Steel Sales Customer Service
Resume:
CYNTHIA FERNALD
Loves Park, IL 61111
********@***.*** www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiafernald/ Cell: 815-***-****
SUMMARY
CPA candidate with interpersonal skills, fine-tuned through customer and vendor relationships. Dedicated accountant wearing many hats to ensure company success. Focused on cost savings to increase profits.
Monthly Forecasting / Yearly Budgets
Account Reconciliations
Cost Accounting
Proficient-Word, Excel, Power Point
Fixed Assets
Credit Management
Inventory Control
Variance Analysis
Job BOSS, MAS200, AS400, BPCS, Great Plains, FAS, Kronos, Everest, SAP, Blackline,
Oracle, Hyperion, ARC
Month End Journal Entries
Internal Auditor – SOX Testing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CONTRACT POSITIONS 2009 - Present
Accountant
Worked as Plant Accountant, Acting Controller, Senior Accountant, Cost Accountant, Treasury Analyst in the past five years. Reconciled balance sheet accounts monthly. Prepared Financial Statements for Division Controller’s review. Bank and general ledger reconciliations, month-end journal entries, payroll entries, maintain company matrices. Assisted in sales and use tax preparation. Worked as one person accounting department responsible for yearend closing, receivables and collections utilizing QuickBooks accounting. Assisted in hourly payroll of 300 plus employees. Filed and paid federal and state payroll taxes. Cash Applications-Receivables and Cash Flow. Property Accountant. Managed multiple escrow accounts for real estate taxes.
Implemented updated accounting practices and increased data security.
Organized procedures increasing job productivity by 15%.
Utilized advanced Excel skills to reduce time to perform a reconciliation by 25%.
Executed 99-page state grant application resulting in funds being awarded.
As cost accountant
Set and maintain standards
Update bills of material
Create production set ups to reduce scrap
Production scheduling for maximum output
Time studies
Recommendations for a negative variance analysis
New job and product costing
Managed $8M inventory with 99% accuracy
College Professor 2020
Blackhawk Technical College Janesville, WI
Taught Accounting Classes – Transitioned into On-Line due to Covid-19
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GUNITE CORPORATION, Rockford, IL 2006 - 2008
Accountant III (2007 - 2008)
Assisted Controller with special projects as assigned and performed month-end journal entries, monthly forecasting, yearly budgeting, variance analysis, payroll and general ledger reconciliations.
Trained 3 employees in new BPCS (LX) software.
Analyzed possible capital expenditures, recommending different scenarios to attain maximum ROI.
Trained personnel in company procedures for yearly budgeting.
Designed 4 new raw data reports reducing prep time by 10%.
Consolidated multiple branch management reports.
Staff Accountant (2006 - 2007) Gunite through Robert Half International
Assisted accounting manager through computer software conversion. Aided Controller in different projects which led to being hired as a full-time employee.
Promoted a teamwork atmosphere demonstrating a strong work ethic.
Diligently worked to accomplish unfamiliar tasks to satisfactory completion.
ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL, Elgin, IL 2005 - 2006 Cost Accountant (Contract) Colony Display, Inc.
Evaluated year-end inventory. Helped centralize inventory in MAS90 previously kept on multiple Excel
spreadsheets.
Enhanced cost accounting skills.
Volunteered to orchestrate physical inventory reducing count time by 10% from prior year.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ELGILOY SPECIALTY METALS, Hampshire, IL 2002 - 2005
Inside Sales
Expedited orders, resolved EDI issues, production setups, maintained routers, and customer service functions.
Vast knowledge used in alternate areas such as backup to shipping manager.
Made production setups maximizing product yield.
METALS USA, Northbrook, IL 2000 - 2001
Inside Sales
Coordinated orders, production and shipping. Purchased specialty steel to enhance customer satisfaction.
Demonstrated team-player attitude wearing different hats as needed.
LIEBOVICH BROS, INC., Rockford, IL 1986 - 2000
Steel Sales/Inventory Control
Purchased and sold secondary steel. Performed inventory control for $8 million dollar inventory by precisely attending to detail and recording accurate information into AS400 system. Processed raw material to customer specs. Go-to person for discrepancies with AP and AR. Negotiated costs with vendors.
Monitored quality control, reducing mill claims by 25% enhancing customer satisfaction.
Increased profit by 2% performing job and product costing.
Consistently maintained production setups, which maximized product yields and product profits.
Quickly identified slow moving/obsolete inventory, resulting in increased inventory turns by 3%.
Maintained a 99% accuracy level of all offsite inventory.
EDUCATION
MAS, Accountancy, Strayer University, 2020
MBA, Finance, Rockford University, Rockford, IL, 2009
BS, Accountancy, Rockford University, Rockford, IL, 2004
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