Fixed Asset Staff Accountant

Ike Jogwe

Costa Mesa, *****, CA

Mobile Phone: 949-***-****

E-mail: *********@*****.***

Summary:

Reviewed weekly Cost Reports for Margins and Variances, while making needed entries.

Prepared inventory rolls forward schedule, sales and use tax returns for multi-state tax reporting and monthly reconciliation of sales, use and excise tax accounts.

Downloaded information monthly and analyzed it to get the associated revenue and cost.

Maintained fixed asset system.

Completed weekly Intercompany Inventory Transfers, Special Inventory Adjustments, Miscellaneous Inventory Transaction, Finished Inventory Count, Finished Product Sales Adjustment, and Set-up New Raw Materials.

Completed weekly Sales Balancing and Monthly Sales Reconciliation Recap.

Maintained fixed asset system and prepared monthly fixed asset roll forward schedule.

Completed annual budget and prepared monthly detailed reports on forecasts, budgets, variances and gross margins.

SAP implementation in Europe; making a huge impact and allowing ledgers to be more straight forward and accurate.

Proficient in AS400, Crystal Reports, Inventory Management System (IMS), Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, Panasophic, PeopleSoft, Peachtree, PO Writer, Ross ERP, Sage FAS software, SAP Business Objects, SAP and Unlimited Accounting (UA).

Professional & Technical Skills:

Strong organizational and time management skills.

Experienced with Profit Plan, Budget Analysis, General Ledger Maintenance &Reconciliation.

Problem-Solving skills.

Variance Analysis of Standard vs. Actual Cost / Performance Metrics.

Proficient in AS400, Crystal Reports, Inventory Management System (IMS), Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, Panasophic, PeopleSoft, Peachtree, PO Writer, Ross ERP, Sage FAS software, SAP Business Objects, SAP and Unlimited Accounting (UA).

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Business, University of Redlands

Relevant Coursework:

Cost Accounting

Business Taxation & QuickBooks (OCC)

Auditing (OCC)

Managerial Accounting

Economics

Finance

Professional Experience:

GKN Aerospace – Garden Grove, CA.

Staff Accountant – Contract Jan 24 – May 24

Monthly Closing – Assigned Journal Entries relating to Labor, O/H; Materials and other closing duties as required.

General Ledger – Account & Balance Sheet Reconciliations and analysis.

General Accounting reporting as needed.

Assist and Review Accounts Payable as is necessary.

Assist and Review Accounts Receivable as is necessary.

Support the Controller and Finance Director as is necessary.

Drew Child Development Corp. Gardena, CA.

Staff Accountant I (Contract) Mar 23 – Sep 23

Prepared and recorded month-end closing journal entries, including expense accruals, prepaid, deferred revenue.

Maintained A/R subsidiary ledgers, recording cash receipts journal entries, and monthly balance sheet account reconciliations as well as maintaining cash control worksheets for several bank accounts.

Record payroll journal entries (semi-monthly payroll, monthly accrual, taxes)

Responsible for making analytical assessments as to the disposition of entries and balances in the general ledger

Prepare monthly billing of certain state grants.

Assist the controller in preparing monthly financial statements, annual LAC-DMH cost reports and settlement reconciliation, and ad hoc reports.

Epson America, Inc. Los Alamitos, CA

Accounting Coordinator Oct 18 – Apr 22

Complete general accounting functions in compliance with GAAP; JSOX for the preparation of Financial Statements.

Prepare assigned journal entries (A/R Credit Balance Reclass, Cash Discount True-up for Epson America (EAI); Epson Canada (ECL). Warranty Freight Accrual, Epson Canada Netting Wire Transaction, Record CD Interest Income Monthly; Quarterly. Record monthly Bank Fees for Epson Panama as well as ECL Headcount journal entry.

Prepare assigned monthly GL reconciliations, including but not limited to: City Bank Panama, Accounts Receivables (EAI; ECL), Accrued Cash Discounts (EAI; ECL); Billings to Japan.

Complete monthly EAI Latin America Financial Results Summary review as well as EAI Consolidated Income Statement Actual versus Plan review to allow for internal consistency.

Staff Accountant (Contract) Jun 14 – Apr 16

Responsibilities:

Completed general accounting functions in compliance with GAAP; JSOX for the preparations of Financial Statements.

Prepared assigned journal entries, including but not limited to: Bulk Expense Warranty/Refurbishment, DOA Optic Engine Repairs, Service Contract Revenue, Catalina Sales Accrual, Obsolescence and FAR Inventory, DFI Expense Re-class, AMEXP Sales Tax Accrual.

Prepared assigned General Ledger reconciliation, including but limited to: Freight Clearing, Accrued Liabilities (Labor Accrual –SO), Deferred Revenue, Fixed Assets; Inventory – Canada, Preliminary DFI (Duty, Freight and Insurance) Analysis.

Worked on JSOX Controls – Sales Cut-Off Documentation and Review for the Indy and Carson Plants.

Completed Cycle Count Analysis for multiple plants and warehouses.

Reviewed General Ledger Reconciliation prepared by others (Canada).

Completed FOB Destination – Days of Receipt review and analysis.

Completed Inventory Obsolescence Reserve as well as Warranty Expense /Reserve Consolidated Trend for North and Latin America.

The Busch Group Mar18 – May 18

Senior Accountant (Temp Assignment)

Responsibilities:

Responsible for recording, monitoring and reporting general accounting activity journal entries.

Responsible for monthly general ledger close and preparation of accounting schedules that support the general ledger balances – Balance Sheet/GL Account Reconciliations.

Assist in the preparation of the monthly financial statements and balance sheet and profit and loss variance analyses.

