Cost Analyst

Senior Cost Analyst — Valeris Manufacturing Group

Charlotte, NC | March 2024 – Present

• Analyzed cost variance across 4 manufacturing plants, identifying $240,000 in material waste and leading operational changes that recovered 12% in yield efficiency over 9 months.
• Reconciled monthly operating expenditures of $8.5M, utilizing SAP ERP to track resource usage and flagging 14 cost discrepancies that saved the company $65,000 in licensing fees.
• Developed interactive Power BI cost-allocation dashboards for 6 department heads, reducing manual reporting cycles by 15 hours per month and increasing forecast accuracy by 16%.
• Audited logistics and freight contracts worth $3.2M, renegotiating terms with 3 major carriers to reduce shipping costs by 9% while maintaining a 98% on-time delivery rate.

Cost Analyst — Apex Logistics Services

Atlanta, GA | June 2021 – February 2024

• Conducted weekly labor cost reviews for 120 hourly employees, identifying scheduling inefficiencies and reducing overtime expenses by 18% over a 12-month period.
• Constructed detailed cost models for 5 prospective logistics contracts valued at $4.5M, improving bidding price accuracy by 11% and winning 3 new customer accounts.
• Collaborated with 4 procurement team members to audit inventory write-offs, identifying redundant stock and lowering warehousing carrying costs by 13% ($42,000 annually).
• Streamlined month-end cost closing processes in Excel by implementing VBA macros, reducing processing time by 4 days and decreasing calculation error rates from 3% to less than 0.5%.

Cost variance analysis, Budget forecasting, Activity-Based Costing (ABC), Inventory control, Vendor negotiation, Cost modeling, Capital expenditure (CapEx) tracking, SAP ERP, Microsoft Excel (VBA), SQL, Power BI, Tableau, GAAP compliance

Automated Variance Tracking System

Role: Lead Cost Analyst

Tools: SQL, SAP ERP, Power BI, Excel VBA

Led the design and deployment of an automated cost-variance reporting dashboard, reducing executive reporting delays by 5 days and highlighting $110,000 in monthly overspending.

Warehousing Cost Optimization

Role: Cost Analyst

Tools: SQL, Tableau, Excel

Conducted a comprehensive audit of stock holding costs across 3 regional depots, reallocating slow-moving parts to reduce annual holding costs by $55,000 (15% reduction).

• Certified Management Accountant (CMA) (2023)
• Certified Cost Professional (CCP) (2022)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Professional Affiliations: Member of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International
• Availability: 2 weeks notice