SUMMARY:

• Budgeting & Forecasting
• SOX 404 Controls / Compliance
• Financial Statement Preparation
• Research & Analysis
• 10Q & 10K Schedules
• Process Improvement
• Manufacturing / Retail / Healthcare
• Tax & General Ledger
• Strong Communication Skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Oracle Financial Accounting
• Fixed Assets / Budget & AP SW
• Vertex Software
• Epicor Financials
• Infinium AP / GL & Fixed Assets
• Excel / Access
• Hyperion Reporting
• SAP Financials
• Great Plains Software

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Controller/HR Director 

Responsibilities:

• Manage teh hiring process including filing all new hire, i - 9 and necessary reporting.
• Manage monthly close process through financial statements.
• Oversee accounts payable, receivable, payroll and billing processes and other day-to-day accounting functions.
• Prepare financial reports and schedule for external CPA compilation and tax preparation.
• Maintain inventory cost reports and update actual costs in teh system.
• Prepare analysis for new products/customers/promotions to maintain proper margins.
• Manage human resource functions and employee benefits.
• Process payroll and 401k contributions.
• Maintain rolling 3 month cash forecast and prepare weekly check runs.
• Prepare daily/weekly/monthly executive dashboard reports.
• Monitor corporate credit card usage, track travel & entertainment expenses.
• Administrative functions including insurance and government reporting.
• Manage cash, financials and sales tax reporting for separate property Management Company.
• Implementation of new SYSPRO ERP for manufacturing, accounting and all areas of analysis.

Confidential

Corporate Controller  

Responsibilities:

• Manage monthly financial statement preparation, month-end close process and reporting to teh CFO and Executive team.
• Monitor and maintain financial documents and their related structures to ensure accurate, efficient, timely reporting, and compliance wif GAAP as well as FASB related guidelines.
• Created and implemented new company wide treasury, expense reporting, credit card, purchase policies dat were not in place to ensure accurate auditable information and reporting. 
• Negotiate, analyze and manage teh fees and margins of service providers.
• Mentor, coach, evaluate, and provide feedback to Accounting staff to foster professional development.
• Direct, monitor and implement best practices strategies; interact wif regional and international directors to ensure consistency and efficiency related to operational activities as well as accounting and financial processes. Target and address problem areas.
• Evaluate teh adequacy and appropriateness of internal controls and implemented new necessary processes to enhance controls.
• Generate timely and comprehensive cash flow forecasting for all operating and capital needs activities for Confidential USA.
• Implemented new sales tax reporting procedures and monitor to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Review and assist wif compliance of established procedures wif a focus on disbursements, service provider contracts and banking relationships. Ensure quality standards.
• Facilitate monthly and annual operating and capital budget process wif corporate management.
• Analyze product margins for international markets to evaluate and change to adequate market level.

Confidential

Senior International Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed financial statements on a monthly basis and reported on margins and variances to Senior Executives.
• Produced, analyzed and interpreted complex financial data, trends, costs, revenues, commissions and expenses using charts or graphs on all International markets wif a focus on profitability to help management make decisions for operations. 
• Created reports and analytics to help Identify areas of opportunity such as revenue enhancement, cost reduction, control deficiencies and processing efficiency to management. 
• Implemented new operational procedure for month end close after discovering problems wif computer system on credit card processing which helped teh company mitigate teh risk of lost sales revenue, cash and avoid customer complaints.
• Management of Full Cycle of Accounting including but not limited to Accounts Payable and GL close process for All International Markets including all Journal Entries, Reconciliation and Variance Analysis reporting to directors and senior executives.
• Created and Implemented new process for Accounts Receivable reconciliation and credit card merchant reconciliation which was never attempted due to complexity of flow and movement of figures.
• Recognized errors saving teh company 100k cash due to merchant processor incorrect calculations.
• Preparation of tax filing information for GST and VAT tax submission wif various international tax agencies.
• Liaison wif various organizations internationally to create and manage new market compliance.
• Cash control and bank account management for International locations including S. Africa, Columbia, Australia and New Zealand.