Completed weekly cash reports as well as monthly bank reconciliations for multiple bank accounts and multiple entities (The Busch Group, The Busch Firm, Pacific Hospitality Group (PHG), PHG Marketing Fund.

Completed annual budget and prepared monthly detailed reports on forecasts, budgets, variances and gross margins.

Other projects as needed.

Computerized Vehicle Registration (CVR), Inc Jun 17 – Oct17

Financial Analyst/Accountant (Contract)

Responsibilities:

Downloaded information monthly and analyzed it to get the associated revenue and cost.

Used excel to analyze, organize and manage the data and present to managers.

Received and reviewed multistate DMV, miscellaneous automobile dealerships and associations invoice and compared them with the analysis done and send to Accounts Payable.

Analysis of high-volume transactions in 21 States: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

James Hardie Building Products, Inc. Oct 16 – Dec 16

Staff Accountant (Contract)

Responsibilities:

SAP implementation in Europe; making a huge impact and allowing ledgers to be more straight forward and accurate.

Used miscellaneous SAP T-Codes like MIRO (Incoming Invoice) F-03 (Clear G/L Account), F.13 (Automatic Clearing without Currency, ME2L, FB03 and more to complete the G/L Clean up assignment vis-à-vis.

Booked transactions in SAP.

Worked on going through ledgers and performing “cleanup”.

Worked on getting rid of duplicate data that was sitting around (i.e.: foreign currencies).

Worked on e data entry/interaction with AP Department.

Kroger Manufacturing, Compton, CA Feb 13 – May 14

Cost Accountant (Contract)

Responsibilities:

Completed weekly Cost Cards through Lotus Notes for Physical Inventory Notification, receivers and In-process and finished products.

Completed weekly Intercompany Inventory Transfers, Special Inventory Adjustments, Miscellaneous Inventory Transaction, Finished Inventory Count, Finished Product Sales Adjustment, and Set-up New Raw Materials.

Completed weekly Sales Balancing and Monthly Sales Reconciliation Recap.

Reviewed weekly Cost Reports for Margins and Variances, while making needed entries.

Completed re-class entry for manufacturing parts, prepared various Tonnage factors including total plant tonnage.

Completed weekly Production Variance report and monthly recap.

Participated in weekly meetings with Management Team while presenting departmental gains/losses as well as operational efficiency based on standard versus actual cost.

Integra Ortho-Biologics, Irvine, CA Feb 10 – May 2012

Senior Accountant (Contract)

Responsibilities:

Completed General Accounting functions for the preparation of Financial Statements.

Worked on miscellaneous General Ledger Accounts Reconciliation, including Cash, Accrued Liabilities (Monthly Sales Commissions and GPO Fees), Prepaid Assets, Fixed Assets, Owners Equity, Accounts

Receivable, Deferred Revenue and Expenses, Intercompany Receivables and Payables; and Misc. GL Re class.

Worked on Multiple Accounts including Bank Reconciliations for domestic and foreign subsidiaries.

Prepared and filed Sales Use Tax, Documentation for VAT Taxes for foreign subsidiaries in Europe – German VAT, Swiss VAT and multiple Dutch VAT accounts.

Maintained fixed asset system and prepared monthly fixed asset roll forward schedule.

Prepared and filed Sales Use Tax for multiple states.

Fabrica, Inc., Santa Ana, CA Mar 08 – Mar 09

Cost Accountant

Responsibilities:

Completed monthly financial closing process including manufacturing expenses, production volumes, and variance analysis of standard versus actual cost of materials, labor and overhead.

Maintained accurate product cost and prices.

Created and maintained monthly Inventory roll forward schedules.

Performed monthly reconciliation of work-in-progress and finished inventory levels to the GL.

Prepared monthly detailed reports on budgets, variances, performance metrics, gross margins, inventory reserve balances, work-in-progress and finished inventory roll forward schedules.

Assisted controller in the preparation of manufacturing financial plans for the establishment of standard costs, annual operating plans and quarterly forecasts.

Prepared all associated materials for yearly external audits, reconciled any discrepancies.

Implemented an objective shrinkage level (1.25% to 3%) thereby reflecting the most favorable variance in cost of sales to date.

Established objective cost drives to determine standard rates for: Labor, Overhead, Utilities, (Materials) Primary & Secondary Backings, Dye & Chemicals, Topicals & Latex.

Developed and trended monthly analysis, for all raw materials, labor & utilities usage.

Teletrac, Inc., Garden Grove, CA Jul 01 – Mar 08

Senior General/Cost Accountant

Responsibilities:

Performed general accounting duties for the preparation of financial statements.

Performed monthly reconciliation of GL accounts and accounts payable subsidiary ledger to the General Ledger.

Maintained fixed asset system.

Prepared monthly fixed asset roll forward schedule.

Maintained raw materials cost file.

Performed monthly analysis of inventory purchases, construction, work-in-progress cost maintenance and analysis, bill of materials development and implementation.

Reduced assessed sales tax liability from $2.3 million to $100k.

Prepared all associated materials for annual external audit.

Streamlined sales, used and excised tax liabilities accounts, resulting in savings of $125k in 2001, $88k in 2002 and $105k in 2003.

Performed variance analysis for monthly budgeted cost of service and equipment to actual.

Prepared inventory rolls forward schedule, sales and use tax returns for multi-state tax reporting and monthly reconciliation of sales, use and excise tax accounts.

Community Service:

Former Secretary, Umuogba USA Non-Profit Service Organization

Responsibilities:

Den Leader, Boys Scout of America Pack 108

Former Coach, American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) Region 97

Former Coach, Daily Pilot Cup, Youth Soccer Tournament.

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