CAROL L. BRIGHAM **** North Grouse Run, Stillman

Valley, Illinois 61084

Home: ***/*** -**** *****: abik59@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Objective:

Seeking a position in which I can utilize my extensive office and

accounting skills to benefit a progressive organization.

EXPERIENCE:

Klingler Consulting, Inc. Rockford, Illinois

2006-Oct.09

A company comprised of three separate companies, Oil & Gas - Klingler

Automatic Industries, Army Surplus/Ebay Sales - Great Lakes Army Surplus, &

and Guitar Mfg- Rockford Carving Co. & Klingler Holdings LLC. Company

moved business to Michigan, employment ended Oct 31, 2009.

Accounting /Office Manager

. Accounting, responsible for all aspects of the accounting functions,

AR, AP, Payroll, Purchasing, Receiving, Shipping, and Financial

Statements for all three companies.

. Human Resource, quarterly tax and year end report, weekly payroll, new

employee orientations, and daily production sheets.

. Trucking, all government reports MFUT15, MFUT12, and registration of

vehicles.

. Oil & Gas, calculate monthly Oil, NGL, Gas royalties based from

production; distribute royalty checks to mineral owners monthly, all

government reporting to MDEQ (Michigan Department of Environmental

Quality) on 10-12 wells.

. Oil & Gas, process all legal documents for division orders of existing

wells, and calculate % of ownership and royalty payments once

Stipulation of Interest and Division orders signed and returned,

disburse funds.

. Monthly reconciliation of wells to general ledger and Trust Cash Fund.

. EBay, list and sell Army Surplus items on eBay and all documentation

pertaining to EBay sales and account. Yearly Illinois Sales tax

report.

. Customer Service, ensure Gibson Guitar Companies shipments and daily

orders are entered and processed for manufacturing and answer and

resolve any customer questions.

. Accounting Software, converted all companies to one software package

to streamline office and for ease of reporting, as well as President

access to financials in new system.

QUANTUM DESIGN, INC., Loves Park, Illinois 2000-

2006

A manufacturing company offering integrated systems for Information

Technology, Process and Factory Automation, including Control Panel

Assembly.

Manager, Accounting & Human Resources

A proven project leader with a can do attitude to complete and implement

changes to improve the systems and processes that enable the company to

become more profitable and efficient.

. Highly effective in engaging corrective action to resolve conflict and

solve inside and outside customer issues.

. Team and results oriented with excellent problem solving, project

management and decision making skills.

. Ability to meet and exceed deadlines; work well with change and business

demands, terrific at multi tasking.

Accounting

Daily managed all aspects of the accounting system from Accounts Payable,

Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, Payroll, Cash Flow and Financials.

. Responsible for month end and year end closing, to ensure clean cut

off's and accuracy of general ledger entries by departments.

. Monthly completion of financials, and corresponding reports required

by Officers of Quantum.

. Created departmental financials for the management team.

. Monthly Cash Flow projections, and responsible for all aspects of cash

with local bank.

. Creating and entering all monthly journal vouchers and balancing of

balance sheet accounts.

. Calculation and creation of monthly work in progress worksheets and

entries.

. Worked with IT department to automate project job costing, to save

time and dollars.

. Responsible for all project job costing and reporting.

. Project Manager for implantation of accounting software system using

Microsoft Solomon Solutions, Microsoft Office and supported when

software was resold to outside customers.

. Customizing reports and using Solomon to support inside customers

needs using Crystal Reports and Report Writer.

CAROL L. BRIGHAM 8688 North Grouse Run, Stillman

Valley, Illinois 61084

Home: 815/234 -2638 Email: abik59@r.postjobfree.com

Human Resources

Responsible for all aspects of company benefits, forming policy,

negotiating best possible packages that would consisting save money for

the company while ensuring best possible benefit plan design for

employees.

. Monitored and administered employee health and welfare plans,

consisting of FSA, HRA, STD-LTD, Life, Dental and Health Insurance.

. Built and maintained solid relationships with representatives in the

insurance industry.

. Responsible for all employee orientations from creation and design to

presentation.

. Plan Administrator for a $2 million 401k plan; implemented and

investigated plan design and funds to meet the company's fiduciary

responsibility.

. Developed Employee Handbook, and responsible for all aspects of

employee orientation.

. Annual review of benefit offerings including provider selection and

negotiations, executed cost containment strategy while enhancing

coverage. Resulting in an annual savings of 5% for employee benefit

package, with a $39,000 savings this past year.

. Calculate and maintain control totals to assure accuracy of weekly

payrolls as well as weekly, quarterly, and annual payroll reports.

. Reconcile payroll account; process payroll using ADP, tax reporting,

payroll exceptions, government reporting to include garnishments.

Quantum Design, Inc.

Purchasing & Inventory Control

1993-2000

Managed the Purchasing department with control of inventory and responsible

for implementing controls to ensure accurate pricing and inventory values.

. Responsible for an annual purchasing budget of 4 million dollars.

. Able to handle multiple tasks, set priorities, analyze requirements, set

lead times and expedite orders.

. Negotiated pricing with vendors to ensure margins for the sales team.

. Maintain and track outside vendor special pricing contracts and update

system yearly with correct pricing structure.

. Assist engineering staff in processing of all engineering changes and

corrected action required to maintain accuracy of bill of materials for

projects.

. Process paperwork and requested all return material authorization from

vendors, and ensure credit memo received timely.

. Work with manufacturing department to ensure on time deliveries to meet

production schedule.

. Responsible for semi-annual physical inventory from counting to

reconciliation to general ledger.

Englewood Electric Supply, Rockford IL 1989-1993

Assistant to District Controller

Responsible for training and overseeing 10 Englewood branches on all

Accounts Payable transactions, and assisted Controller in monthly district

financials.

. Data entry of accounts payable invoices, and reconciliation of vendor

statements.

. Traveled to district branches to oversee accounts payable staff and

assist in cleanup of any open or pending AP problems.

. Assisted Controller with monthly journal entries, and investigating

discrepancies in district general ledger transactions.

. Responsible for monthly bank reconciliations.

. Conducted physical inventories with reconciliation to general ledger.

. Responsibilities included data entry of invoices, reconciliation of

vendor statements and cutting of weekly AP checks. Assisted

Controller with conducting physical inventory and data entry of count

sheets, and helped in the reconciliation process. Cross trained for

backup support for payroll clerk by processing and cutting weekly

employee checks, and entering daily time logs.

. Direct contact with auditing firm during semi annual audits conducted

by corporate headquarters.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Rock Valley College

Solomon Certified Financial Specialist

MS Office, Excel, Outlook, Solomon Accounting Software, FRX software,

Peachtree, QuickBooks, EBay, UPS

Notary

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