Senior Accountant
Resume:
Karen C. Dickens
Millsboro, DE 19966
***********@*****.***
302-***-**** Cell
Objective: To pursue a career in accounting or related field that will continually provide challenge and the opportunity to expand my current knowledge and skills.
Experience:
Burris Logistics Milford, DE 19963
Retail Staff Accountant July 2007 to May 2009
Assist in the Retail areas of the Finance/Accounting Department and provide much of the basic accounting duties.
- Invoiced vendors over $5 million for weekly billing for the Harrington location
- Prepare and distribute weekly inventory analysis
- Reconcile and report monthly transportation
- Preparation of monthly journal entries
- Prepare monthly profit and loss for the retail department
- Analyzed monthly Account payable pending reports
- Reviewed and signed off on Expense Vouchers for Federalsburg and Harrington locations
- Reviewed and verified outbound logistic for Harrington and Federalsburg locations
- Entered all deduction memo’s for inbound logistics
- Researched any discrepancies with vendors’ invoices
- Resolved all invoice problems between vendor and Accounts Payable
- Reconciled monthly promotions reports for Atlanta and Federalsburg locations
- Reconciled/Prepared account analysis for different General Ledger Accounts
- Prepared various weekly Retail and Specialty Project Reports
- Deducted all inventory adjustments under appropriate codes
- Booked monthly interplant/location inventory transfers
- Entered journal entries to correct inventory cost problems
- Prepared all credit applications for all locations
- Served as back-up for the Division Controller as she traveled to different locations
Icelandic USA Cambridge, MD 21613
Cost/Inventory Accountant November 2005 to June 2007
Primarily responsibilities include correcting production work orders, resolving all issues that affect inventory accuracy & integrity and follow-up on all open issues until they are resolved.
- Analyze prior day’s production work order detail/calculate the delta between current production average cost and last average cost
- Process quantity and cost adjustments and reclass them to appropriate general ledger accounts. All quantity adjustments that exceed $1000 and do not relate to production work orders must have the approval of the Cost Accounting Supervisor or Controller.
- Analyze, resolve and prevent reoccurrence of problem issues that relate to the movement, cost and maintenance of inventory produced and purchased.
- Assist receiving, purchasing, accounts payable and any other department in resolving issues that may have a direct effect on the integrity of inventory and cost.
- Advise various personnel on what they need to do in order to resolve issues affecting inventory integrity and accuracy.
- Review Inventory In-Transit Report daily for item that has been in-transit greater than 5 days. Confirm the validity of items in-transit with your shipping and receiving department and the Inventory Accountant for outside warehouses.
- At the end of each business day or week, provide Logistics Manager or designated personnel with copies of all quantity adjustments for warehouse #03
- Follow-up (As Cost Accountants it is our duty to ensure that all known and foreseen issues are resolved in a timely manner).
- Serve as back-up for one another.
Mid-Atlantic Packaging Dover, DE 19901
Acct/Purchasing Agent October 2001 to March 2005
- Maintained 90 day inventory based on sales history
- Maintain accuracy of retail and resale of inventory
- Verified and matched incoming invoices with purchase orders
- Entered Purchase orders for all stocked goods.
- Ordered all special items not listed in the catalog
- Check month end reports for Purchase Orders not yet invoiced by manufactures
- Ordered All Office Supplies.
Vlasic Foods International. Millsboro, DE 19966
Material Coordinator/Purchaser May 1983 to May 2001
Responsible for packaging and ingredient inventories for an annual production of over Six million cases of finished product. Purchased all safety equipment according to OSHA regulations. Interface purchasing duties with all company departments
- Promoted to material Coordinator from Production due to high performance
- Established and implemented procedures and policies to streamline purchasing process.
- Reduced inventory cost by 20% with the implementation of JIT practices.
- Established Supply Return Program resulting $50,000 cost reduction annually
- Initiated and maintained ongoing accuracy and reconciliation of perpetual and physical inventories.
- Assisted Production Planner and Scheduler.
- Participated in e-commerce and e-procurement.
- Trained production personnel on various subjects
- Negotiated Small Business Contracts with vendors.
- Organized Prime Cost Team, which generated upward communication with reduction in plant operating cost.
Education: Wilmington College Wilmington, DE
Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting 1988
Graduated Cum Laude
Delaware Technical and Community College Georgetown, DE
Associates Degree in Accounting 1979
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