LESLEY WARREN
Spring,United States
Summary
Meticulous Senior Financial Analyst adept in analyzing and interpreting financial information to forecast trends and guide stakeholders. Enthusiastically aiming to bring value to a new team using unyielding work ethic in a Sr. Financial Analyst role.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Financial Analyst
ROLLFAB METAL PRODUCTS LLC
08.2021 - Current
- Prepare, analyze and report weekly, monthly, quarterly gross margin analysis by brand and by customer type. -Assist in month-end closing, prepare journal entries as necessary, analyze inventory evaluation, inventory roll forward. -Analyze cost accounting data and assist with cycle count/physical inventories. -Review and analyze inventory and margin reports, conduct research and perform analytical studies in regards to cost analyses and profitability. -Work in special projects as required. -Support and assist internal department reporting requirements such as audit schedules, tax schedules and others. -Assist with office layout planning and office moves, and with managing and maintaining IT infrastructure. -Provide other administrative support as necessary, including scheduling group meetings, maintaining calendars, doing research, and creating reports.
Senior Accountant
General Plastics & Composites LP
01.2018 - 01.2019
- (temp position while Accounting Manager on furlough); Responsible for both weekly and bi-weekly payroll for over 500 employees.
- Maintained company-wide budget and oversaw cost-controlling measures for over 20 departments.
Senior Accountant
SummitStone Health Partners
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Responsible for monthly financial close to prepare Financials for the Board of Directors (i.e., built preliminary P&L and Balance Sheet Statements; reviewed; revised; finalized.)
- In-depth variance analysis of budget vs. actauls.
- Created new and efficient procedures for receivables, payables, and all other cumbersome processes.
- Developed new SOP's, cross-training techniques and on-boarding criterion for new employees.
- Oversaw team of 3 accounting staff.
- Decreased invoicing and receivable cycle times by streamlining billing systems.
- Responsible for approximately $3M in monthly billings.
- Supported monthly general ledger closing activities, including preparing journal entries and reconciliations.
- Gathered and analyzed employee, department and company-wide financial information.
- Wrote financial statements and consolidations after reconciling general ledger accounts.
- Performed advanced reviews of business operational trends and expected obligations to prepare accurate forecasts.
Senior Financial/ Treasury Analyst
Energy Alloys Global Solutions
01.2008 - 12.2017
- Managed over $50M in weekly cash disbursements to vendors globally; ensuring optimal liquidity.
- Prepared all month-end debt consolidation statements and bank account reconciliations to the Accounting department.
- Responsible for managing daily cash/debt positions and forecasting financial requirements for both domestic and foreign operations.
- Updated 200+ operational job work instructions (SOP's) in three months, ensuring Energy Alloys was successful in maintaining necessary recertification per OSHA requirements.
- Implemented company wide liability reduction programs.
- For example, lowered company bank fees by 11.2% in 2016 by managing RFPs (request for proposals) from Bank of America, Chase, and Amegy in order to ensure the best service for the best price.
- Decreased outstanding A/R by 35% between 2011 and 2012 by leading weekly Credit and Sales meetings, that are still in effect today.
- Successful in on-boarding training for treasury, finance and accounting employees; specialization- A/R.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Finance
University of Houston
Associate of Science - Psychology
St.Edward's University
Skills
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Punctual execution of action items
- Financial Forecasting
- Intercompany banking
- Foreign currencies
- General ledger accounting expertise
- Corporate filings
- Closing processes
- Balance Sheet/ P&L Statements
- Financial statements expertise
- Regulatory compliance
- Excel expertise
- Liquidity/ cash management
- Process improvement
- Budgeting
- Audit coordination
- Financial analysis
- Budgeting
- Closing
- Consolidations
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Variance reports
- Variance reporting
- Variance Analysis
- Corporate cost reduction
- Account Reconciliation
- Budget Forecasting
- Planning and analysis
- Auditing procedures
Websites
Certification
- JD Edwards 8.0 through 8.12
Timeline
Sr. Financial Analyst
ROLLFAB METAL PRODUCTS LLC
08.2021 - Current
Senior Accountant
General Plastics & Composites LP
01.2018 - 01.2019
Senior Accountant
SummitStone Health Partners
01.2018 - 12.2018
Senior Financial/ Treasury Analyst
Energy Alloys Global Solutions
01.2008 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Finance
University of Houston
Associate of Science - Psychology
St.Edward's University
- JD Edwards 8.0 through 8.12
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