Certified Management Accountant

Senior Management Accountant — Lumina Logistics Systems

Chicago, IL | July 2023 – Present

• Directed the annual $18M capital budgeting process across 5 regional hubs, identifying $1.2M in redundant operational expenditures and reducing overall department variance by 16%.
• Developed a real-time margin analysis dashboard utilizing Power BI, which optimized product pricing strategies and led to a 4.2% gross margin expansion within 8 months.
• Partnered with cross-functional warehouse teams to redesign inventory control audits, lowering valuation errors by 28% and saving 110 labor hours per month in administrative reconciliation.
• Led a cost-containment committee that restructured supplier logistics contracts, securing a 9% decrease in raw material transport costs and saving $240,000 annually.

Management Accountant — Caliber Manufacturing Co.

Gary, IN | July 2020 – June 2023

• Conducted weekly cost-of-goods-sold (COGS) variance reviews for 3 manufacturing lines, identifying inefficiencies to reduce waste by 18% and save $95,000 in material costs.
• Automated the month-end close reporting reconciliation workflow using advanced Excel models, reducing reporting cycle time by 4 days while maintaining a 99.8% audit accuracy rate.
• Analyzed profitability metrics for 14 product families, presenting recommendations to executive leadership that led to the decommissioning of 2 low-performing lines, saving $60,000 annually.
• Monitored and reported on key performance indicators (KPIs) for labor productivity, leading to a staffing realignment that boosted manufacturing output by 12% without increasing overtime hours.

Cost accounting, Capital budgeting, Financial forecasting, Variance analysis, Margin optimization, Inventory valuation, COGS analysis, Risk management, Profitability modeling, General ledger, ERP systems, Power BI, Advanced Excel, Tableau, SAP, GAAP compliance

ERP System Implementation & Integration

Role: Lead Financial Representative

Tools: SAP S/4HANA, MS Excel, Jira

Guided the financial migration of 4 business units to SAP S/4HANA over 9 months, mapping 300+ general ledger accounts and training 15 staff members, resulting in a 25% faster financial consolidation process.

Overhead Restructuring Initiative

Role: Management Accountant

Tools: Power BI, SQL, Excel

Analyzed indirect manufacturing overhead across 3 plants, recommending consolidation of maintenance operations that cut annual fixed costs by $310,000 and reduced operational bottlenecks by 15%.

• Certified Management Accountant (CMA) (2021)
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (2022)

• Languages: English (Native), Polish (Conversational)
• Professional Memberships: Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) - Chicago Chapter
• Availability: 3 weeks notice