EARL KOPRIVA

952-***-****

adz965@r.postjobfree.com

Wilmington,NC

CONTRACT EXPERIENCE

Specialty Products Technology (SPT) – Interim Controller/Senior Cost Accountant, May – July 2023 (LHH – NC)

●Interviewed for position of Senior Cost Accountant; took over immediately as Controller, when previous Controller left without giving any notice. (Contract pay increased immediately from $45 to $75 per hour)

●$8B German owned manufacturer of electro-mechanical components for industrial machinery. I was located at a $125 million plant located in Elizabethtown, NC.

●Overall responsibility for all financial and plant accounting (first month-end was within one week of starting).

●Overall day to day responsibility for analyzing purchase price variances, product costing, margins, and variances (raw materials, labor, overhead). Calculated and entered all related JEs into Oracle GL.

●Performed inventory valuations to ensure accuracy of COGS, including scrap, write-offs, excess and obsolescence reserves.

●Calculated promotion and advertising rebates and accruals.

●Interfaced daily with sales, operations, production, purchasing and engineering to ensure that costs were accurately accounted for.

●Extensive use of Excel/GSS addon and Oracle Business Object software.

CF Industries – Senior Cost Accountant, SEPT 2022 – OCT 2022 (SALO – Chicago)

●Reported directly to Plant Accounting Manager providing monthly manufacturing accounting support, month-end closing and report creation and ad hoc analysis for $6 billion manufacturer and distributor of fertilizers.

●Capitalized, depreciated, and retired fixed assets for 2 plants.

●Amortized precious metals (plutonium, barium, and titanium) are used in the production of specialized fertilizers sold to government and businesses.

●Prepared all required month-end journal entries and (2 days) using SAP and Oracle

UNFI/Super Valu – Senior Financial Analyst, JUL 2019 – MARCH 2020 (Clinton Larson Allen – Minneapolis)

●Maintained databases of over $500M in IT equipment, software, and service contracts.

●Processed all new orders and changes to existing contracts.

●Provided daily reporting status updates to operating management.

●Performed month-end reconciliations and prepared journal entries related to IT contract activity.

Caribou Coffee & Bagels – Senior Cost Accountant, DEC 2016 - APRIL 2019 (Baker Tilly – Minneapolis)

●Maintained cost accounting Oracle database for labor, ingredients, overhead rates, and other production metrics.

●Reconciled daily vendor purchases for warehouse and retail stores.

●Recorded inventory receipts, transfers, work in process and reconciled to actual counts at month-end.

●Extracted production data using Oracle Discoverer and prepared Excel monthly production reports for two plants, including variance analysis for labor, material, and overhead.

●Reconciled Balance Sheet & Expense accounts; posted manufacturing month-end journals using Microsoft Dynamics

Element (GE Spin-off) – Senior Financial Analyst, DEC 2015 - OCT 2016 (Minneapolis)

●Posted and reconciled lease payments and prrocessed wire transfers for $4B asset-backed securities.

●Monitored daily securitized bank compliance with contractual notices and settlements.

●Prepared invoice and collections summaries for use in securitization settlements.

●Created ad hoc analysis related to customer collections and cash application performance.

●Prepared all required monthly journal entry support related to cash and debt.

●Extensive use of Advanced Excel & Oracle Discoverer.

Famous Dave’s – Treasury Financial Analyst, JUN 2015 - NOV 2015 (Minneapolis)

●Analyzed daily cash activity, prepared wires and ACH’s for Treasury department.

●Prepared weekly, rolling 3-month cash forecasts for Controller.

●Reconciled monthly 5 bank accounts and entered adjusting journal entries using MS Dynamics.

●Created and produced ad hoc reports from multiple sources using Advanced Excel features.

Ameriprise Financial – Senior Financial Analyst, JAN 2015 - APR 2015 (Minneapolis)

●Audited annual mutual fund reports, including financials, footnotes, and investment portfolio tables. Assured timely completion of all checklist requirements related to annual shareholders’ reports.

Sylvan Learning - College Prep Tutor for Junior/Senior HS Students, JAN 2015 - AUG 2015 (Minneapolis)

National Litigation Law, LLP – Controller, MAY 2014 - DEC 2014 (Oklahoma City)

●Implemented QuickBooks online accounting, payroll, and financial reports for a legal services business.

●Established and maintained all banking, vendor, and customer relationships.

●Reconciled monthly all bank, balance sheet and expense accounts.

●Assisted in the installation of Salesforce CRM system, entered payables and receivables, submitted bi-weekly payrolls, prepared all journal entries, month-end closing and produced all financial statements.

