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Craig A. Ward
2813 Roosevelt Street
Wall NJ, 07719
732-859-6378

SUMMARY
Experienced cost accounting professional with diversified manufacturing experience. Emphasis on standard cost systems with exposure to activity based and job costing methodologies, utilizing SAP, ASK MANMAN, DATAFLO and QAD MFG Pro applications.
WORK EXPERIENCE
COOPER WHEELOCK, a division of Cooper Industries, Long Branch, NJ 2000-2009
Manufacturer of fire and life safety notification appliances with annual revenue of $60M.
Cost Accounting Manager Responsible for all cost accounting activities including maintaining standard costs, analyzing all manufacturing variances, reporting inventory value, issuing daily, weekly and monthly reporting to both financial and operations management.
LAMBDA EMI, Neptune, NJ 1999-2000
Leading manufacturer of industrial power supplies. Cost Analyst
Responsible for maintaining accurate standard costs on all purchased and manufactured parts, ,tracking inventory activities and reporting value of inventory, cost of sales reporting and monitoring and analyzing manufacturing variances. Lead finance person for the implementation of the Dataflo MRP system.
KEEBLER COMPANY, Sayreville, NJ 1998-1999
The second largest maker of cookies and crackers, with annual revenue of $2.2B.
Cost Accounting Manager-Sayreville Plant
Direct all plant cost activities; implement new methods, policies and programs to improve cost control procedures. Responsible for integrity of cost data within the SAP system. Supervise a staff of three.

INSTRUMENT SPECIALTIES, Delaware Water Gap, PA. 1997-1998
A $90M manufacturer of EMC shielding and EMC compliance and product safety testing.
Cost Systems Analyst
Responsible for improving and enhancing existing cost accounting system, utilizing the QAD Mfg. Pro system.
Developed an activity-based analysis for non-manufacturing cost centers, which achieved more accurate cost allocations.
Improved reporting mechanisms in order to capture actual non-standard “tooling expenses. These expenses were then incorporated into the job quoting process.
Wrote a procedure manual for the generation of new standard costs, using the QAD Mfg. Pro system.

CONNCURRENT COMPUTER CORPORATION, Oceanport, NJ 1979-1996
A $300M international manufacturer of real-time computers systems for high performance technical and commercial applications.
Manager, Cost Accounting (1985-1996)
Responsible for reporting over $40M of worldwide inventories, established and maintained standard costs on 20,000 manufactured and purchased parts. Directed annual physical inventory, established cycle count procedures and formulated excess inventory and manufacturing variance reports, utilizing an MRP environment.
Directed successful implementation of ASK MANMAN system as project leader. Accounting liaison to manufacturing implementation team.
Worked with lending institutions in establishing covenants required to support inventories used as collateral in loan agreements.
Supervisor, Cost accounting (1983-1985)
Reported cost of sales breakdown, inventory transition, cost of sales reconciliation, labor edits and month-end close reporting. Supervised a staff of 3 professionals
Senior Cost Accountant (1979-1983)
Responsible for tracking and reporting all inventory transactions and reconciling same. Performed annual physical inventory and led finance team in auditing, reconciling and reporting results. Analyzed manufacturing variances and reported results to manufacturing team.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science-Accounting, Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ

Please see the attached resume in response to the senior cost accounting position.