MELISSIA S. JONES

770-***-**** adynx6@r.postjobfree.com

Results-driven finance and accounting professional with 15 years of experience in diverse and challenging environments. Proficient in financial analysis, expense variance review, and providing recommendations for corrective actions and improving site performance. Offers comprehensive expertise in plant costs, material and production costs, inventory valuation, fixed assets, financial statements, industrial investment, month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and audit support. Skilled in resolving discrepancies and inquiries related to work orders, BOM’s, MSA, sales, revenue, and commissions, and ensuring precise financial reporting. Knowledgeable in manufacturing cost accounting, inventory management, sales operations, sales compensation, and sales achievement. Experienced in project oversight, general ledger reconciliation, bank account analysis, accounts receivables, accounts payables, billing operations, and Sox compliance guidelines.

MS Office 365 Oracle JD Edwards Hyperion SAP AS400 Blackline SAS Champion Lawson

Softrax Great Plains Salesforce DAS Query QlikView Sales Order Management Business object reporting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bostik, Conyers, GA June 2022-present

Controller

Provide financial guidance, direction, and analytical support to the plant leadership team including purchasing, maintenance, quality, safety, production, administration, fixed assets and inventory, and other activities.

•Process month-end close entries and activities, and related reporting. Calculate variances between actual and budgeted results and collaborate with management and provide recommendations for corrective actions.

•Monitors plant operations results against operating plan and direct the preparation of financial and production output, and other reports used to measure and control plant activities and costs. Assist plant operations with improving productivity, increasing efficiencies, and reducing costs.

•Develop and coordinate the plant operating budget and business planning activities in alignment with corporate policies and practices. Submit monthly forecast changes and/or updates. Prepare costing data by validating BOMs and routings, reviewing standard cost calculations, review and adjusting allocation keys for shared expenses. Compiling the annual conversion cost budget for each cost center hierarchy, headcount, payroll, and expenses.

•Monitors cycle counts and physical inventories to ensure adherence to policy. Monitor spare parts inventory, manage, analyze, adjust, and validate inventory provisions slow moving and quality based on identified issues.

•Managed the accuracy and productivity of day-to-day activities of accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash disbursements, invoicing/billing and providing financial analysis to assist in evaluating the organizations ventures and financial sustainability.

Altium Packaging, Atlanta, GA July 2020-June 2022

Regional Plant Cost Accountant

Provide day to day accounting support for (8) manufacturing plants in the southeast region for month end close, financial reporting, and assisting operations with forecasting and budgeting.

•Partner with operations to implement business processes and related accounting impact to ensure operating enhancements and improve efficiencies and profitability and effective internal controls.

•Coordinate and prepare audit requirements and provide analysis ensuring records are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

•Prepare internal financial statements with variance analysis with commentary to explain monthly results and provide current and future action plans.

•Oversight of plants monthly, quarterly, and annual plant site visits as well as monitor inventory levels for completeness and accuracy of inventory including raw materials and finished goods.

WestRock, Norcross, GA September 2018-July 2020

Accountant

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Monitor daily and weekly inventory movements relative to warehousing and/or billing. Calculate monthly roll forward by Mills, Commodities, and third-party warehouses.

•Review and reconcile monthly inventory reports received from third party warehouses.

•Perform inventory valuations, observe physical counts and perpetual inventory reconciliations.

•Month end inventory accounting, journal entries preparation, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations.

•Publish monthly internal management reporting related to warehouse inventory.

•Analyze results, monitoring variances, identifying trends, recommending actions to management.

Fiserv, Alpharetta, GA May 2014-May 2018

Financial Analyst

Compiled financial data from multiple financial systems and created sales financial reports. Calculated, reported, and analyzed monthly commission payments for Managers, Sales Reps, Account Management, Sales Engineers, and referrals per compensation plans.

•Reviewed and validated monthly contracts and calculated total contract value and revenue.

•Assisted and maintained the preparation of the monthly reporting deck and quarterly sales performance.

•Perform ad-hoc reporting analysis for business unit and management.

•Trained Sales team on Salesforce requirements for contract review and approvals for finance.

•Partner with sales leadership on sales achievement for US and International, forecast and actuals vs quota, TCV and revenue attainment, and territory alignment changes.

Various Contractor Assignments, Atlanta, GA November 2011-May 2014

Accountant

Prepared and assisted with month end close process by analyzing journal entries, accruals, accounting records, spreadsheets, financial statements, and financial reports.

•Ensures that all bank statements are reconciled to the general ledger and reconciliation database monthly.

•Reviewed team member’s monthly bank reconciliations discussed and documented variances.

•Assisted in the loss fund recovery of over $4 million by reviewing and researching MSA, invoices, and account reconciliations.

•Identifies, researches, and resolves discrepancies independently and interfacing with other areas.

•Accurately post and balance all cash receipts daily from lock box accounts, ACH, Wires, Credit Card payments to accounts receivables records in a timely manner.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Silverpop Systems, Atlanta, GA

Billing and Revenue Specialist

USA Today, Norcross, GA

Accounting Assistant

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration

Accounting

Keller Graduate School of Management, Atlanta, GA

Bachelor of Science

Technical Management

DeVry University, Atlanta, GA

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