ANTHONY D JONES
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Professional Summary
Highly analytical, deadline driven Controller who completes accounting
activities with accuracy and speed. Innovative accounting professional
proficient in extracting financial data from various reporting systems and
suggesting key operational changes. Controller 15+ years of experience
helping companies with financial analysis, reporting, auditing and
strategic planning.
Skills
. Budget development Cash flow analysis
. Financial reporting Customer relations
. US GAAP principles Fiscal budgeting
Work History
Chief Financial Officer, 6/2009 to 9/2012
Clive Corporation dba Beyond the Wall-Stroudsburg, PA
. Responsible for the integrity of financial reporting and information
systems full service retail stores and sponsor teams on location on
college campuses all over the country.
. Financial planning, budgets, expenditures, daily reporting,
consolidating inventory fulfillment programs - cycle time reduction -
50 percent.
. Operating and Capital leases, appropriate location management.
. Responsible for both companies - Beyond the Wall and Culturenik
Publishing.
. Tax reporting, Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash
Flows.
. Recruited and trained staff and upgraded financial and administrative
infrastructure to meet the requirements corporate objectives.
. Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, financial planning
and analysis, financial accounting, management, business metrics
reporting, tax, treasury and all general accounting functions.
. Guides financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, implementing
policies.
. Performed periodic budgeting/modeling to project monthly cash
requirements.
. Established procedures for custody and control of assets, records,
loan collateral and securities to ensure safekeeping.
. Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
. Worked with managers to develop annual expense plan goals.
. Worked with management at the project level to ensure expense plans
are achieved.
. Reviewed collection reports to determine the status of collections and
the amounts of outstanding balances.
Controller, 04/2009 to 09/2012
Culturenik Publishing-Stroudsburg, PA
. Reports directly to CEO including Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash
Flows, Banking issues, royalties and investments opportunities.
. Introduced Mas90 accounting system.
. Responsible for day to day operations which entailed supervision of
payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, credit and
collections, distribution center, customer service, sales, and IT
departments.
. Specializing in general ledger and trend analysis.
Finance Manager and Controller, 05/2001 to 09/2004
Pet Quarters, Inc-Hazleton, PA
. Reported directly to CFO and Board of Directors which included 10Q,
10k, and 8k.
. Developed financial reports in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, and
improved SEC reporting.
. Responsible for receivables, payables, payroll, corporate taxes,
general ledger, internal controls, budgets, forecast, reconciliations,
and year end audits.
. Prepared financial pages for presentation to senior management.
. Drafted the complete annual audit reports including all footnotes
disclosures.
. Assisted management with the finalization of the annual expense plans.
. Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation
of journal entries, account analysis and balance sheet
reconciliations.
Plant Controller, 01/1998 to 01/2000
Spectrum International, Inc-Wilkes-Barre, PA
Accounting Manager, 01/1984 to 01/1997
Sandler & Worth, Inc-Springfield, NJ
Education
MBA: Finance and Accounting, 2006
Regis University - Denver, Colorado
BS: Accounting, 1996
New Jersey City University-Jersey City, NJ
Accomplishments
Promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2009
Recommended acquisition of Classico which increased revenues by 30 percent
in 2010
Acquired financing for new building in 2010