Supply Chain Customer Service

M r. M ichael Powell, MBA

**** **** **** ***** • O live Branch, MS 38654

Cell 901-***-**** email:*********@***********.***

PROF I L E

A dynamic accounting professional with a background that focuses on corporate and manufacturing accounting;

p roven qualifications and skills in maintaining standard costing systems, inventory control, revenue recognition, gross

margin analysis, supply chain finance, budgeting, product feasibility, general ledger maintenance, accounts payable,

f ixed assets, financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, account reconciliation, supervision, forecasting and

f inancial statement analysis and review.

SYSTE MS /SOF TWARE E XPER I E NCE

Advanced Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, Vlookups, and HLookups); PowerPoint, Access and Word

SAP R/3 (General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Inventory Management and Costing/Production Execution) with

testing and implementation background for various modules.

Oracle and Hyperion

AS400 & JD Edwards One World Applications

ST RE NG T HS /SK I L LS

Excellent writ ten, verbal, and presentation skills.

Understanding for business and accounting processes and an aggressive desire to succeed.

Ability to partner with business leaders to plan and implement key organizational and accounting strategies.

E XPER I E NCE

N uvasive Memphis, TN 2010 - Present

Sr. Cost Accountant

Responsible for the development of a standard costing system for the organization.

Compiles financial analysis on projects and spending.

Calculates project feasibility by calculating IRR, NPV, Payback and DCF.

Manages all cost center spending and tracks actual results versus budget or forecast.

Completes the month end close process and reports financial results of the business.

Responsible for the compilation of the annual budget and strategic forecasting.

Gwinnett Technical A tlanta, Georgia

A djunct Business - Accounting I nstructor

2006 -2010

Prepare and deliver lecture and lab course material.

Teach online courses in the areas of business and personal finance.

Organize and conduct classes using a variety of learning experiences and activities.

Demonstrates a positive attitude toward students.

Demonstrates current and comprehensive knowledge of the subject areas to be taught.

Tutors students in subject matter area.

Advises students on career choices in the field.

Colgate Palmolive A tlanta, GA. 2008-

2009

Sr. Supply Chain Costing Analyst

Review and analyze all standard costing of finished goods inventory for multi plant and distribution

environment.

Works cross functionally with Materials Management, Operations, Customer Service, and Logistics Analysis to

ensure that fully absorbed costs for all Finished Goods Inventory are accurately reflected in SAP.

Prepare financial reconciliations of inventory and related cost of sales accounts for the monthly closing process

and balance sheet reviews.

Provide analytical support to Data Management Team to ensure the accuracy of data provided by internal

departments.

Challenge new sku proposals to ensure they meet margin thresholds.

Analyze logistics variance drivers and communicate drivers to the Operations Finance/Budget and Planning

team.

Analyzes current supply chain network to ensure cost optimization for organization.

C.R. Bard Medical Covington, GA. 2006-

2007

Cost Accounting M anager

Responsible for accounting and financial analysis in the area of sales, gross profit and inventory.

Supervises Senior Cost Analyst, and Associate Cost Analyst

Reconciles cost of sales reporting to divisional financial statements.

Oversee capital expenditure process and ensure projects are set up to fixed assets timely.

Completes the month end close process.

Plan and coordinate physical inventories for raw and finished goods inventories.

Assists Vice President - Controller in the compilation of the annual budget.

Assist in divisional strategic plan.

Supervises all fixed asset t ransactions.

Project team member.

Perform quarterly testing/audits for Sarbanes Oxley.

Kellogg Company Memphis, TN. 2002-2005

Senior Operations Analyst

Oversees the production execution function for the plant and reports to management daily financial variances

w ith root cause analysis.

Supports Operation’s Controller accountability to ensure the plant achieves its financial COP/CWT target,

i dentifies operational improvements and improve the business awareness and education of the plant.

Reports to management plant scorecard and monthly cost of production.

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Analyzes t rends in plant and capital spending and provides explanations from budget.

Completes the month end close process.

Forecasts monthly estimate of cost of production.

Assist department managers in the compilation of annual operating budget.

Completes quarterly testing and establishes internal controls for Section 404 Sarbanes-Oxley.

Supervised Inventory Control staff.

Newell Rubbermaid Covington, TN. 2001-2002

Accounting Supervisor

Controlled and maintained standard costing system for facility.

Monitored, controlled and reconciled all inventory balances.

Performed analysis on various processes to reduce cost.

Coordinated and executed month end closing process.

Prepared and coordinated annual budget for distribution facility.

Performed variance analysis and explained discrepancies from budget.

Supervised staff of six and directed the accounts payable function.

Implemented, coordinated and monitored an inventoried-activity based cycle counting program.

Projected and forecasted monthly financial results and analyzed t rends in spending.

Smith & Nephew, I nc. Memphis, TN. 1996-2000

Cost Accountant I I

Reported to manufacturing at a global level the results of manufacturing performance.

Maintained and tracked assets in progress and those in fixed assets.

Compiled monthly financial summary for multiple divisions.

Reconciled all related accounts and made appropriate journal entries.

Analyzed various balance sheet accounts related to non t rade and t rade payables.

Reconciled balance sheet accounts.

ED UCAT I O N

B elhaven College Jackson, MS

Masters of Business Administration – 2005

Christian Brothers University Memphis, TN

B.S. Accounting – 1997

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