Senior Inventory/Cost Accountant and Finance Leader

Rod Johnson

Phone: 248-***-**** E-Mail: ************@*****.***

OBJECTIVES

Building on multiple skills in Finance/Accounting. Work for a thriving organization. To collaborate with a committed team that aims to deliver reliable information, helping people make informed choices and improve the quality of products and services.

QUALIFICATIONS

Twenty-five plus years of financial analysis and accounting in both manufacturing & corporate environments.

Core Competencies

Cost Accounting- Cost Review/Variance Analysis/Absorption/Usage

Physical Inventory Auditing (SOX Compliant)

Cycle Count Testing/Standard Cost Rolls

BOM Analysis/Capacity Planning/Inventory Turns

ERP Implementation- Part of two new system implementations. Corporate

representative for JD Edwards (One World) SAP

implementation

Financial Analysis - Built Budget reviews based on previous results and

current forecast models. P&L statement analysis and

cash forecasting. Financial Statement modeling, based.

on different financial variables.

Computer Skills

Excel/Word/Access Hyperion Database Query Building

Pivot Tables/V&H-Lookups ERP Data Mining Macro Creation

Google Sheets/Docs/Slides

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Accountancy, Walsh College GPA 3.4

MBA-Finance Program, Walsh College GPA 3.8

ISO 9001 Auditor Certification

EMPLOYMENT

05-201*-**-**** Senior Inventory/Cost Manager, FCA/Stellantis Auburn Hills, MI

Developed a Purchase Order Issue Tracking System 2025

Transitioned an Office Team from Poland to India 2025

Lead Product Cost Study Assembly Model Year 2020

Created and Administrator MGA Assembly SharePoint (Designed and Administrate)

Google Guide and Lead for MGA Assembly/Manufacturing (On Google since September 2018)

Maintained current ASCM Cost Structure. Part of the Product Cost Study

Manage multiple Fiat Services analyst on SIR/Shipper related transactions.

Lead on PO related variances and reconciliation

Worked with Multiple Departments to Resolve Cost Issues Including:

o(Engineering/Assembly/Manufacturing/Aftermarket)

Analyzed and generated cost records for missing standard costs.

Managed multiple plant Inventory Records Monthly Blackline/OneStream Reconciliations.

Accountable for overseeing monthly and quarterly reversals of intra-company transactions in transit.

Analyze cost of sales vs stock status movements and reclass identified differences to Cost of Sales/Inventory

Performed a Deep Dive Audit on CAD Corporate Car

02-201*-**-**** Senior Financial Analyst, FIAT Services Royal Oak, MI

Managed multiple analysts during month end process.

Lead on Intercompany Inventory Transaction Resolution

Work with Multiple Departments to Resolve Cost Issues Including:

o(Engineering/Assembly/Manufacturing/Aftermarket)

BOM Analysis and Cost Rollup for Multiple Suppliers and Plant Locations

Managed Unmatched Single Inventory Records Monthly Reconciliation for Thirteen Profit Centers

Created Month End Inventory Reconciliation Process That Reduced Creation Time and Manual Calculations

Build Month/Quarter End Entries Including Inventory and Expense Accruals

Resolved Non-Reconciled Accounts Payable/Inventory Transaction Matches Between Multiple ERP Systems

06-201*-**-**** Cost Accountant, EO Tech Ann Arbor, MI

Lead on improvement Initiatives/LCM & Inv. Reserve Analysis

Built a Process for Physical Inventories

Lead on Cycle Count Program

Responsible for all Manufacturing Journal Entries

Perform Product Performance/Absorption Analysis

11-200*-*-**** Financial Consultant, Experis (Jefferson Wells), Southfield, MI

Clients: Chrysler, GM, Lear, Tecumseh, Detroit Schools, Others

Built new audit procedures for SAP Variance Account Analysis (Chrysler)

Review Supplier Contracts to find errors, missed reductions and contract negotiation opportunities. Recovered over three million dollars (GM)

Valued & Booked Cost Savings for Chrysler Purchasing (Scorecard Analysis)

Auditing Purchases Orders for validity for transfer to an SAP Implementation (Chrysler)

Analyzed and provided updates for metal market indexes for all Chrysler Purchase Orders.

Conducted an audit of standard material costs for consigned materials, which identified misappropriated assets valued at eight million dollars.

Built Audit Procedures For both consigned and pseudo consigned inventories (GM)

Managed cost structures for scrap steel inventory pricing based on the American Metal Market averages (GM)

Forecasted scrap and processed steel shipments for multiple steel mills and steel processors (GM)

09-200*-**-**** Cost Accountant, Honeywell Troy, MI

Directed physical inventories at multi-million-dollar warehouses.

Built a Perpetual Inventory Tracking System for Asbestos Inventory that saved the company $500k.

Built an excel worksheet that calculates the values of Excess and Obsolete Inventories

Built and maintained a cash distribution forecast that assisted management in cash flow analysis.

Helped create a link to two ERP databases that reduces cost variances.

Created cost studies to determine if new products would be profitable.

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