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Highly qualified finance professional and CPA with MBA and extensive experience in advanced financial analysis. Solid expertise in providing cost analysis, preparing financial statements, forecasting, analyzing cash flow, reducing expenses, and managing inventory. Demonstrated success in streamlining existing operations and turning around unprofitable functions. Analytical and organized, with ability to identify needs and implement effective solutions to prevent financial surprises. Exceptional technical skills, with proven success in accounting and ERP system transitions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS: SAP, Oracle ERP, Hyperion Enterprise, Hyperion Pillar, Hyperion Essbase, MAS90, Oros, Brio Explorer, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) and MS Access.

CERTIFICATION: Texas Certified Public Accountant (CPA), 2001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

APPLIED MATERIALS, Mandan, ND, 20xx – Present
The world’s largest maker of semiconductor production equipment with $6.99 billion in annual revenue. Fortune 500 corporation with approximately 12,600 employees.

COSTING ANALYST (20xx – 20xx): Determined material and burden cost of all products manufactured for the DSM product business group, the company’s largest product division. Costed system and non-system orders. Reconciled cost of goods sold, finished goods, and WIP inventory. Analyzed discrete job variances and updated standard material costs in Oracle.

* Led cross-functional team to reduce aged WIP inventory by $3 million in less than one year.

* Directed costing effort to support transition of activities from California to Texas.

* Prepared material cost of sales analysis to correctly verify alignment with cost reduction goals.

* Streamlined material / burden forecasting process by developing a monthly communication forum.

* Received two Kudo Award for providing exceptional peer support.

SPENDING ANALYST (20xx – 20xx): Returned to Austin, Texas to provide spending analysis for Global Operations Division. Oversaw budgeting and spending forecasts for several large manufacturing and engineering organizations. Maintained the Activity Based Costing System and managed associated activities. Analyzed temporary labor trends and billed out loan labor to other divisions. Managed relocation and other accruals; prepared ad-hoc spending analysis for impact of shutdowns, loan labor, and overtime. Conducted safety audits as a member of the Building Safety Committee.

* Re-designed and maintained complex, activity based costing model for 90 cost centers.

* Prepared cost curve and assisted with case for relocating a product business group to Texas.

* Maintained exceptional budget integrity and customer service.

* Developed overtime reporting package and process to gather detailed build volumes for activity based costing.

* Recommended and assisted in the implementation of a new data hierarchy for Pillar budgeting software to reflect major business reorganizations.

ASSET ANALYST (20xx – 20xx): Provided fixed asset accounting and administration for the North America Shared Services Center. Reconciled fixed asset balance sheet accounts and provided monthly/quarterly capital reporting. Reviewed construction in progress (CIP) projects and capitalized as appropriate, with an average of 50 active projects a month. As member of corporate Fixed Asset Committee, prepared detailed process documentation for all fixed asset duties, interpreted policy for internal customers, and supported expansion of service level agreements.

* Successfully led team to conduct first physical asset inventory in five years, involving 20,000 assets in over 40 locations. Efforts resulted in reducing asset net book values by over $600,000 and property tax base by $47 million. Won team leader of the quarter for exceptional execution.

* Helped design new SAP asset acquisition report, which slashed month-end reporting time in half.

* Received Kudo Award for excellent customer support and a 4.9/5.0 customer feedback rating.

* Developed and implemented effective new US asset tagging system.

EDUCATION

M.B.A – Concentration in Accounting (GPA: 4.0; Magna Cum Laude)
XYZ University, Mandan, ND * 20xx

B.A. – Finance (GPA: 3.5; Cum Laude)
City University of XYZ, Mandan, ND * 20xx

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