Cost Accountant

ROBERT D. SCHNEIDER *** Conestoga Street 860-***-****

Windsor CT, 06095 ***.*************@*****.***

PROFILE

Strategic Cost Accountant and Technical Manager influential in the design, creation and execution of cost structures. Possesses strong communication skills, thrives in a productive team environment or as an individual contributor. Excellent problem identification, decision making and analysis skills. Detail oriented with proven ability to maintain focus on timelines and project priorities. I have excellent technical skills, especially with Excel and Access and have worked on many ERP platforms.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chromalloy, Inc. - Windsor, CT June 2017-October 2017

Senior Cost Accountant

• Creation and entry of month end journal entries in Syteline ERP software.

• Monthly account reconciliation of balance sheet and profit and loss accounts.

• Update of monthly gross margin reports for internal and corporate reporting.

• Monthly journal entries and account reconciliation of intercompany accounts.

• Monthly reporting of cost of poor quality (returned product cost}.

• Detailed and summery reporting of actual product cost.

Dooney and Bourke, Inc. - Norwalk, CT Sept 2016-June 2017

Inventory and Cost Accountant

• Analysis of current cost and updating standard costs in Oracle ERP system on a quarterly basis.

• Perform full cost roll ups in 4 factory locations internationally and updating finished goods cost in 2 warehouse locations.

• Generate Finished Goods month end valuation report for all locations using Access and Excel (pivot tables)

• Generate monthly Work in Process valuation reports for all locations using Excel (pivot tables)

• Generate physical inventory tags and performed tag control and data loading of tag information into Oracle Inventory module.

• Calculate monthly commission reports for internal and external sales reps.

• Assist in the calculation of royalty payments to Licensees’.

Ashcroft Incorporated - Stratford, CT 2012 - 2016

Senior Cost Accountant

• Update various financial statements and reports; Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Inventory Comparison Report, Inventory Turns Report, PPV report.

• Update and submitted to Corporate Controller monthly Sales Flash report and Monthly EBT Income Statement flash report.

• Create and entered manual journal entries for month end closings in Epicor-Vantage ERP system. Entries include reconciliation of Perpetual Inventory to General Ledger Inventory accounts, PPV adjustments, Operational Efficiency Variance adjustments, and Returns and allowance accruals and other adjustments to correct errors.

• Generate monthly inventory and sales & gross margin reports by product line (Pulse).

• Update Standard cost on new parts, created quarterly adjustments for profit in inventory elimination with foreign affiliates.

• Update Quarterly Product Profitability reports.

• Assist physical inventory team preparing, managing, and troubleshooting problems.

Coburn Technologies, Inc. - South Windsor, CT 2011 - 2012

Cost Accountant/General Accountant

• Key member of implementation team for new ERP system – Syteline.

• Create weekly and monthly variance reports for purchase price variance and manufacturing variances.

• Update standard cost based on the variance analysis in domestic and 3 foreign sites.

• Prepare GL to Perpetual inventory analysis reports, identified differences and how to fix them.

• Setup a time study analysis report for labor time on routers.

• Create capital expenditure budget report, updated property tax form, input FX rates in 4 sites in Syteline.

• Create journal entries for monthly financial reporting.

Waterbury Companies Inc. - Waterbury, CT 2007 - 2011

Senior Cost Accountant

• Set and maintain standard costs for all raw materials, semi-finished, and finished goods part numbers for the purpose of monitoring actual costs.

• Analyze and report to all levels of management, material usage variances, purchase price variances, and scrap losses.

• Maintain and report on construction-in-progress and fixed assets.

• Maintain, analyze and report inventory information for accuracy and explanation of changes.

• Create month end journal entries and management reports, including monthly net sales, PPV, fixed assets and month end inventory reports.

• Update and submit property tax returns for Louisiana and Connecticut.

• Create custom reports using Excel and AS400 query (ERP: PRMS).

Radio Frequency Systems, Inc. - Meriden, CT 2003 - 2007

Senior Cost Accountant

• Supervised one accounting associate, created custom query reports within AS400 MAPICS system.

• Create custom Crystal reports, tracked actual costs on Engineering products using Excel.

• Create all financial journal entries for month end financial statements.

• Perform monthly reconciliation of perpetual inventory to the general ledger.

• Create Month End Inventory and Profit and Loss reports by product line using Excel.

• Perform numerous ad hoc reports for upper and middle management using advanced Excel functions.

Beacon Industries, Inc. - Bloomfield, CT 2000 - 2003

Cost Accountant

• Create numerous sales and gross margin reports in Excel using macros, filters, and advanced functions.

• Create and maintained weekly journal for payroll using Excel and ODBC drivers for exporting the data to an IBM AS400 system.

• Perform valuations for physical inventory counts on a quarterly basis.

Accounting Resource Management, Inc. - New Haven, CT 1999 - 2000

Software Implementation Consultant

• Install Great Plains software, import data from old systems, and create custom reports.

Ametek Inc., Specialty Metals Division - Wallingford, CT 1991 - 1999

Staff Accountant

• Create and maintain month end journal entries in MAPICS (SYS-36), financial reports, standard cost variance analysis reports, and inventory reports using advanced functions and macros in Excel.

• Perform monthly inventory cycle counts to insure accurate inventory and financial records.

• Led processing of all inventory transactions.

• Update and maintain Hyperion system at the division level for monthly corporate consolidations.

Costello Industries, Inc., Newington CT 1989 – 1991

Cost Accountant

Streamlined subcontractor estimates and retainage calculations for Accounts Payable entry,

using spreadsheets.

Analysis of estimated project cost to actual cost on road construction projects.

Updated and submitted project estimates for payment.

In charge of collections which included calls to customers for payment.

Maintained a Projects backlog report.

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT

New Britain Adult Education Instructor: (MS Access and Excel), New Britain, CT 1994 – 2010

EDUCATION

BS, Management Information Systems,

Central Connecticut State Univ. - New Britain, CT

SKILLS

Epicor Vantage, Syteline, MS Dynamic (Great Plains), Oracle, Hyperion, AS400

Advanced User Microsoft: Word, Excel (including pivot tables, macros, and advanced filters), PowerPoint, Access

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