Accounting Manager

Ronda Edwards CPA, MBA

***** *. ***** ** 913-***-**** – Mobile

Excelsior Springs, MO 64024 **********@*****.***

Professional Profile

Outside of the box problem solver and effective communicator

Proven leader with the ability to motivate a team

Self-starter with the drive to complete tasks as needed to reach objectives

Core Competencies

Manufacturing Accounting Budgeting/Forecasting Financial Reporting

Foreign Currency Accounting Statutory Accounting Project Costing

Joint Venture Accounting Analyze potential business ventures Cost Accounting

External Audit Management Year/Month-end close General Ledger Analysis Revenue Recognition/deferral Cash Management/Analysis Variance Analysis

Software Proficiencies

Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Peachtree, Great Plains (Dynamics), FRX, ADP PC Payroll,

Outlook, Lotus Notes, COGNOS, Millennium Financial, Penta Construction, PeopleSoft, MAPICS (AS400),

BPCS (AS400), Sage FAS, Quick Books (including payroll), Made 2 Manage, DacEasy, Autosoft

Professional Experience

Jesse James Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram 9/2015- Present

Controller

Controller for $15 million Chrysler dealership. Responsible for oversight of all accounting functions including

Financial Statements, monthly reconciliations, sales tax filings, accounts payable/receivable and payroll.

Mondi Bags USA, LLC, Kansas City, Missouri 7/2014 – 9/2015

Plant Controller

Plant Controller of $40 million manufacturing plant responsible for Accounting, Purchasing, Inventory Management and other administrative activities. Ensured compliance with US GAAP and IFRS (European

equivalent to GAAP). Monitored labor dollars and all other cost components of production activities.

Monitored, analyzed and prepared financial statements for the Kansas City manufacturing plant.

Validated profitability of various product lines and helped steer production mix to maximize profitability.

Surfacetech, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri 5/2010 – 3/2014

Controller/Vice President of Administration

Vice President overseeing the finance and human resources functions of a privately held, $2 million manufacturing firm, ensuring compliance with US GAAP requirements for financial statement presentation.

Layne Christensen, Inc., Mission Woods, Kansas 3/2008 – 8/2009

Contract Position: Project Accounting/General Accounting

Lead a team of three managers and their direct reports in AP, AR and Payroll in daily activities and reviewed month-end procedures and reconciliations.

Part of implementation team for migrating Payroll and Projecting Costing from JD Edwards version 9 to Enterprise solution, including work flow, information capture, report design and testing.

Ceres Group/Great American Financial Resources, Inc., Mission, Kansas 11/2007 – 3/2008

Contract Position: Financial Reporting position

Triple-I, Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas 2/2007 – 10/2007

Director of Accounting (60% of business in 1 defense contract; lost the contract and eliminated my job.)

Director of accounting for $10 million privately held consulting firm and its subsidiaries, specializing in enterprise solutions to the private sector and the US military and other Department of Defense contractors. Developed “what if” tools to price RFP documents for profit maximization at a winning bid price.

Managed External Audit, resulting in a clean opinion.

Evaluated potential new business for profit margin over the life of the contract.

Aptuit Inc., Kansas City, Missouri 5/2006 – 2/2007

Pharmaceutics Finance Manager (Working 80 hours per week; left for work-life balance.)

Finance Manager for $50 million Pharmaceutics division of drug research and manufacturing firm. Acted as liaison between the five department managers within the division and corporate finance personnel. Created the annual budget and forecast course corrections as needed.

Verified acquired foreign subsidiary inter-company balances and maintained on-going inter-company balancing in local and reporting currencies.

Coordinated with UK and other US counterparts in verifying the global balance of unearned revenue resulting from the acquisition of the Quintiles business segments.

Managed revenue recognition transition from Percent Complete to Milestone Accounting.

F First Student, Inc., Grandview, Missouri 6/2003 – 4/2005

Region 7 Finance Director (Office moved to St. Louis.)

Saepio Technologies, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri 4/2001 – 4/2002

Vice President of Finance and Administration

Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kansas 6/1998 – 4/2001

Financial Reporting Supervisor

Educational Background and Accomplishments

Missouri Certified Public Accountant

Master of Business Administration in Finance

University of Missouri at Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri

Bachelors Degree in Business Admin with accounting concentration

William Jewell College Liberty, Missouri

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