Cost / Inventory Accountant

P.O. Box ****

Escondido, CA *****

760-***-****

******@*******.***

Ron Lide

Summary: Experienced Cost Accountant, with over twenty-nine years experience in Cost Accounting and Data Processing, looking for a position with a Manufacturing Firm where my experience can be an asset.

Experience

8/2004-2008 Various Contract Assignments San Diego, CA. Cost Accountant , Genomics Institute , San Diego; Cost Accountant , Invitrogen , Carlsbad; Budget Analyst, Ligand Pharmaceutical, San Diego; Financial Analyst, McBride Electric, San Diego, Cost Accountant Onyx Power, Costa Mesa, CA..

Bi-monthly and year end Physical Inventories, set standard cost, variance analysis, cost rolls, inventory and production journal entries for multiple facilities, monthly reports (GM, COS, etc.), Sales and use tax, graphs and analysis for month end managers and yearly stockholders meetings, audit of Bills of Material for accuracy of materials and labor and other duties as assigned.

2003-2004 Sorrento Networks San Diego, CA

Cost Accountant

 Responsible for maintained cost on Raw Materials and quarterly Cost Rolls on Manufactured Products.

 Responsible for cost entries to general ledger for three companies.

2001-2003 Stillman Seal Carlsbad, CA Accounting Supervisor

 Analysis of cost of sales on items that had unacceptable profit margins.

 Reduced monthly close process from 5 days to 3 days.

 Coordinated and costed Quarterly Physical Inventories.

 In charge of all accounting functions to include A/R, A/P, Payroll, Inventory, Cost Accounting and Financials.

1999-2001 Sony Corporation Rancho Bernardo, CA

Cost Accountant II / Financial Analyst

 Prepared monthly financials for parent in Japan using Hyperion.

 Accomplished weekly Random Inventory Audits with 97% accuracy on $78 million.

 Worked with site A/P to match receivers to invoices for vendor payment.

 Analysis and review, with cost center managers, expense cost variances for month-end management meetings.

1977-1999 Other Positions Texas & Oklahoma

1997-1999 Cost Accounting Manger, Holman Boiler, Dallas, TX; 1994-1997,Cost Accountant, Crane Plumbing, Dallas, TX; 1983-1994 Data Processing Manager, Fuqua Homes, Arlington, TX; 1977-1983 Senior Accountant, Wilson Foods Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK.

Education  1976 University of Oklahoma Norman, OK

Bachelor of Accountancy

Software  McCola, Oracle, J.D. Edwards, ROI, Forth Shift and Microsoft Office.

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