Customer Service Sales

Kristi A. Lawton

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Greenwood, SC **649

Home Phone 864-***-****

Cell Phone 864-***-****

E-mail address: *********@**********.***

EDUCATION:

****- **** ** **** *** CMA exam

2006 - Masters in Business Administration - Accounting, University of

Phoenix

1994 - Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Lander University, Greenwood,

SC

COMPUTER SKILLS: Microsoft Word & Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access & PowerPoint

Growth Power, Hyperion & BPCS / AS400

Computron, SAP, & Impromptu - Cognos

Monarch Pro, QuickBooks & Global Shop

ADP Time & Attendance & JeTech payroll

WORK HISTORY:

January 5, 2009 - March 8, 2010 Cost Accountant Park Seed Co.

Greenwood, SC

. Month end closing process for five companies

including Park Retail, Park Wholesale, Jackson &

Perkins Retail, Jackson & Perkins Wholesale, and Park

Garden Center

. Assist in month end closing process for Jackson &

Perkins Outlet

. Organize and reconcile semi-annual physical inventory

for five companies

. Assisted Controller in Accounts Receivable job duties

for three months during transition and trained new

Accounts Receivable Supervisor

. Actively participating in system transition of

Jackson & Perkins Wholesale company from Oracle to A-

Plus system

. General Ledger functions including monthly Sales,

Returns, & Allowance review, Bad Debt review,

intercompany accounts recon, Sales & COGS analysis,

cost of replacements review, and A/R reconciliation

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September 1, 2008 - November 21, 2008 Cost Accountant

Solutia, Inc. Greenwood,SC

. Costed new material in SAP per schedulers request

. Reconciled toller location accounts monthly

. Assisted with the 2009 budget

. Reconciled Polymer and SDI inventory each month

. Updated spreadsheets for Corporate financial reporting

each month for Polymer and SDI

. Provided support to the manufacturing departments of

Polymer and SDI

. Participated in walk thru audit of manufacturing area

. Audited monthly inventory of nylon material and packaging

October 2006 - September 2008 Senior Cost Accountant CeramTec,

North America Laurens,SC

. Provide cost accounting functions for the entire

manufacturing facility of 150 employees including standard

costing for all parts - approximately 50,000 part numbers

for mainly two divisions, Ceramic and Hermetic

. Monthly functions including reconciling inventory,

recording journal entries, and analysis of work order,

material, labor, and overhead variances

. Conducted ABC costing analysis for several divisions

. Assisted in updating the ERP system with the annual budget

and scheduled to participate in the annual budget process

beginning in September

. Participated in annual internal audit including generating

reconciliations and providing necessary documentation for

auditor

. Developed spreadsheet calculating labor and overhead rates

for each division

. Developed spreadsheet providing product line Profit and

Loss Statements

. Assisted with duties of Staff Accountant during turnover

. Developed GAP analysis of Ceramic division for corporate

review

. Provided Sarbones-Oxley documentation for cost accounting

functions

. Developed inventory budget

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May 2004 - June 2006 Cost Accountant Trantech Radiator

Products, Inc. Edgefield, SC

. Provide cost accounting functions for the entire

manufacturing facility of 100 employees, and performed

controller's job functions from June 2004 to January 2005

including supervision of the A/P and A/R clerk (Controller

resigned- May 2004)

. Instigated a scrap and rework analysis of the

manufacturing process of radiators and worked one-on-one

with production employees to learn the manufacturing

process

. Develop and submit monthly financial statements to upper

management including Balance Sheet, Trial Balance, Income

Statement, Manufacturing Expense Statement, Gross Margin

Statement, and Statement of Cash Flows

. Active participation in change of ownership of

organization in December 2004 including posting closing and

opening journal entries, providing sales and cost analysis

of the business, and working closely with the attorneys,

accountants, and buyers of the new owners

. Provide daily cash reconciliation, daily scrap and

warranty work tracking analysis, weekly efficiency and

overtime analysis, weekly sales and cost analysis, weekly

cash flow projection, and weekly submitting of borrowing

base certificate for revolving line of credit including a

weekly variance analysis of raw material, labor, and

overhead

. Extensively involved in two public accounting firm audits

and involved in quarterly bank

audit and work with the current public accounting

firm on issues related to the change in ownership and tax

preparation

. Actively involved in four physical inventories conducted

throughout the year including developing inventory

reconciliation and posting adjustments to the General

Ledger

. Monthly bank reconciliations of lockbox, payroll

disbursement, and accounts payable disbursement accounts

and assisted with 2005 budgeting process for new owners

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October 2003 - May 2004 Accountant Elliott Davis, LLC

Greenwood, SC

. Performed bookkeeping services for approximately fifteen

clients including payroll, payroll deposits and quarterly

tax returns, financial statement preparation, sales tax

returns, and monthly reconciliations

. Provided annual bookkeeping services including payroll tax

returns and preparation of

W-2's

. Afforded QuickBooks software customer support to all

clients

. Performed on-site bookkeeping services at local

manufacturing facility including bi-weekly payroll

processing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable

collections, inventory analysis, and bank reconciliations

April 1999 - September 2003 Accountant Capsugel, Division of Pfizer,

Inc. Greenwood, SC

. Provided cost accounting functions for machine shop

including inventory control, cycle counts, standard

costing, and variance analysis

. Worked closely with the affiliates by providing project

analysis and assistance with project quoting

. Provided General Ledger functions for machine shop

including preparation of financial statements, recording of

journal entries, and monthly reconciliations

. Provided backup to payroll clerk using ADP Time and

Attendance software

. Provided backup to invoicing clerk including direct

interaction with the Customer Service department

. inputted information into Hyperion software

. Organized and implemented semi-annual physical inventory

of machine parts and work-in-process inventory of capsules

. Participated in Accounting software upgrade from BPCS to

Computron

. Provided support to various areas including Purchasing,

Customer Service, Sales and Marketing, Shipping /

Receiving, and Manufacturing

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