Sales Management
Resume:
JAMES D. GIFT JR.
Suwanee, Ga. 30024
Home: 770-***-**** Mobile: 678-***-****
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Financial Manager: Experienced in manufacturing, agriculture and consumer product
based industries. Able to quickly develop an understanding of the operational
characteristics, business drivers and culture of an organization. Provides leadership when
initiating change and implementing new processes in challenging environments.
Demonstrated Competency’s:
Financial Reporting • Budgeting General Ledger
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Accounts Receivable • Accounts Variance Analysis
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Payable
Cash Management • Billing Inventory
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Management
Sales and Use Taxes Forecasting • Price Testing
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Property Taxes Job Costing • Product Costing
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Professional Experience:
VersionOne, Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia
2012 to Present
Senior Accountant ( Contractor ), reporting to Director of Accounting, $20 million
Agile software company.
• Assisted Director of Accounting with month end close.
• Responsible for creating and posting journal entries.
• Performed account reconciliations and provided analysis of the account balances.
• Responsible for the full-cycle AP of the company.
• Billed all reimbursable travel invoices back to customers.
• Performed monthly bank reconciliations.
• Performed remote deposit of all checks mailed to corporate office.
Anitox Corp., Lawrenceville, Georgia 2011 to 2012
Management Accountant, reporting to Group Controller, $45 million manufacturer and
distributor of food additives and specialty chemicals
• Implemented procedures that reduced the time to close the month end functions of
sales, accounts receivable (AR), accounts payable (AP), and inventory by 30%.
• Completed monthly financial reporting ensuring accuracy of all balances through
reconciliation and explaining any variances from forecast and budget.
• Directed a staff of two employees in day to day AR and AP functions.
• Prepared and submitted borrowing base certificate to ensure credit line availability.
• Improved the process of weekly cash forecasting for senior management.
• Reviewed and tested inventory costs for accuracy and performed monthly cycle
counts resulting in reduced errors in posting and reduced overall inventory.
• Led weekly production meetings, implemented production scheduling based on
customer orders and forecasts leading to an overall reduction in on hand inventory of
$400,000.
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• Developed a production lead time schedule to better coordinate timing of customer
product needs. Resulting in a 10% increase in on time shipments.
Tracked all fixed asset additions, transfers and disposals assuring all appropriate costs
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were captured and capitalized.
Reduced audit expenses by $70,000 by preparing audit schedules, account
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reconciliations and reports.
Completed and filed taxes including sales and use, occupational and personal
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property taxes.
Cagle’s, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia 2009 to 2011
Corporate Accountant, reporting to Corporate Controller, $300 million manufacturer
and distributor of poultry products
• Implemented procedures that reduced the time to close the month end functions of
sales AR, AP, and inventory by 40%.
• Completed income statement and balance sheet review ensuring accuracy of all
balances through reconciliation and explaining any variances from forecast and
budget.
• Reviewed the work of two plant accountants and assisted them with close and month
end review.
• Directed a staff of two employees in day to day AR and AP functions.
• Prepared and submitted borrowing base certificate to banking partner to establish
credit line availability monthly.
• Delivered a weekly forecast of the income statement for executive management.
• Reviewed inventory costs and weekly counts resulting in reduced errors in posting
and reduced overall inventory costs by $150,000.
• Preparation of weekly sales analysis of key products and graphed sales pricing versus
average market pricing. Helped the sales team develop marketing strategies to
enhance the value of Cagle’s products.
• Reduced audit expenses by $30,000 by preparing audit schedules, account
reconciliations, and reports.
• Completed and filed taxes including 941, 940, unemployment, sales and use,
occupational and personal property taxes.
Sipcam Agro USA, Inc., Roswell, Georgia 2004 to 2009
Assistant Controller, reporting to Controller, $60 million manufacturer and distributor of
agricultural and specialty chemicals
• Implemented procedures that reduced the time to close the month end functions of
sales AR, AP and inventory by 30%.
• Reviewed income statement and balance sheet ensuring accuracy of all balances
through reconciliation and explaining any variances from forecast and budget.
• Directed a staff of three in day to day AR, AP and inventory functions.
• Developed and enhanced cash flow reporting and forecasting.
• Completed and submitted borrowing base certificate to banking partner to establish
credit line availability weekly.
• Prepared a monthly re-forecast of income statement and balance sheet for senior
management.
• Monthly inventory job costing and transaction review that reduced errors in posting
and reduced overall inventory costs and closing time.
• Participated in annual budgeting process including providing historical sales and
expense numbers and uploading approved budget into accounting software.
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• Completed audit schedules, account reconciliations and reports that reduced audit
expenses more than $50,000.
Prepared and filed taxes including sales and use, occupational and personal property
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taxes.
Sentry Chemical, Stone Mountain, Georgia 2002 to 2004
Corporate Controller, reporting to CFO, $20 million manufacturer and distributor of
specialty chemicals for chicken hatcheries
• Implemented policies and procedures that cut the time to close the month end
functions of sales AR, AP and inventory in half.
• Reviewed income statement and balance sheet ensuring accuracy of all balances
through reconciliation and explaining any variances from forecast and budget.
• Directed day to day AR, AP, General Ledger (GL) and inventory functions and staff
of four employees.
• Prepared weekly cash and sales forecasts for senior management.
• Completed and submitted borrowing base certificate to banking partner to establish
credit line availability weekly.
• Participated in annual budget process that included providing historical sales and
expense numbers to be used in finalizing the budget.
• Prepared audit schedules, account reconciliations and reports that reduced the cost of
the audit by $10,000.
TRX, Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia 2000 to 2002
Assistant Controller, reporting to Controller, $50 million website services for airline
industry
• Implemented procedures that reduced the time to close the month books by more than
50%.
• Completed balance sheet reconciliations and ensured the accuracy of all items on the
income statement.
• Prepared weekly cash flow reporting and forecasting.
• Implemented the A/P, A/R and G/L modules for the PeopleSoft accounting software
program.
• Managed a staff of five people.
Education:
BBA Accounting, Kennesaw State University, 1995
BBA International Marketing, University of Georgia, 1993
Computer Expertise:
Intacct, QAD, J.D. Edwards, Syspro 6, Platinum 5 for Windows, PeopleSoft 8, Solomon
IV, QuickBooks Pro, Microsoft Office 2007
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