Accounting Manager

Laurie Cumbie **** Pine Forest Drive

Benton, AR *2019

Phone 501-***-****

Email *******@*********.***

Summary

An intelligent, hardworking team player with an outstanding work

ethic, organizational leadership and process improvement strategist. My

financial analysis is detailed, accurate and timely. I can simplify

complicated issues to root cause and offer suggestions for corrective

actions. I have a vast and varied knowledge of cost accounting, standard

setting, and cost controls as well as P&L and audit preparation and

reporting.

Work Experience

Controller August 2014 - present BlueOak Arkansas Osceola, AR

Responsible for accounting, HR, Benefits, Payroll for a Greenfield

manufacturing project presently being constructed in NE Arkansas.

This facility will be the first of its kind and will extract precious

metals from printed circuit cards.

Financial Analyst/Acct July 2012-July 2014 Arkansas Heart Hospital

Little Rock, AR

. Responsible for various financial and accounting activities for a

major specialty care hospital as well as its related physician

practices

. Responsible for budget/accounting reports training of all

department heads and management

. Maintain fixed assets for all locations

. Assisted in setup and additions of new facilities as well as

physicians recruited

. Directly aid and assist research department director in all

financial activities

. Prepare and distribute to executives the daily census report with

related projections

. Worked closely with Research Director for studies and physician

payouts

. Reason for leaving: position eliminated

Controller Feb 2011-July 2012 Pratt Industries Little Rock, AR

. Responsible for financial and accounting activities for two

corrugated box manufacturing facilities in Little Rock AR and

Shreveport LA.

. Responsible for budget preparation for 3 related business areas and

all applicable monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.

. Serve as the HR liason for local facility in conjunction with

Regional HR person.

. Responsible for numerous plant reports in addition to routine

financial. Some of these include transportation, energy,

production, waste, & external purchases

. Worked with corp to implement various new softwares at plant level

to run in conjunction with SAP & BEX Business Analyzer

. Reason for leaving: Plant closing

Financial Analyst Jan 2008-Feb 2011 Welspun Tubular Little Rock,

AR

. Responsible for financial and accounting activities for a

GreenField manufacturing site belonging to an Indian parent

company.

. Responsible for loading and maintain accounting information in SAP.

. Responsible for tracking and review of spending for a capital

budget of $158 Million

. Responsible for new operations budget as each facility went live

for production

Reason for leaving: Advancement and much closer to home

Controller Nov 2006-Jan 2008 Rushing and Mason Equipment Little

Rock, AR

. Responsible for all financial and HR activities of excavating and

heavy equipment dealerships located in Little Rock and Memphis, TN.

. Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly reports including sales tax,

payroll reports and such for both dealerships

Reason for leaving: Owner sold/closed business

Plant Accountant Nov 2004-Nov 2006 Smurfit-Stone Container Little

Rock, AR

. Responsible for month end entries including all rollstock related

activities, interco charges and transfers, and A/R & credit

tracking and analysis.

. Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly reports related to price

changes & revals, LIFO reports, Salesmen commission adjustments,

budgets reports and other annual reports

. Led charter A/R team and office safety teams.

. Was a key part of team effort to improve the department's internal

audit score from a "poor" rating to "excellent".

. Reduced A/R balances 60 days past due from $390,000 to less than

$10,000

. Responsible for inventories, payroll, credit and collections, A/P,

A/R, G/L, costing, billings, etc.

Reason for leaving: Plant closed due to corp decision and union

issues

Controller Apr 2003-Nov 2004 Fluid Handling Components, Inc Little

Rock, AR

. Responsible for all accounting and human resource/personnel

functions for the facility

. Responsible for month end, year end closings and all related

reporting

. Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly reports related to payroll

reports, tax preparation, and bank reporting and all governmental

reporting

. Responsible for preparation and planning of transitions due to

banking changes as well as insurance provider changes and quoting

. Responsible for inventories, payroll, credit and collections, A/P,

A/R, G/L, costing, billings, etc.

Reason for leaving: Ownership change (company was sold and now is

closed)

Cost Accounting Manager Apr 2001-July 2002 Ameron Coatings

Little Rock, AR

. Supervised A/P clerks and cost accountant

. Responsible for twice a year physical inventories at local facility

as well as all domestic and

international warehouses, both company owned and consigned

. Supervised activities for royalty, licensing and dividend and the

accounting thereof

. Implemented automated Journal Processing project

. Responsible for month end entries, reconciliations and G/L

processing

. Prepared a process, reports and procedures manual for Cost

Accounting Manager

Reason for leaving: Restructuring and downsizing/staff reduction.

