THOMAS M BOPP

**** *** ***** *****, ******, NC **173

Home: 704-***-**** Cell: 704-***-****

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acn2ri@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Seasoned Financial Analyst with background as Staff Accountant and Accounting Supervisor looking to join a growing

entrepreneurial organization as part of the Executive team.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Operations management Reports generation and analysis

Client-focused Financial records and processing

Highly Proficient in MS Office Applications Contract negotiation/review/drafting

Cash Flow Management Accounts Payable/Receivable

Budgeting

EXPERIENCE

CASH CYCLE SOLUTIONS INC

Charlotte, N.C.

10/2013 to Current

Billing & AR Analyst

Conducted analysis to address cost efficiencies which led to positive outcomes.

Maintained and audited all corporate contracts and pricing orders for CCS clients.

Developed and implemented policy improvements to reduce revenue loss from customer discounts, promotions,

and outdated price lists, resulting in overall increased revenue of 20%.

Conducted customer surveys to explore alternative billing methods, which resulted in altered billing cycles and

improved cash flow management.

Analyzed internal audits (including statistical analysis) to prevent future revenue loss due to inadequate policies

and procedures.

Validated and maintained accurate pricing information within multiple billing systems.

Improved AR agings on trial balances with proposed collection strategies.

Conducted sessions with sales and client service professionals to resolve Accounts Receivable issues and establish

successful working relationships with clients.

CASH CYCLE SOLUTIONS

Charlotte, NC

02/2011 to 10/2013

Accounting Supervisor

Secured financial operations by monitoring and approving financial processing, reporting, auditing, and

supervising staff.

Prepared monthly and annual expense forecasts, including any necessary recommended action required to

manage costs to achieve budget.

Assisted the CFO with the production of the monthly financials, management reports and board packages.

Reviewed accountants book entries to ensure accuracy of the G/L.

Coded and processed all royalty and commission statements.

Maintained and reconciled a variety of supporting schedules and sub-ledgers for various GL accounts and also

oversaw the monthly end close.

CASH CYCLE SOLUTIONS

Charlotte, NC

02/2009 to 01/2011

Senior Corporate Accountant

Maintained extensive written and verbal communication with department heads during annual strategic budget

plan preparation.

Analyzed monthly budgets to actual accounting reports and distribute to internal management.

Prepared and reconciled various adjusting entries and balance sheet reconciliations for month end close.

Daily Cash Management including but not limited to reconciling of multiple bank statements.

Posted bank transactions and various payroll transactions and distributed the daily cash report to CFO and CEO.

Prepared weekly billings to customers and reconciled volume and postage to ensure accuracy of all client

billings.

Team leader with outside auditors with fixed assets, preparation of A/R roll forward schedule and provision of

support documents for asset additions.

Prepared Adaptive reports for senior management team which summarized company business activity and

financial position in the areas of income, expenses, and earnings.

Notable Accomplishments: Materials Cost Analysis - Cost study that focused on material costs with our various

vendors in which we were able to reduce spending cost on paper and envelope stock with vendors by

consolidating numerous product lines with specific vendors.

Cost savings of over $250k annually.

Postage Usage Study - Study in which customer postage deposits were analyzed, and where customer had no

postage deposit postage, invoices were generated and sent to customers based on individual usage and funds were

then received to maintain on hand.

The study also ensured that customers had enough postage on hand at all times to ensure that the company was

never fronting postage monies.

HD SUPPLY, INC

Monroe, N.C.

09/2008 to 12/2008

Pricing Analyst

Developed strategic pricing objectives and imperatives for entire Plumbing/HVAC line of business.

Reviewed requests for quotations (RFQs) to assist the proposal team in developing basis of estimates and pricing

strategies.

Evaluated all economic market trends and competitor pricing strategies that affect pricing and provided tactical

and strategic solutions.

Complete responsibility of cost accuracy and product content in the Eclipse point of sale system to ensure

optimal gross margin percentage/dollars.

MCGRAW-HILL, INC

New York, NY

08/1999 to 09/2008

Senior Manufacturing Estimator

Supported the preparation of cost estimates, marketplace pricing studies and financial analysis used to develop

optimal purchasing and manufacturing strategies.

Interfaced closely with marketing department by providing cost and variance analysis to determine optimal print

and pricing strategies.

Negotiated printing costs with multiple vendors and helped develop standardized pricing scales with numerous

suppliers.

Provided guidance on set-up and maintenance of global pricing structures on an international scale, establishing

global low-cost manufacturing suppliers.

Established close communication with Sales, Operations, and Marketing departments to ensure optimal product

pricing and total spend dollars.

Evaluated Return on Investment analysis for trade/educational book products.

EDUCATION

March 2008

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, Phoenix, AZ, USA

GPA: GPA: 3.81

Continuing education courses focusing on the Major Changes in Accounting Standards

Business Administration GPA: 3.81

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE: ACCOUNTING

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, New Britain, CT, USA

Extensive course work in finance and accounting, completing 112 of 120 course credit requirements

SKILLS

Sales Software: Salesforce.com, Adaptive Reporting

Accounting Software: Great Plains, Quickbooks

Microsoft Office applications: Highly proficient in Excel, with v-lookups and pivot tables

Experienced in various ERP systems, Oracle, JobTrack

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