Accountant
Resume:
Donald Johnson
***** *** **** **., ************, OH 44136
***************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
Continue professional development in accounting, cost accounting, and systems development. Identify and recommend key opportunities to drive business improvement in manufacturing operations. Work within a stable yet progressive organization focused on prudent cost and operations management. Moreover, achieve corporate goals with innovation, drive, and dedication. Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting background
WORK HISTORY:
1999 – 2009 U.S. COTTON, LLC Cleveland, OH
COST ACCOUNTANT (Formerly Megas Beauty Care & ASR Fiber Products)
• Conducted the review of activities concerning development of standard cost, tracking, and the valuing of inventory, targeted goals for profitability, productivity, cycle time, inventory, optimization, delivery and quality. Analyze variances related to manufacturing material, labor, burden, and purchase price variance
• Reconciliation of General Ledger, Perpetual Inventories, and participate in all physical inventory functions
• Reviewed standard cost, bills of material, and routings; assist in development of labor and overhead rate for various manufacturing cost centers
• Prepared and review month end journal entries for inventory and variances
• Participated in major initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness of processes and procedures. Financial analysis for special projects, as required.
• Presented and gather information for auditors
• Supervised the cost department for a $135 million dollar manufacture of cotton products, to reduce cost and increase profits.
• Prepared financial statements, journal entries, lead schedules, analyses, surveys and other related financial reporting.
• Facilitated and completed monthly close procedures and reporting requirements to the CFO and plant managers at all sites.
• Worked closely with sales and manufacturing to develop the yearly budget forecast revenues, cost and expenses.
• Helped setup new QAD eB system during the merger of U.S. Cotton, LLC and ASR Fiber Products.
• Initiated setting up weekly labor and material reports for plant managers and supervisors, reduced labor and material cost by 5-10%.
• Worked in a team environment to streamline production, retrain, and modify the way Supervisors and production workers did their jobs. In the process, the team saved over $950,000 in just one year.
1997-1999 AQUATECH Twinsburg, OH
ACCOUNTING MANAGER/COST ACCOUNTANT
• Was responsible for the accounting function in its entirety for a $18 million manufacturer of sewer cleaning equipment
• Generated all financial statements for the division and for the corporate office that included month-end closing, journal entries, and all monthly account and inventory analysis.
• Generated accurate analysis of cost of goods sold and analyzing all labor and parts charged to the units, reduced inventory write off’s by $500,000 a year.
• Supervise the General Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Cash Application and Accounts Payable functions.
• Was involved in the computer administration for the UNIX based Symix integrated system
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1996-1997 ACCOUNTEMPS (SAIC) Beachwood, OH
PROJECT FINANCIAL ANALYST
• Reported and controlled project cost.
• In addition to special projects needed in monthly or biweekly reports, I generated all invoices and reports to project managers
• Generated all monthly project analysis, posting invoices, and balanced monthly general ledger accounts
1979—1996 KIRKWOOD INDUSTRIES/ MIDWEST MICA & INSULATION DIVISION Cleveland, OH
COST ACCOUNTANT/INTERNAL AUDITOR/ ASSISTANT TAX MANAGER
• Was responsible for the costing and system administration division that was the largest manufacturer in the U.S. for electrical insulation components used in electric motors for aerospace, automotive, and small appliance industries
• Costing required working closely with sales, engineering, production planning/operations, and purchasing in evaluation customer requests, analyzing specifications, and determined appropriate pricing for orders, 60% of which were custom orders
• Defined standards, monitored variances, and constantly reviewed pricing to assure desired profit levels
• Managed division system operations, monitored UNIX-based Symix integration system for order entry, inventory control, invoicing, receivables, payables, purchasing, shipping/receiving and production control
• Worked with the Plant Manager and Production Supervisor in analysis of production processes for product manufacture—line comprised 40% of division sales. Defined and implemented new standards, procedures, and controls that increased gross profit levels by 53%.
• Worked with outside computer consultants in converting manual customer information system to computerized customer activity database
• Significantly improved accuracy, efficiency of sales, and order entry; reducing order-processing cost by $10,000 per month
• Evaluated and revised existing costing procedures.
• Created new reporting for General Manager; generated accurate analysis of cost of goods sold by order, product, and customer. It was the first time this was accomplished in the corporation. For more accurate financial reporting, all divisions and on a corporate level utilized the developed Costing methods.
• Completed audits for 14 divisions and subsidiaries.
• Worked closely with outside auditors in securing and providing required information that reduced annual audit cost by $25,000.
• Hired in newly created position as first internal auditor for corporation.
• Worked with corporate Controller, defined audit procedures, and completed annual audits of all divisions and subsidiaries.
• Assistant Tax Manager Duties also required preparation and filing of all payroll-related taxes “on time” with no late payments or charges.
• Initiated plan to improve cash flow for one division that reduced receivables by 10-days.
EDUCATION:
Defiance College: Bachelor of Science, Accounting & Finance
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Microsoft Excel and Word, Windows NT, Windows, Outlook, Lotus Notes, QAD eB, Syteline , SAP, Internet, Intranet, alphanumeric data entry, and 10-key , Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting background.
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