Manager Sales

Location:

Leavittsburg, OH, 44430

Posted:

May 07, 2010

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Resume:

Christopher J. Haught, CPA, MBA

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**** ***** ****, ************, **** 44430

330-***-****

CAREER SUMMARY

Experienced Senior Analyst/Manager with demonstrated ability to streamline

and automate financial reporting and analysis in a format that is useful to

both finance and non-finance individuals. Substantial manufacturing

experience with accounting, analytical, and management exposure. Works

well in lean environments with hard deadlines, competing priorities, and

cross divisional projects involving multiple locations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FLUKE BIOMEDICAL (a Danaher Company), Solon, Ohio - 2006 to 2010

Biomedical division of $11 billion corporation.

Senior Accounting Specialist/Accounting Manager

Responsible for leading two day close process including preparation of

monthly reporting package. Calculating and analyzing domestic and

international sales. Budget and forecast responsibility for multiple cost

centers including labor and overhead absorption calculations. Assists in

leading annual physical inventory and associated analysis in addition to

establishing quarterly Excess and Obsolete reserve. Responsible for

Oversight of complete Balance Sheet reconciliation and review with Senior

Management. Assisted in the completion of Danaher annual reporting

packages. Finance lead for annual Danaher internal audits. Led a staff of

four. Local finance contact for the senior staff headquartered in Everett,

WA.

. Automated 95% of the commission process through the use of Oracle

Business Intelligence (OBI) reports.

. Assisted in divisional consolidation of customer masters to insure single

customer face for Accounts Receivable/Credit departments.

. Established measurable key performance indicators(KPIs) for local

accounting staff. Develop staff to work both independently and as a

team.

. Updated facilities standard margin reporting in order to separate labor

and material variances from standard margin transactions.

. Implemented separate and distinctive standard margin reporting for each

manufacturing segment of the business.

. Assisted in transition of budgeting and forecasting processes across

leadership team resulting in timely accurate reporting.

H&M PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, Leavittsburg, Ohio - 2005 to 2006

Independent Accounting Consultant

Fiscal period closing, budgeting, and financial statement preparation for

multiple corporations. Basic payroll and tax preparation.

. Implemented budget process that allowed for allocation of overhead

expenses across all current projects.

. Introduced use of project specific overhead budgets to generate gross

margin standards which were used in bidding and later evaluating

performance of each project.

. Introduced to use of standard processes used in variance review/analysis.

LITTLE TIKES (a Newell Rubbermaid Company), Hudson, Ohio - 2004 to 2005

$200 million dollar manufacturing corporation.

Plant Accountant

Monthly closing entries, accruals, and variance analysis for all

manufacturing cost centers. Participated in Sarbanes Oxley testing and

auditing programs. Prepared and analyzed internal financial reporting,

including annual budgets, related to manufacturing.

. Substantially decreased amount of time needed to prepare and complete

plant accruals while increasing their accuracy during the month-end close

process. This was done through the use of reports created using Document

Direct software.

. The more efficient close process created addition time to analyze month-

end results during actual closing process instead of the following week.

HUNT VALVE COMPANY, Salem, Ohio - 2002 to 2004

$55 million privately held manufacturing firm.

Cost /Financial Analyst

Responsible for monthly analysis of product margins, inventory reserves,

actual to budget variances, and sales and bookings performance. Assisted

in the development of internal quality procedures relative to non-

conforming inventory. Coordinated/supervised annual physical inventory.

Point of contact for external auditors for inventory and government billing