Manufacturing Accounting

CARL Q. LEE

Results oriented accounting professional with broad experience within

multiple manufacturing environments. Background includes all areas of

general accounting plus manufacturing / job cost, standard cost, financial

statement preparation/reporting, strong analysis & modeling skills, plus

supervisory experience. Proven ability to identify problems, define

solutions, and implements new processes and procedures. Self-motivated and

adaptable team player with excellent interpersonal skills.

Successfully implemented 4 business systems in the last 15 years - Incl.

MAS200, MANMAN (Computer Associates) and JBA.

Initiated a comprehensive study of inventory valuation, including excess

and obsolescence reporting, and achieved an overall cost reduction via

physical inventory in excess of 25%.

Installed a job cost module and wrote policies and procedures which

resulted in timely and accurate reporting of job costs from remote users,

eliminated timesheets and late billings to customers, and improved AR by 5

business days per month.

Coordinated the budgeting process of a $40M manufacturing site and cut the

processing time from 3.5 months to 1 month.

Software experience includes advanced Excel (including Pivot tables and

VLookups) AS400, MAS200, SAP, JBA, McCormick & Dodge, MANMAN, FRS, Kronos,

Access DB, FAS2000, PAYCHEX, Crystal Reporting, QuickBooks, MS Office, and

MRPII.

B.S. Accounting, Tuskegee University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Controller / Cost Analyst-Mfg. - Contract Assignment, Wamar Technologies,

LLC. (Atlanta, GA) 09/2012 to Present

Wamar Technologies, LLC is a leading manufacturer of armored vehicles with

annual revenues in excess of $30 million.

Re-implemented QuickBooks including the Item Master, Bills of Materials,

Overhead calculations, Standard Costs, etc.

Performed Wall to Wall inventory count and improved inventory accuracy by

implementation of system to back flush BOMs

P-card administrator for two locations which are approximately 15 users

and $450k monthly (Atlanta, GA and San Diego, CA)

Supervised AP, & AR, Fixed Assets including weekly cash requirements and

variances from budget.

Corp. Finance & Accounting Consultant-Mfg. - Contract Assignment, Plasma

Surgical, Inc. (Roswell, GA) 05/2012 to 08/2012

Plasma Surgical, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of medical instruments with

annual revenues in excess of $12 million.

Established standard costs for manufacturing including overhead

calculation.

Documented the process of maintaining the standard costs via policies and

procedures.

Created a model for calculating Gross Margin by unit per comprehensive

overhead by unit.

Financial Analyst - Contract Assignment, Panasonic Auto, Systems of

America, Inc. (Peachtree City, GA) 04/2011 to 04/2012

Panasonic Automotive Systems, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of automotive

radios with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion.

Prepares monthly Gross Profit Analysis by customer and by product using

Vlookups and Pivot tables.

Responsible for coordinating all Pass Thru cost and revenue by customer and

by product.

Coordinates and prepares detail Business Plan by customer and by product.

Coordinates all annual price reductions for both costs and revenue for all

customers.

Controller - Manufacturing, - Contract Assignment, LTI Flexible Products,

Inc. (Fairburn, GA) 02/2010 to 04/2011

LTI Flexible Products, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of rubber extruded

products with annual revenues in excess of $21 million.

Successfully implemented a standard cost system in MAS and wrote policies

and procedures for all integrated modules (including Manufacturing,

Shipping, Receiving,, QA, and Production).

Responsible for inventory accounting including book vs. perpetual

reconciliation's, physical inventory counts and other items related to

inventory including inventory control and inventory valuation.

Successfully implemented and supervised a 90 daily cycle count program.

Perform missing inventory analysis daily using a multi-bin tag system using

Vlookups and Pivot tables.

I prepare the monthly financial analysis for the Fairburn site including

the presentation of key indicators for this site.

Responsible for analyzing and reporting all unit costs as it relates to our

standard costs system (incl. review of BOM and routings)

Responsible for weekly analysis of Purchase Price Variances of raw

materials.

Responsible for establishing and maintaining all credit issues with both

vendors and customers of ours. I also supervise our AR collections on a

monthly basis.

Responsible for analysis of all capital expenses as well as misc. period

cost expenses on a monthly basis.

