Management Accounts Payable
Resume:
SCOTT C. CHAPMAN
Milwaukee, WI 53212
ablst0@r.postjobfree.com
Summary of Experience
Twelve (12) years of comprehensive experience in accounting and finance.
Background in month-end and year-end closing entries, account
reconciliation and financial statement preparation and analysis. Also
experienced with fixed asset management, corporate tax, maintaining
business insurance, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budgeting and
SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Skills Summary
SEC 10-K & 10-Q Preparation
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Balance Sheet Account Analysis
Audit Management & Workpapers
Internal & External Reporting
Budgeting & Forecasting
Fixed Asset Management
Staff Supervision & Goal Development
Financial Statement Preparation Cash Management
Payroll Processing
Commission Calculation
Process Development
Revenue recognition
Professional Experience
Eloyalty Corporation, Lake Forest, IL
Senior Accountant, 9/2007 to Present
Prepared month-end and year-end journal entries, reconciled balance sheet
accounts monthly, and assisted in financial statement preparation and
analysis. Also managed payroll for entire company in five different
countries, supported Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, contributed to annual
budget and period forecasting, approved accounts payable and contributed to
SEC reporting.
Key Results:
Strongly contributed to streamlining monthly close process, reducing time
to close from more than one month to six business days.
Formulated department restructuring that saved in excess of $100,000
annually.
Contributions to 10-K and 10-Q preparation enable shorter time to publish
by two weeks.
Rexam Beverage Can, Chicago, IL
Accounting Supervisor, 9/2006 - 9/2007
Supervised two people while managing entire financial department for
Chicago plant. Prepared monthly estimates of income statement performance,
executed month-end adjusting entries, prepared and analyzed financial
statements, reported daily manufacturing performance, conducted aluminum
coil and scrap inventories, supervised payroll and managed payables.
Key Results:
Uncovered corporate error in bonus payroll for hourly employees saving in
excess of $48,000.00.
Worked on manufacturing line while maintaining accounting job during union
strike, helping management team preserve customer relationships by meeting
production goals and maintaining high standards of quality.
Discovered natural gas meter failure, preserving financial statement
integrity and continuity with accrual entries until meter situation could
be resolved.
Pickens-Kane Moving & Storage, Chicago, IL
Senior Staff Accountant, 5/2001 - 9/2006
Assisted Treasurer in every aspect of the accounting cycle, managing
accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, 401(k) employee
contribution plan, expense analysis, year-end audit, month-end and year-end
journal entries, and various special projects.
Key Results:
Discovered billing error with vendor and negotiated difficult settlement,
saving in excess of $10,000.00.
Analyzed mobile telephone billing and presented to executive management,
which resulted in a switch in vendor and better management of user minutes,
saving more than $20,000.00 per year.
Uncovered error in recording of capital lease and properly adjusted fixed
asset depreciation and lease obligation payable for multiple assets.
Stark Images and Starkmedia, Milwaukee, WI
Controller, 5/2000 - 5/2001
Guided entire financial operations for two Stark Companies, including
managing every part of the accounting cycle. Managed payables, receivables,
account reconciliation, financial statement preparation and analysis, month-
end and year-end journal entries and cash flow. An integral part of long-
term planning for the organization.
Organized all documentation and the general ledger system, establishing a
working environment that allowed for success in the timely collection of
receivables and financial statement preparation.
Implemented stringent fiscal policy, reducing outstanding paybles from 90
days past due to current, eliminating late fees.
Conducted switch to new company 401K plan, increasing employee
contributions by 40%.
Discovered many prior year errors in fixed asset management during year-end
close, executing corrections and restatement of prior years, and still
closed current year in time to meet the corporate tax filing deadline.
Education
B.B.A. - Accounting - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1998
Technology Summary
MS Office - Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access
Oracle
SAP
ADP
Microsoft Windows & Outlook
AS400
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