Sandra Love
Lynnwood,WA
Summary
Professional Certified Management Accountant offering demonstrated skill and success in managing internal accounting processes, improving controls and strengthening systems for optimal performance. Proficient in all aspects of accounting, including accounts payable and receivable, budget administration and payroll.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cost Accounting Manager
Novanta
Mukilteo, WA
04.2016 - 09.2021
- Developed excel spreadsheets and other reports to illustrate cost and financial information to operations group, which helped operations to better understand where to focus cost reductions issues. Improved labor routings times and efficiency by 10% year over year.
- Provided weekly variance analysis to inform operations how they compare to plan before month end results, which helped operations to fix issues before month-end. Reduced time during month end fixing transaction issues.
- Provided monthly Excess & Obsolescence analysis to inform operations what their proposed Excess and Obsolescence adjustment for quarter before quarter-end, which helped operations and varies groups to brainstorm ways to prevent large excess inventory write-off at quarter-end and kept excess losses within quarterly budget. Reduced E&O write-off by 50% year over year.
- Developed Standard Operating Procedures for Standard Cost updates and Excess & Obsolescence Analysis reviewed with operations to provide an understanding how these items impact the business.
- Developed excel spreadsheet to consolidate multiple location balance sheet account reconciliations, which helped reduce time External Auditors had to spend on reviewing balance sheet account reconciliations
- Created reports to satisfy SOX compliance report
- Perform accurate and timely monthly journal entries and month-end close activities and analysis for multiple locations.
- Established and enforced internal controls, workflows and policies for tracking, reconciling and reporting on accounting activities.
- Communicated changes in costs to engineers, designers, purchases and suppliers.
- Validated existing accounting management and reporting systems to assess quality and conformance, identify problems and implement corrective actions.
- Complied with established internal controls and policies.
Senior Financial Analyst Consultant
Starbucks
06.2015 - 04.2016
- Assisted in Oracle R12 Implementation Performed varies report test runs to insure accurate reporting before 'Go Live".
- Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting,
- Assisted in month close process, entering journal entries and performing month end analysis.
Cost Accounting Manager/Interim Controller
Stockpot, Campbell's Soup
Everett, WA
08.2010 - 03.2015
- Created a system that tracks product losses by department and cause, which helped reduce product losses by 10% year over year
- Calculated monthly Forecast & Projections
- Successfully report and present monthly Flash financial reporting
- Successfully report and present monthly plant performance reporting
- Created the Annual Operating Plan
- Member of the Zero Loss Allowance Team, which brainstormed $1.2M in potential savings 2014
- Worked with A/P to drop Exceptions Accounts Payable Invoices to drop by 50% year over year
- Created easy to manage and understand Fixed Assets reports for operation groups
- Managed all cost updates in SAP ERP System
- Developed standard cost of product.
Education
MBA -
Regis University
Denver, CO05.2003
Accounting Degree, BS -
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO08.1991
Skills
- Goal Setting
- Social Perceptiveness
- Customer Service
- Sound Judgment
- Internal Controls and Reporting Systems
- Attention to Detail
- Operational Reporting
- Cost Data Analysis
- Willing to Learn
Certification
CMA - Certified Management Accountant
Timeline
Cost Accounting Manager
Novanta
04.2016 - 09.2021
Senior Financial Analyst Consultant
Starbucks
06.2015 - 04.2016
Cost Accounting Manager/Interim Controller
Stockpot, Campbell's Soup
08.2010 - 03.2015
MBA -
Regis University
Accounting Degree, BS -
Missouri State University