Accounting Insurance Agent
Resume:
George A. Clemons
Houston, TX 77048
Phone: 281-***-****
*********@*******.***
SUMMARY:
Highly motivated and effective accounting professional with more than ten (10) years of
accounting experience in an manufacturing environment responsible accounting positions
include Controller, Cost Accountant and Staff Accountant experienced in managing
accounting personnel, implementing and auditing accounting controls and policies, produced
and maintained company Balance Sheet and Income Statement, I am seeking a position as
Controller or equivalent management position.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
April 2000 Alimak Hek, Inc. Houston, TX
to Controller
April 2009
Career Highlights
Successfully merged financial reporting systems due to acquisition merging revenue
reporting from $30M to $100M
Successfully completed all due diligence request at the purchase of Champion Elevators, Inc.
in 2004 by McDonough Marine and in 2006 by Alimak Hek, Inc.
Successfully completed software conversion from DOS based accounting system (Macola) to
current ERP system (Manage 2000) 63 days ahead of schedule saving $43K in
integration fees
Job Duties
Prepared monthly Balance Sheet, Income Statement, supervised monthly and annual
accounting close with variance to budget analysis presented to company CEO, and CFO
Implemented and maintained accounting policies and procedures to ensure accurate and
timely financial reporting, including adjusting and recurring journal entries according to
GAAP
Provided monthly audited lead schedules for company Balance Sheet, Income Statement,
and Retained Earnings reducing audit engagement saving 5% on audit fees
Managed accounting staff including cost accounting, general ledger, A/P, and A/R totaling ten
(10) employees
Reviewed sales contracts to ensure that revenue was recognized according to GAAP and
recovered $1.3M in unbilled revenue in Q4 2007
Audited all revenue billing functions to ensure that A/R was collectable
Provided and maintained monthly sales backlog reporting totaling an average of $60M
Prepared payroll reconciliation and journal entry from ADP download
Maintained all Fixed Assets using FAS software totaling $15M
Maintained monthly bank reconciliation’s for all cash accounts
Coordinated information request from external auditors
Cost Accounting Supervisor
Job Duties
Developed and maintained standard cost environment that was related to a strict BOM
manufactured product with over 30K SKU's
Audited all COGS and variance accounts to ensure that standard cost was properly recorded
Established standard cost for manufactured items by analyzing open and closed work
orders comparing to engineering data sheets and analyzing the accuracy of routers thru
time studies eliminating variances and inefficiencies
Established overhead and standard labor rates to be used in standard cost
Maintained work centers and standard routers to be used in standard cost
Established cycle count procedure and audit lead on all physical inventories with inventory
value in excess of $14M
Created, maintained and reconciled W IP reports, Mfg and purchase price variance reports
with recommendations to various department heads
• Audited all labor and material issues to Mfg floor with an emphasis on eliminating
inefficiencies
Audited all scrap locations generated from PO and work order receipts with disposition
reporting
Audited all RTV's and repair work orders to ensure that item standard cost were within
established variance limits
Audited and reconciled all rework, and inventory adjustment accounts to ensure that period
expense was not overstated
September 1997 Merchant Metals Inc. Houston, TX
to Staff Accountant
April 2000
Job Duties
Provided accounting and financial reporting duties for $25M wood product line
Review and code all A/P for the wood product line and maintain purchase order receipts
provided variance reporting and journal entries to ensure reporting accuracy
Reconciliation of On Hand Values for all direct ship locations to be included in month end
reports
Reconciliation of all freight expense to freight quotes and recorded additional expense to
proper variance accounts
Data entry of all A/P for wood mill vendors and freight vendors using Lawson accounting
system
Reconciliation of Doubtful accounts with analysis to maintain proper Bad Debt reserves
Planned weekly meetings with Credit and Collections manager to determine which accounts
should be written-off and reported collectable accounts to Division Controller
Made approximately twenty five (25) collection calls a week and presented results to Division
Controller
Performed various accounting duties as required
EDUCATION:
2009 General lines Life Insurance Agent Texas
1997 Houston Baptist University Houston, TX
Bachelor of Business Administration Accounting GPA: 3.0
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