Customer Service Accounting

Wesley E. Clark, CPA

** ********* ****

Keene, NH 03431

Telephone 603-***-****

OBJECTIVE: To diversify and grow my accounting experience in an

opportunity near my children living in Utah.

SKILLS:

. Directed plants' financial reporting, budgeting, planning,

cost accounting, GAAP/SOX compliance and financial analysis

activities

. Managed all internal control documentation controlling all

company assets

. Worked closely with sales, marketing, and corporate

management as a business partner, participating on senior

staff, directing business projects and as a key consultant on

business decisions

. Responsible for cost analysis and participated on key cost

reduction projects

. Provided strategic direction on all aspects of inventory

management, led plant strategic planning initiatives and

developed supporting business models to project financial

performance and drive continuous improvements. Able to bring

insight to data for strategic decisions

. Full responsibility for complete ERP system including

methods, detail usage involving purpose for each field, data

extraction, report writing, purchase of additional modules

and all upgrades

. Advanced skills in Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint.

Intermediate skill with SQL code for data extraction and

analysis. Experience with complex ERP systems with

production multi-level bill of materials consisting of

hundreds of parts

. Able to communicate well with all levels, excellent oral and

written communication skills

. Supervision of accounting, information systems, human

resources and engineers for estimating

. Proven ability to train and develop people - first accountant

ever to be nominated for Corning Specialty Materials Division

People Development award

. Effective at teaming, presenting and persuading senior

management, vendors, customers and employees on complex

topics

EMPLOYMENT

HISTORY: Plant Controller,

Corning Specialty Materials, Keene, NH -- (September 2000 -

present)

. Promoted from Cost Analyst to Assistant Plant Controller to

Plant Controller

. Responsible for financial results of all Aerospace and

Defense spanning three plants ($50M revenue)

. Implemented financial systems including PeopleSoft financial

system for two plants in NH.

. Designed all accounting processes, then directed their

operation for the Keene, NH plant

. Led the development of all budgets, forecasts and

establishment of all rates for costing and estimation

. Managed the accounting for an acquisition of another NH

plant, then two years later supervised the legal entity merge

of that entity, including a migration and merge of the

general ledgers

. Participated on division team to shorten monthly close from

five days to two days and successfully implemented the two

day close at the two NH plants

. Designed cost system and improved estimating systems to

increase profitability percent two-fold

. Directed and coordinated internal controls, traveled to other

plants to assist them to streamline systems and implement

best practices, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for clean

audits

. Hired, trained and coordinated an accounting staff to assume

all duties including monthly close, inventory, payables,

receivables, cost accounting, fixed asset management and

project management

. Hired and supervised information systems and manufacturing

engineering departments which included responsibility for all

IT systems and quoting estimation, process excellence and

lean projects

. Actively participated at senior staff level in strategic

decision analysis including growth and acquisition proposals,

production planning, bid/no-bid decisions and program

management reviews

. Directed government cost and pricing submissions and related

Defense Contract Audit Agency audits

. Implemented monthly departmental spending reviews to track

actual costs to budget with all department

managers/supervisors to transfer budget accountability to

individual department managers

. Supervised the capital asset requisition process and tracking

of all capital projects including building expansions and

successful negotiation of leasing arrangements including a

large capital lease

. Prepared general ledger entries and trained others in entries

and reconciliation of accounts

. Implemented significant change of production / factory

planning software system from DOS/Novell to Windows in first

6 months, then supervised subsequent updates to maintain

software current

Cost Accounting Analyst / Supervisor,

Timken Aerospace, Lebanon, NH -- (July 1994 - September 2000)

. Prepared general ledger entries for two divisions, including

inter-company transfers and charges

. Assisted in the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and other

supplemental financial information

. Automated reports to post journal entries and shorten monthly

closing cycle to less than three days

. Projected, recorded, and analyzed regularly absorption,

reserves, variances, obsolescence, factory throughput,

inventory days, LIFO provision, and inventory valuations by

type and product line

. Worked directly with estimating and contracts management to

maximize margins through pricing for efficient lot sizing,

more accurate yield factors and improved formulas in the

quoting systems

. Extracted, summarized, and analyzed data for accounting,

engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, estimating, planning,

production, quality, customer service, and management

. Implemented rework order cost tracking system, improved scrap

costing and root cause analysis

. Reviewed, analyzed, and updated standards and overhead rates

regularly

. Replaced full physical inventories with cycle counting

. Trained in statistical analysis tools for problem resolution

. Identified systematic problems and followed through to

correct them in inventory transactions, job costing, returned

goods, purchasing, payroll, pricing, and margin analysis

system

Vice President of Finance,

NH Hospital Association, Concord, NH -- (March 1993 - June

1994)

. Supervised accounting and budgeting for three companies,

including financial statement preparation, budget preparation

and regular reporting directly to the board of directors

. Refinanced long-term debt payments to match quarterly revenue

income

. Compiled and published quarterly analysis of local hospital

cost, finance, and market trends

. Coordinated and reported on Medicare, Medicaid and other

governmental issues affecting hospitals

. Organized and conducted meetings with accounting personnel

from hospitals around the State

. Wrote quarterly articles for health care publication

Chief financial Officer,

Beech Hill Hospital, Dublin, NH -- (June 1991 - February 1993)

. Promoted from Accounting Manager to Acting CFO in February

1992 and CFO in July 1992

. Prepared budgets, forecasts, monthly financial statements and

commentaries

. Supervised seven people in receivables, payroll, purchasing,

payables and information systems

. Approved cash disbursements averaging $200,000 weekly

. Reduced AR days 20%, simplified entries reducing auditor

adjustments from multiple pages to none

. Trained supervisors in detail financial statement

understanding to understand business conditions

Auditing Senior,

Ernst & Young, Manchester, NH -- (August 1988 - May 1991)

. Audited, reviewed, and compiled financial statements for

manufacturing and non-profit clients

. Documented systems including cash, revenue, A/R, A/P,

inventories, payroll, and budgeting

. Drafted reports proposing client system improvements

. Programmed mainframes and microcomputers for audit sampling

EDUCATION: Certified Public Accountant - February 1991 - New Hampshire

Bachelor of Science in Accounting - August 1988 - Brigham Young

University, Provo, UT

OTHER

ACTIVITIES: Health Care Services, Keene NH - Board of Directors - Treasurer

(2007-present)

Timken Aerospace Credit Union - Board of Directors - Secretary

(March 1999 - September 2000)

General Electric Six Sigma Green Belt certified for statistical

problem resolution (November 1999)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Scoutmaster /

Assistant (1998 - 2000 / 2004 - 2006)

Licensed Amateur Radio Operator at age 16, enjoy computers and

electronics as a hobby

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