Manager Accounting

Sherry L. Ryan, CPA

Massillon, Ohio *****

330-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Hands-on, results-driven, customer-focused leader with strong system skills

and passion for improving processes. Motivated, analytical, creative

problem solver and critical thinker. Skills include financial analysis,

manufacturing variance analysis, inventory control, financial reporting,

consolidations, budgeting, & forecasting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accounting & In-Bound Logistics Manager 2007-Present

FITNESS QUEST, CANTON, OHIO

. Review, analyze and report monthly results to Joint Venture

Partners

. Prepare Financial Forecasts, Budgets, weekly unit demand projections

& various other financial reports

. Prepare cost studies, analyze project profitability, analyze

Direct Response TV Campaigns & media results

. Perform monthly manufacturing variance analysis, margin analysis,

& inventory transaction review

. Oversee purchase order processing, invoice processing, in-bound

freight logistics, & inventory

. Design, test & implement new processes, programs & reports for new

ventures, product lines & contractual obligations

. Improved Inventory Control, automated inventory costing, improved BOM

programming & increased overall accuracy of transactions & reports.

. Redesigned Bi-weekly Forecast by creating link from unit demand

projections to financial forecasts to save 16 hours a month of data

entry

. Worked with IT to capture shipping costs by order from UPS manifest

enabling shipping costs to be recorded and analyzed by product line

($16k mthly savings)

. Led the design and development of data warehouse used to analyze

margins by product, customer and channel

. Created excel model to improve efficiency and ensure accuracy of

Freight Invoice processing

. Worked with IT to create automated On the Water Inventory report,

automated Open PO report, automated Inventory Liquidations report,

automated project coding at PO creation, automated cut-off checks and

to create excel downloads of all previously printed inventory & sales

reports

Small Business Owner

FOREVER TAN AND TRAVEL, Canal Fulton, Ohio 2002-2007

General Accounting Manager 2003-2005

OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION, Operator Division, Alliance, Ohio

. Supervised general ledger, fixed assets, accounts payable & payroll

. Coordinated annual audit, prepared annual budget & assisted in

monthly forecasting

. Oversaw monthly close, financial statement preparation, account

reconciliation, & accruals

. Analyzed operational results and variances using Hyperion Essbase

. Wrote queries as needed using Showcase Query tool

. Completely remapped hyperion accounts, created labor, materials and

overhead variance reports, eliminated journal entries, and reduced

close time

. Developed procedure to use call center data to analyze warranty

exposure which led to lower reserve requirements

. Developed P&L by customer, streamlined budget worksheets, automated

JEs

International Accounting Analyst 1998- 2002

THE TIMKEN COMPANY, Canton, Ohio

. Analyzed results of international subsidiaries and prepared

Consolidated Financial Statements using Hyperion Solutions

. Assisted in Annual Report Preparation and various SEC filings

. Worked on various accounting projects including implementation of new

accounting pronouncements and accounting for acquisitions and

divestures

. Led various "Continuous Improvement" activities including system

enhancement and close time reduction initiatives (took 1 day out of

close)

. Acted as integral member of implementation of GEAC General Ledger

system

. Performed quarterly Profit and Loss analysis and quarterly review of

accruals and presented findings to Executive management and external

auditors

Accounting Manager - Asset Based Financing 1997- 1998

GE CAPITAL, Auto Financial Services, Canton, Ohio

. Led ABF team in accounting and reporting activities, cash management

& special projects

. Performed due diligence in support of potential acquisitions

Staff Accountant 1994-1997

MILLER & MILLER ACCOUNTANTS, INC., Dover, Ohio

EDUCATION, TRAINING & SYSTEMS

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, Kent, Ohio 1993

BBA: Accounting GPA: 3.73/4.00 Magna Cum Laude

Passed all sections of CPA exam at first attempt 1994

Six Sigma Green Belt

Advanced Excel Skills, Hyperion Enterprise, Hyperion Essbase, Hyperion

Retrieve, JD Edwards (Oracle Product), GEAC, Showcase Queries

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