Management Accounting

Brent Nieb

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CAREER SUMMARY

A results-oriented accounting, tax and finance management professional with

office management experience and a proven ability to enhance efficiency and

cost-effectiveness of corporate operations. Proficient in all management

level, solution-focused administrative skills, including the empowering of

employees through effective training, evaluation, and on going feedback.

Strong financial proficiencies in cash flow management, annual budgets,

forecasts, planning and analysis. Consistently demonstrate exceptional

knowledge and abilities in the following areas:

Understand Industry Outstanding Accounting Policy Development,

Financial Trends and Software and Advanced MS Implementation & Evaluation

Emerging Issues Excel Skills

Excellent IT Skills, Strong Communicator at all Staff Talent Assessment,

Training and Levels and Team Building Cross Training and Coaching

Troubleshooting

Budget Responsibilities & Audits Coordination, Organizational Leadership &

Cost Reductions Reports, Troubleshooting Decision Making Skills

SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS

TECHNOLOGY SELECTION - COST SAVINGS

. Action: Recognized that phone system at SCI was obsolete, costly and

inefficient. Researched several phone vendors and their products.

Compared all and presented recommendations to owners.

Result: Chose advanced system, negotiated price down 25%, implemented

and taught employees to use. New system is highly efficient and

offers considerably more capability, internet speed and the phone bill

dropped an average of $1000 a month.

EFFICIENCY

. Action: Observed that American Blinds & Wallpaper spent too much time

producing Financial Statements and Monthly Reporting.

Result: Reduced the number of journal entries that were being used

every month. Also linked all reporting to source documents so that

data entry was kept at a minimum.

. Action: Observed that SCI spent too much money, time and paper to

produce monthly order reports.

Result: Recommended the solution of transferring all data to

CSVcomputer files and then linking the existing spreadsheet to the CSV

data. This procedure reduced the time for report preparation from

1-2 days to 2-3 hours. This direct link also eliminated data entry

errors.

TROUBLEHSOOTING

. Action: At American Blinds determined that Canadian and Dollar Blind

web sites were not issuing refunds.

Result: Worked Closely with IT Department to report errors.

. Action: Help the Guardian Armored Division determine the cause of

short counts on moneybags.

Result: After an onsite inspection, determined what processes were

needed. Developed a spreadsheet that would clearly show where the

"shorts" were occurring; management solved the problem.

TRAINING & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS

. Action: Warehouse personnel were becoming confused with new inventory

tracking software and took the initiative to see if any processes that

were not working could be improved.

Result: Spent 90 days shadowing the warehouse manager to understand

the system, then implemented training for employees on the technology

and developed new, efficient processes.

FORECASTING

. Action: Recognized that SCI had no way to predict the cyclical nature

of apartment sales, especially during the busiest season.

Result: Research from different sources indicated that a graph

developed from excel could clearly show the past trends and allow

predictions of when the increased sales would occur. The resulting

graph helped predict early sales and prepare for very large

crossovers.

AWARDS

. Awarded three Maximum Achievement nominations and two Team Awards from

Guardian Security Services for actions and ideas that helped the

company become more efficient and profitable.

. Given an outstanding recommendation by the President of SCI (Jim

Robinson). Described as a "phenomenal employee" who did an excellent

job for three years.

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

American Blinds & Wallpaper

2009 to present

Accounting Supervisor

Head of the Accounting team. Lead four accounts payable and one junior

accountant. Preparation of Financial Statements, Monthly and Special

Reporting. Developed 2010 Budget. Audit & Tax Preparation. Integration

of other departments, bill approval, & oversees Certegy Check cashing

process. Learned many processes in my department and others in preparation

of cross training employees and departments. Corrected improper reporting

of Personal Property Taxes to the City of Livonia.

SCI Floor Covering, Southfield, MI

2006 to-2009

Accounting and Office Management

Directed the daily activities of six Administration Department employees.

Cross trained accounting and office staff for maximum efficiency during

absences. Prepared payroll and annual performance reviews. Produced

monthly financial statements and reports including: bank reconciliations,

journal entries, margin analysis, income and balance statement review, as

well as annual and random audit preparation.

. Supervised processing of commercial projects, subcontractor and

employee payroll, cash receipts, inventory reporting, AIA billing,

lien waivers and installer routing.

. Researched, implemented and trained employees on new software such as

Schedule Pro. This resulted in a high level of efficiency and cost-

effective day-to-day auditing/accounting office practices.

. Functioned as primary IT resource for the company. Trouble shooting

computer problems at the client and network level. Saved money by

reducing service calls. Updated RFMS floor industry software.

. Researched, reviewed and signed a new credit card vendor to save

money. This reduced costs dramatically.

Guardian Security Services, Southfield, MI

2000-2006

1 Senior Staff Accountant

2003-2006

. Developed many new financial processes and coordinated inventory

processing. Supervised staff accountants.

. Planned and overseen the installation of computerised inventory

control system, and ensured ongoing communication with customers

during transition. Supervised major bank switch for better rates.

2 Staff Accountant

2000-2003

Managed monthly reporting, financial statements, monthly reports, bank

reconciliations. Directed quarterly reporting, year end auditing and audit

schedules. Created Crystal Reports audits, implemented Great Plains

payroll module. Redesigned and maintained financial statements, improving

efficiency.

. Learned report procedures and processes by working long hours and

staying late. Prior staff had left abruptly, leaving no one to do

training. Determined which procedures to keep or to eliminate; this

led to a promotion.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Detroit, MI

1999-2000

Staff Accountant, Corporate Tax

. Prepared extensions, quarterly payments, state and federal taxes

organized by State.

. Managed and revised a key client state tax/returns database

. Developed large client corporate tax accounting relationships (Baskin

Robbins, Dunkin Donuts).

Caster Concepts, Albion, MI

1998

College Internship, Accounting

Performed multiple tasks focused on auditing inventory. Contributed to

brochure development.

Worked on ISO 9000 compliancy team.

. Created a database for client management and custom parts using ACT

contacts software.

Crowe Chizek LLP, South Bend, IN

1997

College Internship, Software Development

Tested and made recommendations on multiple accounting programs. Worked

closely with clients to match custom accounting software to their needs.

. Rewrote and organized software instruction manuals.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Albion College, Albion, MI 1999

B.A. in Economics and Management, Honors Business Program

Training and Professional Development:

Notary Public, Michigan. Certified through 2013

Computer Literacy: Great Plains, RFMS, MS Excel, MS Office, Crystal

Reports, MAS

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