JOHN CEHOVIC
Berea, Ohio *****
abmdpw@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY Certified Public Accountant, State of Ohio with General
Accounting and Cost Accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
Strong background in Management and Financial Systems Development.
Excellent Personal Computer Skills.
EXPERIENCE
2008 to BARTH INDUSTRIES
2010 Capital Equipment Manufacture. $15 million in
sales
Controller
Responsible for all financial aspect: A/R, A/P,
payroll, and financials
Prepared three year budget
401K plan administrator
Reduced professional fees by $18K
Installed new manufacturing and accounting system
reducing close
2005 to WELLMAN PRODUCTS GROUP
2008 Friction materials manufacture. $125 million in
sales.
Senior Cost Accountant
Complete all entries and post closing analysis for
one division
Prepared annual budget for one division
Investigate all variances to budget
1997 to ARROW INTERNATIONAL
2005 Privately held printer. $100 million in sales
Cost Accounting Manager
Organize, supervise and reconcile the physical
inventories of both the
US and Canadian manufacturing facilities
Developed the first physical inventory program for
the Canadian manufacturing facility
Instituted the monthly inventory valuation
program, reducing the year end write off to less
than 1% on 18 million dollars of inventory
Develop and maintain all standard costs for the US
and Canadian companies
Fully automated all product line costing reducing
the month end close by one day
Provide Marketing and Manufacturing with detailed
cost analysis for product decisions
Develop in-depth cost analysis of the monthly
financial results
Upgraded the Labor reporting system and installed
an Attendance reporting system
1990 to THE LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMAPANY
1997 Welding equipment manufacture. $1 billion in sales
1995 to 1997 General Accounting Supervisor
Part of team challenged to reengineer the entire
financial information flow
Reduced monthly closing schedule by one day
Created Capital Appropriations Analysis used by
non financial managers
Prepared 5 year Divisional Forecasts and annual
budgets
Created new business measurement reports
1990 to 1994 Cost Accounting Supervisor
Originally hired as a Cost Accountant and promoted
within the first year of employment
Prepared the monthly management letter, overhead
and labor analysis
and yearly overhead rate revisions
Designed and implemented new management cost
reports
Prepared a comparative cost analysis for product
sourcing
Prepared Inventory, Production and Engineering
forecasts
Participated on a Strategic Business Unit Team
Participated on a recent business acquisition team
Closed the monthly Cost Ledger, prepared reports
and analysis
Part of the General Ledger Installation Team
Reduced the monthly close schedule by two days
SOFTWARE Proficient with PRMS, QAD, JD Edwards, Visual and
Excel
Familiar with Oracle
EDUCATION Cleveland State University B.B.A. Accounting
CPA Continuing Education Programs