Andrew Prentice
Senior Cost Accountant at Dixon Ticonderoga
- Role
- Senior Cost Accountant at Dixon Ticonderoga Company
- Location
- Appleton, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Andrew Prentice
14 years in the manufacturing industry with a mix of finance and cost accounting roles 7 Material Master uploads in SAP for acquired businesses, ERP system upgrades or company mergers Company expert in Microsoft Excel: process improvement, report setup, and big data manipulation Highly skilled in SAP, Business Objects and confident in learning and using new ERP systems
Experience
Senior Cost Accountant
Jan 2017 — Present · Appleton, WI, US
Lead all month-end close activities for Cost Accounting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.• Validate all components of the actual-average inventory costing system to ensure proper inventory valuation.• Oversee all external audit testing for cost accounting and act as the primary point of contact for auditors.• Establish and maintain annual direct and indirect production rates across all manufacturing facilities.• Designed and now oversee internal control compliance processes within the department.• Prepare and analyze key operational reports weekly, including Production Variance, Purchase Price Variance (PPV), Waste, Inventory Levels, and Inventory Adjustments.• Own the annual standard cost development process, including calculation and timely release.• Created and now manage the monthly Excess & Obsolescence (E&O) reserve analysis.• Developed a flexible budgeting model that can be quickly updated on the spot, significantly improving efficiency and saving time across all North American divisions.• Serve as department lead for ERP system upgrades and successfully co-led a full warehouse relocation for an acquired company.
Education
Carroll University
Bachelor's Degree, Accounting Major (CPA Emphasis)
2006 — 2011
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Accounting
- Account Reconciliation
- Customer Service
- Leadership
- Analysis
- Financial Analysis
- Invoicing
- Process Improvement
- Financial Statements
- Forecasting
- Sap
- Microsoft Office
- Analytical Skills
- Budgets
- Management
- Team Building
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