QUALIFICATIONS:

Broad experience in accounting, management, human resources, employee training, and floor management

Known for positive mental attitude, professionalism, commitment to excellence with proven ability to interact and communicate with customers and all levels of employees and senior management

Well-developed motivational and leadership skills, demonstrated ability to build relationships quickly, instill and establish trust, along with the ability to train and motivate people at all levels.

Seeking a permanent position with a stable company that is growing. I have gained a vast knowledge from several businesses, however they have either closed or downsized.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Managed all purchasing contracts and consignment inventories

Designed production evaluation plans and conducted operation assignments

Formulated, wrote, and implemented new employee equipment procedures

Assisted in recruitment and interviewing of employees

Trained, supervised, and coordinated staff, making sure all deadlines are met

Successfully refined and implemented new projects

Oversee human resource activities in human resource administrators absence

EMPLOYMENT:

12/16 – 3/17 Professional Personnel Services, Inc., dba AtWork Personnel - Rogersville, TN

Accounting Consultant – Temporary Consulting Position

Advise on all yearend adjustments

Prepare and present information for yearend audit

Review all previous and current acquisitions

Ensure all activities were to GAAP and FASB standards

Assist with month end closings

2/16 –12/16 Northeast State Community College – Blountville, TN

Instructor Accounting Business Technologies – Temporary Instructor Position

Present material in an educational and interesting way to engage students in learning and critical thinking

Mentor students on career choices and student needs for educational purposes

Advisory needs for students

Ensure accurate textbook information and real world learning attributes for day to day homework and tests along with preparing students for real world scenarios

Instructor for several online courses

Present material and labs in the newest form of technology including but not limited to iPads, ebooks, elabs, and all other forms of electronic learning

9/13 – 10/15 Tempur Sealy International – Duffield, VA

Senior Financial Planner – Reported to corporate as a shared service, all shared service departments were eliminated

Manage all financial packages for worldwide research and development

Prepare monthly forecast for all operating expense departments including safety, general and administration, and research and development

Financial project management including statuses, financial and time line comparisons

Sit as the finance chair for the best practice committee

Member of cost challenge board for better business and financial performance at the manufacturing level

Developed departmental tracking for spending and project tracking for VP and SVP to ensure product launches to the market

Prepare all capital expenditure forecast and actual performance reports and goal initiatives

Prepare and consolidate all Global Product Development budgets, forecasts, and actuals

Prepare all financials presentations for Global Product Development

Communicate all financial data for Global Product Development with all levels of management including VP and SVP

Review all financial data from Tempur and Sealy divisions for accuracy and project allocations

Lead on transitioning all Global Product Development to project number tracking and budgeting

12/12 – 9/13 Prime Choice Foods, Inc. – Bristol, VA

Corporate Controller – Business Filed Bankruptcy and Closed

Manager of entire finance department

Prepare all financial statements including profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements

Complete all pricing analysis for customers

Perform business analysis on all mergers and acquisitions

Complete various tax forms for city and county taxes

Completely revamped entire accounting and production system to bring the books up to date

Worked on merging company to new software program to insure accountability and reliable reporting

Put cost savings measures in place by negotiating major vendor contracts for pricing and availability

Worked to provide a logistics plan for shipping and receiving to save time and money for company as well as customers

Provided backup for plant manager in supplying customer needs and running the facilities

Completed past due forms to government agencies that had not been completed in three years due lack of completion by former manager

Updated all pricing for raw materials and presented pricing to customers for the first time in three years

Completed profit analysis by customer for management review

Implemented policies throughout company to insure compliance with GAAP and other government agencies

Reviewed all spending areas to seek cost cutting measures to improve cash flow and profitability

Supplied owners and managers with working copies of financials and profit summaries to determine costs and waste

Created more user friendly spreadsheets for production and waste reporting to provide management a way of tracking by customer and product type

Held monthly meetings to review plant performance with managers and owners

Project management for all new products to ensure all projects are met financially and timely to meet customer deadlines

03/11– 12/12 Royal Mouldings a division of Georgia Gulf Corp. - Marion, VA

Assistant Controller – Company Merged with PPG Chemical Position Eliminated

Head finance team member of internet sales group

Prepare all financials including month end statements, final profit and loss statements, forecasts, and budgets

Complete all month end closing duties including lower cost or market analysis, intercompany charges

Responsible for the uploading of all financial documents including budgets, forecast, and final P&’s into consolidated system

