Sofia Landes
Huntington Station
Summary
Hardworking and motivated accountant with over 25 years of manufacturing experience. Dedicated to working closely with employees to maximize productivity and optimize procedures. Decisive leader with good planning and organizational skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Manager - Inventory and Cost Accounting
Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc.
Melville
06.2008 - Current
- Leads the annual preparation and development of standard costing across all entities. This includes working with the procurement department in developing costs based on forecasted commodity driven material and foreign exchange rates.
- Design and develop reports to provide accurate, relevant and reliable information to executive management to improve company performance and profitability.
- Project leader in the successful implementation of subsidiary system conversions to Corporate MRP system which allowed better visibility to transactions and stronger internal controls.t
- Collaborated with cross functional teams in analyzing variances, ensuring efficiency in our manufacturing process along with reducing our overall costs.
- Streamlined processes needed to perform the monthly financial close by 2 days utilizing more efficient practices.
- Implemented systematic cycle count program where enhanced internal controls are in place, increasing accuracy to 98%.
- Responsible for the coordination of the year end audit, providing schedules along with the support needed for testing selections.
Cost Accountant
Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc.
Melville
04.2006 - 06.2008
- Monitored and reported global inventory levels of raw materials and finished goods, providing executive management with insights on significant fluctuations.
- Calculated monthly excess and obsolete inventory reserves, reporting potential exposure to mitigate scrap.
- Monitored and reported global inventory levels of raw materials and finished goods, providing executive management with insights on significant fluctuations.
- Calculated monthly excess and obsolete inventory reserves, reporting potential exposure to mitigate scrap.
- Implemented process improvements that streamlined accounting tasks.
- Performed annual standard cost update
Staff Accountant
Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc.
Melville
09.2004 - 04.2006
- Executed monthly account reconciliations for bank accounts, payroll, and accounts receivable to maintain financial accuracy.
- Contributed to special projects aligning with team objectives, enhancing overall project outcomes.
- Compiled and recorded journal entries to ensure integrity of general ledger.
- Prepared audit schedules for external auditors.
- Contributed to special projects aligning with team objectives, enhancing overall project outcomes.
- Compiled and recorded journal entries to ensure integrity of general ledger.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Queens College
Flushing, NY 09.1998 - 06.2004
Skills
- Cost accounting
- Inventory management
- Standard costing
- Variance analysis
- Budget forecasting
- Financial reporting
- Internal controls
- Streamline processes
Proficiencies
- Advanced excel skills
- Oracle and Hyperion systems
- Power BI
Timeline
Manager - Inventory and Cost Accounting
Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc.
06.2008 - Current
Cost Accountant
Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc.
04.2006 - 06.2008
Staff Accountant
Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc.
09.2004 - 04.2006
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Queens College
09.1998 - 06.2004