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Skills

  • Tax accounting
  • Tax accounting specialization
  • Financial controls development
  • MS Office Suite
  • Operational improvement
  • Account reconciliation specialist
  • Financial reporting
  • Team training and development
  • Category equipment
  • Risk Assessment

Work Experiences

  • Used automation software to revise and streamline inefficient work procedures.
  • Analyzed costs and revenues to forecast future trends.
  • Established
  • Managed
  • Assisted department employees by performing a variety of clerical and administrative duties.
  • Entered interactions, payments, and personal information into customer accounts.
  • Provided all of the tax documentation required to file accurate corporate returns.
  • Assessed accounting requirements during discovery meetings with potential clients.
  • Advised
  • Conducted trend analysis, benchmark reports, attribution analysis, and recommendations to achieve program.

Summaries

  • With a positive, can-do attitude, accommodating Cost Analyst who can effectively manage strict deadlines, schedules, and repetitive tasks.
  • Ambitious
  • Seasoned
  • In the method industry, I'm ready to take on high-volume operations.
  • Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
  • Focused on customer service
  • CPA with nearly three years of progressive public accounting experience serving high net worth individuals, C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts.
  • Versatile
  • Accounting professional with extensive experience in stakeholder engagement and team leadership.
  • Cost Analyst is a well-informed Cost Analyst who is capable of responding quickly to financial inquiries from internal management and potential clients.

Accomplishments

  • Process Conducted fieldwork audits in accordance with the firm methodology and AICPA pronouncements for non-profits and construction companies.
  • Created financial models to simulate multiple cost scenarios, aiding executives in strategic decision-making for capital investment planning.
  • Identified high-cost variances based on production data, enabling cost-cutting measures that resulted in a 73% improvement in gross margins.
  • Tax Returns: Performed tax methods applicable to business revenues and like-kind exchanges. Prepared annual individual, corporate, trust, estate, gift and partnership tax returns.
  • Provided key financial insights to senior leadership through deep analysis of material, labor, and overhead costs, influencing investment in cost-saving technologies.
  • Generated a 5% reduction in month-end close.
  • Assessed financial impact of raw material cost fluctuations, providing strategies that helped stabilize production costs during periods of market volatility.
  • Designed a rolling forecast model that improved real-time cost tracking and reduced forecast variances by 39%, preventing major cost overruns.
  • Negotiated supplier contracts to achieve better price points for raw materials, saving 16% on procurement costs in 2021.
  • Handled and resolved the largest Number of reporting discrepancies in three years.

Affiliations

  • American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
  • International Cost Estimating and Analysis Organization (ICEAA)
  • American Marketing Association
  • Cost Management Analysts Association (CMAA)
  • Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)
  • National Contracts Management Association (NCMA)
  • Business Management Advisory Council (BMAC)
  • Supply Chain Management Professionals Group (SCMPG)
  • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)

Certifications

  • Association for Project Management (APM)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)
  • Fixed Assets Management Certification
  • FDCPA
  • Oracle Financials Cloud: Payables Certification
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Budgeting and Forecasting Certificate by Meridian
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • Cost Estimating Body of Knowledge (CEBoK) Certification

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