Accounting Manager

To obtain a position that challenges my accounting, reporting and

operational skills as well as providing value to the company.

Experience:

Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, IL

November 2005 to present

Accounting Services Manager

Manage 11 direct reports in the Accounting Services group.

Manage accounts payable group that processes approximately 1300

expense reports and 1000 invoices monthly.

Responsible for the firm's payroll department that uses the ADP

software for windows.

Created the operational accounting group that is primarily responsible

for reconciling balance sheet accounts, investigating budget

variances, general ledger activity, and various tax filings.

Transferred banking relationship in 2006.

Designed and documented a 2-day close process (cash basis accounting).

Primary accounting liaison for external auditors on the partner

retirement plan engagement.

Prepare Schedule H of the 5500 for the HR10 retirement plan.

Responsible for all personnel aspects (hiring, terminating,

developing, and evaluating) of the accounting services group.

Bally Total Fitness, Chicago, IL

May 2000 to October 2005

Director, Operational Accounting: 11/02 - 10/05

Responsible for the review and analysis of the internal financial

reporting for the 420 health club facilities, Products & Services

reporting, and fixed assets reporting.

Prepared capital expenditures footnote disclosure for SEC filings.

Assisted with the review of 10-Q and 10-K filings.

Lead the project team that was responsible for calculating the

impairment amount for the company's leased club locations (FAS 121).

Prepared capital expenditures and Product & Services statistics for

quarterly investor conference calls.

Managed a reporting software change in the beginning of 2003.

Assisted in the development of the multi-dimensional Essbase cube

designs that were used to create the internal financial statements.

Drafted walkthrough documents and control matrixes for capital

expenditures, inventory management, and personal property tax for

Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Reporting to the Corporate Controller, I was a key accounting liaison

for 8 regional controllers and the senior field management.

With 11 direct reports, I restructured the department into 3 teams

that were individually supervised by a senior accountant.

Responsible for all personnel aspects (hiring, terminating,

developing, and evaluating) of the operational accounting group.

Manager, Fixed Assets: 04/01 - 11/02

Revamped the process of receiving capital reclasses from the field

maintenance supervisors. Created a new Access database that was the

basis used by Cognos Powerplay Transformer to create a multi-

dimensional cube used for reporting on the company's intranet site.

Self-trained on monthly fixed asset accounting close process.

Trained new capital asset analyst on modified fixed asset accounting

close process.

Worked with the Senior VP of Finance to modify the monthly capital

reporting package.

Created a budget model for depreciation that included an aging

schedule from existing assets and new expenditures for remodels, new

construction, and equipment purchases.

Portfolio Analyst: 05/00 - 04/01

Analyzed gross failure of the membership portfolio by membership type,

down payment range, and payment type using a Hyperion Essbase cube.

Prepared supporting data schedules for the Treasurer that were

included in financing proposals.

Worked with IT personnel to create/modify new Sales Essbase cube

software to replace legacy system generated internal sales reports.

CNA Insurance, Chicago, IL March

1998 to May 2000

Internal GAAP Team Leader: 05/99 - 05/00

Reviewed the quarterly internal income statement by business segment

before company-wide distribution. Income statement generated using

Hyperion Essbase software.

Prepared FAS 131 business segment reporting disclosure for 10K filing.

Reconciled GAAP income statement to STAT income statement.

Documented significant variances to forecast and budget by business

segment for senior management.

Worked with team (4 members) to create goals and measures for the team

and the individuals.

Worked with other team leaders and facilitators to create goals and

measures for the department.

Financial Analyst: 03/98 - 05/99

Calculated the deferred acquisition costs for the casualty business

segments.

Created and prepared quarterly internal income statement by business

segment using Essbase Excel add-in.

First Enterprise Financial Corp., Evanston, IL

January 1996 to March 1998

Accountant

Prepared daily cash position report and remaining revolver balance

analysis.

Prepared payroll entries and funding transfers for corporate office.

Prepared monthly consolidated financial statements.

Prepared monthly journal entries for the corporate office.

Created and prepared monthly failure analysis of the loan portfolio.

Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, IL

July 1992 to January 1996

Accounting Supervisor: 08/94 - 01/96

Supervised the FX/MM accounting group that prepared the account

reconciliation for the treasury operations groups.

Liaison for the internal and external auditors for the FX/MM

accounting group.

Documented desk top procedures for the FX/MM accounting group.

Reviewed variance analyses prepared by the treasury operations groups.

Financial Analyst: 01/93 - 08/94

Prepared variance analyses, general ledger compared to MM system, for

the money market business.

Investigated differences between the general ledger and the FX/MM

systems.

Reviewed wire transfers for foreign exchange transactions.

Financial Specialist: 07/92 - 01/93

Trained, in the bank's New York trading floor, to transfer the cash

management function to the bank's Chicago trading floor.

Monitored the foreign currency flow in and out of the bank's cash

accounts.

Education:

Illinois State University, B.S. in Accounting and B.S. in Business

Administration December 1991

Certified Public Accountant

May 1994

Computer Skills:

MS Excel, Hyperion Essbase, Cognos Powerplay, Brio Explorer, Elite,

and MS Access

References upon request

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