Nikki Fadroski
Green Bay,WI
Summary
Accounting professional with extensive experience in financial operations and analysis in manufacturing. Successfully led transitions to NetSuite, enhancing reporting accuracy and efficiency. Delivered critical insights driving operational excellence.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accountant
NATIONAL CARWASH SOLUTIONS
04.2022 - Current
- Review accounts and prepare journal entries for month end in a timely manner
- Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations monthly
- Managed accounting transactions and reconciled contract funds for over 400 customers
- Ensuring the contract fund transactions are properly reported/recorded including order approval
- Extracted data from accounting systems for accurate analysis and reconciliation
- Contributed to successful conversion from SAP to KBM/AS400
- Contributed to KBM/AS400 to NetSuite system conversion
Senior Financial Analyst
FYTERTECH NONWOVENS (Formerly NPS Corp)
11.2018 - 04.2022
- Key member on the NetSuite implementation team, including administration rights, testing, training, and roll over data verification and adjustments
- Conducted month-end cost reviews and variance analyses, assessed financial statements, managed cost templates, and created reports for operations leadership.
- Owner of Standard Costing of items in NetSuite
- Compiled monthly report on largest raw material usage item (Resin), featuring summary and graphs for upper management review
- Analyzed inventory transactions and reported weekly on inventory changes and days of inventory held
- Aligned costs to establish hourly rates for standard costing on annual basis
- Experience within NetSuite for customer pricing, Creating BoMs, setting up manufacturing routings, work centers, creating accounts and setting mapping to financial statement accounts, creating saved searches, imports, and performing numerous transactions.
Senior Financial Analyst
GEORGIA PACIFIC
05.2008 - 11.2018
- Conducted usage analysis, prepared journal entries, managed monthly expense accruals, coordinated cost center expense transfers, and performed variance analysis at profit and cost center levels
- Developed monthly forecasts and managed annual budget process
- Performed cost estimates and ad hoc analysis for financial decision-making
- Maintain standard costing specs system and year end tie-out to set standards for the next year
- Monthly goods movements of inventory, ending inventory analysis and reconciliation
- Provided operational support through analysis of production, waste, downtime, and expenses, including month-end reports and review meetings
- Supply the financials for capital projects
- Supervisor for Administration staff includes daily guidance and decision making, approval of journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations, and performance reviews
Financial Analyst
RR DONNELLEY
11.2001 - 05.2008
- Executed financial statement analysis, consolidation, and provided explanations for management reports, facilitating informed decision-making.
- Conducted weekly labor analysis and prepared month-end labor reports for business unit, enhancing resource allocation insights.
- Performed error/rework expense costing, posting, and analysis to identify areas for cost control and process improvement.
- Balance sheet postings, adjustments and reconciliation
- Account and cost center analysis including corrections/reclass
- Job costing
- Weekly forecasting for EOM
- End of month raw material usage entries, labor and general expense accruals including analysis and comments
- Est vs Act analysis and approval
- Assist in managing SOX audit compliance on a daily basis
Estimating Team Leader
RR DONNELLEY
01.2000 - 11.2001
- Managed daily estimating/cost inquiries by reviewing manufacturing specifications, providing actionable cost-saving suggestions.
- Review and analyze estimating procedures to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Supervised four direct reports, enhancing team productivity through performance oversight.
- Developed training plans for department, onboarded new hires, and conducted performance reviews to ensure alignment with departmental goals.
- Continued Senior Estimator responsibilities
Senior Estimator
RR DONNELLEY
01.1994 - 01.2000
- Accurately priced estimates for sales inquiries and completed production orders by compiling and analyzing data from purchasing, accounts payable, and invoicing departments.
- Provided manufacturing with targets and analyzed complicating factors.
- Developed comprehensive cost estimates for print and packaging projects.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to assess project requirements.
- Analyzed material and labor costs to ensure competitive pricing.
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Accounting
Lakeland College
01-2001
Skills
- Financial statement analysis
- Cost accounting
- Variance analysis
- Forecasting and budgeting
- Capital project finance
- Standard costing
- Cost estimation
- Balance reconciliation
- Journal entries
- General ledger analysis
- Internal controls compliance
- Audit participation
- SAP and NetSuite
- Inventory management
- Hourly rate calculation
- Leadership skills
Timeline
Senior Accountant
NATIONAL CARWASH SOLUTIONS
04.2022 - Current
Senior Financial Analyst
FYTERTECH NONWOVENS (Formerly NPS Corp)
11.2018 - 04.2022
Senior Financial Analyst
GEORGIA PACIFIC
05.2008 - 11.2018
Financial Analyst
RR DONNELLEY
11.2001 - 05.2008
Estimating Team Leader
RR DONNELLEY
01.2000 - 11.2001
Senior Estimator
RR DONNELLEY
01.1994 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Accounting
Lakeland College