Sarah B. Blood

• Provide financial statements, support and analysis for Auxiliary Services (Student Housing, Campus Stores, Food Services) on both Richfield and Ephraim campuses
• Financial Liaison for Richfield Campus
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, provide financial analysis
• Supervise the Richfield Cashier office, review journal entries

• Manage all aspects of the business – sale events, marketing, operations, customer service
• Financial analysis and cost management
• Financial and regulatory reporting

• Managed, tracked, and reported project/contract expenditures and resource usage
• Forecasted project spending, resource needs, and estimated cost at completion (EAC)
• Prepared monthly customer reports
• Managed all program financial data for internal and external use
• Supported and worked closely with project management and team
• Prepared financial section of new contract proposals

• Month-end close process – journal entries, account reconciliations, product cost allocations, financial reporting
• Supported in budgeting/forecasting, transfer pricing, demand/capacity analysis, product costing, etc.
• Supported management and operations in weekly financial reporting/projections, financial analysis, key performance indicators, etc.
• Analyzed variances and bridged financial data as needed

• Prepared and reconciled all sales volume, revenue and cost of sales for month-end close, quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting (> $1B annual revenue)
• Prepared product quotes, intercompany pricing, product costing
• Supported department managers in performance indicators, financials, etc.

• Consolidated regional financials for North America manufacturing region and reported to the Global Accounting group (nine plants)
• Consolidated and prepared presentations for all regional budgeting and forecasting
• Reviewed all capital expenditure requests for the North America region
• Supported all plant controllers and their staff in completing and submitting information required at the regional and global level
• Bridged and explained variances – actuals to prior years, forecasts and budget

• Tracked, reported and forecasted all capital project spending and depreciation (during this time this facility was undergoing a facility expansion with an extremely large capital budget)
• Month-end close process – journal entries, account reconciliations, reporting
• Worked with fixed assets – capitalizations, disposals, etc.
• Reviewed and submitted all capital expenditure requests and corresponding calculations (IRR, ROI, etc)

• Managed (and created/implemented) weekly key measurable database for 100+ production cells (labor minutes per unit, scrap per unit, overtime, etc.)
• Managed direct cost allocations (actual and forecast) for 400+ active part numbers
• Provided financial support for production managers – budgets, financials
• Performed duties for month-end close – journal entries, sales and contribution margin, allocations, accruals, financial reports, ad hoc analysis
• Worked with fixed assets – capitalizations, disposals, depreciation

• Completed NAFTA certifications for Autoliv parts manufactured in the U.S.
• Coordinated with customers, suppliers, logistics, purchasing and internal customer account representatives
• Researched component information and performed calculations for certifications

• Performed chemical analysis and performance testing on airbag inflators
• Prepared calibration standards for instrumentation
• Completed various reports, charts and data retrieval

• Received and tracked all incoming equipment related calls from manufacturing and dispatched maintenance personnel accordingly
• Managed preventative maintenance database for all manufacturing equipment
• Completed weekly reports, charts, filing, and any other clerical work needed

• Manufacture airbag inflators