Support internal SOX testing for internal and external auditors

Finance lead in all capital spending and fixed asset accounting as well as SOX reporting

Lead company in completing a SOX audit with zero deficiencies and zero violations

Prepare spending analysis and open purchase order reports for plant manager and other staff members

Create queries in Access to download information from ERP system

Prepare any special studies needed for upper management

Prepared on month end inventory reports and submitted into a consolidated system

Assisted director of finance with all daily duties and reporting for senior management

07/07– 02/11 Metal Castings Company a division of Electro-Mechanical Corp. – Bristol, VA

Accounting Manager – Turnover of All Senior Management with Presidential Change

Business partner to the General Manager in all daily activities

Prepared and presented all material for employee meetings as well as hosted all employee cookouts and functions

Conducted safety training and testing for all employees as well as presented all safety awards

Head of first responders and evaluated all injuries determined what could and could not be treated on site

Implemented VMI for raw materials resulting in savings of $250K while increasing cash flow

Project management to ensure all new projects are met financially and timely to meet customer demands

Procured and scheduled all raw material (aluminum and other commodities) deliveries

Contracted natural gas storage resulting in savings of $120K

Conducted study of electricity demand charges developed plan of operations resulting in savings of $150K

Complete all month end closing duties, prepare all financial statements, and budgets

Prepare General Manager’s presentation for upper management, employee meetings etc.

Metal Castings Cont.

Combined and negotiated price contracts with OME suppliers resulting in $100K savings

Supervised all accounting functions and direct reports

Work on manufacturing floor where needed (shipping, finishing, and production)

Purchasing agent for all maintenance items, backup for production items

Head of recycling green project for division (implementation, employee meetings, and reporting to corporate)

Controller of all MSDS information and keeping records updated on-line for easy access to employees at all times

06/02-07/07 AFG Industries, Inc. - Kingsport, TN (AGC Flat Glass North America)

Senior Cost Accountant – Department Eliminated with Plant Shutdowns

Complete all financial documentation for all manufacturing facilities

Conducted internal audit of precious metals inventory resulting in discovering $1M error

Certified internal ISO auditor

Prepare budgets and present all financial statements for each location’s staff members

Calculate and issue all customer rebates

Prepare and issue confidential special studies for all levels of management

Complete all accounting functions for wholly owned subsidiary

Implemented new software program resulting in savings of $50K

Traveled to all plant locations assisted in plant startups and shutdowns (conducted all final inventories for plant closings)

Departmental leader over cost accounting department

Audited yearly physical inventories on site

Coordinate purchases and deliveries of precious metals

Promoted to senior cost accountant in less than one year

11/99- 06/02 Hampton Transfer Prints - Johnson City, TN

Assistant to Controller/Cost Accountant – Company Filed Bankruptcy

Implemented all consignment inventories maintaining a JIT inventory system resulting in $250K savings in freight and material

Managed all wire payments and letters of credit for raw materials

Purchased all raw materials (dies, paper, and other commodities)

Handled all price negotiations with overseas vendors

Coordinated all logistics of raw materials from export dock through customs and delivery

Cost accountant for two facilities

Prepared all financial statements

Interim accounts payable manager

10/98-11/99 Electrolux - Bristol, VA

Sales Correction Clerk and Held Contract Analysis – Company Sold and Location Closed

Corrected all sales contracts for 500 branches

Responsible for all contracts that could not be processed due to missing documentation, financing difficulties, or no down payment

1998 E.K. Williams & Company - Bristol, VA

Bookkeeper – Owner Developed Cancer and Passed Away

Balanced month end books for small businesses

Complete payroll, balance sheets, profit and loss statements and filing of all state and federal forms

SOFTWARE PROGRAMS:

J.D. Edwards

AS400

SAP

Sage 50 (Peachtree)

Sage FAS

MCBA

Quantum

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Microsoft Access

Ross

ODBC

Cognos Bi8

PowerPlay

Khalix

MAS 200

MIS

Axapta

Microsoft Project

Enterprise Project Management

Hyperion Financial Management

Dynamics 2012

Blackboard

Desire2Learn

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATION:

King College, Bristol, TN

MBA, graduated 2011 3.9 GPA

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accounting, graduated 1998

Certifications:

Ron Willingham’s “The Customer”

Bill Good Marketing Systems for Investors

REFRENCES:

Available upon request

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