Manager Sales
Resume:
Diane Marie McGinnis
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Phone - 225-***-****
E-mail: ******@*****.***
CAREER OBJECTIVES: A position that allows me to build on my managerial
business and cost analysis experience and provides challenging employment
with career growth based upon performance.
EXPERIENCE:
West Feliciana Acquisitions, dba Renew Paper, St. Francisville, LA 70775
December 2009 - Present
Senior Financial Analyst - Accounting & Finance Group
o Responsible for month-end close of all raw materials, AP accrual and
inventory reconciliation.
o Provided management with variance analysis of actual costs to
forecasted expectations.
o Completed the Chart of Accounts establishing Cost Centers and cost
accounts.
o Back-up for the mill controller.
ACS, State and Local Solutions, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
May 2009 - December 2009
Accounting Analyst 3 - Accountant for the Louisiana Small Rental Property
Program.
o Responsible for preparing the monthly invoices to the State of
Louisiana for services performed by ACS under the terms of the
contract. This includes overseeing the compilation of the billable
hours for 120 people, tracking unit cost items such as assessments,
inspections and closings performed by our sub-contractors and ensuring
all other direct costs are invoiced in accordance with the terms of
the contract.
o Reconcile and approve for payment the invoices presented to ACS from
the sub-contractors involved in the program.
o Fulfill all accounting duties regarding the program for ACS including:
month-end accruals, monthly revenue reporting, account
reconciliations, and all other month-end close and reporting
requirements.
o Perform the following audit functions for ACS: ensuring contract
compliance from a financial perspective between ACS and the State and
between ACS and the four sub-contractors, ensuring that all
documentation is in accordance with the requirements of the State
Legislative Auditors, and addressing all ACS audit inquiries, internal
and external.
Georgia Pacific Corporation, Port Hudson Operations, Zachary, LA 70791
July 2007 - March 2009
Senior Manager of Financial Analysis - Accounting & Finance Group
o Responsible for preparing the analysis of variance to forecast, prior
periods, year-over-year and budget. Responsible for communicating
these results to mill senior leadership and corporate headquarters.
o Supervised four area cost analysts which included overseeing their
month-end close of raw materials and fixed costs, directing their
activities and stepping in when necessary to ensure timely service to
mill management and corporate accounting.
o I was the backup support for all four positions which required that I
have a good working knowledge of the accounting aspects of all areas
of the mill. In my senior manager role, I coached, set expectations
and provided timely feedback to each cost analyst.
o Prepared the monthly and quarterly forecasts and communicated
expectations to management. Provided weekly updates on key cost
indicators to anticipate and report any variances to forecast to
corporate management.
Tembec USA, LLC, (Formerly Crown Vantage, Inc.) St. Francisville, LA 70775
June 2001 - July 2007
Business Analysis Manager - Accounting & Finance Group
o Prepared and communicated the monthly operating results for the mill's
three businesses and the mill in total. Oversaw the month-end close
activities of the cost and sales analysts as well as clerical
accounting functions.
o Primary source of timely and accurate cost analysis for mill
management including trend analysis, analyses for capital requests
such as cost/benefit, cash flow, rate of return and working capital
impact.
o I managed the forecasting and budgeting process for the mill; the
yearly budget, 5 year strategic plan, and monthly forecasts.
o Supervised three subordinates, clearly defining the accountabilities
assigned, ensuring that each had sufficient training and resources to
complete their assignments, and regularly providing feedback regarding
demonstrated effectiveness.
Crown Vantage, Inc., St. Francisville, LA 70775
March 1997 - June 2001 Senior Financial Analyst, Operations Accounting
Group
o Responsible for the month-end close of raw materials, mill stores
inventories, machine clothing, finished goods inventory reconciliation
& A/P accrual. Maintained the general ledger and the month end general
ledger activities, i.e. postings, batch uploads from the sub-ledger.
Nov. 1995 - March 1997 Financial Analyst - Sales and Marketing
o Responsibilities included closing all sales and marketing related
costs, calculating and preparing customer rebates monthly and
quarterly, maintaining and distributing customer and product
contribution data.
3M Co., St. Paul, MN 55144
Dec. 1989 - Nov. 1995 Senior Marketing Services Coordinator, 3M Abrasive
Systems Division
o I established and maintained contract prices, bids and quotations for
the 3M Abrasive Systems Division. This included determining
contribution margin of the products and establishing minimum order
quantities that would optimize operating income. I was responsible for
monitoring the profitability of all contract pricing and reporting to
the National Sales Director quarterly.
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN.
Graduated June 1990. Major: Business Administration with an Accounting
Concentration. Cumulative GPA - 3.75.
SKILLS: SAP, Peachtree, Ross, and JD Edwards Ledger Systems, AP Workflow,
INDUS, Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint.
REFERENCES: Available upon request.
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