SHERINE JOHN WHYTE

Highland Mills, NY. 646-***-**** ad10m4@r.postjobfree.com

KEY SKILLS & ABILITIES

Inventory Control Cost Accounting

Balance Sheet Reconciliations Budget vs Actual Expense Analysis

Production & PP Variance Analysis Inventory Variance Analysis

Maintaining Bill of Materials Month-End Inventory Close

Perpetual Inventory System Maintenance Break-Even Reporting

Accounts Payable/Receivables Profit Margin Reporting

MS Dynamics (Great Plains)/ Microsoft D365 MS WORD

MS Excel (Pivot Tables, V/H-Lookups, SUMIFS) QuickBooks

JD Edwards, SAP, HFM, HPL. Infor M3 G/L Accounting

Blackline systems, Invoice Works Auditing

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Premio Foods Inc: - Senior Cost Accountant February 13,2023 – Present

Perform Standard Cost Analysis

Responsible for performing inventory analysis and inventory reconciliation.

Responsible for the analysis of Manufacturing costs

Identify saving opportunities and cost-efficient initiatives.

Establish cost of business processes such as administration, labor, shipping, logistics, production etc.

Perform account reconciliations.

Perform customer profitability analyses and product profitability analyses.

Recommend changes to the company’s processes and policies to reduce cost and maximize profit.

Advise Management on appropriate costing based on financial data

Support other company accountants with invoicing and capital expenditure

Edgewell Personal Care: - Senior Accountant, North America Controllership December 13,2021 -November 2022

Overall responsibility to lead and direct Operations Controllership tasks for assigned North America Plants as well as the training of outsourced processes in these areas with Infosys (Outsourced financial team).

Responsible for managing the ongoing processing of Plant Operations Accounting, Freight Accounting and Inventory Controls related activities for North America in collaboration with our third-party provider and the retained EPC team.

Directs Infosys Operations Accounting team performing tasks for assigned Plants including training, review of work product and collaborating with Infosys team leads to ensure that outsourced tasks are completed timely, accurately, and strictly adhere to EPC Policies and SOX controls.

Ensures strict adherence to EPC’s closing and reporting deadlines by proactively communicating closing related due dates to stakeholders as well as oversight of the month end closing processes for assigned Plants including review of outsourced journal entries, reports etc.

Ensure that all critical processes are thoroughly documented and shared with Infosys proactively.

Ensure that the U.S. and Canada Plant General Ledger Accounts related to assigned Plants are maintained in strict compliance with GAAP and EPC’s policies and procedures.

Prepares/Certifies outsourced Balance Sheet Reconciliations monthly using Blackline Systems.

Responsible for review of outsourced processing of inbound freight, outbound freight and warehouse and distribution transactions for all US plants, and related journal entries; answers inquiries relating to same

The Execu-Search Group –: Atlas Air (Temp)- Inventory Accounting Analyst October 2021-December 10, 2021

Reconcile and monitor inventory subsystems to the general ledger and explain monthly variances to inventory balances and prepare related journal entries

Responsible for analyzing spare parts inventory, assessing levels, accumulated depreciation and obsolescence reserve and prepare and enter required journal entries using the Blackline system

Balchem Corporation – Cost Accountant September 2018-October 2020

Review and analyze production variance, absorption variance and purchase price variance monthly and present results to senior management

Perform month end close cost accounting activities

Responsible for analyzing and updating the company’s distressed inventory analysis for all plants

Assist in the preparation of monthly plant financial statements (income & departmental reports)

Manage and co-ordinate the annual physical inventory counts, and cycle counts performed at all manufacturing plants

Develop and maintain standard costs, labor, and overhead rates for all inventory items for manufacturing plants

Perform monthly reconciliation of all inventory general ledger accounts to the perpetual inventory reports

Perform monthly reconciliations for general ledger account balances.

Assist with the annual budget process by working with plants to determine budget expenditure amounts

Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery Incorporated - Cost Accounting Manager January 1, 2011 – August 2018

Responsible for the managing of the Distribution and Logistics Operations of the Golden Krust Team

Responsible for the management of the Warehousing & storage Operations

Primarily responsible for the successful implementation and transition to the perpetual inventory system

Primarily responsible for the implementation and transition to the mobile sales system for drivers

Responsible for all inventory controls and procedures for the warehouse operations

Formulate and implement cost accumulation system

Work with Accounts Payable to ensure correct vendor coding

Perform all inventory month end close activities

Oversee the reconciliation of inventory balances

Perform all production and inventory variance analyses

Responsible for preparing Manufacturing Profit & Loss Statements for the Manufacturing entity of the company

Report monthly on the breakeven points and profitability of all the products in the three main product lines of the company

Responsible for reconciling physical inventory counts to actual sales.

Responsible for the shipping and storage of all finished products

Primarily responsible for assigning overhead and labor costs to products along with ensuring that products are always reflecting current raw material prices

Responsible for maintaining and updating of standard costs in the BOM (bills of Material)

Responsible for Inventory control procedures implementation and maintenance

EDUCATION

MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE (M.S.) in ACCOUNTING

University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA in HOTEL MANAGEMENT

University of the West Indies, Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management, Nassau, Bahamas

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE (B.S.) in ACCOUNTING & MANAGEMENT STUDIES

University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

CPA (Certified Public Accountant) Candidate Qualification (In progress) Currently pursuing FAR in 2024

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

KPMG Chartered Accountants (Kingston, Jamaica) – Accountant II July 1, 2005-October 1, 2007

University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre- E-Tutor -January 2008 – May 2010

A. DeCordova Webb & Co. – Chartered Accountants (Kingston, Jamaica) – Auditor

Sandals Dunn’s River Golf Resort and Spa (St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica) – Rooms Division Trainee Manager

Trinidad & Tobago Hospitality Institute, Tobago Campus (Trinidad & Tobago) – Lecturer & Restaurant Manager

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