• Proven track record of building and leading highly effective cost accounting teams within fast paced manufacturing environments.
• Recognized for the ability to ensure accuracy and pinpoint variances throughout financial processes.
• In depth understanding of best inventory cost and revenue accounting; demonstrated ability to streamline existing processes to optimize efficiency throughout daily operations.

Praxair Inc, Tonawanda, NY 2012-2016

$11 billion global industrial gas company.

Revenue Accounting and Reporting Manager

• Assumed integral accounting and reporting leadership position, with chief responsibilities including sales variance report generation, streamlining month end close processes, conducting in depth analysis regarding variances and accurately reporting on $3B in annual sales.
• Demonstrated strong management abilities while overseeing daily tasks of 4 staff members.
• Successfully prepared and posted $25MM quarterly EITF 01-08 lease accounting journal entry.
• Strategically converted all Legacy Cognos sales reports to OBIEE; created and developed MS Access queries via ODBC connections to JDE to troubleshoot and supplement OBIEE reporting.
• Collaborated extensively with multiple business units to ensure readiness for financial/SOX audits, accrue unbilled sales orders, develop systematic solutions for inter-company sales and resolve issues within data warehouse.

Key Achievements:

• Successfully accrued $1M in monthly unbilled sales orders.
• Served as SME for revenue on JDE upgrade project; updated 200,000 JDE accounting instruction records throughout upgrade.

CooperVision, Inc, Rochester, NY 2006-2012

$1 billion multi-entity global contact lens manufacturer.

US Cost Accounting Manager (2008-2012)

• Fulfilled key leadership position, overseeing daily operations for 4 Cost Accounting Professionals; focused primarily on training and performance management.
• Championed process improvement initiatives, resulting in increased efficiency throughout manufacturing close process, controls, report generation and inventory management for 140+ national accounts.
• Maintained regulatory compliance throughout all customer contracts and revenue reporting.
• Successfully liaised with Internal/External Auditors for quarterly/year end audits regarding inventory, cost accounting, cost of goods sold and various prepaid expenses.
• Ensured accuracy throughout all cost accounting journal entries, account reconciliations and creation of SOX process narratives.
• Oversaw merger of Canadian month end closing and reporting into department.
• Generated detailed production line KPI reports for $11 million labeling operation.

Senior Cost Accountant (2006-2008)

• Recognized for reducing cost accounting month end close from 8-10 days to 5 days, as well as reconciling $1M+ in monthly unidentified cost of goods sold charges.
• Collaborated with IT to develop Baan inventory reports and implement a data warehouse.
• Worked closely with Inventory Control department to improve existing cycle count procedures.

Birdseye Foods, Inc, Rochester, NY 2000-2006

$900 million domestic frozen vegetable and canned food processor.

Inventory Supervisor/Analyst (2004-2006)

• Collaborated extensively with multiple business units to ensure on time completion of projects; focused efforts on warehouse reconciliation, generation of month-end inventory reports and employee performance.
• Prepared, reviewed and analyzed data to make accurate forecasts and identify variances.
• Ensured readiness for SOX audits.

Inventory Supervisor (2002-2004)

• Utilized strong accounting knowledge to successfully train and supervise daily activities of 3 staff members, focusing on driving performance and maintaining accuracy throughout reconciliation for 60+ 3^rd party warehouses.
• Streamlined process improvement initiatives, resulting in a 30%-time savings for company.
• Duties included inventory report preparation, identification/analysis of variances, inventory control and performing cycle count audits.

Cost Accountant (2000-2002)

• Demonstrated strong attention to detail throughout completion of daily accounting operations.
• Main responsibilities included forecasting, identifying variances and reviewing contracts.
• Generated thorough month end reports to convey information to appropriate parties.

Intern, Cost Accounting Department (2000)

• Gained valuable exposure to best accounting processes, including account reconciliations, oversight of bills of materials and updating of standard costs for company.

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, St John Fisher College, Rochester, NY; 2000