Finance Manager/Controller
Resume:
ERIC J. PROVENZANO
Wellsburg, WV 26070
***********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE: To Obtain a positions as a Chief Financial Officer or Controller
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Chief Financial Officer – (7/2010 to present) Generator and Motor Services, Monroeville, PA
Responsible for all financial activity for North and South America Operations, including financial oversight of all accounting practices, sales forecasting, revenue projections, budget management, cost benefit analysis, job costing, growth, acquisition planning, cash management, and capital spending, while reporting to the corporate office in the United Kingdom.
• Prepare and maintain all financial data for the North and South America Operations owned by Brush of the U.K. including Financial Statements, General Ledger, Profit and Loss Statements, Cash Flow and Tax Reports.
• Prepare and present a detailed Financial Annual Budget Corporate Headquarters, as well as a detailed 12 month forecast at each quarter end.
• Track variances between actual versus budget and actual versus forecast for sales, costs, and cash.
• Prepare weekly forecast of cash flow activity encompassing the following 8 weeks.
• Prepare Monthly Forecast of all Financial Statements including Balance Sheet, P&L and Cash Flow.
• Work closely with external audit firm to issue year-end audited financial statements.
• Reorganized Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, departments to ensure proper internal control.
• Reviewed and changed company policy to adhere with the formal policy of our U.K. home office.
• Reworked the General Ledger to enable reporting on a job costing basis.
• Manage Accounting, departments including Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, as well as HR, IT, Payroll and Purchasing Departments.
Consultant (4/2010 to 7/2010) Robert Half Management Resources, Pittsburgh, PA
Interim Operations Controller, FreightCar America, Johnstown, PA
• Directly report to Chief Financial Officer
• Overhauling Oracle Software System and correcting inefficiencies including reporting and Cost
Accounting transactions
• Streamlining monthly closing
• Managing staff in Accounts Payable, Cost Accounting and General Accounting Department
Controller (2/2006 to 02/2010) Mountain State Carbon, Follansbee WV
Contracted as a Consultant which led to permanent position
• Prepared and maintained all financial data for the Joint Venture entity owned by Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel and Severstal of North America including Financial Statements, General Ledger, Profit and Loss Statements, and Tax Reports. Track variances between actual versus budget and actual versus forecast.
• Prepare and present monthly business results to Mountain State Carbon Board of Directors.
• Forecast monthly and YTD financial statements.
• Monitor and manage all Cash Flow requirements.
• Manage the office staff, which includes Staff Accountants, Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Accounts Receivable.
• Prepare and present a detailed Financial Annual Budget to Mountain State Carbon Board of Directors.
• Lead audit team to set-up and maintain compliance of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations.
• Train staff members on Oracle accounting system and MS Office products.
• Work closely with external audit firm to issue year-end audited financial statements.
ERIC J. PROVENZANO
200 Sycamore Street
Wellsburg, WV 26070
***********@*****.***
Corporate Controller (7/2002 to 12/2005) Keymarket Communications, LLC, Pittsburgh PA
• Prepared financial data for the two companies managed by Keymarket Communications, LLC (14 Radio Stations), and Burbach of West Virginia, LLC (10 Radio Stations).
• Prepared and reviewed all Financial Statements, including General Ledger, Profit and Loss Statements, Cash Flow reports and Tax reports. Tracked variances between actual versus budget.
• Prepared and presented a detailed Financial Budget for the following fiscal year for all three companies.
• Prepared detailed forecasts as necessary to report changing business conditions.
• Maintained various internal accounting reports for management, and external accounting reports for the bank loan compliance, music license fees, etc., working with external auditors during annual audits.
• Managed Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, maintaining proper internal control, setting and adhering to the company policy and formal reconciliation of all accounts.
• Managed Accounts Payable, Payroll and Business Managers at the various radio locations.
• Installed, configured, and converted to MAS-90 accounting system from Real World Accounting System.
• Trained staff members on MAS 90 Accounting Software, Real World Accounting System, Darts Traffic System, and MS Office products.
• Revised all company policies.
Director of Finance (6/1999 to 7/2002) Fox Sports Net, Pittsburgh, PA, Ad Sales Division
• Prepared and reviewed all Financial Statements, including General Ledger, Profit and Loss Statements, Cash Flow reports, Tax reports, tracking variances between actual versus budget, and actual versus forecast.
