• Closing and accounting activities ensuring timely and accurate records
• Accounting and Tax Services for Individuals and Small Business (over 7 years)
• System Implementations - Oracle, SAP R/3, and QAD - 4th Generation Systems
• Implementation Team member for QAD Integrated Mfg. System (2 years)
• Served on Four Sub-Teams and Consulted in Oracle Implementation (14 mos.)
• Implemented Asset Mgt. - SAP R/3 in a Shared Services environment (2 yrs)
• Consulted in A/P and Purchasing in SAP R/3 problem resolutions area.
• Point person for the division-wide implementation of QAD system
• Created Chart of Accounts, Format Positions, & System's Standard Reports
• With Purchasing, Production, Shop Floor, Sales, & Mfg. Engr. set up system.
• Coordinating and training activity in multi-plant environment.
• Financial Reporting and Budgeting (Multi-Plant & Consolidations)
• Zero Based Budgeting / Familiarity with ABC Concepts
• Traditional Manufacturing and SG&A budgeting
• Development of Std Labor and Overhead Rates
• Designed & Implemented report for Daily Operating Performances.
• Commodity, Plant, and Customer Profit & Loss Reporting
• Operation Letters and Variable Cost Analysis - to non-financial personnel.
• Oversee the development, maintenance and implementation of company and corporate financial policies, practices and procedures.
• Engineering, R&D, Job Cost, and Special Project Accounting - Review & Evaluation
• Interaction with Internal and External Auditors
• Strategic Planning and Operating Plan Process and Forecasting
• Manufacturing and Operational Performance Analysis/Benchmarking
• Std. Costing, Cost Estimating, & Pricing
• Maintained Accounting's Frozen Std and Current Std Manufacturing Routings
• Member of Routing Change Committee
• Reviewed and Supervised an engineer in preparation of Cost Estimates
• Analyzed Economic Cost Increases and their recovery in pricing
• Inventory Control & Valuations (LIFO, FIFO, & Avg. Cost)
• Developed Information using Report Writers, Databases, and Spreadsheets
• Created over 50 FSG's (Financial Statement Generator) Reports in Oracle
• Created over 160 Reports using Results Report Writer in QAD
• Created over 20 Reports (i.e. Income Statements, Balance Sheets, UCC Calculations and Tax Analysis) using SAP Report Painter
• Developed over 25 Sort Keys in SAP to create variety of views of data
• Taxes - Federal, State, Payroll, and Local (1120, 1120S, 1065, 990, 941, 940 & 1040)
• Year-End Closing and Tax Packages (Federal, State, and Local)
• Fixed Asset Accounting & System Implementations -Analyzed Idle Assets to redirect
• Fixed Assets Supervision Managed Fixed Asset area for several years for Fortune 100 corporation
• Capital Expenditure Administrator (2 years)
• Payroll Accounting & System Conversions
• Organized & Oversee Taking of Physical Inventory (FG, WIP, RM, & Fixed Assets)
• Non-Profit Organization Accounting -Treasurer for two Non-Profit organizations for over 12 Years
• Acquisitions & Divestments
• Projections and Analysis to determine optimum location for new plant
• Involved in accounting for plant closing of St. Louis operation
• Involved in setting up books for Joint Venture in Pennsylvania
• Computer Programming Proficient in Basic and familiar with COBOL and FORTRAN
• Creation of several software programs to assist clients in tracking and understanding business information
• Training of Client's Employees Created HTML and linked interactive training materials to educate client's personnel and automated documentation of procedures and systems with realistic graphics and information.
• Applications: Excel, Lotus, D-Base, Alpha 4, Windows 95, DOS, Fox Pro, RIA/CLR Fast Tax, Xpress, Word for Windows, Access, ProComm, Freelance, Basic, Peachtree, Quick Books, Harvard Graphics, Office 97, SAP, Oracle, QAD & Others
• Analyze and interpret the Company's Cost Structure and Cost Drivers

BBA, Accounting Cleveland State University 1969-1973

Passed CPA Examination - November 1999

SYSOP - Cleveland Freenet - The Accounting Forum 1995 to 1999

Webmaster - IMA Cleveland East Chapter IMA 1997 to Present

Chief Ranger - Chief Ranger - Independent Order of Foresters 1996 to Present

Treasurer - Independent Order of Foresters 1986 to 1996

Treasurer - Institute of Manangement Accountants (IMA) 1998 to 2000

Director of Publicity-IMA 1997 to 1998

Vice President of Communications-IMA 1999 to 2001

Member of Year 1995-96 and 1998-99 IMA-Cleveland East Chapter

Chairman of 1988 TRW Valve Division Staff United Way Campaign

Member - National Association of Tax Practitioners

Member - Institute of Management Accountants Since 1984

Fraternalist of the Year Court Redwood - Independent Order of Foresters 2000

Fraternalist of the Year for Mid Eastern United States - Independent Order of Foresters 2000

Last Updated 02/01/2000 by Gary Gudaitis