Confidential

Tax & GL Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Balance Sheet and Income statement preparation for government BAS submission to Australian Tax Office
• Management of complete Sales Tax process for multi-million dollar monthly sales including international sales.
• Created new process as well as new procedure manual for Sales Tax Process.
• Journal Entries, reconciliation and variance analysis of numerous tax and GL Accounts.
• Reconciliation, analysis and accurate reporting of all Sales Tax accounts through Vertex Corporation software.
• Discovered, correct and create new process for missing funds in teh sales systems in tax accounts.
• Managed member Levy & Liens, personal property tax schedule, and entire 1099 process from start to finish for over 2700 members.
• Managed unclaimed funds process for company along wif dealing wif various customers wif coordination of checks.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and yearly International GST/HST/PST Canadian & Australian payments.
• Discovered various tax holes in teh systems and worked wif senior management to fix and remit tax.
• Analyze and maintain month-end balance sheet account and create recommendations for corrections.

Confidential

Senior Corporate Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Analyze month-end balance sheet account and create variance analysis reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly journal entries for proper account classification.
• Created new report reconciliation files to accurately describe account activity.
• Prepare monthly sales tax forms for various local and state agencies.
• Preparation and maintenance of Lease, Fixed Assets, Prepaid, and various operating schedules.
• Cash/Bank reconciliations, Balance Sheet and Income statement preparation for government submission.

Confidential

District Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing client relationships, selling insurance & financial products.
• Manage a team of five sales represents and bring in a minimum of 5 sales each per week.

Confidential

Corporate Financial Analyst 

Responsibilities:

• Budget preparation, forecast and financial statement analysis monthly meetings in coordination wif managers and regional offices to go over variances including analytics to identify areas of improvement and profitability.
• Project Team Leader for quarterly Board of Directors book presentations and SEC financials filings including presenting information to management.
• Maintained forecast and cost model updates and developed additional analytics to report at monthly Director meetings.
• Maintained various Sarbanes Oxley 404 controls for company compliance.
• Created new report to tie in accounts payable to financial statements.
• Coordinate quarterly/annual audits for external auditors.
• Analyze month-end balance sheet accounts and create variance analysis reconciliations.
• Ad-hoc reporting when necessary along wif helping other departments such as revenue reporting.
• Helping to maintain teh integrity of information from accounts payable and payroll into ADP and company month-end financial statements.

Confidential 

Collector/Sales Representative

Responsibilities:

• Assist in researching and obtaining potential client listings. Interacting and networking wif clients to explain programs along wif going over reports and securing business for teh company.
• Established new clients wif new business of $30,000 dollars for teh company.
• Strict use of FDCPA guidelines and ability to know and understand calling times, word choice, and regulations.

Confidential

Sr. Staff Accountant 

Responsibilities:

• Provided total asset reporting for billion dollars worth of fixed assets.
• Prepared detailed asset reports and analysis on each of Cole’s companies for senior executive staff and board of directors under strict time constraints.
• Coordinated day-to-day operations of all Confidential Information Technology accounting, reporting, and analysis.
• Supervision and coordination of assistant for accounts payable and IBM computer inventory.

Confidential

Sr. Staff Accountant 

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in solving daily issues dat arise when dealing wif executive reporting needs, customer issues, and employee needs to maintain department productivity while completing previous tasks as staff accountant.
• Creation of detailed cost reports upon request for senior executive staff.
• Established procedures for day-to-day operations of vendor invoices making our accounting department teh most efficient of all Cole’s companies wif minimum amount of employees in department.

Staff Accountant 

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in preparation and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, journal entries, accounts payable, and accounts receivable to handle $10 million dollars of new divisional business due to new efficiency level.
• Created and implemented new cost reporting system for Confidential ’s entire IBM computer inventory.
• Customer service support for vendors as well as technical support related to budgetary & expense reporting for senior executive leadership.
• Creation of budgetary forms implemented for company use which expanded reporting capabilities.

Jr. Accountant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in updating company systems to increase department efficiency over 50%