Plant Manager Financial Analyst

Angela Smith, MBA

Wilmington, DE ***** 215-***-**** ***********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Qualicon Diagnostics LLC (owned by Hygiena LLC) April 2017 – April 2019 (Company relocated)

Financial Operations Analyst

Accomplishments

Supervised the setup of the Asset Module in Navision 2017 to include the input of assets acquired during acquisition of Qualicon by Hgyiena on March 1, 2017.

Supervised the creation and set up of standard costing for a very complex and multilevel bill of material production.

Leadership role on a team to close 6 delayed transfer of assets for foreign entities as part of Hygiena’s acquisition of Qualicon from Dupont, including bringing 3 online as new entities and setting up in new ERP.

Planned and successful passed Qaulicon’s first year-end financial inventory audit working with team of production personnel.

Participated on a team to develop the plan for the service module in ERP, which tracks Qualicon’s service instrument assets at customer locations, time, and cost to repair.

Assisted Senior Financial Analyst in creating the first Qualicon 2017-2018 budget.

Responsibilities

Manage all financial reporting and month-end closing activities for Qualicon Diagnostics, Hygiena Canada, and Hygiena Singapore, working directly with the accounting and financial team in California.

Responsible for sales reporting, P&L reporting, variance analysis, asset tracking and reporting, production analysis, standard cost analysis, releasing orders on financial hold (domestic and foreign), and A/R tracking.

Partner with sales team for reporting and customer accounts, and R&D to track costs and projects

Participate in building budget and report against budget.

IKO Productions July 2009 – April 2017

Senior Plant Accountant

Accomplishments

Implemented new streamlined process to reduce time producing Plant Manager Statements provided to management for quarterly calls.

Assisted in timely completion of capital analysis to add new fleet of fork lifts at the plant.

Developed SOP’s for escheat reporting for on time and accurate reporting to over 20 states.

Successfully added 2 US distribution companies to an existing 5-day close cycle.

Managed the cost analysis of up to 10 capital projects at one time to ensure they came in at or under budget.

Responsibilities

Responsible for monthly financial close, and providing Financial Statements for 3 sites, including a plant and 2 US distribution companies.

Developed Executive Summary and Plant Manager Statement on a quarterly basis, to be provided to management.

Prepared local and federal government filings.

Travelled to plant in Illinois to assist with quarterly planning and executing inventory.

Partnered with Operational Leadership to prepare timely and accurate annual budgets, raw material and finished good standard costing, monthly raw material cost and savings analysis, and day to day financial analysis including capital projects,

Color-Box, LLC, a Georgia Pacific company July 2006 – June 2009

Plant Accountant / Controller

Accomplishments

Worked with management to develop, implement and maintain plant key controls, accounting policy and procedures resulting in plant staying fully compliant.

Negotiated an agreement on a $75k claim for lost inventory at an outsourced printing vendor, resulting in a successful change of inventory policy.

Implemented Kronos time keeping system resulting in more accurate reporting, as well as a new Records Management Program resulting in compliance with corporate legal RIM.

Responsibilities

Responsible for all financial information at plant level including financial monthly closes, preparing the P&L and balance sheet, and producing analysis for corporate group and plant management.

Prepared analysis of sales and cost trends to successfully forecast monthly P&L; examined costs by vendor, GL account, item, and profit margin per job to aid in crucial business decisions.

Tracked capital project spend and analysis for value created by each project.

Supervised and mentored one accounting assistant.

Delaware Investments December 2000 – June 2006

Mutual Fund Accounting Supervisor

Accomplishments

Lead supervisor for Futures and Options held in funds; entered and monitored Futures, Options, Currency Contracts, and Hedge positions in 10 funds.

Acted as the primary liaison to internal and external auditors.

Built and maintained relationships with portfolio managers and custodians.

Key player in updating and implementing the training manual for international funds.

Advanced from entry level Accountant to Supervisor in 4 years.

Responsibilities

Supervised and mentored 6 staff accountants on Bond, International, Equity, Future, and Option fund activities.

Authorized weekly cash and assets reconciliations and approved nightly pricing.

Completed monthly reports including Board of Directors, Diversification tests, SEC yields, dividends payable, profit and loss, and NSAR filings.

Responsible for the preparation of annual/semi-annual financial reports for mutual funds.

EDUCATION

Keller Graduate School

Masters Business Administration, 2012

Master’s in finance and Accounting, 2011

Arcadia University

Bachelor of Administration in Accounting, 1998

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint), Navision, Cport, Infinium, JP Morgan Chase custodial online system, Bloomberg, OPTECH database, MP2 Purchasing, PACE inventory, MAPICS inventory, Citrix FRX, PM10

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