Customer Service Accounting

Barbara Margo(MBA)

*** ******* **** ( Sewickley, Pennsylvania 15143 ( H 724-***-**** ( C

412-***-**** ( abkssf@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

An organized, dedicated finance and logistics professional with

significant experience in financial analysis and reporting, account

reconciliation, inventory control and reconciliation, cost

accounting/reporting, monthly closing activities, training and

development, instructional design, business process training and SAP

modules, including inventory, master data, customer service, sales,

procurement and accounting. Researches problematic issues thoroughly,

identifying root causes and setting up frameworks to ensure accuracy

as well as efficiency for future activities. Adept at creating

reports from raw data gleaned from system information. An analytical

team leader who streamlines processes and procedures by coordinating

collaborative initiatives to achieve company goals.

EXPERIENCE

Medrad Inc. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Senior Financial Analyst 2010

Senior Financial Analyst at electro-mechanical plant supporting all

financial and accounting activities, including month-end closing

activities, P&L preparation, financial results reporting on all plant and

facility cost centers. Prepare reports for and attend monthly

profitability council meetings. Analyze actual vs budget cost center and

facility variances, overhead and direct labor variances, direct and

indirect labor headcount, production variances, rework, sales order returns

and WIP. Reconcile consignment inventory for third-party subcontractor.

Meet monthly with plant managers to discuss financial and plant activities

and concerns and potential production or plant problems that would impact

financials. Prepare ad hoc reports and attend meetings as requested.

Assist in preparation of annual plant budgets.

Bayer Material Science LLC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Senior Financial Analyst 2009-2010

Collaborated with management team to revise new SAP module training

schedules and to ensure employee participation. Learned software system to

list required courses for employees automatically and keep accurate

participation records for management in U.S. and Germany. Orchestrated

activity for phase one of inventory reduction program, partnering with

internal team to consolidate preliminary product and corporate information

requested by consultants, scheduling and contributing to interviews with

product management, as well as creating reports for members of Jour Fixe on

a weekly basis and providing updated information to consultants.

< Coordinated and scheduled SAP training for 16,000 employees nationwide

to ensure proper understanding and to enable job performance

functionally upon system deployment.

< Assisted system administrator with entering training modules for

selected employees, enabling accuracy in assignments. Created a better

atmosphere of cooperation and accomplished training tasks successfully.

Senior Financial Analyst, Regional Service Center and Tolling Operations

2005-2009

Managed supply chain transactions for eight third party subcontractors with

yields in excess of 17,000,000 pounds of material annually. Processed

production, consumption/raw material receipts, creating and posting

deliveries as well as identifying and resolving outstanding

system/procedural problems. Reconciled monthly book inventories against

company materials, quantifying and fixing open or outstanding items.

Performed annual physical inventory at manufacturing locations with

packaged goods and no guaranteed yields. Trained new department members in

processes and procedures. Also trained existing team members in financial

aspects of manufacturing to create proactive atmosphere in relationships

with business partners.

Counseled in resolution of maverick spending for activity rate plants by

setting up service orders to accommodate vendor invoices for conversion and

other fees flowing to cost centers. Prepared and entered annual budget

information for subcontractor manufacturing locations for two business

units and with 21 subcontractors, working closely with regional product

management and accounting to ensure timely, accurate information. Analyzed

contracts to enable compliance with contract terms, consumption ratios,

finished goods yields and reporting requirements, noting exceptions to

product management with recommendations for improvement. Coached employees

in department, refining processes and streamlining department staff.

< Served as senior member of newly created toll management group

department, guiding nine outside consultants in procedures/processes.

< Prepared PowerPoint presentations for outside consultants, teaching

team to recognize errors in production orders resulting in stoppages to

closing processes at month end.

< Created report showing beginning inventory, transactions affecting

inventory and ending balances for month. Facilitated enhanced

efficiency and productivity for month end processes.

Accountant II 2004-2005

Assisted with download of inventory from Legacy system and upload to SAP.

Created processes and procedures for single invoice subcontractor

manufacturing, setting up master data, confirming process orders, sales

returns and customer credits for material used in company processes.

Developed pro forma invoices for conversion fees and worked closely with

credit department to bring invoices/credits together into single document.

< Reconciled monthly activity for over 400 products delivered to 20 end

user clients.

< Settled and closed process orders for 16 SAP plants for month end

closing.

< Integrated new plant in Columbus, Georgia, onto existing Legacy system,

guiding the site accountant in cost system and other accounting

problems while simultaneously completing personal workload.

< Collaborated with IT personnel to review and correct outstanding system

problems and issues. Kept Legacy system operating at maximum

efficiency by partnering with IT, enabling supervisor to work with pre-

deployment SAP team.

< Deployed SAP and migrated Legacy inventory successfully. Designed

procedures for single invoice third party subcontractor.

< Set up master data for pieces as opposed to pounds or kilograms,

creating/processing manufacturing orders, executing customer returns of

polyol owned by subcontractor.

< Completed invoices for subcontractor and worked closely with

credit/collections to ensure credit issued to subcontractor for polyol

combined with charge for processing products, resulting in creation of

a single credit memo.

Senior Accounting Specialist 1995-2004

Provided accurate and updated information for users of company accounting

systems by maintaining and preserving data integrity of unit costing system

using online screens, system activities and SAS programs to facilitate

monthly accounting activities with emphasis on month end closing.

Reviewed, evaluated and adjusted purchases of resale products for two

business units and the entire corporation raw material inventory to ensure

accurate inventory costs and cost of goods sold. Studied/resolved daily

system problems through proper accounting procedures and interaction with

IS to correct recurring events permanently. Directed and delivered

consultation to correct missing standard cost information for month end

closing.

< Issued, analyzed and reconciled corporate inventory reserves in excess

of $5,000,000 for chemical divisions to ensure accurate and timely

entries to cost of goods, off spec and income statement/balance sheet

accounts.

< Controlled and reconciled accounting/inventory transactions for eight

third party subcontractors with yields in excess of 18,000,000 pounds

of material annually.

< Oversaw integration of new Columbus, Georgia, powder coatings plant.

< Ran inventory reserves for company and month end report showing

inventory items requiring charge-back to business units.

< Created SAS program to obtain correct business unit information for

inventory entries, placing information directly into journal entry for

automatic posting. Reduced workload from three week process to one

week process.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Accounting Assistant, Accounts Payable and Employee Expense

Accounting, 1993-1995. Prepared, distributed and maintained

system/procedure documentation of Walker 16.0 implementation.

Identified and resolved problems with vendors, suppliers and internal

customers. Performed collection activities for seriously delinquent

company travelers. Provided training at plants/divisions for correct

expense accounting procedures. Created newsletter to communicate

procedures, issues, problems and solutions.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

Communication Programs Representative, 1986-1991. Created and

maintained complex electronic accounting programs for meeting,

corporate sponsorship and department operating accounts. Managed

financial control system for project/operating budgets, including

reconciling monthly financial statements and compiling, analyzing and

consolidating statistical information for reports to management.

Executed media contracts for production of advertising materials for

sponsorship programs.

EDUCATION

Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, M.B.A., 1995

Carlow University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, B.S., Accounting,

Business Management, 1986

CERTIFICATION AND MEMBERSHIP

Certified Meeting Planner, 1993

Member Institute of Management Accountants

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, SAS, SAP

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