JOHN F. AMENTLER

**** ***** ***** *****, ******, PA 18040

Home: 610-***-**** Business: 570-***-****, Ext. 125 Email:

abnc5y@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Controller position for small company or business unit in large

corporation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Kappa Graphics, LP Pittston, PA

11/2008 - Present

$30 Million sales - privately held - commercial printer

Controller

. Direct the monthly close for two business entities which includes

detailed financial analysis and financial reporting packages.

. Manage the daily operations of the accounting function.

. Report directly to owner of the company.

. Leader of a successful project to identify, resolve and correct $2

million of improperly posted data which included corrections of $100,000

that positively affected the P&L Statement.

. Saved 5 days in the monthly close by correcting Excel spreadsheets and

making the accounting staff responsible for closing deadlines.

. Reduced costs in IT area by having work done internally.

. Manage relationships with outside vendors.

. Team leader that interacts within accounting department and with other

departments to effect change.

. Super user of MAS 90 ERP System and Excel spreadsheets.

. Supervise and mentor junior accountant, accounts payable clerk, 2 payroll

clerks and office manager.

FiberMark, Inc. Quakertown, PA

1/2007 - 10/2008

$40 Million sales - privately held within $240 million corporation -

specialty paper manufacturer

(All FiberMark locations and corporate office reduced hourly and salary

headcount in 2008 to reduce costs. The Quakertown Plant absorbed the

controller responsibilities into an existing senior level position within

the Quakertown Site.)

Controller

. Responsible for monthly close and income statements for a manufacturing

plant which was reported into the Corporate Office.

. Super user of Oracle ERP System with shop floor system for costing jobs.

. Team member in ISO Certification Project.

. Created monthly narrative, which included analysis of variances and

explanations - actual spending vs. budget and spending vs. earned.

. Analyze work order variances for daily production meeting to provide

plant management with information to address manufacturing issues and to

correct work orders within the plant floor costing system.

. Create overhead rates for direct labor, variable costs, energy costs and

fixed costs in order to do standard cost rolls in an absorption

accounting system.

. Analyze standard costs for each product by comparing lot size, yield and

routing speeds against actual job history.

. Review standard costs and implement standard cost changes for year end

cost roll.

. Developed analysis reports showing product profitability for senior

management and sales team.

. Created new monthly cycle count procedure. Result was 20% improved turn

around time for making adjustments in computer.

. Developed and implemented new year end physical inventory procedure.

Reduction from 5 to 4 days - $45,000 savings.

. Coordinated new procedure to close work orders quicker. Resulted in

reducing headcount and saving $50,000 annually.

. For year-end audit, provided auditors with reconciliations, supporting

schedules, variance analysis and variance explanations.

. Trained, mentored and resolved issues in cross functional team leader

role in shop floor costing system.

Elster American Meter Company Horsham, PA

4/2006 - 1/2007

$485 Million sales - privately held - manufacturer of natural gas

measurement and control devices

(Started in an interim position and after 2 months was hired into a

permanent position. Elster American Meter Company is owned by German

private equity firm. They relocated the Horsham Office to Raleigh, NC at

the end of December 2006.)

Accounting Manager

6/2006 - 1/2007

. Responsible for monthly close and financial statements for North American

Corporate Office and 10 business units.

. Successfully directed a cleanup project to analyze and correct all

general ledger accounts for North American Corporate Office.

. Created files in Microsoft Access for business unit financial reports

which were used for European consolidation purposes.

. Acted as liaison with outside auditors on corporate year-end audit and

sales tax audits for various business units.

. Utilized SAP Software, Hyperion Enterprise and Sage Fixed Asset System.

. Coordinated the transition of accounting procedures to Raleigh Office.

. Supervised 2 accountants. Responsible for hiring, training and mentoring

accountants.

John F. Amentler

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Elster American Meter Company (continued) Horsham, PA

4/2006 - 1/2007

Accounting Consultant

4/2006 - 6/2006

. Successfully completed project combining sales history from SAP and

Business Warehouse Database into model to calculate consistent and

profitable product gross margins. Also, improved functionality of pricing

model.

H&N Packaging, Inc. (Constantia Packaging AG) Colmar,

PA 5/2005 - 4/2006

$30 Million sales - publicly held within $1.2 Billion European corporation

- manufacturer and printer of flexible packaging

(Hired by auditing firm for H&N Packaging. H&N Packaging eliminated the

controller and assistant controller positions. Controller responsibilities

were absorbed by high-level CFO and low-level accounting position.)

Controller 8/2005

- 4/2006

. Responsible for monthly close and financial statements for a

manufacturing plant. Monthly reports were sent to European Parent.

. Team leader in Microsoft Navision cleanup project that resulted in

successfully resolving and correcting $4 million of improperly posted

data.

. Supervised 2 people - Senior Accountant/Accounts Payable Clerk and

Accounts Receivable Clerk.

. Serve as liaison with independent auditors; oversee audit compliance as

well as reporting and analysis.

Assistant Controller

5/2005 - 8/2005

. Developed accounts payable aging report in Navision Report Writer that

aided in weekly and quarterly cash flow projections.

. Developed Microsoft Navision reports mapping G/L accounts from GAAP to

IFRS format that favorably impacted the close schedule by a half day each

month.

Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Company (McWane, Inc.)

Phillipsburg, NJ 11/2000 - 5/2005

$80 Million sales - privately held - manufacturer of ductile iron pipe

Assistant Controller

5/2003 - 5/2005

. Responsible for monthly close and monthly financial statements. Reports

were sent to corporate office.

. Created all journal entries, general ledger account analysis and

reconciliation of accounts.

. Analyzed general ledger accounts monthly and corrected improperly posted

data.

. Reconciled the monthly finished goods and raw material physical

inventories.

. Documented month end closing tasks and developed prioritized list of

procedures for month end closing.

. Lead accounting liaison to independent auditors for the year-end

financial audit.

. Supervised 4 people - Cost Accountant, Accounts Payable Clerk, Billing

Clerk and Receptionist.

Cost Accountant

11/2000 - 5/2003

. Responsible for monthly cost statements that provided management with

costing data to address monthly manufacturing issues.

. Created daily production, raw material usage and weekly inventory

reports.

. Initiated and developed production forecast report that provided

management with key data to address daily manufacturing issues.

Kama Corporation 4/1997

- 11/2000

Privately held - manufacturer of extruded plastic

Controller (Avenel NJ Business Unit) - $45 Million sales

Avenel, NJ 5/1999 - 11/2000

Financial Analyst (Divisional Office) - $320 Million sales

Hazleton, PA 4/1997 - 5/1999

US Foodservice, Inc. Wilkes Barre, PA

11/1990 - 4/1997

$2.5 Billion sales - publicly held - broadline foodservice distributor

Senior Accounting Analyst

Jewelcor, Inc. Wilkes Barre, PA

11/1988 - 11/1990

Merchandise retailer

Staff Accountant

Wright Motors Sales Company Hazleton, PA

10/1984 - 11/1988

Multiple line automotive dealership

Office Manager

EDUCATION: DeSales University, Center Valley, PA

Some coursework completed toward MBA - Financial

Accounting, Organizational Management and Financial

Management

Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA

BS Business Administration - ACCOUNTING

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