Bridget E. Franklin

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

Milford, CT *6460

Email: v2at79@r.postjobfree.com

Home: 203-***-****

Cell: 203-***-****

SUMMARY:

• Excellent communications, project management and organizational skills.

• Strong analytical aptitude.

• Self-sufficient with strong supervisory/leadership abilities.

• Consistently successful in providing accurate and detail information to the Finance Groups upper management team for the improvement and development of process and procedure.

EXPERIENCE:

Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. New Haven, Connecticut

FINANCE SUPERVISOR NOVEMBER 2000 TO MARCH 2010

Applies principles of accounting to record and analyze financial information and prepare financial reports. Maintain and Supervise Cash management statement, Bank Reconciliations and interbank transfers and deposit.

Administers and maintain the Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Stock Option systems. Conducts specialized financial research and responds to inquiries as required. Obtains materials, scientific equipment and services for all office and/or business supplies needed.

Processes completed/approved requisitions and purchase orders and monitors all aspects of procurement of property and services. Coordinates purchasing activity with all departments to ensure supplies and equipment needs are met in the most cost efficient and timely manner.

Lead coordinator for all monthly, quarterly and yearly general ledger financial close and SOX Audits. Responsible for the design and implementation of all work papers related to Sarbanes Oxley in all areas of Accounts Payables, Receivables and Purchasing.

Accounts Payable Functions:

• Mail/Sorting

• Coding of Invoices

• Procurement (3-way match of Invoice to Purchase Order and Packing Slip)

• Maintain Inventory

• Data Entry (A/P Invoices, Wire Transfer)

• Cutting of A/P Checks

• Travel Expense Report (Audit & Process)

• Fixed Assets Maintenance

• Customer Service (Vendor/General)

• A/P Reports

• Filing

• 1099 Misc Tax Reporting

Accounts Receivable Functions:

• Invoicing

• Daily Deposits

• Credit & Collections

• Wire Transfers

• Funding Request

• Tracking all Receivables (Grants, Royalties and Misc.)

• Cash Reports

General Accounting Functions:

• Journal Entries

• Maintaining Chart of Account

• Account Reconciliation’s

• Sales/Use Tax Reporting (On-Line Reporting)

• Benefit Accounting

• Account Analysis

• Load Budget

• Payroll Analysis

• Computershare / Stock Compensation Plan Updates

• Assist with Month-End Closing (Running Departmental Statements)

DOCUMENTATION FUNCTION

• Documenting all Accounting Procedures

• Scanning

Executone Information Systems, Inc. Milford, Connecticut

Accounts Payable/Receivable Supervisor January 1999 to October 2000

Responsible for implementing new G/L Software Package for Executone's Accounts Payable and Purchasing Departments. Oversees all Accounts Payable record keeping for 500 external vendors. Produce special purchasing reports for warehouse variances. Manage the entire 3-way match procurement flow designed to capture all Purchases made within the organization. Responsible for the write up of all desk procedures within the department. Produce various reports for management. Reports directly to Controller and CFO. Managed an extremely short Cash Flow while ensuring vendor/supplier satisfaction. Maintain a High level of Customer Service skills internally and externally. Supervise a staff of ten full time employees in the areas of Accounts Payable, Cash Applications, Accounts Receivable and Distributor Billing.

Responsibilities:

• Design process and procedures

• Year end A/P, A/R closing

• 1099 Preparation, Reporting

• Detail tracking and Analysis of annual Sales trip expenses

• Designed and developed AP/Purchasing Procedures as part of a User group for the SAP system; integration testing, training of the department, managing the live use of SAP.

• Supervise a staff of 10 clerks

• General Staff training

• Cash Management, Treasury Express Banking, Wire Transfers International or Domestic.

Executone Information Systems, Inc. Milford, Connecticut

Accounts Payable Supervisor March 1996 to January 1999

Responsible for supervising a staff of 5 full time employees as well as developing a new group after the sale of the Company's Direct Sales Organization.

Responsibilities:

• Aging

• Cash Flow

• Year end A/P closing

• 1099 Preparation, Reporting

• Researched for A/P Auditors

• Purchasing/Buyers/Warehouse support

• Detailed Tracking of annual Sales trip, "Circle of Excellence"

• Special Projects; Reconciled Telephone System with Telco providers, Reconciled Corporate Expense Account; Provided input into the acquisition of new G/L package as related to A/P

Executone Information Systems, Inc. Milford, Connecticut

Senior Accounts Payable Clerk October 1990 to March 1996

Executone Information Systems, Inc. Darien, Connecticut

Accounts Receivable Clerk July 1988 to September 1990

Brink's, Incorporated Darien, Connecticut

Accounts Billing Clerk-Bonded July 1986 to July 1988

Responsible for Accounts used in the entry of precious gemstones into the United States.

Responsibilities:

• Accounts Receivable; Data Entry

• Shipping; Freight, Duties and Customs

General Electric Credit Corporation Stamford, Connecticut

Accounts Payable Clerk/Insurance Clerk/Credit Clerk October 1982 to April 1986

Responsible for several different aspects as related to Insurance Accounts

Accounts Payable Clerk:

• Prepared monthly insurance commission reports

• Data Entry

• Reconciled Accounts

• Processed premium payments

Insurance Clerk:

• Researched, resolved and responded to account inquires

• Reviewed endorsement/cancellation requests

• Processed endorsement/cancellation requests

Credit Clerk:

• Determined premium refunds for Data Entry to accounts

• Policy information Data Entry

EDUCATION:

Albertus Magnus College Business Management-BS

Fairfield University Business Management-CEU

Berkeley Business College Word Processing-CEU

Rippowam High Business/Academic-CEU

Fred Prayor Seminars Communication/Business Writing

COMPUTER SKILLS:

EXCEL, MS WORD, POWERPOINT, SAP, Peachtree Accounting/Fixed Asset Software, ComputerShare/Transcentive Stock Option Software

REFERENCES:

Mr. Howard Bates Johnson

120 East End Ave., Apt. 4C

New York, NY 10024

Employer: Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Title: President & CFO

Cell: 203-***-****

Email: v2at79@r.postjobfree.com

Mrs. Karen Schmedlin

351 Holly Dale Road

Fairfield, CT 06824

Employer: Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Title: VP of Finance & Corporate Secretary

Home: 203-***-****

Cell: 203-***-****

Email: v2at79@r.postjobfree.com

Mrs. Yuanlin Li

Employer: Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Title: Manager of Finance & Accounting

Home: 858-***-****

Cell: 760-***-****

Email: v2at79@r.postjobfree.com

Mrs. Nancy LaMontagne

200 Chapel Street

Stratford, CT 96614

Employer: Executone Information Systems, Inc.

Title: Manager of Finance & Accounting

Home: 203-***-****

Cell: 203-***-****

Email: v2at79@r.postjobfree.com

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