Accounting Financial

** ****** ****** ******, ** ***** Phone 203-***-**** Susan Gnida

Objective

Strong Accounting/Financial professional with great analytics

within financial systems; resourceful problem solver with key

accomplishments in business evaluation, documentation and

analysis, systems innovation/implementation and financial

reporting

Professional experience

1999 - present Proliance International,

Inc. New Haven, CT

Senior Accountant and Financial Reporting Specialist

Financial lead on merger/acquisition team that documented and

implemented JDE financial suite. This involved training/setup

and due diligence with regard to general ledger, address book

(customer/vendor/business unit) A/P and A/R conversions along

with history loads and all financial reporting needs. Part of

cross functional team that documented and analyzed core business

process for this Automotive Manufacturing/Distribution Company

for efficiencies, controls and streamlining efforts. Documented

key accounting functions to identify control weaknesses in

Accounts Receivable and General Account Reconciliation areas, and

recommended corrective action. This helped establish the

financial system groundwork for the Sarbanes Oxley project..

Accounting/IT liason for the corporation which represented three

sister companies. Streamlined the implementation of JDE with

regard to acquisitions/closing or opening of new business through

the use of Models set up within JDE. This Model included not only

BU, but also full charts as well as cross module setup which

included Inventory/Work Order, AAIs and UDCs for reporting.

Maintained and created menus in partnership with IT.

Revamped Accounting strategies, instituted cross training within

department and promoted use of efficient FASTR download.

Responsible for company consolidation, Intercompany, month

financial close, which included system closes, as well as several

high visibility reporting requirements to senior staff. Auditor

for IT interfaces along with the JDE integrities and SOX

compliance of same. Traveled regularly to various company

locations to document, automate, implement and train them on the

financial modules in JDE. This training included Dream Writer,

World Writer and FASTR. Created user manuals along with

department documentation.

Helped redesign Hyperion Enterprise for the 6 entities we had at

that time. Because of the new requirements, the system

reinstalled. Through this, different organization structures were

created for Budgeting/Planning and Reporting within Hyperion.

Trained Corporate Accountants on use of Hyperion and FASTR. Part

of ERP stabilization team that trained all personnel on system.

1978 - 1999 BIC Corporation

Milford, CT

Accounting Systems and Procedures Supervisor

Implemented and maintained Accounting Systems, which were

JDEdwards and Hyperion for this Consumer Product

Manufacturer/Distributor throughout the global organization.

Liason to IT and Financial lead on all new integrations.

Established guidelines with IT and external auditors to maintain

control and integrity of financial data. This required intensive

analysis and documentation.

During the 20 years at BIC, held several positions within

Accounting from clerical to management. Responsible for monthly

closing; financial statements, both internal and external, as

well as consolidations. Responsible for General Ledger, AR, AP,

system setup of same and financial reporting. Prepared and

created ad hoc reports for parent company. Also responsible for a

number of years the Accounts Payable system; Processed payments,

reconciled and audited.

Education

BS, Accounting, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 1990

OTHER

Software: ERP packages - JDEdwards World, Reporting Tools -

Hyperion, Proactivity, Windchill Project Link. Other systems

include AS400/RPG query, MS products

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