Controller for heavy highway/heavy civil construction company

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Bothell, WA 98021 Email: ****.****@*****.***

David Purdy

Experience 2009 – 2013 Westech Construction, Inc.

(Portland, OR)

Controller

Report to President and Treasurer with overall

responsibility for financial accounting and treasury

management for multi-state heavy highway contractor

and affiliated construction, equipment leasing and

property management companies.

Daily duties include monitoring bank account

balances and cash requirements, deposit customer

checks and transfer funds as required. Review and

approve all cash disbursements. Maintain “Cash Log”

spreadsheet for owners review. Maintain accounting

software and data backups. Update prevailing wage

rates, payroll tax and insurance rates, sales and use

tax rates. Review job setup and job cost.

Weekly duties include review payroll for accuracy,

post payroll transactions and make required tax and

401(k) deposits.

Monthly duties include reconciling all bank

accounts, record journal entries required to produce

financial statements, review WIP with project

managers, review subcontractor payment estimates

for accuracy and authorize payments, review benefits

with new employees, enroll new employees in group

benefit programs, reconcile and pay group benefit

premiums, report and pay all monthly sales, use and

excise taxes, make monthly equipment finance

payments.

Yearly duties include preparation of audit

worksheets, reconciliations and backup

documentation for year-end financial statements,

insurance premium audits, income tax returns and

insurance renewals. Prepare annual W-2’s, 1099’s,

payroll tax returns, fuel tax returns, vehicle licenses

and excise returns, property tax returns and other

state and local tax and insurance returns.

1993 – 2009 Scarsella Bros., Inc. (Kent,

WA)

Controller

Reported to President with overall responsibility

for financial accounting and treasury management for

multi-state heavy highway contractor and affiliated

construction, material production and property

management companies.

Responsible for preparation of monthly, quarterly

and annual consolidated financial statements and

supporting schedules. Reconciled subsidiary ledgers

and job cost to general ledger, general ledger

accounts including detail schedules to trial balance

and reviewed all adjusting and recurring journal

entries. Prepared schedules of completed and

uncompleted contracts using percentage of

completion method of recognizing income and

prepared all underlying cost-to-complete worksheets.

Other duties included preparation and submittal of

monthly and quarterly excise tax returns, reconciliation

of taxes on public works projects, personal property

tax affidavits, annual census and financial statements

for profit sharing plan, annual schedules for insurance

policies renewal, premium audit and preparation of

supporting schedules/documentation for annual

income tax returns.

Reviewed all check registers, daily receipts and

bank deposits, electronic fund transfers and bank

charges.

Maintained spreadsheet to monitor cash balance

for each account. Reviewed previous day and current

day account detail reports to monitor activity in

controlled disbursement account and transferred

funds as necessary to maintain balances.

Managed investment portfolio in compliance with

investment policy and guidelines issued by board of

directors.

Reviewed all successful bids and supporting

documents including project specifications,

documentation, drawings, bid item cost detail,

subcontractor quotes, material quotes, insurance

quotes, bid notes, contract from owner, subcontracts

and project schedule to determine project budget,

bonding and insurance requirements, cash flow

projections, determine state sales/use tax type,

location and rate, and accumulate project information

for job setup in Sage Timberline.

Managed IT system including third party network

systems administrator, evaluation, purchase,

integration of new software and hardware, reviewing,

planning, scheduling, implementing software

upgrades and administration of Sage Timberline Office

Accounting software and Sage FAS Fixed Asset

Accounting software including month end and year

end close.

Education & B.S., Business Administration – Accounting

Training University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado

Systems American Contractor Accounting, Sage Timberline Office Accounting-and Project

Management, QuickBooks, Sage FAS Fixed Asset Accounting, Microsoft Windows OS

and Office Products software, HCSS HeavyBid Estimating & Bidding software, HCSS

HeavyJob Field Management software, Crystal Reporting, JWS Apex Systems

Ticketing and Billing software.

References Available Upon Request

Brief Summary

Controller/Director of Finance/Business Manager

Industry experience includes:

• Heavy highway, heavy civil and marine construction.

• Marine transportation.

• Environmental consulting, civil engineering and construction management.

Management experience includes:

• Financial accounting and treasury.

• Contract administration for federal, state, municipal government and private

owners.

• Employee benefits administration including, employee sign up, changes,

premium payments and policy renews.

Project experience includes:

• Third Runway Embankment 2004 at SeaTac Airport for Port of Seattle. Total

bid $192.6M by TTI Constructors, Inc. (joint venture). Work completed

December 2005.

• Third Runway Embankment 2006 at SeaTac Airport for Port of Seattle. Total

bid $124.1M by TTI Constructors, Inc. (joint venture). Work completed

December 2006.

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