Management Sales
Resume:
Angelique Palmer
West Haven, CT 06516
*************@*****.***
ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL
Proven professional with extensive experience in all aspects of the
financial control, general accounting and reporting functions including
establishing internal control policies, recent successful implementation of
MS Dynamics / Great Plains General Ledger system, partnership accounting,
budgeting, forecasting, cash management and profitability analysis.
Experience
Advantage Human Resourcing, Bridgeport, CT 3/ 2006-
8/2010
A $300 Million Staffing and Services Firm
Manager, Financial Reporting & Analysis
. Financial lead on MS Dynamics / Great Plains General Ledger
implementation project. Revamp chart of accounts, report generation,
etc. Project completed on time and within budget.
. Responsible for preparation of annual departmental budgets ($21 million
in SG&A) including the development of the business unit hierarchy and
corresponding budget template.
. Prepare monthly results analysis and lead monthly meeting to discuss
results with Senior Management.
. Manage all General Ledger billing and collection activities for a joint
venture company generating over $4 million in revenue.
. Responsible for full month-end closing procedures including the
compilation and distribution of financial statements.
. Prepare yearly and quarterly sales and withholding tax returns.
. Maintain all Fixed Assets and their schedules in Peachtree FAS system.
. Additional responsibilities include daily cash management including
cash receipts/collections, preparation of daily borrowing base
certificate, projecting 13 week cash flow and daily reporting to Parent
Company.
. Key player on annual audit process (both external financial statement
and periodic bank collateral audits).
. Manage a staff of 10 professionals in the functional roles of payroll
for 180 employees, variable compensation plans, corporate P&L, A/P and
A/R.
CROWN Risdon, Watertown, CT 11/2002-3/2006
A $90 million Manufacturing Company
Senior Financial Analyst/Senior Accountant
. Responsible for the month-end closing and consolidation of the
company's financial statements.
. Prepared monthly journal entries and inter-company transactions.
. Reviewed monthly P&L. Analyze various balance sheets and income
statement accounts.
. Prepared written memo to Senior Management with details on all
variances against Budget.
. Prepared year-end tax package for Parent Company.
. Responsible for all divisions fixed assets ensuring that the capital
expenditure requests for capital items are within company guidelines.
. Processed fixed assets additions, transfers, disposals and adjustments
to the fixed asset system.
. Prepared monthly journal entries for fixed assets additions,
transfers, sales and disposals.
. Prepared journal entries for accruals and move capital in progress to
additions acct when the project is complete.
. Reviewed and analyzed capital in progress accounts.
. Reconcile fixed asset sub ledger to general ledger.
. Assisted Senior Management with various financial account analyses
including but not limited to Balance Sheet, P&L and ad hoc requests.
Bunge Global Market, White Plains, NY 5/2001-
11/2002
Agribusiness and Food Company
Senior Accountant
. Assisted comptroller with various financial account analysis.
. Prepared month-end journal entries.
. Reconciled various bank statements.
. Assisted with the conversion to GrainSMART MRP system which reduced
days in the month-end closing process.
. Managed simultaneous projects to meet deadlines on a weekly basis.
Danzas Air Express International, Darien, CT 11/1999-
5/2001
Global Delivery Service
Accounting Supervisor
. Supervised a department of 8 professionals.
. Monthly balance sheet reconciliations of accounts
. Monthly audit of Accounts Payable Accruals
. Prepared net Positions reports for Customers
. Assisted in the preparation of monthly closing.
. Monthly reconciliation of accounts payable and Accounts Receivable
. Analyzed, reviewed and resolved charge backs that occurred on
accounts.
. Analyzed and resolved billing disputes that have prevented collection
completion.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co, New York, NY 6/1998-
11/1999
International Investment Bank
General Ledger Accountant
. Processed journal entries to record daily transactions.
. Identified and corrected differences among department to prepare trial
balance for senior management.
. Created monthly and weekly reports for Senior Management
. Calculated and prepared tax payments
Education
Masters Business Administration, December 2004
Major: Finance GPA: 3.47
University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
Bachelor of Science May 1998
Major: Accounting Honors: Dean's List
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
Bachelor of Science, Healthcare Management
University of Phoenix, matriculating credits towards degree
TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS
Microsoft Excel, Oracle Financial Package, AS 400, SAP, Grainsmart,
Reflections, Hyperion Enterprise Microsoft Word, ADP payroll processing,
Peachtree, Microsoft Dynamics / Great Plains, FRX Report Writing.
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