Elaine Fawcett has over 20 years of accounting and finance experience including cost control, financial analysis, budgeting, internal controls, financial reporting, and supervisory experience. She has held senior accounting roles at NYPRO, Evergreen Solar, and Accutech Plastics with responsibilities such as cost analysis, inventory control, project accounting, financial statement preparation, and process improvement. She has a bachelor's degree in accounting and is proficient in Excel.

1. Elaine Fawcett
Elainefawcett1@yahoo.com • cell 508-868-4871
QUALIFICATIONS
• Inventory/Cost control
• Standard costing
• Labor analysis
• Fixed Asset
• Budgeting and analysis
• Use tax/VAT tax
• Monthly Closings
• Financial statements
• Financial analysis
• Sarbanes Controls
• Internal Controls
• Intercompany mgmt.
• Project/ fund accounting
• Expert in Excel
• Equity Administration
• Procedure Development
• Supervisory / Training
• Collections
• Cost analysis
• 10Q/10K Preparation
• AP/AR/PR
CAREER EXPERIENCE
• Expert in maintaining internal controls / and supporting auditing of records
• Cost analysis from raw materials to finished product, to increase net income through identifying and reporting
• Inventory control specialist, including cycle counting, reconciling, and full physical
• Project / fund accounting maintaining complete records for all internal projects, including issuing percent completion
payments to vendors and billings to customers
• Safeguarding fixed asset accounts, including instituting a tagging and tracking system
• Carried out internal audits to ensure regulatory compliance and operational efficiency/accuracy
• Prepared financial reports, developed budgets, and performed variance analysis in accordance with business plan
• Instituting controls to assure the accuracy and the authenticity of the transactions recorded.
• Expert in determination of flaws and the correction of systems to maintain tighter controls
• Responsible for monthly close, Financial Statements, and analysis on a monthly and annual basis.
• Income statement and absorption account analysis
• Maintained government contract revenue from preparation of incurred cost submission to final audit.
• Turned around collection accounts from over 48% of total receivables, to less than 5%
• Instituted and trained responsible individuals on a monthly cycle count process
• Efficiency expert: enhancing and streamlining functions through elimination of duplicative or unnecessary processes
• Software Implementation: manufacturing and accounting
• Managed and developed a staff of four. Built and led teams in carrying out special projects.
• Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable / Human Resource / Payroll (ADP)
• Fully controlled equity administration from in-house admin to outsourcing with Schwab
• Spearheaded implementation of documentation of processes in readiness for Sarbanes-Oxley.
NYPRO, INC., Clinton, MA, 2007 – Present Senior Cost Accountant / Senior Accountant
EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC., Marlborough, MA, 2004 – 2007 Senior Accountant
ACCUTECH PLASTICS, Marlborough, MA, 1996 – 2004 Corporate Accountant
EDUCATION

2. CENTRAL CT STATE UNIVERSITY – ACCOUNTING - New Britain, CT
Bachelor - WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY – Worcester, MA
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SHELTER Treasurer
MASSACHUSETTS RENTAL HOUSING Researcher – environmental policies and water conservation