Ariel Planz

Summary of Experience and Education

Professional Experience

Accounting

. Payroll ? Partnerships

. Accounts Payable ? Accounts

Receivable

. Monthly Accruals ? Revenues

. Inter-company consolidations ? Foreign

currency transactions

. Fixed Assets ?

Inventory - Net Realizable Value

. Translation of foreign currency financial statements ?

Acquisitions and Startups

. Inventory (Periodic, Perpetual and Cycle Counts) ?

SEC / SOX Compliance

Taxation

. Corporate ? Individual

. Partnerships ?

Sales Taxes

. Property Taxes ? IRS

filings

Financial Analysis

. Trend ? Ratio

. Cash Flow ?

Maximum Yield

. Break Even ?

Variance

. Actual vs. Budget / Planned ?

Management Reports

? Price Risk Forecasting ?

Economic Analysis

Industries

. Manufacturing ?

Agricultural

. Pharmaceutical ? Air

Freight

. Retail ? Banking

Publications

Financial Analysis, (Publisher, The Dun & Bradstreet

Foundation)

Book I Basic Financial Analysis

Trend and Ratio Analysis

Break Even Analysis

Cash Flow Analysis

Book II Advanced Financial Analysis

Economic Profit vs. Accounting Profit

LIFO vs. FIFO and the LIFO Reserve

Impact of Defimed Benefit Pension Plans

Analysing the Effects of Foreign Currency

Transactions, Hedges and Options.

International Finance (Publisher, The Dun & Bradstreet

Foundation)

Break Even Analysis - Three Case Studies (US Library of

Congress No. Txu1-130-317)

Ariel Planz

353 Scanno Drive, Oak Park, CA 91377

818-***-****

818-***-**** Cell

YouBet.com (Gross Sales $100MM)

July 2009 - Present

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Industry: Service and Manufacturing

Under the Director of Accounting supervise three accountants and

placed in charge of day to day accounting responsibilities. Monthly

closing, account reconciliation, financial analysis, inventory

management by Cycle Counts, foreign currency translation of financial

statements (Canada to U.S.), corporate consolidation of Canadian and

U.S. operations and SOX / SEC compliance. Accounting system used is

Great Plains Dynamics.

. Reviewed sales tax laws in various states and corrected internal

procedures.

. Corrected fixed assets accounts to eliminate false entries

. Balanced inventory in Dynamics from Module to General Ledger.

. Insttituted the use of macro's in Dynamics to manipulate large

amounts of data

. Established new inventory procedures.

. Established new revenue models based on written contracts.

. Over the course of seven months established inventory NRV.

Rachel Ashwell Designs, Inc. (Gross Sales $55MM)

October 2007 - February 2009

ASSISTANT CONTROLLER

Industry: Retail and Manufacturing

Supervised five accountants. Overseeing the various functions of the

accounting cycle and responsible for various accruals. Assisted the

Controller in closing the general ledger monthly. Also responsible

for accounts receivables and credit decisions. As well as property

and sales taxes in California, New York, Texas and Georgia. Accounting

system used is Great Plains Dynamics.

. Implemented new credit criteria for wholesale accounts.

. Reduced Account Receivable past due by 77%.

. Implemented new retail reporting procedures to improve work flow.

. Implemented new techniques for accrual calculations.

. Created new sales tax calculation spreadsheets using Excel.

Reiter Affiliated Companies (Gross Sales $700MM)

December 2004 - September 2007

SR. ACCOUNTANT

Industry: Agriculture

Responsible for the accounting and month end closing of five

companies. Approved all payroll runs and accounts payable invoices.

Made all closing journal entries. Also responsible for balancing

accounts and cost centers between the general ledger system and the

cost accounting system. Responsible for monthly account analysis on

all five companies as well as the presentation of all financial

reports to partners and senior management. Also responsible for the

twice yearly budgeting on all five companies. Responsible for

maintaining the fixed assets for all companies. As well as for

property taxes in Ventura County. Accounting system used is ABECAS

and COGNOS. Fixed assets system used is ProSystems.

. Performed the accounting for five separate companies.

. Was responsible for financial reports, financial analysis,

budgeting and monthly forecasting.

. Implemented cost and accrual calculations for fixed and variable

expenses.

. Financial Analysis and Presentation to shareholders or partners

. Product Price forecasting (financial and economic Analysis) for

product risk.

Quest Diagnostics Clinical Trials (Gross Sales $3 Billion)

August 2003 - April 2004

SR. ACCOUNTANT

Industry: Pharmaceutical

Responsible for monthly accrual calculations, international

consolidations, foreign currency translations and hedging, general

ledger entries, reconciliations, Actual to Budget Analysis, Financial

Analysis, Fixed Asset accounting and product pricing and analysis.

