Manager Accounting
Resume:
PHUONG BICH NGUYEN, CPA
New Berlin, Wisconsin 53151
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BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Senior Financial Analyst with significant experience in financial operations and management for manufacturing industries. Comprehensive background in finance, tax, treasury, MIS, audit, budget and forecast, consolidation, month and year end closings. Successful track record in diverse business environments including growth, start-up, mergers, acquisition and divesture. Strong analytical and organization planning skills with proven capabilities in the following areas:
Cash Management/Banking
AR/AP/PR/Fixed Assets
General & Cost Accounting
Asset Management/Ratio Analysis
Financial Policy & Procedure
Commission/Warranty Analysis
Tax Structure/Planning
Forex Contract Analysis
Percentage of Completion Contracts
Merger/Acquisitions/Divestitures
IT Interface/System Conversion
Government/Regulatory Reporting
Budgeting P&L, BS, Cash Flow
Process Improvement
Audits: IRS, Internal, External
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SIEMENS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, WAUKESHA WI 1989-2009
A leading manufacturer of waste water treatment facilities with annual sales of $250 million
Senior Financial Analyst 2005 to 2009
Coordinated and consolidated the budgeting, forecasting, month and year end financial reports. Also facilitated the financial analysis of individual companies to consolidate BioClar, a multi-functional organization. Responsibilities included the coordination of banking relationships, analysis of budget, forecast, forex and percent of completion contracts, warranty, commission and special unusual projects. Accurately coordinated the consolidation of BioClar budgeting and financial reporting for monthly, quarterly and annual reporting meeting deadline. Discovered and resolved a forex contract discrepancy saving the company over $210K.Initiated analysis and development of numerous high level spreadsheets including macro to lookup, retrieve and calculate data to efficiently identify and explain variances in newly implemented ratios: EVA(Economic Value Added),Capital Employed.Developed a reputation as the go to person; routinely resolved multiple problems and addressed typical ad hoc requests.
Accounting Manager 1992 to 2005
Directed the day-to-day operations of all accounting functions including: AR, AP, Cost, Fixed Assets, Payroll, general ledger thru month end/year end closing. Consolidated and prepared financial and management reports. Managed to optimize and control tax rate in S&U Tax, RE & PP tax, and UC Tax. Manage staff of 10 employees which included 1 CPA and 2 degreed Accountants. Shortened month-end closing cycle from 10 days to 3 days, resulting in more timely information to management and greater focus on value-added analysis.Established policies & procedures to stream line process thru automated statements and letters to realize refunds > $50K in AP.Developed written policies & procedures in compliance with SOX and ISO 9000.Adapted International IFRS reporting requirement from Corp.
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Coordinated various audits without any major audit adjustment from internal audit, IRS, S&U Tax, and year end audit from outside auditors.Supported numerous mergers, acquisitions and divestures; set up ledger for new company reporting and consolidated; also closed and combined companies.Key participant in systems conversion from Corp. GCU reporting to WDS reporting
General Accounting Supervisor 1989 to 1992
Responsible for General Accounting staff and functions including: Fixed Assets, S&U Tax, general ledger, financial reporting, month and year end closing. Managed staff of 4. Analyzed booking and backlog system and identified data calculation error which increased backlog > $2 Million; partnered with IT to correct and enhance the program. Directed the conversion from manual general ledger and corporate reporting to multi view reporting system.Set up various spreadsheets for consolidated reporting, month end and year end reports.Established 1st reporting on BS and Cash Flow budgeting thru spreadsheet.
Prior to 1988
Held progressively responsible positions as Controller, Accounting Manager and Accountant at Central Manufacturing Corporation Milwaukee, WI.
EDUCATION
BS, Accounting, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
BS, Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI,
AA, Accounting, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, WI
AA, Business Data Processing, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, WI
Phi Theta Kappa, National Honor Fraternity, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, WI
CERTIFICATION
Certified Public Accountant
Member of WICPA and AICPA
TRAINING
Monthly training at WICPA for CPE requirement
Various training and Certificates thru Siemens Company including: Supervision, Management, Coaching for performance, S&U Tax, Term & Condition, Quattro Pro, Excel
Certificate for completion, Cost Accounting Standard by Federal Publications, Inc
CHARITY & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Currently Minister various programs at Church, Froedtert Hospital and County Jail
Past Treasurer of Repairers of the Breach
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