PDIOperations Analyst
Dec. 2020 - Oct. 2023Memphis, Tennessee, United States● Performed AR & AP duties
● Lead period financial reviews with operations team
● Implemented period financial reviews, utilizing all key finance team members, to inform site operations management leadership
● Provided root cause analysis and corrective action recommendations to solve business problems ● Supervised and developed best practices amongst accounting staff
● Provided month-end comments and explanations to variances
● Monitored and controlled spend within various profit centers within manufacturing plant
● Reviewed internal controls on a weekly & monthly basis
● Assisted in creating forecast spend reports for the facility ● Verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling accounts payable and receivable
● Producing error-free accounting reports and presented their results
● Analyzing financial information and summarizing financial status
● Implemented a more effective way to close during month-end that saved department over 53 hours of overtime pay on monthly basis ● Developing and implementing data analyses, data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality to support accounting functions and recommend financial actions
● Prepare preliminary financial flash, produce M/E sales reports, review and explain significant budget variances.
● Perform month end closing activities, analyze monthly financial results, and collaborate with the functional teams
● Maintain all shipping, receiving, order entry and shop order transaction activity
● Liaison new customer set up with Accounts Receivable and assist in collections of past due accounts
● Oversee proper treatment of sales & use tax related to customer activity including the validation of exemption and resale certificates
● Conduct detailed inventory account analysis to support setting inventory targets.
● Manage annual physical inventory and cycle count process including prep work, actual physical count, and provide data inquiry of outside auditors