GERALD A. BASDEN

**** ****** ****

Stone Mountain, Georgia 30088

678-***-**** [Cell]

KEY SKILLS

Auditing / Forecasting / Cost Revenue Analysis

Financial Statement Compilations Profitability Analysis

Financial/Budget Tracking Capital/ Overhead

Expense Analysis

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Southern Company-Plant Scherer - Juliette, Georgia

11/10 - present

$3 Billion Engineering & Construction Division

Financial Analyst / Internal Auditor / Cost Analyst / Unassigned Liability

Coordinator

. Audit, analyze, and monitor $500 million in Labor Contacts / Purchase

Orders accounting activities associated with over 100 engineering and

construction projects to ensure compliance with Company and project

policies and procedures.

. Prepared $5 million of monthly accruals of Unassigned Liabilities based

on Milestones billings that are due but have not been invoiced by

vendors.

. Prepare journal entries in order to reconcile Labor Contract / Purchase

Order accounting activity in Oracle, Power Plant, and PCMS accounting

systems. Explained and developed corrective actions for any variances

between the Estimate-To-Complete, Actual or Forecasted projections.

. Apply Purchase Order terms and accounting policies to develop / confirm

cash flow projections.

. Coordinated with Project Team to manage and update cash flow projections

in order to ensure correct postings to GWO's, Work Packages, and

FERC_Sub accounts.

. Conducted ad hoc Audits of Labor Contracts and Purchase orders. Present

audit finding to Manager with correcting journal entries.

. Compare Purchase Orders listed in the PCMS system to Purchase Orders

listed in Maximo system. Determine which is accuracy and should be used

going forward.

. Compare accrual forecasts to actual PCMS forecasts. Identify and

resolve differences.

EDAW / AECOM, Inc - Atlanta, Georgia

01/07 - 11/10

$115 Million Engineering Firm

Business Manager / Accounting Manager / Financial Analyst

. Monitored, analyzed, and reported on financial/accounting activities

associated with over one hundred engineering and construction projects

to ensure compliance with highly advanced key performance measures.

. Prepared and monitored the Financial Budget, the Operating plan and the

Annual Strategic plan.

. Tracked budgeted goals. Explained and developed corrective actions for

any variances between the budgeted, actual or forecasted projections.

. Compiled monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial statements.

. Monitored and analyzed total project revenue and cost forecasts.

Coordinated with Project Managers to manage and update estimated cost

projections and hours to complete projects.

. Conducted ad hoc audits, compliance/procedural audits, and assist with

external audit.

. Managed and supervised a staff of accountants.

. Prepared monthly forecast (backlog/capacity) and projections to include

pro forma income statements and supporting schedules.

. Ensured compliance with internal procedures and Sarbanes Oxley polices.

. Analyzed and reported project performance to senior management and

parent company each month highlighting significant variances, problem

projects, and cash flow with a recommended action plan.

. Conducted project reviews with project managers on key projects and

assisted in defining corrective actions and strategies to maintain

profitability.

Page 2

. Monitored office and project overhead expenses to ensure minimum levels

for effective operations.

. Conducted office training programs related to accounting, project

management, administration, human resource and government contracting

functions as directed by the parent company.

. Established a system which reduced the balance of outstanding Accounts

Receivable over 60 days from $1.1M to $500K.

Silent Gliss, USA - Loganville, Georgia

02/02 - 01/07

$10 million Manufacturing Firm

Accounting Manager

. Responsible for all aspects of Finance and Accounting including

reporting to Swiss parent company.

. Duties included general accounting activities; budgeting; forecasting;

account analysis, reconciliations, cost accounting, and preparation of

financial statements.

. Prepared all adjusting, recurring, and payroll journal entries.

. Responsible for month and year-end closing of the general ledger.

. Established a system to reduce month-end closing procedures from 5 days

to 3 days.

. Utilized MAS-90 software to reduce the duplication of manually

spreadsheets.

. Improved Fixed Asset Inventory System in order to reconcile G/L.

Nuclear Assurance Company International - Norcross, Georgia

09/96 - 02/02

$150M Manufacturing and engineering company servicing the nuclear energy

industry

Senior Accountant

. Duties included general accounting activities; account analysis,

reconciliations, cost accounting, preparation of financial statements;

preparing all adjusting, recurring, and payroll journal entries.

. Responsible for month and year-end closing of the general ledger.

. Reviewed entries to the general and subsidiary ledgers to assure

accuracy and compliance with the company's and established accounting

principles.

. Established a system of worksheets to reduce month-end closing

procedures.

. Utilized Deltek Vision software to create new monthly financial

statements.

EDUCATION

MBA, Keller Graduate School of Management - Atlanta, Georgia

BS Accounting & Economics, Howard University - Washington, D.C.

SPECIAL TRAINING

. C.P.A. Candidate - 3 parts (Auditing, Law,

Accounting and Reporting)

. Licensed Financial Principal (Series 24)

. Licensed Stock Broker (Series

7)

. H&R Block - Corporate/Individual Taxes

. J.D. Edward /PeopleSoft / Deltek Software/

Oracle/ Maximo

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

. National Association of Security

Dealers (N.A.S.D.)

. National Association of Accountants

. Toastmaster International

Contact this candidate