Experience

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  Dot Foods

  • Mt. Sterling, Illinois

  • Staff Accountant

    • Jun 2014 - Present
    • Mt. Sterling, Illinois

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  HBC Solutions (formerly Harris Broadcast)

  • Quincy, Illinois

  • Senior Cost Accountant

    • Mar 1998 - Mar 2014
    • Quincy, Illinois

    Coordinated and maintained standard costing. Prepared and distributed daily operational metrics and key performance indicators. Forecasted costs for orders in backlog. Reconciled perpetual and work in process inventories to the general ledger. Analyzed Purchase Price Variance focusing on vendor and buyer performance. Prepared Product Cost Models including bill of material components comparing standard and last received costs to help identify critical cost reduction studies. Reviewed production variances to determine cause and appropriate action to resolve.

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  Quincy Soybean Company

  • Quincy, Illinois

  • Senior Accountant

    • Apr 1995 - Mar 1998
    • Quincy, Illinois

    Coordinated full charge accounting activities for parent and consolidated group. Designed, prepared and distributed various financial, budgetary and operational reporting. Administered accounting system software including security, training, documentation and user support. Implemented accounting system including software selection and historical data conversion.

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  Moorman Manufacturing Company

  • Quincy, Illinois

  • Financial Projects Coordinator | Manager of Financial Accounting

    • May 1977 - Apr 1995
    • Quincy, Illinois

    Completed installation of General Ledger software, expanded its functionality and trained organization. Developed and implemented accounting plan for legal entity restructuring. Coordinated and directed accounting for parent company, selected subsidiaries and consolidated group. Directed and mentored personnel in preparation of financials and other accounting functions such as budgets, payables, receivables, fixed assets and payroll. Audited and evaluated internal controls and administration of company policies.