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JULIE ARCE

JULIE ARCE

Gastonia

Summary

Motivated and personable business professional with extensive experience in cost accounting and systems. Skilled in translating complex numerical data into clear and concise language, enabling management to make informed decisions. Proficient in adapting quickly to new technologies. Well-versed in handling sensitive and confidential records. Demonstrated track record of producing accurate and timely reports. Possess the ability to analyze, compare, and interpret facts and figures efficiently, allowing for sound judgments based on obtained data.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Plant Controller/Cost Accountant

BWF Fiberglass
01.2019 - Current
  • Supervise Accounting staff
  • Assist executive team with important financial decisions through financial analysis
  • Supervise accounting employees
  • Maintain Cost Accounting systems – this includes updating bill of materials, setup new parts and maintain system integrity
  • Perform periodic cost rolls/updates
  • Analyze actual manufacturing costs and prepare period reports
  • Analyze manufacturing operations, equipment availability and utilization
  • Write queries and perform data analysis for Finance and Engineering
  • Conduct physical inventories and monitors the cycle count program
  • Reconciling inventories
  • Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports for Operations and Financial Review
  • Epicor Systems Management – Financial Mgmt, Production Mgmt, Product Mgmt, and CRM Modules
  • SQL, Epicor DMT, Epicor Query Writing, Dashboard build

Controller

LNS Turbo
01.2016 - 01.2019
  • Establishes and maintains the organizations accounting principles, procedures and initiatives
  • Analyzes and validates product costs and variances and seeks corrective actions
  • Oversees accounting functions such as A/P, A/R and Payroll
  • Ensures a smooth, accurate, timely, and efficient month-end and year-end close
  • Prepares and distributes monthly financials and provides management with timely review of
  • Calculates and issues financial and operating metrics
  • Directs preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts and prepares necessary
  • Contributes to continuous improvement and cost savings initiatives
  • Financial Reporting preparation using Excel; Access Database as required.

AirDye Solutions, LLC
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Analytical – One of four NetSuite Administrators
  • Assist in documenting and performing application set ups for test instances
  • Thoroughly review application set up and configuration with the appropriate client lead to obtain sign off
  • Raise issues and work resolutions as they come up to ensure adherence to the project schedule
  • Work with the respective client functional lead to ensure knowledge transfer
  • Participate with the respective client functional lead throughout system testing
  • Manages fixed assets accounting across the organization
  • Partnered with various cross-functional departments within the organization strategic project management efforts to compute the unit cost of product from labor, material and overhead costs
  • Analyzed actual costs versus standard costs and prepares reports of variances
  • Prepares estimates of new or proposed product costs
  • Works with cross-functional departments to determine viability of fixed asset proposals.

Senior Financial Analyst

General Dynamics
01.2009 - 01.2015
  • Managed Newton Finance department, AR, AP, Payroll, General Accounting, Order Entry for Itronix Division
  • Coordinated with all levels of management to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans and operating forecasts
  • Made recommendations to management regarding cost saving or profit generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies
  • Developed, interpreted, and implemented financial and accounting concepts, or techniques for financial planning and control
  • Performed job cost analysis, which includes comparing actual costs to estimates and analyzes variances, analyzes and monitors all inventory levels, works with Operations to correct receiving errors, and recommend controls to prevent future mistakes
  • Prepared and consolidated Financial Statements and responsible for submitting financial results to Corporate Accounting System
  • Oversaw all financial audits and SOX controls
  • Interpreted and applied corporate financial policies, government legislation, and accounting theory.

Cost Accounting Manager

Plastic Packaging Inc
01.1999 - 01.2009
  • Produced timely and accurate product costing
  • Conducted periodic physical inventory
  • Produced the Cost of Quality report which details the price of conformance and non-conformance for management and officers of the company
  • Expert Level in Excel and Access software – used on a daily basis to analyze and interpret facts and figures to facilitate understanding to upper management
  • Assisted Vice President of Finance in Month-End closing procedures reconciling accounts and verifying accounts accuracy for financial reports
  • Reviewed inventory value flow to ensure accuracy of master data accounting processes
  • Prepared trend analysis and monthly analysis of actual results versus budget and historical and provide recommendations for profit improvements
  • Assisted in the development of our current Job Cost Analysis report
  • Maintained the system tables that our quoting and shop floor system use.

Education

BS - Accounting

West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Montgomery, WV
1998

Skills

  • Month end close
  • Management reporting
  • Financial statements
  • Manufacturing operations
  • Account reconciliation
  • Business process improvement
  • General ledger
  • Fixed asset management
  • Profitability analysis
  • Variance analysis
  • Product costing
  • Year-end close
  • Financial audits
  • Preparing financial statements
  • Staff management
  • Budget planning
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Internal controls and reporting systems
  • Performance metrics

Timeline

Plant Controller/Cost Accountant

BWF Fiberglass
01.2019 - Current

Controller

LNS Turbo
01.2016 - 01.2019

AirDye Solutions, LLC
01.2015 - 01.2016

Senior Financial Analyst

General Dynamics
01.2009 - 01.2015

Cost Accounting Manager

Plastic Packaging Inc
01.1999 - 01.2009

BS - Accounting

West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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