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Richard Shaw
Experience
**** – Present FruitSmart, Inc, Prosser, WA
Controller
Product costing to determine production cost and assist sales with pricing
Establish policies for inventory control and accounting processes
Manage Accounts Payable and Receivable, Inventory, and Payroll
Perform inventory and sales analysis
Prepare and post ACH transactions
Prepare B&O tax returns
Calculate production recoveries and throughputs
Calculate and analysis manufacturing absorption
Perform Month End, to include journal entries and reconcilations
2005 – 2017 Lamb Weston, Kennewick, WA
Manager of Finance
Prepare monthly journal entries for sales, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, cost of goods sold, and operational variances
Maintain standard cost system, to include updating of routings and standard costs
Coordinate the movement of 160 million pounds of vegetable inventory through three companies per year
Prepare yearly budgets for three companies totaling 70 million in revenue
Manage total inventories in excess of 150 million pounds
Manage all inventory movement for four companies
Calculate, analyze, and maintain manufacturing and variance accounts
Prepare trend analysis for inventory purchases, production levels and recovery loss during the manufacturing process
Assist in preparation of yearly audit papers
Monthly analysis of volume and mix variances, comparing actual to budget expenses
Product costing to determine production cost and assist sales with pricing
Track and analyze inventory movement between multiple warehouses
Manage licensing and fuel tax reporting for trucking department
1997 – 2005 TET – Hasting Instruments Hampton, VA
Controller
Performed Audits of accounts and analytical review of account balances
Audit of books of records for expense trends
Manage Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Payroll
Coordinate resolution of issues with Invoicing and Order Entry
Responsible for preparation and timely submission of all financial reports
Maintain standard cost system, to include updating of routings and standard costs
Responsible for yearly operating budgets and capital plans
Calculate, analyze, and maintain LIFO and obsolescence reserves
Prepare and analyze Audit and Tax packs
Implemented financial modules of new computer system, to include all mappings to general ledger
Registered for Sales and Use tax in seventeen states after company reorganized
Prepare monthly journal entries for sales, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, cost of sales, variances, sales taxes, property taxes and prepaid expenses
Maintain and update fixed assets, to include monthly depreciation for both book and tax purposes
Developed process costs for new products
Implemented and documented internal controls as required by
Sarbanes & Oxley
1995–1997 Casey Auto Group Newport News, VA.
Staff Accountant
Managed Vehicle inventories
Managed wholesale interest accounts totaling 3 million dollars
Processed quarterly luxury and gross receipts reporting
Performed weekly and BI-weekly payroll
Reconciled reserve and bank statements
Costed vehicle purchases and posted to General Ledger
Education
1990–1994 Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA.
Bachelor of Science in Accounting
Cumulative GPA of 3.68
Attended seminars on sales and use tax for manufacturing companies
Hold CPA certification number 27028
Computer skills to include Microsoft office, Reynolds and Reynolds, BAAN, AS400, and Mapics XA, Parity, Microsoft NA
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Professional
Activities
Led a private company from a partnership to a 501(c)(3) corporation
Completed tax returns, both federal and state for partnerships and corporations
Completed all K-1 schedules for partnerships
Reference
Available upon request