SUMMARY

• A highly motivated finance professional with an extensive background in accounting, auditing and financial reporting with excellent analytical and system skills.
• Verse in government, public, private & non profit sectors of businesses. Specializing in audits, statutory and regulatory controls with a keen design for implementing cost reducing best practices and process improvements.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, MA

Senior Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Prepare GAAP Internal control, SOX & J - SOX testing requirements on a divisional level for the following areas of business, HR, Payroll, IT, Financial Reporting, Accounting, Purchasing, Production, Treasury, Expenditures and Company Level Controls (CLC) to ensure all levels of business remain compliant.
• Prepare monthly divisional Financial Statement to roll up to Corp
• Prepare monthly financial forecasting and budgetary requirements qtr. over qtr. and year over year analysis
• Assist the Div. Controller with various accounting requirements during closing and throughout the month
• Initiate process documentation for continuous process improvement throughout the organization
• Prepare reports such as Gross Margin, PPV, Inventory, Std. Costing and Variance analysis for Metric reporting
• Complete journal entries to the general ledger for Fixed Assets, Depreciation, inventory, PPV
• Complete financial analysis with recommendation to other dept, managers for performance improvement

Confidential, West Hartford, CT

Finance Director

Responsibilities:

• Provided constructive risk analysis to CEO on the financials for better decision making ( a direct report staff of 6)
• Preparing the monthly financials and quarterly taxation filings
• Manage the day to day financial transactions to ensure accuracy, procedures & controls are followed to safeguard organization’s assets.
• Developed financial strategies and implement short & long terms goals through financial modeling budgeting & forecasting
• Implement procedures to improve the workflow of the departmental and organizational needs
• Trained project managers on accurately budgeting revenue & expenses for their international programs for proper allocation of funding based on government contracts
• Worked closely with U.S. Aid officials for determining Negotiated Indirect Cost Recovery Agreements (NICRA) for programs
• Completed monthly closings, quarterly and annual government reports (i.e., A-133, IRS990, PVO registration, TDF90-221, & F5500)
• Reviewed daily receivables, authorized weekly payables and payroll files
• Responsible for monthly closing and quarterly reporting, fiscal year end & all tax filings
• Staff development and mentoring

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Financial Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Interim CFO for a non-profit organization providing financial support throughout the organization (a direct report staff of 4)
• Conducted statutory audits as a means of risk mitigation to safeguard assets and maintain the organization’s financial health in the following areas: Human Resources, Information Technology (IT), Taxes, Payroll, Treasury, Purchasing and Finance Operations - i.e., accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash application.
• Conducted Sarbanes-Oxley audits to include Sect 404, 401 & 302
• Conducted FAR regulatory audits on U.S. Military contracts to ensure proper cost allocations were performed working with DCAA & MAAR auditors
• Conducted compliance audits on contracted Service Level Agreements (SLA) to ensure performances met contract requirements.
• Designed working spreadsheets to expedite findings of inefficiencies of allocated contract funds (i.e., labor, material & OH)
• Provided the CFO with audit test results with recommendations in preparation for external audit
• Conducted Kaizen for Managerial and/or Production Lines to improve time, material and staffing
• Mapped Present State to Futures State, designed Flow Charts & Process Maps for improving workflow efficiencies
• Tracked KPI through metric reporting
• Staff development and mentoring
• Ensured accuracy on payrolls files for admin, production & field team workers
• Increased Segregation of Duties controls where deemed necessary within the organization
• Trained staff on continuous process improvements within their job function(s)
• Identified areas of Conflict of Interest or the appearance of existence and improved those weak areas within the organization
• Within non-profit organizations, ensured the use of ST of CT Dept. of Developmental Services requirements for receiving State grant funding were properly met
• Ensured the allocation of U.S. Grant Funding was accurately tracked and allocated for its intended purpose
• Implemented Standard Work format for all Production Lines also to include international lines

Confidential, East Hartford, CT

Sr. Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Served as Audit Manager (a direct report staff of 7). Concentration included but not limited to:
• Strategically Project Managed FPA, to reduce financial report time by 1.5 days through continuous improvement tools
• Participated in month-end, quarterly & year-end closings
• Analyze budget (projected vs. actual) revenues by country using Business Warehouse
• SEC Filing for 10Q & 10K reports
• Tracked departmental audit results using metric reporting & access data base
• Completed Monthly reconciliation of Balance Sheet Accounts timely
• Managed/scheduled audits of Financial Controls - SOX Section 302, Operational/Internal Controls - SOX Section 404 and Financial Reporting Controls - SOX Section 401
• Effectively developed crucial financial reports including ad-hoc reports in power point format for quarterly controller’s meetings
• Trained FP&A Dept. & CE Finance on Kaizen - Lean Implementation on workflow process improvement

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Handled supervisory team lead responsibilities
• Reconciled over 94 accounts with 100% completion rate monthly
• Completed journal entries as needed
• Auditor of Operational / Internal Controls - SOX Section 404, Compliance - SOX Section 401 and SoD
• Project Managed continuous improvement tasks throughout finance which reduced cost and eliminated waste by 22%
• Project Managed A/P disbursements which reduced rework by 37% ultimate savings of $50K per quarter