●Hired and trained the company’s first Controller.

US Bank – Forensic Analyst, JAN 2014 - APR 2014 (Express Pro – Minneapolis)

●Extracted and analyzed bank data and documented fraudulent banking activity initiated by a California branch manager over a 10-year period.

●Audited and documented major customer accounts pilfered by local branch manager for over $250,000.

●Created Excel reports used as evidence in the criminal prosecution of the branch manager.

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE

The Blind Squirrel, LLC - Chief Financial Officer/Entrepreneur (Minneapolis)

●Secured private and bank financing for an Internet startup business offering discounted "deals of the day" products and services to a subscriber database of over 100,000 members.

●Created initial organizational, regulatory, and legal partnership documents.

●Designed and installed accounting systems and management reports using QuickBooks.

●Hired, trained, and supervised office staff.

●Managed accounting, billing, and payment processing functions.

●Implemented all operational policies, procedures, and controls.

●Prepared LLC income tax returns and related investor K-1's, sales tax returns and payroll tax returns.

LJK Companies – VP & Chief Financial Officer (Minneapolis)

●Managed operations, accounting, budgeting, and reporting for over thirty dedicated motel facilities built specifically for the private needs of rail and transportation companies and over five(5)

● franchised & independently owned hotels/restaurants.

●Responsible for all construction accounting and finance procurement for newly built and renovated hotels.

●Negotiated contract rates for blocks of hotel rooms occupied by various businesses.

●Managed accounting for in-home developed 24/7 on-line reservation and dispatching system used to service rail and trucking businesses.

●Installed an ERP accounting system (Great Plains/MS Dynamics) and designed and implemented transaction and management reports using MS Reporter and Advanced Excel tools.

●Managed day to day AR, AP, and GL transaction processing & month-end closes

●Performed due diligence for all acquisitions and divestitures and secured bank financing.

●Prepared weekly cash forecasts and reviewed all bank reconciliations.

●Negotiated premiums for all commercial property, liability, employee benefits, worker’s compensation, and auto insurance policies and processed and submitted claims, as needed.

●Performed annual compliance testing for all employee benefit and worker’s compensation plans.

●Interfaced with outside auditors; provided supporting documents and schedules for annual audit and tax statements.

General Mills, Inc – Controller (Minneapolis)

●Managed the manufacturing accounting operations and financial reporting for multiple business divisions (frozen fish products, frozen pizza, new frozen products).

●Administered procurement and accounting of all Consumer Foods Group ingredients and packaging materials.

●Negotiated and managed contractor packing facility agreements and reviewed grain futures trading.

●Produced manufacturing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and composed operating reports highlighting market performance, financial ratios, and comparative industry metrics for General Managers.

●Developed, implemented, and audited compliance of accounting controls, policies, and procedures.

●Supervised and reconciled daily transaction systems (AR, AP, Inventory) and accountable for the accuracy and timeliness of month-end ledger closings.

●Completed fixed asset requests and gained corporate approval for acquisitions of more than $10 million annually.

Corporate Financial Analyst

●Conducted and prepared for management both operational and financial audits.

●Consolidated Consumer Foods Group’s monthly, quarterly, and annual financials for senior management review, including cash flow, capital expenditures and expense variance analysis.

●Researched, analyzed, and presented potential M & A for senior management review and approval.

●Integration of acquired businesses, divestiture or consolidation of operating divisions and plants.

Business IT Analyst

●Assisted in the preparation of requests for proposals (RFP) for a new corporate accounting and financial reporting application.

●Assisted in the modifications, testing and user training of corporate staff.

Arthur Andersen – Management Consultant (Chicago, Minneapolis, Sultanate of Oman)

●Designed, programmed (COBOL), and implemented software used to forecast revenues and expenses for a major airline.

●Designed, programmed (RPG), and implemented a sales and inventory application for a retail furniture chain.

●Designed, programmed (FORTRAN), and implemented a financial model used to forecast revenues and expenses based on projected hospital occupancies.

●Prepared accounting software RFPs for small businesses and nonprofits and conducted operational EDP (IT) audits in conjunction with client’s year-end audits.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois – Champaign, IL

BS - Mathematics & Computer Science

MBA – Finance & Accounting

CPA (inactive)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS EXCEL Tools (Power BI, Power Pivot/Charts, Power Query, Slicers, Extensive Use of Functions, GSS addon), Tableau, SAP Business Objects, MS Dynamics & Reporting, Oracle, Discoverer, QuickBooks

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