Plexus Corp - Controller Resume Example

• Had final responsibility for providing the organization and its management team with the appropriate financial and operating information necessary.
• Areas of responsibility include Cost Accounting, Inventory balancing and management, A/P, Cattle Payable, Invoicing.
• And Purchasing Implemented the new JBS inventory management system to reconcile inventory, estimate a reliable weekly P&L (+/- 5% to month end booked results) Developed daily checkbook reports to assist department managers which resulted in a reduction of supply cost and R&M cost.
• Implemented the a yield reporting system and maintain process mapping Developed SOP's for all critical jobs for both locations.

• Responsible for all accounting functions.
• Month-end closings for two companies.
• Consolidation models for all four companies.
• Bank reporting, cash forecasting, daily bank reconciliations.
• Inventory reconciliation and analysis.
• Coordinate audits at all locations.
• Challenged to make all accounting functions look the same at all locations.
• Manage a staff of 6 associates including Cost Accounting, Inventory, A/P, A/R, Invoicing, Payroll, Sales & Use Tax Set-up a new company which included coordinating IS, accounting, purchasing: Responsible for setting up all new reports and consolidating them into the corporate model: Training staff Attended banking seminar on foreign letters of credit.
• Responsible for writing all letter of credit applications and tracking through expiration Established policy and procedures for all Inter-Company transaction.
• Created flow charts to diagram process.

• Solely responsible for all accounting functions at the plant level including: forecasting, Costing, Month-end closing, General Ledger reconciliations and Production analysis.
• Successfully completed 404 testing for the Ripon plant.
• During the last audit the Ripon facility was deficient free.
• Daily, weekly and seasonal production analysis using Excel.

• Performed general ledger analysis, Month-end closings, Managed accounts payable and Payroll.
• Prepared monthly capital expenditure reports.
• Prepared journal entries, bank statement reconciliation, income and balance sheet preparation, and problem solving.
• Prior to Oracle implementation supervised A/R and Invoicing also.
• Use knowledge and proficiency in Excel to produce month-end reporting, analysis and reconciliations Implemented procedures during the close cycle to assist our associates in entering and maintaining journal entries in a way that reduced errors made.
• Set procedure in place in the accounts receivable area to increase the % current from an average of 85% to 93% in a one-year period of time.
• Point person at the Ripon location for the implementation of Oracle General Ledger and Accounts Payable system.
• During the process developed sound working relationships with accountants at the divisional level.

• Supervised a staff of eight employees in Accounts payable, Payroll, Mailing and Filing.
• Prepared Month-end journal entries.
• Reconciled payroll, operations and manufacturing accrual accounts.
• Reconciled and prepared analysis of MPV, freight and cash discounts.
• Maintained Fixed Asset System analyzed and closed capital projects.
• Prepared weekly projections for freight and cash discounts.
• Promoted from General Accountant to Supervisor after a nine-month period Prepared budgets for depreciation and freight.
• Tied detail to financial statements and transmitted to corporate headquarters.
• Tracked and prepared analysis of price variance of raw material Part of the implementation team for purchase cards.
• Prepared analysis and plan to roll out the system.
• Tracked progress by cost center for effectiveness.

Internship during the 1996 tax season

• Assisted IRS auditors in assembling data and creating a database to proceed with audit.