1. GRZEGORZ “GREG” KOSTRZEWA
gkost12@gmail.com (626) 329-1186 Glendora, CA
EDUCATION California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) March 2012
B.S. Business Administration
Option: Accounting Minor: Economics
WORK CalPortland Company, Glendora, CA June 2012 – April 2015
EXPERIENCE Staff Accountant – Fixed Assets
Routine Operations
 Performed fixed asset capitalizations through the utilization of SAP Capital Project Systems, posted Month-End
closing journal entries, reconciled fixed asset GL accounts monthly, & organized support for work completed.
 Managed multiple fixed asset business processes & documented proper methods of execution to ensure proper
accounting treatment according to JSOX and U.S. GAAP.
 Troubleshot problems within SAP Capital Project Systems for work orders, purchase orders, & other issues.
 Analyzed & accounted for significant variances for approximately 20 balance sheet accounts & 20 SG&A account.
 On a quarterly basis, reviewed repair & maintenance expenditures along with impairment analyses.
 Prepared for & executed annual operating budgets for depreciation & amortization for over 200 cost centers.
 Planned & performed annual physical audits of fixed assets & communicated errors, problems, & solutions to
management.
Significant Accomplishments
 Compiled & distributed the 2013, 2014, & the 2015 Capital Budget:
 Mastered skills in documentation, preparation, & attention to detail by preparing & compiling over 250 capital
projects into a 700 page document that would become the annual Capital Budget.
 Improved interpersonal & communicative skills by collaborating with managers & executive management.
 Increased business efficiency of fixed asset reconciliations & business processes through SAP solutions:
 Gained further understanding of relationships between SAP t-codes & how certain t-codes can be combined.
 Cultivated skills in creating efficiencies by decreasing work time needed to prepare reconciliations by
approximately 15% monthly work time.
 Reorganized the monthly capital budget spending report:
 Consolidated capital project spending spanning 8 years of capital budgets into one report.
 Increased clarity, ease of use, transparency for all capital project spending, & knowledge of Excel formulas.
 Completed & increased efficiency for the 2012, 2013, 2014 Year-End Audits:
 Created support to the footnotes & support for the audit processes which reduced the audit time by 2 weeks.
 Fulfilled Ernst & Young/Internal audit requests by providing the proper documentation & reconciliations.
TECHNICAL SAP
SKILLS
 Working knowledge of Project Systems and Fixed Assets & familiar with multiple transaction codes.
 Created documentation of business activities for posting depreciation, capitalization, transfers & disposals of fixed
assets, work orders, purchase orders, & the Year-End closing process.
MS Office & MS Outlook
 Proficient in MS Excel, Word & Outlook.