Vice President Accounting

Charles R. Dierker

**** ********* ***** ****: 636-***-****

Arnold, Missouri 63010 Cell: 314-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rockwood Pigments, Inc. St.Louis, Missouri

Sr. Cost Accountant Sept 2009 – Feb

2011

• Developed and maintained standard costs for six plants located across the United States.

• Coordinated and developed the annual operating budgets and monthly forecast plans for all plants.

• Compiled and analyzed data used for managing global operational targets including inventory of $40

million, EBIT targets and various expense accounts.

• Provide strong financial and analytical support to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, the

Vice President of Manufacturing, VP Controller.

• Managed and performed monthly closing procedures including account reconciliations, journal

entries and data analysis.

Covidien, Inc. St. Louis, Missouri

Sr. Financial Analyst – Financial Planning & Analysis Mar 2008 – Jul 2009

• Created pivot tables and ad hoc reporting consolidating nine manufacturing facilities in the

Pharmaceuticals Global Business Unit (GBU) which are located throughout North America and

Europe.

• Coordinated and developed the GBU’s annual logistics operating budget and long range plan with

annual revenues of $1 billion, operating expenditures of $850 million and capital expenditures of

$100 million.

• Compiled and analyzed data used for managing global working capital to GBU targets including

inventory of $250 million and capital expenditures of $100 million.

• Assessed the design and tested the effectiveness of internal control procedures to ensure the propriety

of accounting records and their compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and the

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

• Provide strong financial and analytical support to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, the

Vice President of Manufacturing, VP Controller – Pharmaceuticals, and the Pharmaceuticals

Manufacturing Leadership Team.

Sr. Financial Analyst – Dosage Selling & Marketing Jun 2006 – Mar 2008

• Created budgets, forecasts and strategic plans for the Selling/Marketing Departments of the Dosage

GBU. Total annual spend for the combined departments of $106 million with a staff of over 180 sales

and marketing employees.

• Developed standard costs and analyzed variances for outside manufacturing business.

• Responsible for monthly closing duties including journal entries, account reconciliations,

departmental reporting and ad hoc reporting.

• Provide analyses, direction and support to Sales/Marketing Leadership Team for the annual budgeting

and monthly forecasting presentations for their departments.

• Provide financial and analytical support to the Plant Leadership Team, Strategic Business Unit

Controllers and Vice President of Finance.

• Assessed the design and tested the effectiveness of internal control procedures to ensure the propriety

of accounting records and their compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and the

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Sr. Accountant – St. Louis Plant Dec 2001 – Jun 2006

• Developed annual standard product costs, labor rates, variable and fixed overhead rates.

• Performed all aspects of plant reporting including monthly results, general ledger entries, account

reconciliations, physical inventories and cycle counts, monthly financial forecasts, annual operating

budgets, and strategic planning for a multi-divisional pharmaceutical manufacturing facility with

annual operating expenditures of $250 million, capital expenditures of $20 million and inventory of

$100 million.

• Quantified and analyzed variances associated with a large pharmaceuticals plant including purchase

price variance, material usage variances and yield/production variances.

• Provide financial and analytical support for various plant initiatives including physical inventories,

product costing, inventory management, capital spending and operational excellence.

• Provided financial and analytical support for various Pharmaceuticals GBU initiatives including

manufacturing budgets and product development teams.

• Assessed the design and tested the effectiveness of internal control procedures to ensure the propriety

of accounting records and their compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and the

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Cont’d)

Arthur Wells Group St. Louis, Missouri

Controller - Logistics Sept 1996 – Dec 2001

• Responsible for all aspects of accounting and reporting for Nationwide Logistics Company with

annual revenues of $100 million and over 30,000 shipments.

• Managed and maintained Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable balances to levels dictated by

the business owners.

• Assisted the Information Systems Director with the development, troubleshooting and debugging of

the logistics software systems developed in house to manage the logistics business.

• Established and maintained strong business relationships with business owners and employees.

PC SKILLS

Strong working knowledge and experience with many business and software applications including

Microsoft Office, Hyperion, Essbase, PRMS, JDEdwards and Protean.

EDUCATION

Maryville University St. Louis, Missouri

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Major in Accounting, Minor in Management

REFERENCES

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