Manager Accounting
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VINCENT A. ALIOTTA
Niles, Illinois 60714
847-***-**** -Home
847-***-**** - Cell
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Summary
Accounting professional with strong manufacturing and healthcare
industry experience in both general and cost accounting. Managed
both Accounting and IT personal. Developed budgets, presented capital
plans, developed employee benefits and directed systems implementation
teams. Coordinated outside auditors to ensured GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley
(SOX) compliance. Proficient on: MS Solomon/Great Plains, Oracle and
JD Edwards; QuickBooks (Certified); Hyperion Planning (budget); PC
skills: Excel, Word, Outlook, BEST fixed assets, and FRx Reporting.
Professional Experience
Williams Scotsman, Inc. Evanston, Illinois May
2006 - May 2009
$196 million division of an $880m manufacturing / distribution company.
Region Controller Regions were
consolidated Position was eliminated
. Assist Division VP with financial and operational issues for 18
plants.
. Managed GL, month end close and reviewed monthly inventories.
. Analyzed monthly variance to budgets for all revenue and expenses by
plant. Worked with plant management to provide explanations of
variances to corporate management.
. Trained branch management and personal on GAAP & SOX policies to
ensure compliance to all procedures and audit requests.
. Ensured monthly financial statements and analysis was accurate and
reported timely to corporate.
. Prepare annual budgets and monthly forecasts for 18 plants using
Hyperion Planning.
. Perform field reviews on inventory, fixed assets and payroll to ensure
branches are compliant with SOX and GAAP reporting.
. Developed policy and procedures manuals documenting accounting
procedures, authority levels, and SOX compliant inventory polices
which resolved a three-year audit point.
Veridian Health, LLC. Deerfield, Illinois
September 2003 - September 2005
$36 million medical diagnostic testing company.
Controller Company had
involuntary bankruptcy declared
Managed staff of four responsible for month end close, payroll, as well as
finance and operations analysis.
. Consolidated the general ledger of three proceeding companies into one
new company, successfully ensuring year end reporting.
. Reduced close to six days from a prior average of ten days.
. Implemented system conversion to M/S Solomon/Great Plains accounting
software.
. Developed companies first budget, implement new liability and workmen
compensation insurance polices, developed written polices and procedures.
. Implemented ADP Enterprise Payroll, EZ-Labor time keeper and 401k
program, resolved 18 months of payroll tax issues, while reducing one
head count and future costs by $20k.
. Worked with Chase Bank to ensure timely and accurate closure of
operations upon bankruptcy.
Paidos Health Management Services, Inc., Deerfield, Illinois
Pediatric health management services company.
June 1999 - September 2003
Controller Paidos was purchased by Paradigm Health, accounting,
consolidated to California.
Managed five employees responsible for general accounting, cash
forecasting, budgets, fixed assets, and financial reporting.
. Managed insurance policies, leases, and contracts for compliance with
accounting policies.
. Consolidated insurance polices; liability, and workers compensation for
all practices saving over $60,000 annually.
. Managed SQL database used in revenue determination reducing billing lags
by six days.
. Managed banking relationships, issued cash forecasts, tracked loans, and
letters of credit.
. Developed and managed employee benefits, health insurance, 401k, and
vacation resulting in improved health insurance, cost control and
employee retention.
. Implemented system conversion of M/S Solomon/Great Plains accounting
software.
CST/Star Products Inc., Wheeling, Illinois
November 1996 - June 1999
Paper products manufacturer with $260 million in revenue.
Accounting Manager
Company was sold.
. Managed general and cost accounting. Reviewed and maintained standard
costs and variations / labor efficiencies of a commodity-based products.
Improved monitoring of pricing by product line resulted in improved
timeliness of the standard cost models, from 18 month cycles to 6 month
cycles
. Managed financial module implementation of Oracle ERP software system
conversion. This resulted in integrating manufacturing, sales and finance
systems reducing production time and trimming costs.
. Analyzed standard cost variations / labor efficiencies, improving
monitoring of pricing by product line.
Nabisco Biscuit- Midwest, Niles, Illinois
February 1995 - May 1996
Cookie and cracker bakery manufacturing plant.
Plant Accounting Manager
Company reorganization and position was eliminated
. Responsible for a manufacturing plant of 400+ union employees running six
bakery lines.
. Reported to an offsite regional controller with responsibility to the
plant manager.
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, Illinois
1987 - 1993
Product Service Management division.
Accounting Manager / Sr. Cost Accountant/ Staff Accountant
Company reorganization and
position was eliminated
. Performed various Costs and Inventory functions, managed General
Ledger and Month End Close, was the division contact for corporate
consolidations; promoted twice.
. Performed physical inventories and reconciliations at two warehouses
and 535 satellite locations bringing inventory reconciliation up to
date from ten-month lag.
. Reconciled inter-company foreign division receivables /payables and
foreign exchange issues.
. Interfaced with other divisions at all levels of management, both
domestically and internationally, to ensure timely and accurate
reporting of division financial statements to corporate.
Paxall Clybourn Machinery, Skokie, Illinois
1985 - 1987
Packaging Machinery Manufacturer, $50M in revenue
Cost Accountant
. Responsible for job costing of custom built machinery.
Education
Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois
Bachelors Business Administration Degree (BBA) - Accounting
1985
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