Accounting Manager
Resume:
Herve F. Pompee, CPA
Hiram, GA *****
*******@*******.*** (770)
PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW
Bilingual Certified Public Accountant with extensive experience in
industries such as service, manufacturing and real estate and proven
success as an accounting and reporting specialist. Perform month-end
closing activities for corporate reporting, variance analysis and other
special projects including accounting software conversions. Supervise
accounts payable and receivable groups; reconcile general ledger and bank
statements. Assist with internal and external audits. Advanced Excel and
J.D. Edwards user.
Expertise includes:
Internal/External Financial Reporting Financial Statement Review/Variance
(SEC) Analysis
Budgeting and Reforecasting Abstracting / Summarizing Contract
Agreements
Month-End Closing Bilingual: English/French
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cousins Properties Incorporated - Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 2006 - Jun 2011
Developer of office, retail, urban, residential and single-family
communities.
Senior Corporate Accountant
Prepared general and administrative budget expenses for two divisions,
recording transactions for more than 12 business units. Prepared month-end
closing, financial statements and performed variance analysis. Prepared
monthly and quarterly internal financial statements ensuring GAAP
requirements including all financial reports, reconciliations, journal
entries, and bank reconciliations. Resolved GL coding and reporting issues,
analyzing and reviewing variance to budget and reforecast.
. Initiated a proactive approach in the review, approval and posting of
entries, developing a month-end work template during production downtime,
saving the company one FTE annually.
. Implemented conversion of all reporting to a paperless process, providing
greater accessibility and sharing of information.
. Prepared reconciliations and variance analysis at month end resulting in
savings or additional expenses being reforecasted and accrued in the
correct period instead of as a lump sum at year-end.
. Converted A/P process to Stellent resulting in better management of the
information and savings in physical storage.
. Worked closely with controllers, accounting staff and IT to obtain
resolution on reporting and technical accounting system issues.
LNR Partners - Miami Beach, Florida
Jun 2002 - Sept
2005
A REIT and property management company that also acquires portfolios of
unrated and junk-grade commercial mortgage-backed securities and makes high-
yield mortgage loans.
Senior Staff Accountant
In charge of the accounting functions for a portfolio of 24 loans valued at
$450MM. Abstracted and summarized operating and credit agreements. Prepared
interim and year-end Financial Statements and other statistical reports
showing the performance of the loans. Journalized monthly transactions, ran
monthly financial reports, reconciled monthly general ledger accounts, and
explained variance in results of comparative financial statements. Prepared
monthly and quarterly financial statements and other special reports.
. Provided information for the monthly forecasts, projections and business
plans.
. Updated monthly statistical data from amended loan agreements. Delivered
summarized information and ratio analysis for loans and portfolios on
time per customer requirements.
. Produced schedules required by both internal and external auditors.
Century Builders Group -Miami, Florida
Jan 2001 - May 2002
Developer of single-family homes, town homes and condominiums in South
Florida with revenue of $77MM.
Manager of Financial and SEC Reporting
Prepared internal and external financial reports (SEC filing of form
10K and 10Q). Communicated with outside auditors
Manager of Financial and SEC Reporting, Century Builders Group - Continued
regarding interim and year-end audits. Reviewed and analyzed accuracy of
account balances and entries. Provided Board of Directors meeting reports
and prepared budgets.
. Created and produced reports requested from the SEC and creditors when
company went public.
. Monitored and revised cash projection weekly to support company's ability
to borrow funds at optimal rates.
. Prepared five-year strategic business plan, interfacing with employees in
all departments to gain needed information for accurate forecasting and
planning.
Avatar Holdings, Inc. - Coral Gables, Florida
Oct 1998 - Dec 2000
Diversified real estate development and utility company with revenue of
$337MM.
Senior Staff Accountant
Coordinated month end closing process with all related departments and
field offices to ensure deadlines met. Prepared financials for the
developments and consolidated the books of the company. Participated in the
preparation of the SEC filing 10Q and 10K and the Board package. Handled
all accounting and internal/external financial reporting.
. Completed SEC filings of Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.
. Produced monthly executive financial summaries and prepared financial
reports for Board of Directors.
. Completed and oversaw detailed compliance reporting for creditors.
Security Plastics, Inc. - Miami, Florida
Nov 1997 - Oct
1998
Provided design, engineering, material specification and production of
molded plastic products and assemblies. Security Plastics was acquired in
2002 by National Molding Corporation.
Senior Accountant
Maintained General Ledger: adding accounts, ensuring all transactions were
posted and all interfaces were run. Prepared journal entries, sales tax and
electronic filing, GL accounts reconciliation, month-end closing and
financial statements.
. Participated in accounting software conversion from Lawson to J.D.
Edwards. Designed chart of accounts to provide consistent information
from all reporting units. Integrated production data inventory in the GL
and mapped all GL accounts to the new system. Created GL codes to
generate reports. Tested flow of entries in new system.
. Trained five co-workers on the new J.D. Edwards system.
Citibank Florida- Miami, Florida
Apr 1990 - Oct
1997
A division of Citigroup Inc. with some 200M customer accounts in more than
100 countries.
Senior Accountant
Performed general ledger and project accounting. Handled reconciliations,
system upgrades and conversion. In charge of the daily Federal Reserve Bank
account reconciliation covering the Treasury department and the branches
activities.
Resolved accounting problems and issues related to GL accounts. Assisted
management in updating accounting procedures as required. Maintained the
fiscal records documenting activity in assigned accounts for management and
audit review.
. Kept operational process viable in compliance with corporate policies and
GAAP.
. Participated in accounting project team effort to upgrade reports.
Reviewed reports that were outdated and were not capturing new
activities, identified the issues, made suggestions regarding the
problems and tested IT corrections.
. Averted potential $100K fine by resolving issues with Florida client
accounts within Federal Reserve time limit.
. Participated in major software conversion and system upgrades by
performing mapping, testing, and correcting, and anticipating new and
seasonal transactions.
COMPUTER SKILLS: J.D. Edwards, Lawson, PeopleSoft, MRI, Crystal Reports,
Microsoft Office Suite
CERTIFICATION: Certified Public Accountant
EDUCATION
MBA, Accounting - St. John's University - New York, New York
Bachelor of Science, Finance - Concordia University - Montreal, Canada
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