MICHAEL JAMES NOSAL

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Orange, CT. 06477

203-***-****

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Controller

** ***** ********** ********** /************ & Exporting Industry/Construction Industry/ Start-up to publicly traded SEC Organizations /Small private business to municipalities.

A detail-oriented, positive, and results-driven Accountant with a Masters degree in Management which included graduate level accounting courses and 18 years accounting experience from CPA firm to publicly traded corporations. A person with excellent communication skills and a team player who does whatever it takes to accomplish goals and make positive changes within organizations.

ACCOUNTING SKILLS/ COMPUTER SKILLS

 Reconciling operating, investing & savings bank accounts as well as balance sheet & expense accounts.

 Preparing and posting journal entries in general ledger programs.

 Preparing financial statements for owners, banks & CPA firms.

 Preparing and verifying supporting schedules for 10-Q, 10-K & 8-K SEC reporting.

 Preparing detailed work papers and supporting schedules for balance sheet and income statement accounts.

 Preparing payroll for 70 salary & hourly personnel utilizing ADP PC for Windows. (Successfully completed a course for ADP PC payroll for windows in their Milford, CT headquarters).

 Preparing and making deposits for related payroll tax returns (941, 940, 943, W-2, W-3, 1098 & 1099 statements) and State unemployment taxes.

 Preparing currency conversions for international invoicing.

 Preparing invoices for time and expenses of personnel for job costing utilizing Time Slips software.

 Full-cycle accounts payable skills, including verifying invoices to purchase orders, posting into A/P modules in accounting systems & determining appropriate payments to vendors.

 Preparing cash flow & cash forecast statements for owners.

 Advanced skills in Microsoft applications specifically Excel developing formulas, macros, & filters. (Successfully completed an Advanced Microsoft Excel course given by the State of Connecticut).

 Experienced with accounting software including Microsoft Dynamics Navision, Solomon Dynamics SL, Quick Books Pro (Successfully completed college CPE course in Quick Books Pro) & Peachtree.

 Experienced in recording assets & generating depreciation reports & property tax reports using DS2, FAS & BNA fixed asset software.

 Experienced at installing & networking accounting software programs including Quick Books Pro & BNA Fixed Asset accounting software. (Successfully installed & networked Quick Books accounting software at Joseph’s Lite Cookies in Sebastian, Florida and BNA fixed asset software for Enfield Technologies, Trumbull, CT.)

 Experienced with project management software for the construction industry including Expedition Project Management & Timberline accounting software. (Successfully completed a 3 credit CPE course in Expedition Construction software.)

 Experienced creating query reports in Info-Advantage a Business Object driven general ledger interfacing program.

 Experienced with ATX Tax software & Hyperion BRIOS at Yale University to complete 1120, CT-1120, 990, CT-990 & 1165 tax returns for the University.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

4/09-12/09 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, Maclaren USA, Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut

• Discovered & collected over $201,000 in unprocessed credit card transactions while reconciling the company’s main operating account.

• Calculated and filed 3 years worth of delinquent state sales tax returns with State of Connecticut and recovered duplicate payments.

• Developed journal entries for ADP payroll for 4 companies.

• Recorded cash transfers to subsidiary companies and monitored bank accounts for customer payments & cash flow purposes.

• Utilized Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) software to process journal entries and provide management with financial detail.

• Assisted with outside audits for a CPA firm, Citibank bank auditors and workmen’s compensation auditors.

• Calculated accrual entries for prepaid insurance, legal, utility and other general expenses.

• Covered vacated accounts payable position for over a month processing check and wire payments to vendors.

8/07-2/09 ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT POSITIONS FOR ROBERT HALF, ASSOCIATES OF WESTPORT, ACCOUNTANTS INT’L & MONROE

STAFFING

TAX CONSULTANT, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

• Utilized ATX Tax software for the completion of 1120, CT-1120, 990, CT-990 & NJ-1065 tax returns for entities within the University.

INTERIM ACCOUNTING MANAGER, Nexvue Information Systems, Stamford, Connecticut

• Prepared weekly invoices for Microsoft Dynamics SL (Solomon) Key Change software & annual software maintenance renewals.

• Prepared and filed monthly sales tax returns online for the State of Connecticut.

• Reconciled 20 bank accounts including operating, investing & savings accounts utilizing the cash management module in Microsoft Dynamics SL.

• Prepared bi-weekly checks payments to vendors and employees for expense reimbursements.

• Prepared and remitted employee 401(K) contributions online for the employees of the company.

• Collected past due Accounts Receivable by telephoning and e-mailing customers.

SENIOR ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT, Chemtura Corporation, Middlebury, Connecticut (NYSE:CEM)

• Completed project for restating income for prior year discontinued operations in accordance with FASB 144 and assisted with SEC 10K, 10-Q & 8-K.

• Completed project for recording stock options exercised in accordance with FASB 123.

• Completed and filed federal form BE-577-US Direct Investment in Foreign Subsidiaries for Chemtura’s International subsidiaries.

