Manager Sales

Rose Ann Cervantes

Email: *******@*****.***

Summary

Accounting Manager/Cost Accounting Manager with extensive experience in the

manufacturing industry. Key strengths include product costing using

standard costs, variance analysis, bill of materials, budgeting, account

reconciliations, month end processes, production control, labor control,

material management, inventory control and financial management. I am a

detail oriented person, team player, effective communicator and problem

solver.

Professional Experience

Farmer Brother Coffee Company, Torrance, Ca 01/2008 -

Present

Cost Accounting Manager

Managed 7 people

. Managed Physical Inventories and cycle counts

. Established more efficient Physical Inventory and cycle count tools

. Analyzed Excess and Obsolete Inventory

. Worked with auditors

. Managed 7 cost accountants

. Created and revised new items setups, BOM's and routings

. Analyzed sales and gross margin

. Created production budgets

. Calculated Labor and OH rates

. Worked closely with other departments such as purchasing, planning,

sales, I.T., AR & AP

. Automated the annual cost roll process

. Assisted with the Integration of a company acquisition

. Converted the method of computing OH rates from complex to simple

straight forward method

AEM, Hawthorne, Ca

11/2006 -01/2008

Accounting Manager

. Cycle counts

. Inventory Reserves

. Standards

. G/L accounts for Inventory and COS

. Margin Projections

. Reporting

o Variance Analysis, Labor, Material, Overhead

o Margin reports by customer and by product

o Variable Contribution analysis

o Inventory turns

. Excess / Obsolete Inventory

o Scrap

o Efficiency

. Projects

o Weighted Average to Standard

o Fixing the Applied Overhead application in Axapta

Crane Pacific Valves, Signal Hill, Ca

Accounting Manager 5/05 -

11/2006

. Report daily sales and bookings

. Produce product line report

. Perform and supervise monthly closing

. Post cash receipts

. Reconcile accounts

. Physical Inventory coordinator

. Create and amend Letter's of Credit

. Interact closely with purchasing, shipping, A/R, A/P, and project

management

Leiner Health Products, Carson, Ca

Cost Accounting Manager 1/04 - 5/05

. Publish and analyze monthly variance package for production and other

cost centers

. Supervise monthly close

. Developed and taught a financial training program for production

personnel

. Publish and analyze monthly variance package for production and other

cost centers

Cost Accounting Supervisor 6/01 - 01/04

. Produce, analyze, and correct monthly production activity reports

. Perform and supervise monthly closing

. Publish and analyze monthly variance package for production and other

cost centers

. Develop, maintain and report daily shop floor performance metrics to

assist management in making strategic and tactical adjustments to

enhance efficiency and productivity

. Audit production activities and reports to ensure proper flow, timely

posting and accuracy of required information

. Audit routers and bill of materials in the system to reflect true

production and product cost

. Design, coordinate and prepare special operations analysis as required

by management

. Create production budgets and forecasts

. Developed financial training program for production personnel

Sr. Cost Accountant

6/99 - 6/01

. Perform monthly closing

. Analyze and reconcile production accounts

. Create and maintain product standard costs

. Create and maintain routers and bill of materials for new and existing

products

. Measure production and distribution labor efficiencies

. Assisted with physical inventory preparation and procedures

. Compiled monthly production variance reports and presentations

Cost Accountant 12/97 -

6/99

. Set standard cost for products

. Calculated gross profit for forecasted sales

. Monitor variances between costs

. Created cost estimates

. Set and reviewed routers for products

. Prepared and recorded journal entries

. Internal auditor for physical inventory

. Interfaced with all depts.(production, marketing, sales, purchasing,

customer service)

A.J. Reynolds, Torrance, Ca 6/95 - 12/97

Accounting Assistant

. Generated customer invoices

. Processed A/R and A/P

. Compiled and calculated salesmen commission reports

. Processed payroll

. Completed quarterly sales tax reports

. Reviewed and performed adjustments to the general ledger

. Performed bank reconciliation

. Directed purchasing

Education

California State University Dominguez Hills Carson, Ca

1995

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Accounting

APICS Certification in process

CMA Certification in process

Computers

Windows XP, Excel 2007, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Visual Basic, AS/400

Mainframe, Hyperion, Cognos, ManMan, JDE Edwards, Microstrategy

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