Cost Accountant
190860 | Contract
This diverse Cost Accountant with a Six Sigma Green Belt has a strong background within finance, general accounting, system implementations and process improvements. Industry experience includes manufacturing, distribution and pharmaceuticals. Systems experience includes Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP, TM1, Hyperion Essbase, HFM, Cognos, Visio and advanced Excel.
Additional qualifications include:
- Managed month-end close activities including journal entries, account reconciliations, accrual calculations, consolidations and financial statement preparation
- Developed end-to-end financial tracking of fixed assets including capital approval requests, calculation of investment returns, project expenditure monitoring, determination of placed in-service dates and depreciation life, segregation of capital expense and project expense, tracking of system depreciation and the completion of post capital project implementation audit of expected financial results
- Reviewed contracts for accounting implications such as statements of work, long-term sales contracts, milestones, percent complete, and vendor/purchasing
- Built consolidated corporate budgets, forecasts and performed ad hoc analysis
- Developed process and procedures for both accounting and finance functions including identifying how to optimize the use of systems
- Served as group Subject Matter Expert (SME) for GAAP, internal control, Sarbanes Oxley, purchasing, accounts payable, fixed assets and capital project accounting
- Worked with corporate tax team to optimize tax minimization strategies
Skills: Accounts Payable, Accruals Audit Planning, Balance Sheet, Bank Reconciliations, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cognos, Consolidations, Cost Accounting - Standard, Cost Analysis, Essbase, Excel - Intermediate, Expenses, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Reporting, Fixed Assets, Fund Accounting, GAAP, General Ledger, HFM, Hyperion, Inventory, Investments, Journal Entry Preparation, KPIs & Benchmarking, Management Experience, Microsoft Dynamics - AX, Month End Close, Network Administration, Payroll Processing, Process Improvement, Project Accounting, Project Management, Purchasing, Sales Finance & Support, SAP, Six Sigma, SOX, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain, Tax - Provisions, TM1, Year End Close
Cost Accountant
190860 | Contract
This diverse Cost Accountant with a Six Sigma Green Belt has a strong background within finance, general accounting, system implementations and process improvements. Industry experience includes manufacturing, distribution and pharmaceuticals. Systems experience includes Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP, TM1, Hyperion Essbase, HFM, Cognos, Visio and advanced Excel.
Additional qualifications include:
- Managed month-end close activities including journal entries, account reconciliations, accrual calculations, consolidations and financial statement preparation
- Developed end-to-end financial tracking of fixed assets including capital approval requests, calculation of investment returns, project expenditure monitoring, determination of placed in-service dates and depreciation life, segregation of capital expense and project expense, tracking of system depreciation and the completion of post capital project implementation audit of expected financial results
- Reviewed contracts for accounting implications such as statements of work, long-term sales contracts, milestones, percent complete, and vendor/purchasing
- Built consolidated corporate budgets, forecasts and performed ad hoc analysis
- Developed process and procedures for both accounting and finance functions including identifying how to optimize the use of systems
- Served as group Subject Matter Expert (SME) for GAAP, internal control, Sarbanes Oxley, purchasing, accounts payable, fixed assets and capital project accounting
- Worked with corporate tax team to optimize tax minimization strategies
Skills: Accounts Payable, Accruals Audit Planning, Balance Sheet, Bank Reconciliations, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cognos, Consolidations, Cost Accounting - Standard, Cost Analysis, Essbase, Excel - Intermediate, Expenses, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Reporting, Fixed Assets, Fund Accounting, GAAP, General Ledger, HFM, Hyperion, Inventory, Investments, Journal Entry Preparation, KPIs & Benchmarking, Management Experience, Microsoft Dynamics - AX, Month End Close, Network Administration, Payroll Processing, Process Improvement, Project Accounting, Project Management, Purchasing, Sales Finance & Support, SAP, Six Sigma, SOX, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain, Tax - Provisions, TM1, Year End Close