(Company now has sold and is relocated accounting to Pittsburg, PA)

Controller Mar 2000-Mar 2001 Coorstek

Benton, AR

. Responsible for accuracy of the perpetual inventory and monthly

closing

. Input and calculated all month end journal entries

. Advised plant management on effective use of resources and capital

. Established unit standard costs and burdens and changed as required

. Acted as liaison between plant operations and corporate accounting

Reason for leaving: excessive travel and centralization of accounting

to regional function

Cost Accountant May 1998-Mar 2000 Keebler/Murray/Consol Biscuit

NLR, AR

. Responsible for systems conversions due to multiple ownership

changes

. Prepared Capacity Planning analysis and various special projects

due to ownership changes

. Responsible for all financial and costing operations of the company

. Responsible for budget preparation, month end and year end closing

process and transmittal to corporate

Reason for leaving: Numerous ownership changes, travel and

instability. (Plant now closed.)

Controller July 1994-Apr 1998 Seasons, Inc

Little Rock, AR

. Responsible for all financial and costing operations of the company

. Responsible for budget preparation, month end, year end closing and

preparation of monthly financial packet for Princeton Investment

Partners, (owners and Board of Directors), as well as the Bank

. Took the company thru various bank changes and equity infusions

from new investors

. Supervised personnel in A/R, A/P, payroll, credit and collections,

inventory control and data processing

Reason for leaving: Downsizing (Plant now closed)

Financial Accounting Manager Sept 1992-July 1994 Georgia Pacific

Ashdown, AR

. Responsible for supervision of seven clerks, their staff

development and reviews

. Areas of responsibility included A/P, stores and inventories, pulp

and paper sales, invoice verification, and misc receivables and

billings

. Responsible for monthly journal entries, account recons, and G/L

processing

. Prepared monthly financials and reports for mill management and

corporate

. Prepared procedures manual for the Financial Accounting Manager and

all clerks

Reason for leaving: Husband's job relocation (FAA)

Cost Accountant May 1989-Aug 1992 Colgate Palmolive, IPD

Texarkana, TX

. Responsible for documentation and accumulation of all capital

spending

. Monthly journal entries for payroll, benefits, production

transfers, advertising stores and freight

. Responsible for the taking and reconciliation of the monthly

physical inventory

. Developed monthly departmental spending report, actual vs. budget

. Developed price variance reports for sterno and equipment costs

Reason for leaving: Advancement

MRP/IIS Coordinator Feb 1989-Apr 1989 American Greetings Corp

Osceola, AR 1984-1989

. Responsible for verification of inventory and production system

reports

. Responsible for integrity of the information provided to the

planning department and accounting and administrative areas.

Cost Accountant Nov 1984-Feb 1989 American Greetings Corp

Osceola, AR

. Established first cost accounting department at the plant level due

to corporate decentralization of cost functions

. Responsible for accumulation and review of costs at various levels

of production

. Coding and verification of foreign and domestic invoices included

letters of credit

. Journal entries for monthly production transfers and inventory

reporting and all monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting

. Developed annual standard costs for all merchandise and materials

Reason for leaving: Husband's job relocation (FAA)

Staff Accountant July 1983-Nov 1984 Brothers and Harris, CPAs

Osceola, AR

. Prepared client's financial statements, payroll, sales tax reports

and monthly write ups

Finance Lease Department Sept 1982-July 1983 McLarty Leasing

System, Inc LR, AR

. Prepared sales and use tax reports for 30 states in which units

were in service

. Calculated lease payoffs, prepared journal vouchers and special

billings

Education 1982 Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR

B S in Accounting

1979 Rivercrest High School Wilson, AR

Diploma

Software and Systems Used

A/S 400, Dun & Bradstreet, MfgPro, Infinium, J D Edwards, Hyperion,

Spectrum, ERP, DacEasy, as well as Lotus, Excel and Quattro Pro, COMS,

SAP, Basic, Soarian Financials, EClinical, MS4, Quickbooks

premier/intuit payroll

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