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Sales Accounting

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7869
Posted:
March 09, 2010

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GREGORY NATCHEZ, CPA

* ******** ****

Randolph, New Jersey, 07869

973-***-**** ********@***.*** FAX 973-***-****

SUMMARY:

FINANCE OPERATIONS MANUFACTURING IT

Financial Reporting Treasury Standard Costing IT Administrator

SEC Documentation Sarbanes - Oxley Inventory Control Systems Audit

International Accounting KPI Modeling BOM/Recipe IT Implementation

Budgeting Policies & Procedures Lean Six-Sigma SAP

Financial Audits Full Capital Audit Established MRP System Database Extraction

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Planning strategically to maximize profitability and minimize risk

Completed registration process for corporate equity to be traded on foreign electronic trading exchange

Reduced expenses by $200k by consolidating goods and services by suppliers

Reclaimed $150k costs with lean process and procedures

Saved Millions by completing and supporting technical tax strategies

Documented all processes and procedures for SOX and studied materials flow & processes to reduce process

batching and eliminate non value-added activities

MVP of the company

EXPERIENCE:

B2X CORPORATION, Jersey City, NJ August 2007-Current Sr. Director of Financial Reporting & Compliance

B2X is a channel for companies around the world to exchange goods and services. B2X has a revolutionary web-

based electronic platform to source goods from anywhere in the world and deliver to anywhere in the world.

B2X operates out of a Jersey City, New Jersey, and a Shanghai, China office, with 100 employees.

Manage and prepare various GAAP/IAS and FASB/IFRS documents required by domestic and foreign accounting firms and

nominated advisors, for the registration of corporate equity on a foreign trading exchange, IPO.

Institute Sarbanes-Oxley Sec. 404, review and validate. Initiated finance policies and procedures.

Prepare and review monthly and quarterly reporting packages for corporate management and stock exchange requirements.

Prepare quarterly corporate Operations Review presentation and Board of Directors presentation.

Auditing, research analysis, and pro-forma reporting for M&A activities

Point person for all GAAP and IAS audits and tax returns, prepared by outside CPA firm.

Assisted and managed staff of 3 in finance department.

Responsible for all aspects of Accounting & Financial Reporting.

Prepare annual budget with detailed cost center and capital expenditure detail.

Prepared consolidate multi-state corporate income tax return, and Uniform Capitalization (Sec. 263a) tax calculations.

Review, validate, and stream-line, all general ledger account workpapers.

Review and correct monthly general ledger close, for reporting purposes.

Calculated and maintained rolling ledger for inventory valuation, for approx. 10,000 items

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AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS USA CORP., Branchburg, NJ October 2005-April 2007 Controller for US Operations

A leading global supplier of electronic materials to the semiconductor, flat panel display, and recording head

markets. A managed investment in the Carlyle Europe Partners II fund, owned by The Carlyle Group, a global

private equity firm. Locations include China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States.

Total annual sales of $600 million with 800 employees

Manage the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley Sec. 404, review, validate, test, and distribute finance policy and procedure manual.

Prepare and review monthly and quarterly reporting packages for corporate management. Complete the quarterly corporate

Operations Review presentation and Board of Directors presentation. Prepared in GAAP & IFRS

Auditing, research analysis, and pro-forma reporting for M&A activities

Review, validate, and stream-line, all general ledger account workpapers.

Maintenance of standard costing in SAP, with associated bill-of-materials and production recipes.

Responsible for all aspects of Accounting, Financial Reporting for the United States operations.

Directly manage a group of 7 people in the accounting department.

Present our financial and operational results at monthly corporate meetings.

Prepare Monthly, Quarterly and Year to date Profit Change Analysis.

Prepare annual budget with detailed cost center and capital expenditure detail.

Manage all finance policies directed by the parent corporation.

Completed bridge from IAS (International Accounting Standards) –to- GAAP –to- Tax

Direct contact for Independent Auditors and related tax accountant.

Prepared Sales & Use, Franchise, B&O, Personal Property, and Uniform Capitalization (Sec. 263a) tax calculations.

Performed a full Capital Asset audit for all locations in USA as per requirements for FAS-147.

Establish Goals and Objectives for staff in order to motivate and measure performance.

AST BEARINGS, Montville, NJ September 2000-October 2005 Controller/IT Administrator

A master distributor of international, high precision, mechanical bearings and a manufacturer of custom

mechanical sub assemblies, used in a wide range of industries. A division of Axsys Technologies, Inc.

(NASDAQ: AXYS) with six locations throughout the United States. Total annual sales of $130 million with 500

employees.

Manage the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley Sec. 404, review, validate, and correct all written procedures for all departments, and

established all procedures for the finance and IT departments. Prepared and distributed a separate finance policy and procedure

manual. Involved in operational policies and procedures.

Prepare and review monthly and quarterly reporting packages for corporate management and SEC requirements. Complete the

quarterly corporate Operations Review presentation and Board of Directors presentation.

