REGINA A. BOLMER, CPA

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Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047 acrqoa@r.postjobfree.com

Financial professional with experience in numerous business processes, including accounting, budgeting, forecasting & analysis and management reporting. Ethical, creative problem-solver and fast learner focused on exceeding business objectives while ensuring the continuous delivery of quality financial performance. Exceptional communication, interpersonal and team-building skills.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Created self-service Business Intelligence (BI) reporting increasing departmental effectiveness and productivity.

Restructured Accounts Receivable (AR) Billing workflow resulting in improved AR Collections.

Reengineered weekly forecast process enabling increased transparency and productivity.

Redesigned reports with data validation increasing accuracy of input and eliminating redundancies contributing to time savings associated with quarterly compilation process.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Burlington Stores Inc., (formerly Burlington Coat Factory), Burlington, NJ. Feb 2011 – May 2015

Sr. Business Support Analyst (Feb2014 - May2015)

Provided finance support, planning and operational reporting function for Energy/Waste Management Department and Profit Improvement Center (PIC) for nationwide off price retailer (2014 Net Sales $4.8 billion).

Created and maintained weekly forecast model Utility ($75millon annual) and Waste ($4million annual) 500+ stores.

Monthly rolling forecast, bridge analysis, scorecard metrics/KPI, annual budget.

Month end close including accruals, reclass, and variance analysis.

Monthly Capital Expenditure (CapEx) tracking and reporting.

Increased department productivity by creating “self-service” BI Reports allowing PIC managers easier access to sales and other business metrics used to validate potential savings.

Modified weekly PIC initiatives report to facilitate input resulting in reduced weekly consolidation time.

Redesigned compilation process using PowerPoint for Quarterly PIC Deck eliminating redundant tasks.

Reengineered Waste month-end accrual and weekly forecast process increasing transparency and department productivity.

Weekly Rebate Revenue forecasting and analysis.

Sr. Staff Accountant / Financial Analyst (Feb2011 - Feb 2014)

Provided finance support and management reporting function for nationwide off price retailer (2012 Net Sales $4.1 billion, 500+ stores).

Compiled monthly Executive Deck (using PowerPoint.) of financial results, key business metrics for Finance executives to assist in planning, forecasting, earnings call.

Reconciled and reported key financial results for Quarterly Bain Capital (Equity Partner) review.

Developed and maintained SOX compliant Headcount Reporting process.

Month end close, account reconciliations, reporting, Balance Sheet and P&L reviews for variance analysis.

Provided Management /Financial reporting for Executive Deck and SEC Reporting.

Created and maintained actionable Cognos reports to assist Business Pyramids (Sales Operations, Human Resources, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, Legal, Marketing) with month end close, forecasting and planning.

Provided BI training and procedural direction to other staff members and Business Pyramids.

Cognos User Administrator, Oracle GL Maintenance Administrator.

Supported Fixed Asset team; additions, transfers, dispositions, reconciliations, CapEx Reporting by project.

Provided support as needed for external auditors-annual and interim audit.

REGINA A. BOLMER

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Olympus Building Services Inc., New Hope, PA. Jan 2010 – Sep 2010

Accounting Manager (Jan2010 - Sep2010)

Provided successful oversight of all corporate accounting functions for building services operations at primarily government locations. ($32 million Service Revenue).

Monthly close-including expense analysis, reclass, accrual and prepaid journals, revenue recognition (government contracts/pricing), payroll & tax journals, account reconciliations, journals, regional expense allocations, P&L review.

Redesigned Monthly Flash and Financial Dashboard which increased reporting efficiency.

Developed forecasting models and facilitated monthly forecasting process with CFO and sales executives.

Reengineered AR Billing process which resulted in 25% improvement to AR collections.

Supervisory oversight for Accounts Payable clerk.

GMAC, Fort Washington, PA. Feb 2006 - Jan2010

Senior Financial Analyst-Mortgage Servicing (May2007 - Jan2010)

Provided forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis for Records Services ($15million Annual Expenses), Mortgage IT Solutions ($285 million Annual Expenses) & Government Insuring ($98 million Annual Expenses).

Month end close including P&L review, variance analysis (BVA, BVF), reclass and accrual journal entries, reporting.

Conducted audit for closed storage locations resulted in $55k of expense savings.

Absorbed and then maintained monthly Flash & Close Estimate for Mortgage Servicing Finance. (Annual Revenue $300 million Operating Expenses $270 million) in relatively short timeframe of 2 weeks.

Streamlined and issued monthly Headcount/FTE Summary and Detail Reports for Mortgage Servicing Finance

Partnered with Treasury, Investor Reporting and Technology to maintain Mortgage Servicing cash flow trending and metrics reporting.

Senior Financial Analyst-Financial Planning & Analysis (Feb2006 - May2007)

Provided forecasting, budgeting, P&L review, variance analysis and month end close function for 19 business support areas (including IT, HR, Legal, Marketing, Capital Markets, Procurement, Real Estate & Facilities and more) with annual expenses of $283 million.

Hired to support 9 areas, within 3 months absorbed all 19 groups.

Month end close including journals and variance analysis.

Monthly allocations for IT, Occupancy, Procurement, Overhead Departments.

Maintained FTE/ Headcount trend reporting for all GMAC Businesses.

Consolidated and maintained cost initiative reporting across GMAC Businesses.

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Hightstown, NJ. Jul 1991- Dec 2005

Financial Analyst (May2002 - Dec2005)

Financial Services Manager (Jul1991 - May2002)

EDUCATION

B.A., Psychology/Business, Douglass College, Rutgers University

CPA, Qualifying Accounting course-work, Rider University

*License inactive, currently pursuing required CPE credits, expected Fall 2015.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, A.I.C.P.A.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) • Cognos • MicroStrategy • Hyperion Essbase • Oracle Financials

• Host Analytics • Business Objects • Microsoft Dynamics • People Soft GL

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Forecasting & Analysis • Reporting, Basic Modeling • Account Reconciliations • Policy/Procedure Development

•Project Management • Team Leadership/Motivation • Staff Mentoring

KPI, Forecasting,WIP, Project Costing, Commission Payouts, Revenue, Audits, Subsidiary General Ledger, Utility regulation, acquistions,SQL

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