Project Consultant Finance and Accounting/Global Compensation
Resume:
Dana Sherback
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Adamsburg, PA *****
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Profile:
Self-motivated Accounting, Finance and Global Compensation professional with diverse experience across energy, healthcare, engineering and manufacturing industries. Ability to set priorities and achieve immediate and long-term goals, ensure smooth work flow and meet operational deadlines. Developed interpersonal skills having dealt with a diversity of professionals, clients and staff members.
Experience:
Sr. Global Compensation Consultant
Westinghouse 2016-Present
Developed, created and prepared reports in SAP for upper management. Overall salaries of all employees in company, incentives etc.
Lead compensation projects as assigned.
Conducted market research activities and analysis which include annual salary survey completions, job evaluations’, Market pay indicator (MPI) benchmarking, merit budget guidance and salary structure movements.
Developed and assisted in delivery of presentations to Management, HR and/or employees in support of compensation - based initiatives.
Partnered with HR Business Partners and leaders to provide appropriate guidance regarding pay decisions and the interpretation of policies and guidelines.
Developed and created retention and incentive file for payments. Responsible for payments coming due as well as paybacks and reporting.
Conduct analysis of jobs, hourly wages, salaries and incentives to ensure external market competiveness and internal equity.
Assisted in development of New Global Grading Structure.
Financial Project Consulting 2003 – 2016
(Adecco) – Smucker’s - Big Heart Pet - Delmonte Foods
Execute and manage Co Pack daily routines to maintain and verify accurate, complete and timely information in the system – shipments, receiving, production, Inventory discrepancies, rectify daily operational issues.
Monitored and provided feedback on transactional information flowing through the system.
Served as a liaison between Co Packers and internal departments in order to resolve and prevent issues that may hinder business transactions.
Completed inventory reconciliations for select co manufacturers.
Managed month end close routine for Repack and Manufacturing Co Packers by reviewing and completing all transactions required prior to month end close.
Managed and Trained (4) temporaries for Delmonte and Big Heart Pet on current position.
(IFG Project Resourcing) – CP Industries
Participated in the monthly financial closing process including reconciling accounts, financial analysis and financial reporting.
(Interim) Acting Controller while Controller was on sick leave.
Audit Support.
Completed payroll for management, wage payroll, pension and salaried Employees.
Prepared management analysis.
Updated bank information and Cash forecast daily.
Prepared daily production reports.
(Adecco) – Philips
Responsible for the monthly inventory costing process, conducting moderately complex cost audits, preparing and analyzing cost reports, and ensuring the accuracy of product costs.
Responsible for monthly price testing on purchased components to ensure accurate inventory costing.
Responsible for monthly material master maintenance to ensure accurate inventory costing. Participate in other accounting functions as needed.
Responsible for preparing various reports for the Murrysville operations including cycle count analysis, cycle count audit and monthly overhead.
Prepare analyses, and provide accounting support as requested by operations management. Maintain documents needed for Audit Support.
Complete material master accounting/cost screen set ups for materials.
Daily interaction with documentation, production specialists, and purchasing associates regarding problem solving remedies on issues relating to costing, bill of material errors, inventory movement errors, and material master set up errors.
(System One) - Westinghouse Electric Company
Provided assistance to real estate and facilities department by tracking financial status.
Created and analyzed budget variance reports.
Tracked and updated several ongoing corporate projects.
Investigated discrepancies on accounts.
Analyzed GFCR data and capitalized assets.
Managed and Trained current employee for position.
Completed various real estate and financial projects requested by upper management.
(IFG Project Resourcing) - AMI Doduco
Reconciled Corporate and International accounts.
Analyzed and researched various discrepancies on accounts.
Updated and set up budget to actual variance reports for all entities.
Created several projects requested by senior management.
Analyzed corporate costs relating to materials and prices. Prepared cost reports. Compiled cost of sales detail.
(IFG Project Resourcing) - Kennametal
Assisted with the monthly and fiscal year end closing.
Updated daily sales analysis, reviewed discrepancies and distributed to upper management.
Created several projects providing interim accounting, reporting, planning and analysis to the corporate accounting group.
(Alltek Staffing) - Medrad
Resolved day-to-day inventory replenishment issues, validating demand plans and communicating with international subsidiaries such as Japan, China & Europe.
Evaluated target inventory levels to ensure optimal inventory levels are available to meet service levels.
Developed analysis to monitor and evaluate sales, production and replenishment trends.
Worked with production planners to ensure the successful planning for product accessories and distributed products. Identified and implemented improvement opportunities.
(IFG Project Resourcing) - World Health
Trained on all accounting positions in order to fill in, document, and train replacements in case of attrition due to recent SEC investigation.
Performed sales revenue analysis for all entities including Alabama, Pittsburgh, and California.
Completed 1 million in billing weekly for California nursing.
Resolved billing discrepancies with all divisions.
(Adecco) - Bayer Material Science
Collected millions in the research and recovery project.
Established relationships with customers on a day-to-day basis resolving collections, unapplied cash, product, weight, and pricing discrepancies.
Worked with over 100 accounts including PPG, Exxon, Dupont, Owens Corning, Valspar and various other customers.
(Hudson) - Westinghouse Electric Company
Assisted in PA Sales & Use Tax Audit.
Retrieved documentation from Sap proving that they did not owe sales and use tax. Saving million’s.
Worked with engineers creating projects utilizing SAP and Documentum alleviating their work load.
Wexford Health Sources, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 2000 - 2003
Senior Staff Accountant, Corporate Finance
Prepared, checked, and oversaw input of all journal entries.
Maintained insurance schedules. Coordinated, researched, calculated and acted as liaison with Reinsurance Company (Marsh and Mclennan & Guy Carpenter) on all medical claims reaching stop loss.
Updated all daily cash reports.
Created annual audit schedules, various projects using Microsoft Access.
Performed statistical analysis and reports, daily census of inpatient stays and associated cost.
Prepared corporate income tax returns, all bank reconciliation’s.
Spearheaded other special projects and assignments requested by Senior Management.
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 1997 - 2000
Staff Accountant, Corporate Finance
Prepared budget variance analysis, and completed annual audit schedules.
Prepared and input journal entries.
Maintained all investment documentation.
Responsible for the preparation of endowment and specific purpose fund analysis.
Completed account analysis and researched discrepancies.
Maintained daily cash reports for senior management.
Prepared monthly closings for hospitals.
Consolidated Natural Gas Company 1996 - 1997
Accounting Associate
Responsibilities included the accurate calculation of vested pension.
Reviewed and performed bank reconciliation’s, researched and corrected discrepancies.
Created schedules of investment activities, prepared reports for funding agencies, maintained journal entries for the general and altered thrift trusts.
Education:
ICM School Of Business, Pittsburgh, PA
Associate Degree in Specialized Business and Accounting Management, 1993 - 1995
Community College of Allegheny County, Northside, PA
Teacher Education Attended 1990-1991
Lotus 1-2-3, Advanced Microsoft Excel (Vlookups, Pivot Tables etc.), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, TSO, SAR, SAP, Dunn and Bradstreet, QuickBooks, World Ware, Documentum, Platinum, EDMS, FRX and BPCS.
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