CLETUS J. MCMANUS, CPA, CMA

Professional Summary

Energetic finance professional adept at problem solving, managing projects, making sense of data and information, and collaborating with teammates to achieve goals. Excited to add my talents to a strong, forward-looking finance team.

Work History

HEARTHSIDE FOOD SOLUTIONS - SENIOR COST ANALYST

DOWNERS GROVE, IL

08/2021 – Present

• Manager of periodic pricing updates for products sold to large Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) firms

• Leader of project to identify material inflation for pricing negotiations

• Estimator of new products developed in partnership with our CPG customers

HU-FRIEDY MANUFACTURING CO - SENIOR FINANCIAL

ANALYST

CHICAGO, IL

01/2019 – 08/2021

• Leader of Cost Savings Initiative to create, track and implement cost savings projects within Production and Sourcing Teams

• Creator of New Product Financial Pro Forma used to assess new product proposals. Model subsequently adopted across the larger organization.

• Product Cost Leader on integration project team in onboarding three companies into existing SAP environment

• Initiator and leader of project to standardize approval process of Capital Expenditure Request in SharePoint. Process adopted around the world at other locations.

• Manager of IT/Finance project to implement alternate product cost ledger in SAP

HU-FRIEDY MANUFACTURING CO - SENIOR COST

ACCOUNTANT

CHICAGO, IL

06/2013 - 12/2018

• Product cost gatekeeper and expert for portfolio of 10,000+ products sold in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific

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773-***-****

Orland Park, IL 60462

Skills

• Product Cost Accounting

• SAP/ECC

• Financial Planning, Forecasting and

Budgeting

• Financial Consolidations

• New Product Development

• Capital Expenditure

• Project Management

• Microsoft Excel - Pivots, Lookups

• Microsoft Access

• Financial Trend Analysis

• Problem solving

• Variance Reporting

• Strong writing and verbal ability

• Problem-solving

• Critical thinking

• Dependability

• Teamwork

• Meeting facilitation

• Knowledge sharing

• Collaborator with Marketing assessing the financial viability of new product launches

• Collaborator with partners across the business including Engineering and IT on financial returns of proposed capital investments

• Point person on accounting for Inter-company Sales globally

• Key finance team member in month end close, forecasting and annual planning processes

• Finance liaison to Operations, Procurement and Logistics team providing spend reporting, variance analysis and fulfilling ad hoc finance requests

MARS CO, WRIGLEY NORTH AMERICA SUPPLY CHAIN -

OPTIMIZATION ANALYST

CHICAGO, IL

12/2008 - 12/2011

• Problem solver creating automated solutions to answer common questions and resolve data issues related to production order decision making, long-term capacity planning, projecting month end deliveries, and the audit of SAP master data

WM. WRIGLEY JR. CO - FINANCIAL ANALYST

CHICAGO, IL

07/2005 - 11/2008

• Key resource gathering new product financial information and estimating product costs for decision support

• Collaborator with plant managers creating labor and overhead budgets and variance reporting

WM WRIGLEY JR. CO - GLOBAL DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

CHICAGO, IL

07/2002 - 06/2005

• Manager of consolidation of financial data from over thirty global offices

• Trainer to staffs in offices across the globe on consolidation software

• Report Builder to view various cuts of financial data including views by brand, product family and geography

WM WRIGLEY JR. CO - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT

CHICAGO, IL

06/2000 - 06/2002

• Contributor to team delivering consolidated worldwide financial results quarterly and annually, including SEC reporting

• Bookkeeper for multiple subsidiaries within the overall consolidated company

Education

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

CPA CERTIFICATE PROGRAM -

COMPLETED

GPA: 3.9/4.0

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

BACHELOR OF ARTS

GPA: 3.15/4.0

Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

• Certified Management Accountant

(CMA)

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