VIOLETA JOVANOVIC
Albuquerque
Summary
Self-motivated accounting professional with over 20 years in the manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries seeking opportunity to apply knowledge and skills, strong relationship skills, and conflict resolution abilities in an Accounting Management position.
Overview
44
44
years of professional experience
Work History
Store Manager / Guest Services Supervisor
Myrtle Beach State Park
05.2023 - 08.2025
- This was a short-term role outside my primary skill set that i took while transitioning out of retirement and preparing for an interstate move.
- Directed daily operations to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency.
- Managed inventory control processes to ensure product availability and reduce waste.
- Managed store operations, inventory, and reservations for the park’s camping division.
- Oversaw guest services and ensured smooth operations during peak seasons.
- Conducted daily cash reconciliation, supply ordering, and staff scheduling.
Sr. Cost Analyst
SafeRack
11.2019 - 04.2020
- Develop and maintain system to apply direct labor, indirect labor, and factory overhead to manufactured parts.
- Develop, with the assistance of operations, a standard costing system including time studies as needed fine tune standards as agreed with management.
- Work with management to determine product information needs.
- Work with production operations to develop costing and data needs.
- Work with production operations to develop costing standards and review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies and variances.
- Rearrange product groups and work closely with management to develop product line related financial data.
- Development and maintain system for work center and related reporting for operations.
- Validate the cost of goods sold as part of the month-end close.
- Determine costing rates for the various work centers at various levels of production.
- Update applied overhead rates appropriately based on production forecast.
- Assist quoting team with appropriate 'transfer' standard costs data.
- Assist with the mapping of ERP costing functions.
- Costs replacement parts.
- Review and post work orders as needed.
- Post packing slips as needed.
- Assist with job costing as needed.
Sr. Cost Analyst
AVM Industries
09.2016 - 07.2019
- Lead inventory team, review and correct BOM/routings for discrepancies.
- Prepare timely reports for PPV and other cost related items.
- Perform review of manufacturing variances and help to drive in corrective action where required.
- Participate in development of operations, budgets and forecast.
- Prepare monthly cost accounting journal entries as required.
- Reconcile inventory related GL balance sheet accounts on a timely basis.
- Review inventory transactions for proper accounting within delegated authority level.
- Perform analysis of custom product and new product costs and margins.
- Manage cost accounting system and annual cost standard update process.
- Prepare sales and use tax.
- Manage the government reporting.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Controller
ThyssenKrupp Presta Danville LLC
01.2015 - 07.2016
- Budget process including costing.
- Budget/Actual expense variance analysis.
- Income Statement/P&L.;
- Financial Analyses.
- Inventory reporting/analyses.
- Material Rate Calculation-Monthly reporting variance analyses.
- BI Reporting-Sales OPL/Forecast/Actual.
Senior Cost Accountant
Haemonetics, the Blood Management Company
08.2012 - 08.2014
- Instrumental in SAP ERP implementation among different sites / Oracle ERP implementation in a $500M business acquisition.
- Manages processes involving establishments of standard cost of new products.
- Verification of all raw materials, packaging, labor and misc. cost related to new items.
- Worked in conjunction with heads of production, purchasing and engineering for new products.
- Lead in annual Standard Cost Roll.
- Report/reconcile Inventory, COS, PPV, by plant.
- Work with external/internal auditor: COS; Inventories; PPV; Taxes and other.
- Close work orders and work with manufacturing personnel to ensure timeliness of reports.
- Tracked initial production runs and identified variances to production costing compared to estimates.
- Report and analyze manufacturing expense/variances.
- Maintain and enhance financial and nonfinancial Business Intelligence reporting.
- Daily, weekly, monthly reports to management.
- Previously Pall Corporation May 2006 – July 2012
Cost and General Accounting
White Brothers Performance, Motorcycle Manufacturing
11.2004 - 02.2006
- Worked as a Cost and General Accountant under challenging organizational changes. Project lead – standard cost revision.
Cost Analyst / Senior Accountant
MP Biomedicals, Life Science & Diagnostics Products
10.2002 - 10.2004
- Responsible for multi-state Sales Tax calculations, filing tax returns, tax reconciliation, journal entries (including Canada).
- Maintain standard cost system.
- Analyze, investigate, and resolve inventory discrepancies identified through receivable/payable inputs and their impact on GL and daily cycle count procedures.
- Prepare and enter journal entries during month end close. Reconciliations.
- Created freight reporting to management and maintained freight accounts with freight carriers.
- Monthly reporting to management.
- Responsible for multi-organization Payroll.
Manufacturing Inventory Analyst - WW Manufacturing & Logistics
ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Current Valeant Pharmaceuticals
05.2000 - 09.2002
- Prepare and present Monthly Standard Cost Management Reports.
- Research manufacturing variances for improvement.
- Prepare Quarterly Capacity Utilization Report by Plant.
- Prepare Quarterly Capital Expenditure Report by Plant/Region.
- Corporate Mentor - Cost Project – Mapics consolidation.
- Ad hoc reporting as required by management.
Import Manager
FZC “11 OCTOMVRY” - Former Yugoslavia
01.1982 - 01.1996
- Managed the Import Department and played an important role in global management strategy.
- Administered and verified import contracts valued between US $10,000 – $3,500,000 and controlled financial transactions.
- Coordinated with customs administration, freight forwarders and international suppliers.
- Developed documentation procedures and processes for internal invoicing of goods imported on a temporary basis.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Economics
University of Skopje
MacedoniaSkills
SAP
Manufacturing
Variance Analysis
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Cost Accounting
Hyperion Enterprise
Forecasting
Financial Reporting
Internal Controls
US GAAP
Financial Analysis
Internal Audit
Process Improvement
Fixed Assets
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Consolidatuion
ERP
Management
Budget
Business Process Improvement
Summary of Qualifications
- Over 20 years of experience in manufacturing focused on cost accounting and inventories.
- Result-oriented, adapted to high-pressure work, continuous improvements environments and meet time deadlines.
- ISO mentality and Teamwork enthusiast.
- Experience in International business corporate.
- Extensive experience and Knowledge on SAP (ERP/MRP module), Oracle ASCP / EBS, Mapics, AS400 and Microsoft Office.
- Experience in ERP/MRP system implementation. SAP/Oracle Key Team member.
- Experience and Knowledge on annual standard cost roll, Inventory revaluations and Cycle Counts.
Languages
Serbian
Native or Bilingual
Macedonian
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Russian
Professional Working
Timeline
Store Manager / Guest Services Supervisor
Myrtle Beach State Park
05.2023 - 08.2025
Sr. Cost Analyst
SafeRack
11.2019 - 04.2020
Sr. Cost Analyst
AVM Industries
09.2016 - 07.2019
Controller
ThyssenKrupp Presta Danville LLC
01.2015 - 07.2016
Senior Cost Accountant
Haemonetics, the Blood Management Company
08.2012 - 08.2014
Cost and General Accounting
White Brothers Performance, Motorcycle Manufacturing
11.2004 - 02.2006
Cost Analyst / Senior Accountant
MP Biomedicals, Life Science & Diagnostics Products
10.2002 - 10.2004
Manufacturing Inventory Analyst - WW Manufacturing & Logistics
ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Current Valeant Pharmaceuticals
05.2000 - 09.2002
Import Manager
FZC “11 OCTOMVRY” - Former Yugoslavia
01.1982 - 01.1996
Bachelor's Degree - Economics
University of Skopje