Senior Cost Accountant - Mission Solar Energy - San Antonio, TX
(2024-05)
- Generated monthly reports on manufacturing variances due to quality issues or other factors affecting production yields.
- Analyzed product costs, labor costs, and overhead expenses to identify areas for improvement in operational efficiency.
- Assisted with the development of new costing models as part of a company-wide initiative to improve profitability.
- Established controls over inventory balances by performing periodic physical counts and reconciling differences against general ledger accounts.
- Developed and maintained cost accounting system to ensure accuracy of financial information.
- Identified discrepancies between actual costs incurred and estimated costs reported in financial statements.
- Assigned, prioritized, and delegated tasks and responsibility to departmental employees.
Cost Accountant - Mission Solar - San Antonio, TX
(2018-05)
- Create, mature, and enrich reports and forecasting models, designed to reduce redundant reporting, and generate business efficiencies.
- Drive the business strategy, initiate, advance and rolling out change management processes to achieve corporate goals.
- Decrease operating cost, maximize production, and provide visibility to leadership on cost drivers; labor, raw materials, packaging and shipping cost by:
- Cost accounting and inventory valuation, analyzing fixed cost and ensure proper recording of transactions.
- Assist month end close of General Ledger; including AP, AR, WO's, and account reconciliations.
- Prepare budget to actual, price per unit, monthly, quarterly, and annual cost reports, seeding and generating forecast models for internal and external stakeholders.
- Analyze raw materials, manufacturing methods, as well as services provided to determine impact on cost, producing monthly inventory roll forwards.
- Partner with development team on costing new products, materials and labor for all new projects, streamlining current costing methods.
- Cooperatively and collaboratively work with all levels the organization and external agencies to maximize performance, using creative problem solving to drive financial results.
- Engage engineering and manufacturing personnel on improvement of analysis of cost standards processes and procedures, tools and reports.
- Act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from management to accomplish objectives, plus align multiple lines of business.
Staff Accountant - Mission Solar Energy LLC - San Antonio, TX
(2016-04 - 2018-04)
- Prepared general ledger entries by maintaining records and files and reconciling accounts.
- Reconciled bank statements and balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
- Engaged with external auditors during year-end audit process and responded promptly to inquiries and requests for information and documentation.
- Analyzed financial data and prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to management for review.
- Investigated discrepancies between balances reported in the general ledger and sub ledgers.
- Balanced payroll accounts by resolving payroll discrepancies and recommending financial actions.
Procurement Specialist - Mission Solar Energy LLC - San Antonio, TX
(2015-08 - 2016-04)
- Resolved short shipments, delivery date issues and shipping errors to drive procurement.
- Managed inventory levels to ensure timely availability of goods while minimizing excess stock.
- Managed vendor contacts to investigate discrepancies, exchange information, and resolve issues.
- Conducted research into new products and vendors that would be beneficial for the organization's needs.
- Engaged in strategic sourcing projects that improved quality, delivery time, and pricing objectives.
- Collaborated with stakeholders in the development of specifications for goods and services purchases.
- Contributed to company goals and business objectives through cost down and process improvement initiatives.
