A highly skilled finance and cost accounting professional with over twenty-five years of experience with expertise in the areas of cost accounting, financial planning, analysis & reporting.
Created annual spending plan for Mandiant G&A, IT and Facilities.
Managed Mandiant Headcount during integration period.
Worked with Google finance team to transition all expense activity for G&A, IT and Facilities.
Monthly reconciliation of expenses between each companies ERP system
IT/ISS
Annual and quarterly forecast Capital purchases related IT infrastructure and datacenter.
Annual and quarterly forecast of All IT/ISS expenses including headcount, software, depreciation, datacenter, & IT supplies/accessories.
Monthly and Quarterly forecast to actual reviews.
Headcount planning and tracking.
Monthly purchase accruals for IT/ISS purchase orders.
Facilities
Annual and quarterly forecast of facilities expenses for 25+ sites.
Monthly and Quarterly forecast to actual reviews.
Headcount planning and tracking.
Facilities allocations
Cost per seat analysis for varies sites.
Monthly purchase accruals for IT/ISS purchase orders.
Annual and quarterly forecast Capital purchases for site upgrades and new sites.
Manufacturing & Operations Budgeting and Forecasting
Quarterly and Monthly Business Reviews
KIPS
Inventory Turns Analysis
Service/ RMA cost Analysis
Hardware COGS cost savings by product.
Gross Margin Analysis by Product line.
Headcount tracking and approval.
Annual Plan Forecasting for Manufacturing /operations expenses
Annual Plan Forecasting for Hardware Cogs shipments and Other Cogs
NPI Budgeting
Operations Open Purchase order accruals
Implementation of Oracle
Cost Accounting Monthly and Quarterly closes
Inventory reconciliations
Intangible assets amortization related to acquisitions.
Service Inventory valuation and reconciliation.
Inventory Reserves for Excess and Obsolescence.
Deferred Cogs reconciliation for Revenue shipments.
Review and capitalization of Manufacturing variances
Freight allocations
Hardware Cogs & Other Cogs Forecasting.
· Prepare analysis supporting the quarterly standard cost review & update. Run quarterly standard cost update simulation to see inventory revaluation impact.
· Perform monthly fluctuations analysis for various inventory and COGS accounts.
· Perform quarterly inventory reserves analysis for worldwide inventory.
· Monthly review of analysis and reporting of purchase price variances and manufacturing variances. Complete variance capitalization schedule for all mfg variances, including purchase price variance, yield loss variance, and standard cost adjustments.
· Review monthly analysis, reconciliations and journal entries for Warranty/RMA reserves and Royalty accounting.
· Coordinate planning of annual physical inventory counts with operations.
· Manage the quarterly standard cost update for all products lines & financial organizations.
· Provide monthly reporting package for inventory, E&O reserves, CoGS, & manufacturing variances.
· Maintain weekly product yields trends report for all product lines.
· Work with IT/MIS to develop and enhance Oracle Discoverer reports for standard cost and Inventory.
· Perform quarterly analysis and calculation for excess and obsolete inventories & capitalized overhead
· Work with the corporate accounting team and external auditors as required for quarterly audits.
· Develop and provide operations group with performance metrics reporting for material cost reductions, inventory forecast, & inventory turns.
· Work closely with Director of Supply Chain and the planning team to drive cost reductions minimize inventory levels and reduce distribution cost.
· Manage the process of forecasting and setting standard costs based upon collaborative efforts with the operations supply chain team and Extreme’s manufacturing partners. Manage the overhead absorption analysis and the process for allocating overhead.
· Manage the month-end close process for operations finance and coordinate activities with the corporate accounting team and external auditors as required.
· Serve as finance lead for matters regarding Inventory & COGS on IT projects, including the implementation of Oracle database.
· Assist in the development of an activity-based cost model with Extreme’s contract manufacturer.
Cost Analyst
· Update all standard cost in Oracle & Baan, work in partnership with operations group to maintain standard cost integrity.
· Perform monthly reconciliations for all inventory accounts to the general ledger
· Report and forecast variances: PPV, Rework, Scrap, E&O, and Physical Counts
· Provide standard cost margin analysis by product for all product lines.