Sales Customer Service

ANTHONY M. PALMISANO

*** ***** *****, ***** ******, IL 60188

630-***-**** abhyh4@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

. Degreed Accounting Professional with 20 years experience in various

manufacturing and distribution roles.

. Responsibilities are not limited to Cost Accounting & analysis,

Financial Statement preparation and analysis, month-end close,

inventory management, sales commissions, accounts receivable, accounts

payable, bank reconciliations, and other general ledger account

reconciliations.

. Software experience including MS Office, Monarch Print MIS Solutions,

Hyperion, Navision, Sage Enterprise Suite, FRX Financial Reporting,

Lawson, Peachtree Accounting, and other proprietary ERP systems.

. Positive and effective leadership and communications skills.

EXPERIENCE:

LEHIGH DIRECT INC, Broadview, IL (2007 to

2010)

A 200 employee direct marketing company with unique and sophisticated

highly personalized products for direct marketing applications.

Accounting Manager

. Managed job cost system ensuring accurate and timely posting of

material, labor, and outside costs to individual jobs.

. Updated weekly sales backlog report highlighting changes to job orders

for quantity changes and order cancellations.

. Prepared weekly consolidated sales forecasts incorporating 2 direct

mail production facilities.

. Reviewed billing of jobs to ensure proper accounting cutoff and

completeness of shipping.

. Calculated and prepared monthly commission statements using complex

commission formula for sales reps and researched questions concerning

calculations.

. Closed all production jobs at month end to ensure proper recording of

revenue and cost of goods sold.

. Prepared individual job cost analyses compared to estimates and

provided commentary on major variances.

. Prepared and analyzed monthly financial results for Senior Management

review.

. Prepared and analyzed account reconciliations for Sales, Unearned

Revenue, Work In Process, and various balance sheet accounts.

. Conducted internal control testing for quarterly Sarbanes Oxley

compliance.

. Special projects as assigned.

H&R BLOCK, Chicago District 19 (Glen Ellyn, IL) (2007

to 2009)

A national tax preparation firm.

Tax Preparer (Part time, seasonal)

. Provided superior customer service through preparation of individual

income tax returns.

QUEBECOR WORLD, Chicago Division, IL - Division closure (2001 to

2007)

A 500 employee division of the

international commercial printing company with two manufacturing

facilities that produce date sensitive, multi-version, direct mail catalogs

for leading retailers.

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of 2 Financial Supervisor 2002 to 2007

. Directed a team of 2 associates and lead the daily supervision and

direction of the Accounting Department.

. Prepared, presented and analyzed Unit-Cost information in Daily

Production meeting.

. Managed customer billing activity through supervision of the Billing

Analysts.

. Reviewed Accounts Payable batch processing to ensure compliance with

internal accounting controls.

. Managed month-end close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness

. Analyzed and reported to Senior Management on major financial variances

to budget and forecast.

. Prepared monthly Balance Sheet account reconciliations.

. Prepared and reported monthly and quarterly sales and profit forecasts

to senior management

. Prepared annual budget

Senior Accountant 2001 to 2002

. Accounted for inventory costs of major raw materials and reconciled

general ledger account balances with perpetual inventory records.

. Tracked inventory receipts of paper roll stock using complex MS Excel

spreadsheet.

. Reconciled inventory transactions on a monthly basis.

. Investigated unit cost discrepancies between purchase orders and

suppliers' invoices.

. Conducted random physical inventory counts to ensure accuracy.

. Coordinated with Paper Control Dept. - research discrepancies.

. Prepared monthly journal entries. Recorded all paper inventory

transactions including miscellaneous adjustments.

. Maintained ink consignment inventory and reconciled monthly usage with

outside vendor.

. Updated inventory system for unit cost changes.

MARKET DAY CORPORATION, Itasca, IL (1999 to

2001)

A national education-funds marketing company

Accounting Supervisor 2000 to 2001

. Lead and directed a team of two Accounts Payable associates.

. Successfully improved procedures to better control efficiencies.

. Randomly audited invoice processing to ensure accuracy.

. Prepared and reviewed monthly vendor rebate schedules

. Supported Brokers/Vendors/Product Managers with pricing issues.

Senior Accountant 1999 to 2000

. Managed and coordinated physical inventories including independent test

counts and prepared final inventory and variance reports.

. Collaborated with Marketing & Logistics - reviewed product rotation,

discontinued inventory and obsolete product exposure.

. Analyzed Northeast Sales Districts and Distribution Centers.

. Prepared and reconciled monthly cost-of-goods-sold schedule.

. Prepared financial statements.

EDUCATION:

. B.A. - Accounting, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL

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