I am an Accounting, Finance, and Business Management professional, enjoying a successful and varied path as Controller, Industrial Engineering Analyst, and Financial Analyst with experience in Human Resources. With strong IT hardware and software abilities, creativity, and knowledge, I work efficiently and seamlessly with employees, department heads, and managers alike.

Qualifications & Skills:

Results-oriented, high-energy, hands-on professional, with a successful record of accomplishments in Financial/Accounting Management and Industrial Engineering in a variety of industries.

Expertise in manufacturing controller’s functions including all transaction areas (Sales, A/R, A/P, Payroll, and Inventory), financial statement presentation and analysis, audit direction, Sarbanes/Oxley compliance, computerized systems implementation and development and control of operational metrics.

Proven Leadership punctuated by excellent communication skills, cooperation, attention to detail, respect for compliance in all regulated environments, as well as supervisory skills including hiring, scheduling, training, payroll, and other administrative tasks.

Thorough knowledge of current manufacturing practices, and a clear vision to realize a variety of departmental goals within a company.

Inventory Control, Production (ERP) and Downtime Reporting utilizing SAP, Mini Miint, Zarpac, Oracle, Protraq and Excel.

Professional Accomplishments:

Developed cost accounting system produced an increase in product line gross margins that led to changes in sales strategy and improved market share in European sales. Had to completely rebuild a 20,000-part inventory costing system, reduced to 7,000 parts, from the ground up.

Operational Metrics provided daily/weekly/monthly for Campbell Soup Company’s largest soup plant from data developed within SAP, Mini Miint and Zarpac. Operational efficiency, production downtime, labor utilization and production yields were some of the periodic metrics monitored.

Co-ordinated annual plant wide “Enabler” savings program of $7,500,000. Assisted all departmental representatives in isolating savings projects, developing savings calculations and policing the expected success of each project. Plant met or exceeded planned targets for 3 years running.

Maintained a 99.99% inventory and invoicing accuracy. Helped design and implement, a pre-invoiced picking system for Dutch owned, U.S. based yarn distributer. No out-of-the box software existed at the time.

Produced first breakeven statement of financial activities for museum/aquarium. Came about through stringent cost controls without forfeiture of educational content. Performance continued through next three years of tenure.

Logistics & Planning efforts streamlined by working with various entities to remove efficiency bottlenecks and find alternative solutions for raw materials when supply chain was disrupted by Covid impact.

Five Time Recipient of Campbell Soup Company’s “You Make A Difference” award.

Work History:

Silgan Containers, LLC, Campbell Soup Company’s Can Manufacturer in Maxton, NC ($150MM+)

Controller: January 2018 to present

LWD, Inc., Clothing Manufacturer – Lexington, NC

Controller/Finance Director: November 2015 to November 2017

The Campbell Soup Company, Food Industry - Soup Plant. ($500MM) Maxton, NC.

Industrial Engineer Supervisor: Promotion in July 2012 – July 2015

Senior Financial Analyst: May 2007 – July 2012

Controller, Broadlink Wireless, Internet Provider, Pinehurst, NC: March 2006 – March 2007

President, Odyssey Communications, Inc., Wireless Broadband, Southern Pines, NC: October 2001 – December 2005

Independent Contractor, Acting Controller: ($15MM to $25MM) Oct. 2001 – July 2004

DeWitt (Trucking Company)

Intek (Fabric Manufacturer)

Purvis Farms (Largest Independent Hog Farming Operation in North Carolina)

Controller, Pinewild Country Club, Community and Private Golf Club, Pinehurst, NC: July 1999 – Oct 2001

Comptroller, The Maritime Center at Norwalk, Museum of the Sea and Aquarium, Norwalk, CT: June 1992 – March 1995

Controller, McIntyre Associates, Inc., Employment Agency: May 1988 – May 1992

Other: Agriculture, Manufacturing, Distribution and Banking, from Bookkeeper to Controller December 1984 to April 1988

Education:

BS in Accounting and BS in Finance, Fairfield University, May 1985

MBA with Marketing & Management Concentration, University of Connecticut, August 1991

Completed CPA Exams February 1987

References:

References will be supplied upon request.

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