully passed the State of Ohio examinations for Insurance license.

· Completed certification and appointment by Medicare and major providers.

Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC 2008- 2009

Plant Controller, Grove City, Ohio

· Implemented internal control procedures to meet GAAP standards.

· Stabilized month end reporting for consistent reporting of operating results.

· Revised production reporting processes to eliminate inventory issues.

Armour-Eckrich, LLC formally ConAgra Foods, Inc., 2006-2008

Plant Controller , Omaha, Nebraska

· Consolidated job duties within the department for a 25% staff reduction.

· Transitioned the Accounting functions from the old to new company, maintaining the integrity of the general ledger for both entities from date of sale until all accounts fully transitioned.

· Managed the conversion from legacy systems into the SAP environment.

· Led the successful conversion of the legacy payroll application to the new company.

· Prepared and successfully implemented the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 templates for the Omaha facility along with the accompanying internal control SOP’s for the facility.

· Satisfactorily completed audits preformed by ConAgra internal audit and KPMG auditors testing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance with no major findings.

· Implemented a quarterly cycle count program for fixed assets.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., Refrigerated Foods Group 2003-2006

Plant Controller, Omaha, Nebraska

· Managed the Accounting function for manufacturing plants in Nevada, Ohio and Omaha, Nebraska

· Empowered by the VP of Finance to prepare the FY06 budget for the Division Operations Group operating in Naperville, IL.

· Management team assembled to implement processes and controls necessary to stabilize the plant prior to consolidation and closing.

· Lead the plant in the implementation of the SAP Order to Cash system.

· Teamed with the Maintenance group for a 50%, or $77,000, reduction in MRO inventory.

· Validated, documented and partnered in the success of cost savings projects for the 2005 fiscal year of $100,000.

James H. Allen

TRW Automotive, Inc, 1997- 2002

Plant Controller, Mt. Vernon, Ohio

· Instituted procedures to reduce the timing of the accounting period close to less than 2 days.

· Reduced annual physical inventory shrink by $200,000 annually through cycle count programs and greater emphasis on maintaining current bills-of-material.

· Teamed with the Materials group to reduce inventory from 18 to 8.5 days on hand.

· Using Hyperion products, developed price-volume, cash flow and manufacturing variance reports for analysis and explanations of operating results.

· Formalized the departmental budgeting process and properly allocate overhead cost to individual products and identify profit improvement opportunities.

Borden, Inc. Dairy Group 1977-1996

Plant Controller, Columbus, Ohio

· Managed the Accounting function for manufacturing plants in Greenville, S.C., Nashville, Tenn. and Columbus, Ohio.

· Held the position of Region Cost Administrator at Corporate Headquarters.

· Trained and supervised plant cost accountants at eight manufacturing locations in cost development and variance analysis.

· Developed and implemented policies relative to inter-company pricing and product transfers.

· Advised Group Vice-President on issues relating to product cost and pricing decisions.

· Initiated customer profitability analysis by sales platform allowing the plant to recover $70,000 in lost margins.

· Reduced the clerical workforce at Nashville by 14%.

· Consolidated accounting functions after closing four plants into the Columbus Accounting Group.

EDUCATION

BS in Accounting/Business from Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia

State of Ohio Insurance Certification

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MAS

PC Scale

Oracle Financials and Fixed Assets with ADI

SAP

Peoplesoft Payroll, HR, and Fixed Assets QAD MFG Pro

Hyperion Pillar, Hyperion Enterprise, Hyperion Essbase

Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access

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