Manager Accounting
Resume:
Professiona
l Over ** years of professional experience in accounting
Highlights and finance.
MBA and Bachelor of Science in Accounting.
Currently an Accounting Manager for a $8 billion
wholesale distribution company.
Past experience includes: financial reporting and
management for Fortune 500 companies, consulting and
supervision of financial statement preparation projects
within the Department of Defense and Department of
Justice.
Business training: SAP, Oracle, Business Warehouse,
Hyperion, Excel, Access, Word, Project, PowerPoint,
Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement (CI),
Situational Leadership, Problem Solving, and others.
Extensive management experience, including: month-end
close, presentation of financial statements to executive
officers, SOX implementation, budgeting and forecasting,
and FAS 52.
Professiona HD Supply San Diego, CA
l July 2008 - Present
Experience Accounting Manager
Manage Accounting and Reporting team: report to the
Controller and CFO, manage preparation of financial
statements, and implement SOX controls.
Review financial findings with CEO, CFO, Finance
Director, Controller, FP&A, and Accounting team.
Review and approve journal entries, account
reconciliations, and daily tasks performed by team.
Work with various auditors: financial, SOX, Asset Based
Lending, sales and income tax.
Goodrich Corporation San Diego, CA
January 2007 - July 2008
Senior Accountant
Oversee monthly close of financial statements for
domestic and international Goodrich subsidiaries.
Duties include: analyzing foreign exchange impact (FAS
52), revaluing international currencies, financial
statement preparation and analysis, posting and review
of journal entries, and account reconciliation.
Perform Balance Sheet review on monthly basis and
presented to Executive Management.
Partner with domestic and international controllers to
reconcile and process intercompany Expenses,
Receivables, Payables, and Sales for Goodrich entities.
Redesigned process to track charges for various
intercompany cost centers in order to streamline the
collection of receivables.
"Enterprise Excellence" program leader for Effective
Communications group in 2007. Team lead for People
Development and Training group in 2008. Establish
curriculum, set up meetings and coordinate activities to
complete yearly goals.
Created template to track open items in the intercompany
clearing account. Number of open items went from 60 to
zero in six months.
Complete requests from internal and external auditors
each quarter. Assist IT department with testing of new
software releases.
BearingPoint McLean, VA
September 2005 - December 2006
Senior Financial Consultant
Prepare quarterly financial statements for the Federal
Bureau of Prisons. Perform monthly analysis of Revenue,
Expenses, Inventory, and Accounts Receivable and
Payable.
Direct daily management of client relationship inclusive
of workload assessment and delegation of duties to team
members.
Assess and implement new accounting guidance. Assist
auditors with quarterly review.
Participate in business development for new and existing
clients. Proposals in 2006 resulted in the acquisition
of two new contracts.
Generate project budget and ensure project operates
within valuation and gross margin targets.
Received "Compass Award" in December 2005 in recognition
of excellence in project leadership.
Bradson Corporation Arlington, VA
January 2005 - August 2005
Financial Consultant
Consultant for the Department of Defense Military Health
System. Performed financial statement analysis and
reconciliation in order to report deficiencies.
Orchestrated visits to various client sites to document
accounting processes. Presented findings to lead
officers and made recommendations for improvement.
Led team in preparation of a financial improvement plan;
all deadlines were met or exceeded.
Mutual of Omaha Omaha, NE
1996 - 2005
Accounting Supervisor
2000 - 2005
Supervised the collection of payments and corresponding
accounting transactions for a $12 billion investment
portfolio.
Managed efforts to streamline and automate work
processes. Coordinated team duties and completed yearly
appraisals.
Performed general ledger analysis and reporting for the
Investment Division.
Managed daily investment portfolio cash balances in
order to maximize investment income.
Maintained effective working relations with the
auditors, custodial bank, Treasury Department, and
investment officers.
Prepared monthly budget reports and posted correcting
entries.
Financial Analyst
1998 - 2000
Monitored and reconciled multiple bank accounts and
posted all corresponding accounting transactions to the
general ledger.
Implemented training and support for new financial
system. This included testing and validating new
procedures, and delegation of new assignments.
Investment Accountant
1996 -1998
Posted monthly adjusting entries and daily ledger
entries for equity and debt transactions. Assisted with
financial statement reporting duties.
Daily reporting of cash balances to the Treasury
Department to maximize investment income.
Culver and Associates Omaha, NE
1995 - 1996 Staff Accountant
Assisted with the preparation and analysis of financial
statements; posted adjusting and closing entries.
Performed Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and
billing duties.
Education
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Masters of Business Administration, 2004
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Bachelor of Science, Accounting, 1994
Technical
Skills Microsoft Office: Excel (expert), Access, Word, Power
Point, Outlook, Project
SAP, Business Warehouse, Beehive, Support Central,
Oracle, Zilliant, Cognos, Khalix, HFM, Hyperion
Enterprise, Upstream, PAM, and PeopleSoft 8.8
JPM Chase - Custodial Software: Transaction Initiator,
Views, Reporter
Government Systems: FMIS, STARS, Defense Departmental
Reporting System (DDRS), Data Quality Manager,
Summarized Management Analysis Resource Tool (SMART),
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Jeffrey J. Graham
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