Experience

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  Duquesne Light Company

  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Sr Fixed Asset Accountant

    • Oct 2017 - Present
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Balance property, plant and equipment monthlyReview depreciation monthly; update rates——Heavy involvement with system upgrade: Financial, work management and PAAM Report actual vs budget/rate caseAd hoc analysisReview various fixed asset components and determine course of actionDocumenting procedures

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  Pittsburgh Glass Works

  • Greater Pittsburgh Area

  • Accountant II

    • Feb 2013 - Oct 2017
    • Greater Pittsburgh Area

    •Close General Ledger in an efficient, timely and correct manner on a monthly basis•Prepare standard journal entries and propose any necessary reclassification adjustments•Analyze the day to day operations of Chillicothe Warehouse and provide appropriate explanation for variances•Manage inventory in excess of $30MM •Perform Balance Sheet reconciliations•Assist Sourcing Coordinator with receipt issues and quantity variances•Perform weekly third party vendor inventory reconciliations, question and analyze variances•Assist Accounts Payable with invoice discrepancies•Work closely with Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Information Technology, Supply Chain and Chillicothe Warehouse•Assist with audit requests

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  H.J. Heinz Company

  • Obsolete Inventory Analyst

    • Nov 2006 - Jun 2011

    •Prepared summaries on aging inventory utilizing pivot tables•Drove decisions during monthly aging meeting•Assisted with budget preparation•Generated reclass entries•Prepared and published weekly analysis of actual vs. forecast•Determined need for incremental reserves and gathered backup•Pulled monthly financials via Access and Hyperion Essbase •Acted as a financial liaison within department•Conducted biweekly meetings to review sensitive aging inventories•Generated YOY savings for disposals driven by close monitoring and questioning transactions•Developed strong cross functional partnerships•Prepared training material and trained factories on the GDW ADR application•Fielded questions on the GDW ADR application and monitored use•Wrote Corporate Finished Good Asset Disposal Requests and identified root cause for the disposals•Tracked and analyzed finished good disposals and determined improvement plans•Created process maps for all job functions•Participated in Six Sigma Yellow belt training

  • Inventory Accountant

    • Aug 2001 - Nov 2006

    •Monitored and analyzed inventory transactions via queries (AS400 and Access) and prepared journal entries•Reviewed various reports to ensure transactions resolved to the general ledger properly•Interacted with Procurement, Accounts Payable, Factory Locations and Various Departments on a regular basis•Worked well with various levels of management•Assisted with the implementation of the RTV and warehouse cycle count procedures and monitored compliance•Maintained facility and warehouse codes in BPCS and published the warehouse master list •Monitored and loaded finished good standard costs•Developed processes for book-to-book reconciliations with 3rd party warehouses (WMS vs. BPCS)•Reviewed aging inventory and recorded adequate reserve dollars and questioned disposals vs. reserve•Oversaw annual physical inventory•Audited and wrote SOP’s to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley•Prepared various reconciliations and researched discrepancies

  • Accounts Payable Supervisor

    • Apr 1999 - Aug 2001

    •Supervised, developed, trained, and motivated 10 Accounts Payable personnel in the day-to-day activities of the accounts payable department•Directed and controlled staff to ensure accurate and timely processing of $900MM in vendor invoices •Successfully implemented E-bpcs software program into daily activities•Assisted and offered insight on the E-bpcs implementation for HNA Dry•Maintained Accounts Payable SOP’s and continued to develop new processes•Reviewed and processed journal entries•Reconciled various accounts on a daily and monthly basis•Assisted the General Manager of Accounting with special projects•Prepared 1099 taxable income forms for the IRS•Reviewed signature authorization levels and monitored compliance•Reviewed and analyzed general ledger account discrepancies and provided feedback on the inquiries•Understood the relationship between various departments and the effects of transactions on these departments •Regularly interacted with all levels of management and factory locations

  • Sales Support Analyst

    • Feb 1998 - Apr 1999

    •Monitored, evaluated, and analyzed spending and took corrective action•Assisted in the preparation of general, administrative and selling expense budgets and quarterly forecasts•Provided administrative support for the field offices•Prepared financial reports for all levels of management•Code and approved various marketing charges•Prepared various P&L components in forecasts and budgets•Provided brand support•Prepared monthly spending documents•Maintained database of all marketing appropriation requests