System used is PeopleSoft.

. Implemented new accrual calculation techniques on Excel

spreadsheets.

. Implemented improved monthly balance sheet reconciliation

techniques.

. Prepared financial presentation package which included financial

analysis and monthly forecasting for Senior Management in New York

and London.

Ameriflight, Inc. (Gross Sales $110MM)

March 2001 - March 2003

ACCOUNTING MANAGER

Industry: Air Courier

Responsible for the monthly closing of the general ledger and the

preparation of the corporate Financial Statements. Prepared the

monthly audit schedules to the Corporate Controller and CFO. Also

responsible for yearly property tax preparation in nine states. System

used is a JD Edwards / AS400

. Designed new reporting modules using Excel and trained staff to

their use.

. Saved over $230,000 in lost revenue during 2001 and 2002 in

property taxes.

. Will perform internal audit functions among the various bases on a

yearly basis.

Interface Aviation, Inc. (Gross Sales $25MM)

1997 - 2001

FINANCIAL ANALYST / SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Industry: Light Manufacturing

Was responsible for the month end and year-end closing of the general

ledger as well as for the preparation of company financial statements.

Also completed audit schedules and bank reconciliations. Prepared and

presented all profitability reports to management including yearly

budgets and monthly variance reports as well as cash flow reports.

Supervised A/P functions and check disbursement.

. Using cost accounting techniques designed and implemented Break-

even analysis and sensitivity reports.

. Implemented new collections and asset management procedures to

eliminate loss.

Dun & Bradstreet Corporation

1993 - 1997

BUSINESS ANALYST / MANAGENT CONSULTANT

Industry: Management Consulting

Served as a consultant (independent contractor) to the middle and

senior managers of various corporate clients including Siemens, Phillip

Morris, Sony, Intel, TRW, and Hewlett Packard. Government clients included

the United States Department of Commerce, Cinefilm and the Puerto Rican

Development Bank. Travel was 100% of assignments.

. Performed financial analysis and outside audit on clients' assets

and records.

. Used Financial Modeling to make recommendations and design business

plans for client companies.

Great Western Bank

1989 - 1993 DIVISION

MANAGER - COMMERCIAL BANKING

Industry: Retail Banking

Developed and managed a Commercial Banking Department for the

nation's second largest S&L. Managed a division of 120 individuals

with annual revenues of $280 million dollars which supported over 600

branches nationwide. Responsible for strategic planning and the

negotiation as well as preparation of a $48 million dollar divisional

budget.

. Was instrumental in moving the banking industry towards small

business banking.

. Created a new division, which reached $48MM in assets within three

years.

. Turned around a separate, poorly performing division within six

months.

Standard Chartered / Union Bank

1985 - 1989

MANAGEMENT TRAINEE / FINANCIAL ANALYST

Industry: Business Banking

Selected to be one of the 12 members for the class of 1985 from a

candidate pool which included applicants from Deutsche Bank, Credit

Suisse as well as from all of the American, European and Asian offices

of Standard Chartered, PLC. Later served in the Corporate Office as

Financial Analyst for a client base of private and public companies

with up to $700 million dollars in revenues. Typical facilities (both

secured and unsecured) were in the eight figures. Also gained

experience as an external auditor with the Bank's Asset Based Lending

Department.

Barclays Bank International, PLC

1982 - 1985

ECONOMIC / RISK ANALYST Industry: Wholesale /

International Banking One of a team of three Bankers who managed

wholesale bank to bank relationships for client countries and banks in

Latin America. Major clients included Panama, Venezuela, Colombia,

Ecuador, Peru and Brazil typical credits up to $700 million dollars.

Experienced in feasibility analysis, both per industry and per

country. Project pro-formas included Agricultural, Industrial, Petro-

chemical and Capital Infrastructure. Also responsible for reporting

on the Latin American Division's profitability to London.

SOFTWARE USED

PeopleSoft, Great Plains Dynamics, ABECAS, COGNOS, JD Edwards AS 400,

ProSystems, Quickbooks, Excel, MS Word, Access.

EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance, JF Kennedy

Presidential Scholar

UCLA

Postgraduate Accounting and Financial Analysis, (complete in May

2011).

PUBLICATIONS

Business Financial Analysis, published by The Dun & Bradstreet

Foundation

International Finance, published by The Dun and Bradstreet Foundation

Cost Accounting for Commercial Loan Officers, US Library of Congress

No. Txu1-130-317

LANGUAGES

English, Spanish. French.

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