Balance Sheet A Team

Maria L. Dietrich

**** ***** ****, ****** *** MN 56007 507-***-****

E-mail: ad1iaf@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Detail oriented Controller with 20+ years of broad accounting and business experience. A team player effective at supervising and ensuring accurate and timely financial statements and reports.

SKILLS INCLUDE:

• Strong communication skills

•G/L, month-end close, financial statement preparation, and reporting.

• Leadership of teams, talent development, mentoring

• Strong Financial analysis and accounting skills

• Forecasting and budgeting.

• Work experience supporting Manufacturing with cost accounting principals

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

R&K Electric, Inc., Owatonna, MN 9/21- Present

Controller

Manage the financial and accounting functions

Lead the month-end close process including account reconciliations, variance analysis, and financial statement reporting.

Ensure compliance of month-end balance sheet reconciliations and other accounting related requirements

Maintain and improve internal financial controls

Improve current financial policies and procedures with the strategy of improving overall business processes and best practices aligned with our core values

Mentoring, cross-training, and continued development of the accounting team

Work with outside tax firm for annual tax reporting

Manage the annual budget process and weekly KPI reporting

Maria Dietrich - Contract work 4/2021- 9/2021

Controller

This company needed a full audit of all accounts, internal controls set up, and bank reconciliations done for the past year.

Responsible for general ledger and all supporting sub-ledgers, including fixed assets, inventories, receivables, cash, prepaids, payables and accruals.

Preparation of month end close process, P&L, Balance Sheet, Income Statement.

Bank reconciliations, audit of functions for the past year in all financial fields.

AmTech Ingredients Inc., Albert Lea MN 10/18 - 3/2021

Controller

Responsible for the corporate and plant accounting functions for two companies onsite and onboarding new acquisitions within the USA.

Ensures that execution follows corporate accounting and finance policies and procedures.

Leads/executes monthly financial close process including reconciling accounts, internal control and producing financial statements.

Responsible for general ledger and all supporting sub-ledgers, including fixed assets, inventories, receivables, cash, prepaids, payables and accruals.

Preparation of budgets, forecasts, and internal management reporting.

Supervises/administers accounts payable, invoicing, accounts receivable, and banking processes and activities.

Executes capital project tracking and reporting and supports corporate fixed asset accounting.

4/2015 - 11/2018

Kemps, -Dairy Farmers of America, Rochester MN Plant Accountant

Maintain accounting system records. Ensure timely completion of standard procedures at closing, financial statement preparation, variance analysis.

Preparation of all Journal Entries for month end accruals. (JDE system)

Prepare and post month end reports for management.

Prepare and distribute weekly plant production, labor and market analysis.

Work with other management to identify opportunities and develop strategies and make decisions on process development.

Manage employee, development, evaluation and performance management. Promote positive relations in work environment.

Responsible for Capital Project reporting and placing in service.

Collaborate with department managers working closely with the General Manager for Annual Budgeting and Rolling forecast as needed.

International Paper, Austin MN 11/2008 – 4/2015

Finance/Accounting Specialist II

Plant Controller responsibilities, reporting to the Regional Controller. This plant produced 1.4Million square feet in 2009. Use SAP, KIWI, Witron and SMART.

Reconcile all accounts on Balance Sheet at month end.

Monitor Capital Projects – convert to Fixed Assets when completed.

Oversee 10-million-dollar inventory, including setting physical inventories.

Prepare Variance Report at month end and report to management.

Monitor quality control issues regarding credits and customer service.

Submit forecasts for the plant, monitor monthly and yearly budgets.

Report daily waste percentages, production reports, run rates.

Prepare the cost analysis for the machines and estimating system.

Midwest Fabrication and Supply, Zumbrota MN 11/2006 – 10/2008

Manager

Management of the fabrication plant with the Plant Managers. Monitor and manage inventory levels and pricing.

Negotiate pricing, availability with vendors on materials.

Maintain productivity levels of fabrication in all four areas of the plant.

Processed all required materials for new hires, orientation for safety, health care,401K enrollment.

Participated with the Plant Manager in union negotiations.

Maintained customer relations, scheduling, change orders, for multi-million-dollar projects.

Prepared end of the month Work In Progress and expense reports.

TECHNOLOGY:

Experience with J.D. Edwards, QuickBooks and SAP.

Microsoft Suite including Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Strong user of Excel including formulas, spreadsheets and Vlookups

EDUCATION:

Riverland Community College, AAS Degree- Accounting

Capella University, Bachelor’s Degree in Business emphasis in Accounting.

Builders License in MN, WI (currently inactive)

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