Ralph M. Sussnow
Parkland, FL 33076
E-Mail: ********@***.***
Cell: 954-***-****
JOB DESCRIPTIONS: CONTROLLER, ASSISTANT CONTROLLER, DIRECTOR OF
ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTING
MANAGER OR SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
SUMMARY
Stable, strong company loyalty, detail oriented, financial reporting
expert, proven leader, innovator, problem solver and strong oral and
written communicator
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
BLOCK BUYING GROUP, LLC, Boca Raton, FL 1985-
2009
The largest optical distribution company supplying opticians, optometrists
and ophthalmologists with volume discounts on all their optical supply
needs.
Senior Accountant/Controller
. Instrumental in Company growth from $5 million to over $50 million in
revenue by developing and implementing accounting and operational
procedures
. Supervised the accounting and human resource departments, including
A/R, A/P, customer service and credit and collections, payroll and
benefits
. Prepared monthly financial statements and handled the yearly certified
audit, prepared budgets and cash flow projections.
. Handled monthly bank reporting and yearly bank audits to ensure
compliance with all banking requirements and regulations.
. Oversaw and negotiated the acquisition of two competing companies into
our operations
. Supply chain management
. Liaison with the IT department to develop the programs to handle the
tremendous volume in data processed from over 160 vendors encompassing
over 150,000 invoices with over 4,000 members purchasing monthly
. Developed the accounting and reporting to management for our managed
vision care division with revenues of 21+ million.
ALL-AMERICAN METALS, INC., Roseland, NJ 1979-
1985
Assistant Controller
. Monthly consolidated international financial package for the $35
million dollar corporation
. Supervised a small staff who were responsible for the day to day
accounting functions
. Helped formulate, review and summarize monthly and yearly budgets
and cash flows
. Traveled to subsidiaries to perform and review various accounting
procedures
. Assisted on year-end certified audits
. Assisted on a computer conversion
. Acted in the capacity of a Controller on an interim basis at one
location
. Interfaced with IT personnel to better utilize the system to help
streamline and upgrade reporting formats
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
BBA, Accounting
Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of N.Y.
COMPUTER SKILLS: M/S EXCEL and WORD, IBM AS400 with Query, Peachtree