SUMMARY:

Direct financial and information system activities of the company by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate employees or Confidential . Prepare reports which summarize and forecast company business activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present, and expected operations.

SKILLS:

Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, MS Access, Lotus 1 - 2-3, SAP, COGNOS, Oracle Financial, Hyperion, Epicor 10, Import Tracker, RMS stock ledger, Sales Audit, Black-line GL Rec., QM Excel, Data Analysis, Quick-books Certified, Micro-strategy

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Ossining, NY

Controller and IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provide management with timely reviews of company's financial status and progress in its various programs and activities (i.e. Weekly Snapshot - cash balance, weekly hours, # of employees, Sales Analysis and other Metrics.)
• Prepare Job costing analysis, Backlog and WIP report to executive staff
• Work with outside auditors at year end to finalize financial reporting for tax purposes
• Direct and coordinate all of the accounting activities of the company including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and month end closing
• Maintain company’s commission system including distributing weekly reports to sales reps, calculating monthly commissions earned, sending monthly commission statements and checks to the reps and answering all inquiries.
• Direct accounting functions, including establishing, monitoring and documenting the company’s accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• Coordinate the tax reporting that is required with outside accountants.
• Credit management Dunn & Bradstreet, customer off hold, collection
• File multi-state sales and use taxes, Economic census report & Labor Statistics report
• Conduct employee performance review
• Maintain corporate records, both physically and electronically (i.e. Financial Statements, Tax Returns, Pension, and Insurance).
• Maintain records of depreciation rates to apply to capital assets.
• Prepare reports required by regulatory agencies.
• Calculate billing for the self-administration of the life insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term disability plans.
• Work with other managers to create various reports that are necessary for them to perform their duties.
• Develop, implement, and monitor management information systems policies and controls to ensure data accuracy, security, and data backup and recovery.
• Provides support to end users in the selection, procurement, usage, and maintenance of software programs and hardware.

Confidential

Sr. Inventory Control Accountant/ Asst. Controller

Responsibilities:

• Post Month End Inventory Journals &/Accruals
• Manage and reconcile company inventory, First Cost, Landing Cost including freight charges, commission and duties
• Post cost of sales from RMS to Oracle financials: Transfer Price, Shrink, Markdowns
• Post-Closing Inventory Analysis & Stockledger Reconciliation to General Ledger
• Prepare Inventory Roll Forward by Month/Qtr/YTD
• Post Weekly Sales to Oracle Financials - POS Sales Audit System
• Prepare Borrowing Base Certificate (BBC) Reporting on a monthly basis
• Book Banking Accruals and deposit Recovery checks from Certegy
• Perform Monthly Variance Analysis Gross Profit Margin and COGS
• Calculate Markdown Reserves & Forecast for inventory by Season
• Initial Markup (IMU) Analysis cost/retail inventory review with Controller
• Calculate Vendor & Freight Capitalization, Vendor Allowances
• Prepare shrink budget and Reserve Analysis on a monthly basis
• Peform Self Audit for company’s Import Customs & Fees
• Work with Inter./External Audits- Deloitte & Touche, BBC Bank Audits, Govt Agencies
• Contribute to Quarterly Financial Reporting Package- Inventory Retail Accounting
• Work on Reporting Issues with IT to maintain Stockledger integrity

Confidential

Senior Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for monthly analysis of department’s direct salary, overhead and cost of sales expenses, including intercompany chargeback to Confidential Affiliates
• Maintain Monthly Roll-forward of revenue & Cost of Sales for Cars, Motorcycles, MINI & Rolls Royce.
• Reconcile and Analyze Destination and Handling Costs- Special Project
• Reconcile Warranty and Insurance claims between Manufacturing & Confidential NA
• Monthly Inventory Analysis & Clearing for Cars, Motorcycles & MINI
• Upload monthly journal entries and accruals at month end to SAP General Ledger
• Prepare and post cash /wires applications, customer/vendor/ Confidential AG, Intercompany settlement and FEBAN, bank reconciliations (SAP)
• Provide the auditors with requested documentation, analyses and/or explanations.
• Assist various departments with Budget Variance Analysis, Recovery chargeback to Parent and Affiliates

Confidential

Sr. Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Affiliates Inter-company Receivables & Payables
• Handle Wire Transfers for US and Foreign Confidential
• Implement the process for Confidential online payments
• Reconcile Monthly Inter-company A/R, A/P
• Book monthly Accruals and Standard Journal Entries
• Prepare Monthly Variance Analysis and General Ledger Reconciliation

Confidential

Senior Retail Staff Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Booking all Monthly and Quarterly journal entries for multiple stores
• Analyze and Book Payroll and Accrued Payroll on a monthly basis
• Prepare and file Sales & Use Taxes and Commercial Rent Tax Returns
• Prepare Monthly and Quarterly Account Analysis
• Maintained Monthly Fixed Asset schedules and Capital Expenditure Projects
• Run Monthly and Quarterly Financial Statements (JD Edwards)
• Conducted Quarterly Retail Physical Inventories using HART systems

Confidential

Senior Staff Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Monthly Performance Package: Revenue, Departmental, EBIT AnalysisActual to Budget, forecast & PY
• Maintained Monthly Bad-Debt Reserve Analyses
• Reviewed Monthly Receivables/Collections with Plants’ Staff
• Prepare Daily, Weekly and Monthly Cash Flow Analysis and forecast
• Calculated Monthly Debt Service/Interests & Dividends
• Prepared Monthly Variance Analysis to Budget & Forecast
• Coordinated all works with Internal/External Auditors/SOX
• Responsible for Uploading Budget, Forecast, Beginning Balances to Oracle
• Monthly Reconciliation of Inter-Co Accts and General Ledger
• 1999 - 2004 Castrol North America- Oil Manufacturing Industry

Sr. Staff Accountant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage daily deposits, including weekly cash forecast
• Help company with distributors sales tax compliance issues
• Worked with Auditors on Fixed Assets, Sales Taxes and General Ledger
• Analyzed and reconciled G/L Accounts, including the inter-company’s
• Approved Journal Entries, Supervise Month-end close.
• Submitted financial statements to foreign parent company on a monthly basis.
• Managed accounts receivable and accounts payable.
• Analyzed sales/DSO, inventory, including labor, material, overhead & price variances
• Maintained fixed assets, Capitalized Projects, Depreciation and Year-end revaluation.
• Supervised staff of six A/R, A/P, Collections