Manager Accounting
Resume:
IRA LYDELL PETERSON
Inglewood, CA 90305
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EXPERIENCE
City of Pico Rivera
Pico Rivera, CA 8/10-10/10
Interim Finance Consultant
. Served as Interim Deputy Finance Director while the Deputy Finance
Director was out.
. Completed Special Reports as requested by Finance Director and Deputy
Finance Director.
. Served as Lead Finance Consultant on ERP System (Springbrook)
Implementation.
City of South El Monte
South El Monte, CA 12/08-11/09
Interim Finance Director
. Updated Accounting Policy & Procedures for the city.
. Implemented a cash worksheet with forecasting of receipts & disbursements
on a daily basis.
. Managed Finance Department including General Accounting, Budget
Preparation, financial forecasting, payroll, purchasing, revenue
collections, vendor payments, financial reporting, & cash management.
CITY OF MAYWOOD
Maywood, CA 09/07-01/09
Assistant City Manager & Finance Director
. Updated Accounting Policy & Procedures for the city.
. Implemented major technological improvements citywide.
. Responsibilities included: Personnel, Risk Management and Workers
Compensation.
. Managed Finance Department including General Accounting, Budget
Preparation, payroll, purchasing, revenue collections, A/P business
licensing, financial reporting, & cash mgmt.
MORELAND & ASSOCIATES, INC. Newport Beach,
CA 09/05-09/07
Interim Finance Professional
. For these 2 years I worked for several cities in various interim
financial positions.
. Prepared J/Es, F/Ss, & PBC Schedules & assisted with year end close.
Grant Accounting.
. Assisted with State Controller's Report & Budget. Prepared various CAFR
Schedules.
. Served as primary contact with several different auditors. (External,
CDBG, & AQMD).
TELACU RESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT CORP. Los Angeles, CA 05/02-
06/05
Senior Accountant
. Assisted Controller with Financial Statement preparation for 25
residential facilities.
. Maintained General Ledger & Fixed Asset Records for 25 business units.
. Developed a training process that saved a cumulative total of 80 hours
per month.
CITY OF CULVER CITY Culver City, CA
12/96-4/01
Senior Accountant
. Assisted in preparation and maintenance of annual budget. Supervised an
accounting clerk.
. Prepared J/Es, F/Ss, payroll tax returns, State Controller's Report &
assisted with CAFR.
. Project Management Team Member for setup & installation of JD Edwards
OneWorld.
Forest Lawn (FL) and KalKan Corp (KC) -Temporary Assignments
Senior Accountant & Inventory Analyst
1992-1996
. FL- Prepared M/E close, related J/Es, & F/Ss. Trained Staff Accountants.
. Automated extensive manual pension F/S, using Excel. Prepared FL
property tax returns.
. Worked extensively on software conversion to JD Edwards World Software
Package.
. KC-Worked as an Inventory Analyst solving unresolved inventory
transactions.
. Assisted in period close by preparing several detailed Inventory
Spreadsheets.
NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCE, INC Industry, CA
1988-1992
Accounting Manager
. Managed all accounting functions and supervised the accounting staff.
. Responsibilities also included product pricing, preparation of annual
budget & business plan.
. Improved accounting controls & flow of information that successfully
reduced CPA Fees.
. Recommended installation of LAN. Managed LAN and all related software.
EDUCATION
Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, Florida
Bachelor of Science, Accounting 1980
COMPUTER SKILLS
JD EDWARDS (World & One World Software Packages) w/ IBM AS400 and Microsoft
Sequel Server Platforms, Pentamation, SAGE MIP, Excel, & Word,
REFERENCES
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