Manager Sales

Manoj D. Kapashi

*** **** **** ******, ***. *B New York, NY 917-***-****

*********@*****.***

Qualifications Summary

. Highly efficient, enthusiastic Certified Management Accountant with

proven expertise researching and analyzing financial data to drive

business performance. Strengths include designing and automating

reporting systems, analyzing reports, and setting controls.

. Accomplished in variance analysis, business planning, cost & inventory

tracking, model development, and project management. Deep knowledge of

accounting procedures, corporate budgeting, & financial analysis. Solid

experience in finance, costing, inventory, & manufacturing.

. Realistic, disciplined, and creative "can-do" approach; thrive on

challenges; motivated to seek out obscure information. Effective

communicator; work well with management and staff at all levels.

. Advanced computer proficiencies include ERP software solutions, creating

queries to access database, and Excel macros, VBA, pivot tables, and

financial modeling. Certified SAP FICO consultant.

Professional Experience

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Edison, NJ, 2008-present

Medical devices manufacturer with $400M annual sales; 1,000 employees.

Financial Cost Analyst

Improved efficiencies and costs by performing inventory valuation,

scrutinizing manufacturing costs, evaluating obsolete inventory,

investigating rate and efficiency variances, analyzing production vs.

payroll reports, and assisting in finalizing budgets. Prepared detailed

reports and presented information to upper management (budget to actual,

variances, profitability tables, business reports). Updating BOMs and

constantly monitoring and modifying labor and material standards.

Built cost models, including scenario and "what-if" analysis to evaluate

feasibility of new projects. Constructed dashboard reports for monitoring

key performance indicators of business unit performance. Redesigned complex

Excel spreadsheets creating macros using VBA for greater efficiency.

Instituted internal controls. Applied activity based costing to generate

P&L statements by product line. Conducted cost - benefit analysis for

purchase of capital equipment.

. Restructured budget process, revamping report creation and distribution

system, creating budget to actual with high-level summary report; results

drew praise from 25 managers across 104 centers.

. Instituted inventory reporting system in Germany. Also executed BTA

reports in Denver office.

. Established systems, automated processes, and implemented internal

controls with stellar results:

. Created analysis for outsourcing a particular product, with potential

for increasing profits by $1.8M.

. Conducted complex and in depth analysis of inventory, sales and

production, saving $850K.

. Developed controls for supply of the most expensive material, saving

$200K annually.

. Reduced variances $1M monthly by creating system for work order data

entry compliance.

. Created budget to actual reports, saving 4 days of work every month.

. Designed inventory evaluation systems that reduced processing from 5

days to 3 hours.

. Significantly trimmed down inventory of expired goods by $1M.

Liz Clairborne, Dayton, NJ, 2007-2008

Fashion company with nearly $5b in sales.

Inventory Analyst

Hired to improve inventory system. Set up solid reporting system for ease

in analyzing reports and established controls. Assumed additional

responsibilities, saving 2 hours of manager's workload daily. Performed

month/year-end reconciliations. Conducted audits and analyses. Monitored

discrepancies of valuation. Analyzed variances between physical and

perpetual inventory. Performed difficult/complex analyses as needed. Served

as vendor contact.

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. Significantly slashed processing time of regeneration by automating

reports for receipts, production, transfer, and backflush

accounting/product costing.

. Prepared detailed reports for analyzing raw material scrap and finished

good rejection rate.

. Created weekly reports for excess, obsolete, and total inventory.

Ruby Coach Builders, Mumbai, India, 1996-2007

Manufacturer of buses.

Finance and Cost Accounting Manager

Transformed previously stagnant, chaotic division into highly efficient,

profitable Finance and Cost Accounting Department. Developed first-time

internal controls that drove awareness and improvements.

Managed finance and cost accounting functions of A/R, A/P, budgets, balance

sheets, P&L, cash flow, financial statements, and reporting. Conducted

profitability analysis of products and departments; product costing of 100+

products with BOM of 5,000 parts and output of 300 workers. Monitored cost

centers and performed reconciliation of inventory, A/P, A/R, and sales.

. Negotiated with banks, financial institutions, and private financers to

raise capital at effective rates.

. Developed internal controls, monitoring accounts payable vs. production,

receivables vs. budgeted, expected vs. actual costs incurred. Delivered

impressive results:

. Reduced costs 5%+ by redeveloping standards to more stringent

achievement levels.

. Lowered OH rate from 100% to 80% of labor costs by setting strong

controls of SG&A expenses.

. Decreased excess/obsolete inventory levels 10% through constant

monitoring.

Prior experience as Inventory Materials and Production Planning Manager

with Ruby Coach Builders. Controlled inventory levels and ordering

procedures for 5,000 SKUs. Negotiated with 100 vendors and processor,

optimizing, deliveries, quality, and price. Planned output of 320 staff.

. Implemented JIT procurement system, saving $200K in reduced inventory.

. Saved $100K annually by outsourcing in-house materials.

. Increased production 20% by re-engineering processes, negotiating with

labor unions, and converting production systems from batch to line

production.

Education Certification

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Mumbai, India

Ranked #5 out of 1,000 students.

Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Institute of Management Accountants

(IMA)

SAP Managerial and Financial Accounting Consultant (Finance and Control),

Certified, SAP

Technology Snapshot

Fully integrated ERP software system.

Creating queries to access tables in existing database to generate custom

reports.

Advanced Microsoft Excel, including macros using VBA, pivot tables, and

financial modeling.

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