Responsible for annual budget and monthly forecast reporting including

analysis from budget / forecast on a monthly basis.

Coordinate internal audits

Coordinate all IT functions including (network set-up, voice mail, cell

phones, desk phones, computers, and printers)

Financial Analyst - Manufacturing, OFS Fitel, Inc., (Carrollton, GA)

09/2008 to 01/2009

OFS Fitell, Inc.is a leading manufacturer of fiber optic solutions with

annual revenues in excess of $140 million.

Responsibilities include the measurement and reporting of manufacturing

efficiencies weekly.

Provided manufacturing performance results by department weekly for the

Carrolton plant.

Responsible for inventory accounting including book vs. perpetual

reconciliation's, physical inventory counts and other items related to

inventory using Vlookups and Pivot tables.

Responsible for distribution of daily revenue reporting to management for

the cable division. This would include an analysis of the daily sales vs.

our projected sales via the backlog report.

Responsible for weekly analysis of Purchase Price Variances of raw

materials.

Responsible for weekly analysis of Freight charges.

Responsible for weekly and monthly analysis of all Fixed Asset spending

including classification of assets under construction

Responsible for monthly analysis manufacturing scrap and rework costs for

the cable plant.

Cost Accounting Manager - Manufacturing, Delta Apparel, Inc., (Duluth, GA)

04/2008 to 09/2008

Delta Apparel, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of private label apparel with

annual revenues in excess of $350 million.

Responsibilities include the timely completion of monthly manufacturing and

inventory closing processes for textile operations, foreign apparel

operations and outside contractors including: journal entries, inventory

roll forwards, review of inventory balances and variance analysis of

production costs

Responsible for all inventory accounting including book vs. perpetual

reconciliations, cycle counts, physical inventory counts and other items

related to inventory

Responsible for training and assisting Plant Controllers in identifying

root causes of production variances.

Assist in the development and implementation of standard costs for all

locations including: analysis of overhead expenses and close coordination

with Engineering and Production Planning.

Directly manage the Sr. Cost Accountant and oversee the roles and

responsibilities of the Plant Controllers.

Controller - Manufacturing, HunterDouglas Architectural Products, Inc.

(Norcross, GA) 01/ 2002 to 11/2007

HunterDouglas is the world leader in window coverings and architectural

products with net sales in excess of $1.7 billion.

Responsibilities include supervising and maintaining the daily flow of

accounting operations including AP, AR, fixed assets, payroll, and HR

Prepared monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial statements for this site.

Performed site audits of other locations including the preparation of

suggestions for improvements to management via peer reviews.

Eliminated one full wall-to-wall physical count that typically shuts down

our current operations by 2 business days.

Implemented and trained users on Concurs automated expense-reporting

system.

Implemented merchant services capabilities per BofA, which improved our

collection capabilities.

Assistant Controller - Manufacturing, Snapper, Inc. (McDonough, GA)

06/1998 to 01/2002

Snapper is a $220 million manufacturer of power equipment and employed over

200 people at its McDonough location

Responsible for JBA system implementation including the development of a

matrix for the GL/manufacturing interface.

Special projects included budgeting, forecasting, standard cost, fixed

asset organization, and annual audit preparation.

Generated monthly savings of $15K by accurately valuing monthly

scrap/rework and creating an excess & obsolescence report.

Manager of Cost Accounting and Financial Analysis, FMC Corporation

(Madera, CA) 1995 to 04/1998

FMC is a $4 billion manufacturer of food processing systems.

Responsible for all cost accounting, payroll, fixed assets, inventory

reconciliation, budgeting, forecasting, and modeling.

Special projects included development of a cycle-count program, software

evaluations, labor tracking, and inventory analysis.

Team member for internal audits (domestic and international).

Prepared monthly journal entries, financial statements, and commentary.

Cost Accountant, CoastCom (Alameda, CA)

1989 to 1995

CoastCom is a privately held manufacturer of high-tech telecommunications

devices with annual revenues of $18 million.

Supervised all AP, AR, fixed assets, GL, and cost accounting.

Successfully re-implemented an existing MANMAN business system.

Created a matrix that calculated gross margins via product configurations.

Journal entries for financial statements including AR, AP, payroll, and job

cost.

Wrote the policies and procedures for the newly installed job cost system.

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