Project Accounting

Homer Hernandez, MBA, CPA, CGMA

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Education

• University of Houston: Master of Business Administration, GPA: 3.6, Graduation Date: May 2007

• University of Houston: Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting, Graduation Date: May 1982

Professional Designations

• Certified Public Accountant, State of Texas, License number 040595, Active License since March 1986

• Chartered Global Management Accountant, granted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,

Active since July 2012

Experience

Consultant

Horn Solutions

March 2013 – Present

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Temporary contract accounting

• Financial and Management accounting: account reconciliations, journal entry preparation

Financial Controller – Americas

Braemar Technical Services (USA) Inc

(an international engineering firm)

February 2012 – February 2013

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervised the controllers/accounting managers of three entities

• Prepared labor cost breakeven analysis

• Project Accounting: Percentage-of-Completion revenue recognition and billing, and project budgeting

• Prepared financial forecasts of the entities

• Researched various ERP software systems for the entities. Due to low revenues, ERP software was not

purchased.

• Documented procedures performed at the different locations

• Coordinated the tax return preparation with the outside CPA firm

Finance Manager

Lockwood, Andrews, and Newnam, a Leo A. Daly Company

(an engineering firm)

July 2008 – February 2012

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervised six accounting team members

• Prepared Profit Center Budgets, Project Profitability Reports, Percentage-of-Completion revenue recognition

and billing, and Profit Center Profitability Reports

• Assisted Project Managers with billing and contract issues

• Resolved revenue recognition issues

• Verified correct accounts payable coding

• Approved accounts payable vouchers.

• Worked with project managers to reduce accounts receivable balances

• I have helped reduced the average number of days between earning revenue and collection by approximately

twenty-five percent.

• I have worked with accounting team members to resolve software issues.

Controller

RG Miller Engineers

May 2002 – May 2008

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all accounting functions including cash management and the preparation of the complete set of

financial statements on a monthly basis. Supervised four accounting team members.

• Successfully converted a single user based accounting system (Axium) to Deltek Vision.

• Prepared Project Profitability Reports, Percentage-of-Completion revenue recognition and billing, and trained

project managers and accounting staff on the use of Deltek Vision.

Controller

Paragon Engineering Services, Inc

October 1999 to March 2002

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all accounting functions including cash management and the preparation of the complete set of

financial statements on a monthly basis. Supervised five accounting team members.

• Prepared Project Profitability Reports, Percentage-of-Completion revenue recognition and billing, and project

budgets

Controller

Applied Logic Associates, Inc (a pharmaceutical research firm)

August 1998 to August 1999

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervised two accounting team members

• Prepared monthly financial statements and consulted with outside professionals

• Prepared financial budgets and forecasts

• Developed accounting policies and procedures

• Implemented project cost system

Controller

Hermes Architects

March 1992 to July 1998

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervised three accounting team members

• Responsible for all accounting functions including cash management and the preparation of the complete set of

financial statements on a monthly basis.

• Successfully converted a DOS based accounting system to a Windows based system

• Created a Project Cost Accounting application using Microsoft Access

• Prepared Project Profitability Reports, Percentage-of-Completion revenue recognition and billing, and project

budgets

Consultant

ACCI Business Systems (an accounting software developer for the architectural/engineering industry)

July 1986 to February 1992

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Trained end-users on the effective and efficient use of ACCI accounting software.

• Conducted seminars on project reporting. Responsible for computer support.

• Converted various systems to the ACCI system

Internal Auditor

City of Houston

June 1982 to July 1986

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performed performance and compliance audits for the Public Works Department

• Trained end-users on Lotus and Dbase II software

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