• Completed project to calculated realized & unrealized gains on funds for Chemtura’s retirement investments in accordance with FASB 132R.

MICHAEL JAMES NOSAL

857 Shagbark Drive

Orange, CT. 06477

203-***-****

vve9sn@r.postjobfree.com

GENERAL FUND ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT, City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut

• Prepared monthly journal entries consisting of cash receipts, transfers, interest & inter-fund activity.

• Reconciled numerous bank accounts including operating, investing, & savings accounts.

• Assisted in workers compensation auditors with detail of workers compensation payments.

• Researched IRS lien collections and deposits for the City’s Tax Collector’s office.

• Assisted outside CPA firm with their annual audit and posted their adjusting entries.

• Assisted Director of Finance with a special project for an insurance administrator’s audit.

7/06-7/07 CONTROLLER, Hilton Garden Inn, Danbury, Connecticut.

• Prepared bank reconciliations of operating, payroll & a mortgage account.

• Prepared daily flash report of revenue, occupancy & wages for the General Manager & owners.

• Prepared daily bank deposits of front desk staff and performed cash management functions for the General Manager & owners.

• Processed payroll for 70 salary and hourly personnel using ADP PC payroll for windows.

• Prepared departmental monthly profit & loss statements for the General Manager and owners utilizing Peachtree accounting software & Microsoft Excel.

• Prepared and filed State of Connecticut monthly occupancy and sales tax returns online.

• Created memorized journal entries for large complex payroll entries in Peachtree accounting software.

9/05-7/06 ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT POSITIONS FOR ROBERT HALF & BENCHMARK SEARCH

SENIOR ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT, Baldwin Technologies, Shelton, Connecticut

• Prepared monthly journal entries for domestic company transactions utilizing Cognos Accounting software.

• Produced weekly A/R & A/P inter-company position report involving currency conversion for foreign subsidiaries for the Chairman of the Board.

• Assisted Accounting Manager & Assistant Accountant with complete accounting for the CT headquarters and the Kansas division.

• Prepared payroll journal entries of CT headquarters and Kansas division from ADP payroll reports.

ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT, Terex Corporation, Westport, CT (NYSE:TEX)

• Audited and corrected U.S. divisional bank reconciliations.

• Interacted with the divisional Accountants and senior management of Terex assist Price Waterhouse in completing their annual audit & SEC 10-K.

ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT, Fabrique USA, Stoney Creek, Connecticut

• Provided owner and external CPA with financial information including cash balances, cash forecasts and outstanding A/R & A/P balances.

• Prepared invoicing to clients who included Hewlett Packard, Dell and Target.

• Remitted payments to vendors and recorded cash receipts and letters of credit from banks.

• Calculated unit cost for different styles of laptop cases.

• Provided ADP with hours of personnel for weekly payroll.

10/03-8/05 CONTROLLER, C. Lewis & Company C.P.A.’s LLP, Norwalk, Connecticut.

• Prepared and posted journal entries and provided owners with financial statements utilizing Quick Books Pro accounting software.

• Provided owners with weekly cash & A/R balances and made weekly vendor payments.

• Prepared client invoices for insurance companies including AIG that included foreign currency conversions.

• Imported client information into Time Slips program for new corporation or job time and expense amounts.

• Reconciled operating & investment bank accounts & credit card accounts.

1/03-10/03 AUDITOR, Joseph’s Lite Cookies, Inc. Sebastian, Florida.

• Setup workstations and networked Quick Books Pro accounting software in newly acquired office space in Florida.

• Performed auditing functions and recovered over $40,000 in duplicate vendor payments.

• Provided financial information to owner and external CPAs.

• Research & resolved payroll tax discrepancies with the Internal Revenue Service.

• Interviewed, tested and supervised accounts receivable and payable personnel in the Sebastian, Florida office.

12/00-11/01 CONTROLLER, L.G. Rathbun Company, Inc. Denver, Colorado.

• Prepared financial P&L statements for owner.

• Collected and prepared cash deposits for clients, prepared sales invoices from sales orders utilizing MAS 90 Accounting software,

• Prepared and remitted state sales & use tax and state & federal payroll tax returns.

• Designed spreadsheet to record sales tax and track sales tax collected due to state and local municipalities.

3/95-4/98 CONTOLLER, Lotterman Companies, Inc Coral Gables, Florida.

• Prepared financial statements for owner & external CPA firm.

• Created batch report to track open contract amounts for Accounts Receivable in Expedition construction software.

• Filed incorporation papers for a new Virginia PCS subsidiary with the Internal Revenue Service and State of Virginia.

• Tracked progress billings and payments for a Georgia client that defaulted in payments resulting in the award of 750K based on information I provided.

• Interviewed, tested and recommended the hiring of administrative and accounting personnel & researched office leasing for the Virginia corporation.

EDUCATION

MASTERS OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN MANAGEMENT/ACCOUNTING, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida.

BACHELORS OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

ASSOSCIATES OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ACCOUNTNG, Lackawanna Junior College, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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