• Prepared daily Pacing report, comparing daily sales projections to budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Created weekly Flash report, showing weekly P&L, and projected monthly P&L, with explanations of variances from budget, and forecasted P&L.
• Forecasted monthly and YTD financial statements.
• Prepared and presented a detailed Financial Budget for the following fiscal year.
• Prepared detailed Forecasts as necessary to report changing business conditions. Maintained various internal accounting reports for local management and external accounting reports for the corporate office.
• Managed Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, maintained proper internal control, adhered to the company policy and formal reconciliation of all accounts, managed the office staff in Accounts Payable, Payroll, Accounts Receivable and Log Editor.
• Installed the office LAN, set up all computers used in the Ad Sales Division.
• Trained staff members in use of JD Edwards Accounting Software, Enterprise Traffic System, and MS Office products.
Cost Accounting Manager (5/1996 to 5/1999) Titanium Metals Corporation, Toronto, OH
• Prepared and reviewed Financial Statements, including General Ledger, Cost and Variance Statements and Tax reports. Tracked variances between actual versus budget. Prepared various internal accounting reports for local management and the corporate office in Denver, and external accounting reports for published financial statements.
• Prepared a detailed departmental budget for the following fiscal year and presented it to the President of North America Operations.
• Prepared the published Quarterly Financial Reporting Package. Forecasted Quarterly Financial Statements. Prepared Quarterly LIFO Inventory Calculation, which included forecasting the year-end requirements, and maintaining the Fixed Assets for all North American facilities.
• Trained staff members on the use of SAP R/3 and was involved in conversion to SAP R/3 Software.
• Managed Cost Accounting Staff and Unionized Clerical Staff, which included Accounts Payable, Payroll, Billing and Accounts Receivable.
ERIC J. PROVENZANO
200 Sycamore Street
Wellsburg, WV 26070
***********@*****.***
Plant Controller (3/1985 to 5/1996) Stone Container Corporation, New Philadelphia, OH, & Wellsburg, WV
Promoted from Wellsburg, WV location, to Controller over both Wellsburg, WV, and New Philadelphia, OH, facilities
• Prepared and reviewed all Financial Statements, including the General Ledger, Profit and Loss Statements, Cash Flow reports, Tax reports, tracking variances between actual versus budget, various internal accounting reports for local management and external accounting reports for the corporate office.
• Prepared and presented to Senior Vice President a detailed Financial Budget for the following fiscal year.
• Set-up and maintained an IBM AS 400 computer and BPCS software.
• Set-up and implemented a Local Area Network and trained staff on the use of the network.
• Managed Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable staff.
Staff Accountant (8/1984 to 3/1985) Wiseman, Hutzel and Company, Certified Public Accountants,
Wheeling, WV
EDUCATION:
Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH - Masters of Business Administration, 2010.
Bethany College, Bethany, WV- Bachelor of Arts in Economics with major concentration in Accounting, 1984.
COMPUTER/FINANCIAL SYSTEMS:
• Installed and set-up MAS 90 Accounting System without the use of any outside consultants.
• Microsoft Dynamics
• Hyperion
• Installed and configured PC onto local LAN, and onto WAN
• Installed and set-up Windows NT 4.0 Server Set-up local LAN on Windows NT Server
• Involved in conversion to SAP R3
• Windows 7, XP, 2000, 98, 95
• Oracle
• People Soft
• JD-Edwards
• Real World
• MS Office, including Excel, Word, Access, Outlook, Powerpoint
• Lotus 1-2-3
• Word Perfect
• BPCS accounting System, running on an IBM AS400
• RPG, programming language on and IBM System 34
ERIC J. PROVENZANO
EMPLOYMENT REFERENCES
Pail Heffernan
Managing Director
Generator Motor and Services
601 Braddock Ave.
Turtle Creek, PA 15142
Mark Lesonick
President
Mountain State Carbon
1851 Main Street
Follansbee, WV 26037
Tom Lallone
Area Manager By-Products
Mountain State Carbon
1851 Main Street
Follansbee, WV 26037
Larry Hermes
CFO
Mountain State Carbon
1851 Main Street
Follansbee, WV 26037
Terry Gaab
Controller
Freight Car America
17 Johns Street
Johnstown, PA 15901-1558
Wilbur Winland
VP of Manufacturing
Severstal Wheeling
1134 Market Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
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