Job description:
vaco has a client in allentown that is looking for a senior accountant. we are looking for someone with manufacturing industry accounting experience including strong month end close knowledge and good cost accounting skills. need someone with a strong understanding of gaap and the ability to follow internal control related processes. solid excel skills required, and any erp experience would be great. excellent opportunity to join an industry leading company in a sector of a very recession resilient industry.

Resume:
<<summarypurchasing managerspecializing in financial, logistical and operations management inmanufacturing/automotive industry. skills logistics coordinationdistribution experience stakeholder relationscost controls familiaritybidding processesinventory coordinationbudgeting and forecastingprocess improvementpurchasing and procurementcritical thinking skills experience 04/2012to 05/2017software development managermotion recruitment– ,supervision of software support analysts, hardware support technicians, and programmer/analysts, including analysis of employee performance, support tracking and performance reviews.delivered onboarding.implemented training methods to enable software support personnel to efficiently learn the software and provide customers with in-depth support for sales, purchasing, inventory management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger.provided customers with expertise in the use of general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, preparation of their financial statements, and year-end closing.applications are developed on ibm iseries (as400) and hosted via data center for backup and security.proficient in microsoft office. 04/2012to 05/2017software development managermotion recruitment– ,supervision of software support analysts, hardware support technicians, and programmer/analysts, including analysis of employee performance, support tracking and performance reviews.delivered onboarding.designed, documented and executed maintenance procedures, including system upgrades, patch management and system backups.collected, analyzed, and reported program metrics, including product technical performance measures and key performance parameters. 06/1997to 01/2003quality & information systems directoruniversal forest products, inc.– ,developed, documented, and implemented qs 9000/ iso 9000 (passed qs 9000 certification first time).in order to pass certification appropriate apqp, spc, msa, ppap, fmea, and qsa documents were created, updated, and followed.work with manufacturing facilities to setup production lines for processing product to ensure meeting customers plating and quality standards, schedules to meet customer's product schedule, and working with inspection and shipping to ensure that product was inspected and shipped to meet customer's expectations.planned and scheduled internal audits, evaluated audit reports and corrective action requests, mediated conflicts over audit results, followed-up corrective action requests, and reported outcomes to management.provided assistance to the president, including a variety of special projects, cost analysis, cash flow analysis, budget projections, financial projections and meetings with financial institutions.assisted in the installation, programming and setup of two automated plating lines.accomplishments.supervised install of new plating line to meet plating requirements, and increased throughput by 37%.developed, documented, and implemented qs 9000 within a one-year timeframe resulting in additional customers and related sales more than $1.5 million.this included development of apqp, spc, ppap, fmea, and qsa documents. 05/1989to 06/1997office managercountrymark cooperative, inc–city,state,responsible for the oversight and supervision of all accounting functions within the petroleum division; including the monthly sales for refined products and distribution of payments for crude oil purchases, and the tracking of inventoried products.developed and implemented custom data conversions to facilitate the acquisition of companies and the transfer of data between platforms.automated the crude gathering system to provide cost and inventory control of purchased crude via field laptop computers.developed an automated tracking and payment system for all division orders on an ibm as400: servicing 50,000 owners, 500,000 divisions of interest and the issue of 15,000+ checks and eft's per month.accomplishments.worked with corporate team to develop and implement an enterprise-wide information system solution.worked with outside software developers to design, program and install a division order system for tracking and payment of crude oil. education and trainingexpected intotob.s:business accountingeastern illinois university-charleston,ilgpa:business accountingexpected intotoa.s:business administrationolney central college-olney,ilgpa:business administration skills accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, as400, audit reports, backup, budget, cash flow analysis, closing, cost analysis, delivery, financial statements, general ledger, hardware support, ibm, inspection, internal audits, inventory management, inventory control, iso 9000, laptop computers, managing, meetings, excel, microsoft office, msa, enterprise, oil, performance reviews, personnel, procurement, programmer, programming, project lead, project management, purchasing, quality, sales, shipping, software developers, spc, strategic, supervision, supply chain, software support, transportation, year-end.