Sales Accounts Payable
Resume:
Thomas C. Doucette
Arlington Heights, IL
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www.linkedin.com/in/thomascdoucette
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Accomplished Senior Staff Accountant with expertise in audits, financial
reports and computer technology. Background includes full scope group and
one-on-one training, New Software Implementation and extensive General
Ledger Reconciliations. Strong Communication skills as well as a multi-
task. Demonstrated success in reducing costs and improving financial
functions. Eligible to sit for CPA exam
? Accounts Payable & Receivable ? Vendor/Partner
Relationships
? Audit Book Preparation ? Kronos Time System
Technical Skills
McCormack & Dodge, PeopleSoft, SAP, Platinum, JD Edwards, Kronos, FAS Best,
Great Plains, Quick Books, & Stel Plan.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Contract Work in Illinois - Chicago & Suburbs
Accounting Manager, Cost Accountant, Senior Accountant & Internal Auditor -
2006-Present
Clients include: Colony Display Inc., Interfaith Refugee & Immigration
Ministries, Salvation Army DHQ, IFF, (Illinois Facilities Fund), Prevent
Child Abuse America, Thomson Tax Group, Weber-Stephen Company, Emergency
Nurses Association, Castrol BP Amoco, Oxford Capital Partners, Inc.,
Staveley Services North America, W.J. Wadsworth & Assoc., HSBC Technology &
Service, Hewitt Associates, Bob Chinn's Crab House, Morton Salt, Dawe's
Laboratories
Key Contribution & Achievements
Cost Reduction - Performed payroll Audit for client who experienced and
increase in payroll costs. Found three individuals who had in excess 40
hours per month in unearned time. Resulting in payroll reductions.
Responsibilities -
. Oversaw Compliance with Revenue Recognition.
. Costed inventory by reading engineering drawings.
. Reviewed Client Project Set-up complies with Sarbanes-Oxley.
. Set up New Great Plains 10.0 Software. SARS work in Revenue
Recognition.
. Responsible for journal entries and month end process.
. Handled Fixed Assets and verified depreciation used.
. Sales and Use Tax Returns, Business Property Taxes, Business License
Renewal as well as Franchise and Excise Tax Returns.
Metals USA, Northbrook, IL - 2002-2006
Senior Accountant & Cost Accountant
Key Contribution & Achievements
Cost Reduction - Was asked to find a way to not pay personnel property
taxes in Indiana. Filed Business Personal Property Returns for Metals USA
storage locations in Indiana, saved the company $75,000 by filing
Interstate Exemptions.
Responsibilities
. Consolidated Financials with other facilities in other states.
. Incorporated another protocol handling credit memos for Sarbanes-
Oxley. Making sure the correct cost component was used in
contemplating the credit memo.
. Maintained inventory control as well as cost.
. Costs at this time where increasing rapidly, the invoices had a up
charged based on the London market
. Historical Costs no standard cost due to increasing prices..
Thomas C. Doucette
. Handled commissions, verified sales numbers and filed 1099's.
. Compiled information for a collateral report sent to corporate
detailing cash position in inventory and account receivables.
. Filed monthly sales and use tax returns for various units in 5 states.
Also filed Business Personal Property Returns for Metals USA storage
locations in Indiana, saved the company $75,000 by filing Interstate
Exemptions.
. Handled Union payroll encountered problems of fraud and had
Supervisors sign off daily on time reports before turning over to ADP.
. Oversaw Kronos Time System used for plant payroll and utilizing the
Kronos information for the gain share calculations. .
Chicago Title & Trust, Chicago, IL 2000-2001 / Bought by Fidelity National
Financial
Internal Auditor
Responsibilities
. Audits entailed checking internal control.
. Verifying amounts on the balance sheet.
. Audited accounts payable checks checking on endorsements.
. Also checked travel and entertainment statements for compliance.
. Checked transactions on the HUD closing statement and documents in
escrow folder.
. Checked that the office is following the rules in the standard
accounting policies and procedures manual, and that segregation of
duties is being adhered to.
CM Partners, Rolling Meadows, IL 1997-2000 / Bought by Foote Cone & Belding
in 2000
Staff & Cost Accountant, Senior Accountant & Internal Auditor
Key Contribution & Achievements
Increased Cash Flow -Set up excel spreadsheets detailing costs that have
not been billed. I was proactive in the billings. On long term campaigns,
segregated actions and billed partial amounts to ensure constant cash
coming in.
Responsibilities
. Duties included time verification, profitability analysis, & month-
end close.
. Costs were historical from invoices via SKU label on paper coils and
ink drums.
. Supervised accounting staff and handles billing duties, electronic
time collecting, employee maintenance and time billing rate matrix.
. Reviewed National Contracts for information on billing detail needed
by client.
. Also reviewed contracts for budget numbers and used the clients
budgeted amount compared to actual dollars spent, sent weekly updates
of cost versus budget to Account Executives in charge of the clients
ad program.
. Responsible for inventory costing and labor efficiency reports for the
printing plant operation.
. Setup Macros in excel to show expenses billed versus cost to be billed
every week to track cost variance to budget. Also set up macros to
pull out clients sales figures off a master file.
. Maintained accrual listing researching outside purchase to close out
billings.
. Responsible for billings of selected clients and the Profitability
detail reports for all clients.
. Handled department cost absorption reports showing variance between
budget and actual expenses across company.
. Audited inventory at offsite locations for a large client to verify
paper stock is present in raw materials or work in process.
. Handled the accruals in monthly billings and overseeing the work in
process.
EDUCATION
BBA, Accounting Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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