Kenneth Aderson
East Norriton,PA
Summary
Detail oriented finance professional with extensive multi-industry financial analysis experience. Dedicated and adaptable professional with a proactive attitude and the ability to learn new systems quickly. Strong work ethic and effective communication skills. Eager to contribute to a dynamic team and support organizational goals.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
3996
3996
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Cost and Schedule Analyst
Northrop Grumman
Remote Position, PA
10.2024 - Current
- Prepare weekly labor utilization reports to managers to review for accuracy in charging
- Peer review monthly multi-year contract customer invoices for accuracy in charge coding and final presentation to customers
- Track billing and collections status of customer invoice billings and collections against forecasted values for cash forecasting purposes
- Gather program costs, sales, billings, collections and operating metrics forecast at month end to upload to NGFP forecast tracking system
- Complete reporting of month end variance analysis for P3 Program’s sales, expenses and actual vs budget results to Finance and Operations management
- Perform financial analysis of program month over month operating results to include in monthly governmental CDRL financial reporting package
- Defense Systems Division
Sr. Principal Cost Analyst
Northrup Grumman
Philadelphia, PA
06.2022 - 10.2024
- Lead APB Program weekly project hours charging and weekly actuals vs. budget expense review meetings to ensure accurate reporting of program labor costs
- Collaborated with program stakeholders across departments to resolve identified issues impacting financial reporting
- Compiled and input detailed APB program Earned Value financial metrics by WBS structure into Cobra reporting system for month end close processing
- Prepared Business management analysis and slides for monthly IPRS reporting with explanations of monthly changes in financial metrics
- Developed procedures to streamline internal reporting processes related to subcontractor invoice payments to ensure timely invoice payment and avoid vendor work stoppages
- Assisted CLIN owners in developing budgets for emerging program scope by WBS and advising on how to best capture cost identification for input into the COBRA EVM system
- Missions Systems Division
Senior Financial Analyst
PECO (Exelon Utilities)
Plymouth Meeting, PA
09.2013 - 06.2022
- Served as point of contact for regional electric operations managers and personnel in the communication of finance department strategy and resolving emerging accounting issues
- Analyzed monthly CIAC activity for special revenue projects in order determine cost and profit implications for internal month end and customer reporting
- Completed monthly closing for the Electric division's largest region by validating and accurately posting percentage of completion accruals and journal entries spanning 75+ projects, 10+ vendors and totaling $120M annual spend
- Presented monthly financial close operating results for assigned region to regional Operations Director and management team highlighting detailed Actual vs. budget variance results scenarios and keeping the management team aware of emerging issues and future budget changes for decision making purposes
- Lead efforts in consolidating and reporting the division’s major Capital and O&M budget results performance drivers impacting the Actual versus budget results for multiple budget scenarios for the flash and month end to finance leadership
- Prepared the annual 5-year Headcount and Transportation budget for assigned departments in alignment with changing corporate initiative and headcount protocols
- Electric Operations Division
Senior Financial Analyst
GLAXO SMITH KLINE, TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS, GSI COMMERCE
Metro Philadelphia area
04.2010 - 09.2013
- Collaborated with client's departmental staff to complete monthly close journal entries
- Prepared post close financial reporting packages
- Assisted in the Identification and implementation of process improvement activities for clients to streamline reporting time cycles
Senior Accountant (Consultant)
RECYCLEBANK, LLC
Philadelphia, PA
10.2008 - 03.2010
- Assisted in the creation and implementation of a new Contribution Margin Accounting Profit and Loss financial statement that provided management with better visibility into profitability metrics
- Assisted Director of Finance in the management of accounts payable, inventory and billing tracking processes and monthly board of directors financial reporting
- Reconciled balance sheet accounts
- A Recycling Rewards Company
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PABachelor of Science - Accounting
Lincoln University
Lincoln University, PASkills
- Data Financial Analysis
- Financial close reporting
- Earned Value Management
- Actual vs Budget reporting
- 5-year LRP Budget Preparation
- SAP S4/ HANA
- IBM COGNOS (TM1)
- Deltek Costpoint Systems (Cobra)
- Business Case support
- Data reconciliation
Certification
- FINRA SIE - Securities Industry Essentials exam, Passed, 2021
- PA Life insurance and Annuities, Passed, 2023
- FINRA Series 6 - Investment Company and Variable Contracts Product Representative, Passed, 2024
- FINRA Series 63, Passed, 2024
Hobbies and Interests
- Traveling
- Biking
- Fitness Walking
- Investing
Systems Planning Software
- SAP S4/ HANA
- Hyperion
- IBM COGNOS (NGFP)
- Deltek Costpoint Systems (Cobra)
- Intermediate-Advanced Excel
- SmartView
- Clarity Budget system
Timeline
Principal Cost and Schedule Analyst
Northrop Grumman
10.2024 - Current
Sr. Principal Cost Analyst
Northrup Grumman
06.2022 - 10.2024
Senior Financial Analyst
PECO (Exelon Utilities)
09.2013 - 06.2022
Senior Financial Analyst
GLAXO SMITH KLINE, TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS, GSI COMMERCE
04.2010 - 09.2013
Senior Accountant (Consultant)
RECYCLEBANK, LLC
10.2008 - 03.2010
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Saint Joseph's University
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Lincoln University