Sales Customer

Christian Carlson

Houston, TX ***** / 832-***-**** / *****************@*****.***

I am an excellent problem-solver currently seeking a position with a

dynamic company poised for growth where I can utilize my skills in

Accounting and Finance. I have working experience with financial

information in different software applications such as Excel, Access,

Peachtree, and Mapics which is related to AS400 along with other accounting

systems.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting

December 2005

University of Houston (G.P.A.: 3.41)

EXPERIENCE

Plastomer Technologies - Texolon Division

August '08 to June 2010

Kanban/Materials Coordinator

Work in various teams to overcome challenges and resolve issues related to

various areas such as safety, operations, and IT

Facilitate the continuous improvement of certain activities through

engineering, procurement and other departments

Write standards of work which then became quality work instructions

Serve as a resource during ISO 9001:2008 quality audit and customer audits

Follow up with deficiencies discovered during ISO audit to help correct

them and obtain ISO certification

Performed cycle count and adjusted amounts that needed to be

Assist in keeping accurate inventory and suggest new ways to record

transactions

Analyze internal lead times to determine where time and inventory waste

occur and push through reduction projects

Reduced minimum batch size on a significant product line by 50%

Examine bills of materials and routers to determine if the call outs are

correct and if not, identify correct amounts and send to cost accountant

for correction and cost roll forward

Evaluate sales and usage trends along with lead times to suggest a proper

stock amount for a given item and forecast blanket releases to ensure

material availability

Work with purchasing to determine if purchased materials were not received

in inventory system

Assist in finding possible quality issues before they reach the customer

Schedule delivery of raw materials in order to facilitate availability

Verify materials for incoming orders to help ensure on-time delivery

Complete Major Expense Project Approval forms and follow up with related

expenditures

Aid quality department in finding traceability documentation for material

used in production of customer product

Coordinate with production to throw out old product and clean up work areas

for better flow and cleanliness

Handle various shipping tasks when clerk is out or is overwhelmed by

occasional surges of demand

Identify material to be used in new product development in order to break

into already established markets

Produce certifications of conformance for customer when inspector is out

Help fill out supplier corrective action requests issued to us by customers

and follow through with specified activities

Coordinate in resolving customer problems and satisfy customer requirements

Participate in various meetings designed for the roll-out and

implementation of various computer systems for the recording of operational

transactions

Communicate with sales staff to determine appropriate lead times for an

expedited order and push through as necessary

Outsource Partners International, Houston, TX (Temp)

January '08 to April '08

Accountant

Provides Support to Funeral Trust Company

Inputted data into Excel

Reconciled digitized balances against statements for SOX control

Assisted in verifying state and federal tax amounts were properly

calculated by an outside company by testing samples

Helped log in receipt of various reports to ensure that nothing was

forgotten or left out due to oversight

Keyed in earnings from bank statements to appropriate accounts in order to

have accurate data on fees, expenses, and taxes for trusts

Retrieve information in order to perform testing against calculated numbers

from different firm

Aided in identifying incorrect names and addresses before sending out

annual notices so that they might be corrected for this and future mailings

Polymer Dynamics, Houston, TX (Temp) August '07 to December

'07

Accounts Receivable Clerk

Performance and Industrial Coating Company

Invoiced job-tickets by pulling old price data and coordinating with owner

to determine current pricing strategy

Handled transferring information from bank deposits into payments,

discounts, and finance charges into the accounting system

Interfaced with customers paying by credit card in order to ensure good

cash flow

Reconciled credit card payments to statement to determine that all payments

had posted

Ran monthly statements for past due amounts to certify large accounts had

paid

Handle credit reference requests and applications for new and existing

customer along with certain required paperwork such as sales tax exemption

certificates

Plastomer Technologies (Temporary) March 2007- July

2007

Staff Accountant

Manufacturer of Threadseal, Gaskets, and other Sealing Products

Prepared journal entries for monthly close such as depreciation and

compared the entry to the previous month for confirmation of number

Reconciled various general ledger accounts

Helped locate possible inventory issues (system vs. reality) through the

distribution of cycle count sheets

Maintained list of capital projects with related expenditures and confirm

with project owners of their completion in order to ensure proper

amortization

Assisted with special projects such as establishing some of the records

that may be missing or misplaced

Prepared various accounting reports (monthly and quarterly) to provide

information to lenders, balance sheet, and other users of accounting

information

Performed follow-up on reports such as obsolete and slow moving inventory

and the reserves for that inventory

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