Review, validate, and stream-line, all general ledger account workpapers.

Responsible for all aspects of Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Information Technology throughout the United States.

Assumed the responsibilities of the VP of Finance, which included facilities management, when the former VP of Finance moved

to the position of President.

Directly manage a group of 10 people in the accounting and inventory departments in 3 divisions located in throughout the US.

Present our financial and operational results at divisional and corporate finance meeting, and annual sales meetings.

Prepare Monthly, Quarterly and Year to date Profit Change Analysis.

Prepare annual budget with detailed cost center and capital expenditure detail.

Manage all policies directed by the parent corporation and audited compliance, and instructed all managers accordingly. These

included Delegation of Authority and Signature Approval Authority, contract review, all finance, and Human Resource policies.

Direct contact for Independent Auditors and related tax accountant.

Prepared Sales & Use, Franchise, B&O, Personal Property, and Uniform Capitalization (Sec. 263a) tax calculations.

Established a weekly cash-modeling program in order to forecast our quarterly cash flow. This model is driven by forecasted and

actual revenue & expense and balance sheets.

Responsible for all foreign currency exchange transactions. Saved company thousands of dollars by maintaining contracts and

securing the best rate.

Manage customs duty and Anti Dumping Duty, and authorize customs declaration export certificates.

Present topics and solve issues at the annual corporate off-site finance meeting.

Significant involvement in Sales and Marketing reporting.

Studied materials flow and processes to reduce process batching and eliminate non value-added activities.

Manage security policy and instituted a biometric security access system.

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Developed a vendor invoice review program, which saved thousands of dollars per year.

Established negotiations with freight vendor and all divisions of parent company, saved company thousands of dollars annually

with group and volume discounts.

Performed a full Capital Asset audit for all locations of my division as per requirements for FAS-147.

Established procedures for cycle counting and inventory management. Brought companies lot accuracy up from 50% to 90%.

Establish Goals and Objectives for staff in order to motivate and measure performance.

Received “Outstanding” performance appraisals for three consecutive years. Received the employee VIP award for 2003.

Public Accounting:

Saunders & Koday, LLP, NJ November 1997- September 2000

Herman Yula Schwartz & Lagomarsino, PA, NJ July 1995 - September 1997

Rosenberg, Rich, Baker, Berman, & Co., CPA, NJ August 1994 - June 1995

Koch, Geringer & Co., CPA, NY January 1993 - August 1994

Prepared audited workpapers and financial statements.

o New York and New Jersey Low-Income Housing entities

o Health Maintenance Organizations

o Mortgage Companies

o Thoroughbred Racing/Breeding Partnerships

o Manufacturing Companies

o Not-For-Profit Organizations

o Trucking Companies

o Public Schools

Prepared reviewed workpapers and financial statements.

o For a wide range of companies.

Prepared compiled workpapers and financial statements.

o For a wide range of companies.

Prepared corporate, partnership, not-for-profit, fiduciary, and personal income tax returns.

Prepared New York and New Jersey quarterly payroll tax returns.

Performed, computer hardware and software, system selection and implementation.

Prepared other special analysis and calculations for presentations in matrimony and business litigation.

Maintained general ledgers for independent corporation/companies and responsible for their year-end adjustments.

Controlled all general ledger journal entries for New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency - Section 8, H.U.D. & R.A.P.

housing programs.

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COMPUTER QUALIFICATIONS:

Fully Maintained NT & W2K servers with Active Directory.

Installed and maintained all workstations for the New Jersey, California, and Texas facilities.

Established remote access for executive management via VPN.

Created sales and marketing reports through ODBC, to assist the VP of Sales and Marketing.

Involved in various aspects of IT procedures. Initiated an electronic forms library.

Implemented a lean program by eliminating batch processing via I/T enhancements.

Saved thousands of dollars by upgrading computer equipment that made remote offices more efficient and productive.

Strategically planned locations of computer equipment to enhance “Lean” processing.

Maintained “Knowledge Base” of computer issues for all inside and outside personnel.

Initiated and setup user data servers with scheduled backup.

Initiated and completed a full computer audit.

Liaison with corporate IT department.

Build computers to exact hardware specifications.

Upgraded client accounting software.

Known Software:

SAP, SAP Business One, Windows 2000 Server/Terminal Server, Windows 95/98/NT, Windows Active Directive

Directory, Microsoft Exchange Ver.5 and 2000, SyteLine ERP, SQL, Accountants Trial Balance, MAS-90, WS2, Quick

Books, Ultra Tax, Lacerte Tax, Lotus 1-2-3, all Microsoft Office programs, Veritas Backup Exec, Symantec Antivirus

Corporate Edition, Symantec PC Anywhere, Microsoft Terminal Clients, and many others.

EDUCATION:

KEAN UNIVERSITY, Union, New Jersey

B.S. degree in Accounting, January 1993

License & Affiliations:

New Jersey licensed CPA

New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Consumer Affairs

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants



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