Manager Sales

Deborah L. Smith

440-***-**** (Cell)

*************@*****.***

PROFILE

Professional, my career is based in Manufacturing Accounting and I have

recently been working as a Cost Manager.

System experience from most recent: Syteline (Infor ERP), SAP, BPCS and

proficiency with Microsoft Products- Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint

Accounting: Cost, Project Accounting, General Ledger, Closing and Financial

Reporting, Budgeting and Forecasting

In 2001 exposure to impairment with shut down of all accounting functions

due to plant closing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JBT FOODTECH INC (formerly FMC FOODTECH)- Sandusky, OH 2005 - May, 2010

Capital Equipment for the commercial food industry, meat, baking and

processed foods

Cost Manager

Responsibilities associated with inventory costs (standard and actual),

annual budgeting, inventory reconciliation, monthly costs of sales and

variance explanations and member of team for corrective action. Worked

closely with all levels of the organization and daily with Purchasing,

Manufacturing Engineering, Project Management and Operations managers.

Wrote adhoc queries for cross departmental support, analyzed and

investigated transaction issues. Annual and quarterly work included LIFO

reporting, system support with implementation team, SOX compliance testing,

management reports and inventory physicals.

Supervised Cost Accounting Admin Support

2006 January to May- additional duties included work as a core team member

of system implementation. Continued functions include member of users

support group. Attended the user support convention in February 2007.

POLYONE CORPORATION- Avon Lake, OH 2001 - 2005

Custom made polymers and colors

Internal Audit

Sarbanes-Oxley- Audited multiple platforms, documenting processes and

testing for compliance against new reporting requirements covering all

levels of the organization.

Senior Cost Accountant

Worked closely with purchasing, plant controllers and department managers

to ensure accuracy of inventory transactions and values for 30 plants. Cost

audit, reconciling, system maintenance and support for financials.

Responsible for communication on inventory issues between corporate and

plant level, purchasing administration, accounts payable and material's

control.

Upload monthly standards for raw material major supplier commodity

contracts and sub contracting.

Analysis of unit cost changes - revaluation, non-working material and raw

material moving average.

Responsible for maintaining accuracy of job related areas during four

system conversions.

Closing responsibilities associated with inventory and major supplier

accruals for pricing allowances.

Provide files and explanation for external audit including inventory and

price verification.

Reconciliation of multiple general ledger inventory accounts.

BAYER DIAGNOSTICS - Oberlin, OH 1991 - 2001 closed in 2001

Division of Bayer Corporation- (formerly Chiron Diagnostics / Ciba Corning)

Accountant II (Accounting Supervisor, Senior Cost Analyst and Inventory

Control)

Prepared reports for Profit and Loss, period closing, inventory reserves,

scrap, material consumption and others. Reviewed variances to estimate

financial impact-budget, forecast, and closing- balance sheet and revenue.

Closing of facility, finalized accounting department A/P, fixed assets,

inventory and outsource production, transfer of all records and final

account balances.

Managed external, internal and state audits.

Structured production hours by product line and department and reported

efficiencies.

Maintained Excel spreadsheets for budget and forecasting of materials,

including BOM management information.

Set up the coding system for new product projects, developed assumptions

and spending analysis, and reconciled several multimillion-dollar accounts.

Developed the current methods used for cost work-ups and continue to

maintain all new standards and processes.

EDUCATION

MBA 2004 - Cleveland State / Tiffin University

BBA 1991 - Baldwin Wallace College

TRAINING

MS Excel, Charting, PowerPoint, Access

Effective Negotiating - Karrass

Sales and Use Tax - Lorman

Front-line Leadership - Zenger-Miller

Certified Quality Auditor

APICS-MRP - LCCC

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