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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Accountant **** – ****

SF Financial Group

Pleasanton, California

Property development and restaurant chain operation

Developed charts of accounts (10 Companies)

Reconciled GL accounts and credit cards (3 years)

Established accrual based accounting

Reconciled 3 years accounting activities

Developed accounting procedures for AP processing

Overhauled payroll processing

Developed operating budgets (restaurants)

VP Finance/Finance Manager 2003 - 2013

Unified TelData Inc./Carousel Industries

San Francisco, California 94107

Facilitated the purchase and sale of Unified TelData to Carousel. (Audit Prep)

Collected AR (no bad debt), reconciled AP & accruals, final closing entries.

Managed all accounting, payroll, administration and purchasing functions in a state of the art telecommunications equipment sales and service operation. Four reports.

Developed Cash Management/Forecasting tools, Financial Modeling – Budget Development/Variance Reports, Rolling Sales Forecasting program, Financial Statement preparation, Bank Negotiation (LOC & interest rate). Data input functions – G/L, A/R, Accruals, Cash Receipts and payroll (50 employees) using QuickBooks Pro. Amortization/fixed assets. Ad hoc reports.

Performed all invoicing activities, using industry specific software (TigerPaw), and importing data to QuickBooks, ensuring accurate recording of revenue, cost of sales, and sales tax liabilities.

Made collection calls, ensuring no bad debt. Negotiated payment terms (from net 30 net 60-75 days) with critical suppliers.

Streamlined payroll and A/P processing, considerably reducing data input time and cost.

Senior Business Consultant/Project Manager 1997 - 2002

Integrated Business Analysts/International Profit Associates

Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089

Developed and implemented solutions for small to medium sized businesses throughout the United States and Canada.

Successfully achieved a three to one return on investment in Terrance Murphy /IBA/IPA’s services through establishing and implementing “Profit & Expense Control”, “Organization for Management”, and “Sales & Marketing” programs.

Principle responsibilities – Profit & Expense Controls: Financial Statement review and analysis. Identification of issues affecting profit, recommendations for change, and implementation. Systems development: job costing and estimating, budgets/variance analysis, cash management and control. Revamped financial and management reporting systems.

Organization for Management: Development of procedures for establishing goals and strategic plans for management/owner(s), chain of command (functional organization charts), detailed job descriptions, employee policy and procedure manuals, progressive discipline, evaluation and reward systems, hiring and interviewing procedures.

Comptroller/CFO/Proprietor/Consultant 1992 - 1997

Mikroyiannakis Group of Companies Food Distribution & Real Estate

Intelligarde International Inc. Private Security & Investigation

Murphy Services Public Practice Accounting

Toronto, Ontario

Financial statement preparation, cash flow forecasting, bank negotiations, hands on Accounts Payable control and payroll, for three corporate entities involved in food distribution (approx. 2,000 restaurants & institutions in the Greater Toronto area), real estate and farming. Managed and trained support staff. Reported to President. (Mikroyannakis Group)

Accounts Receivable/Collections, job costing, union negotiations. Supervised billing and payroll for approx. 150 employees. Reported to Vice President (Intelligarde/Nightwatch).

Renegotiated bank debt, significantly reducing interest payments. Streamlined payroll and Accounts Payable processing. Developed Income Statement and Balance Sheet formats using a Unix based customized system.

Prepared working papers for annual external audit.

Reduced Accounts Receivable from 45+ days to fewer than 30 days sales.

Provided tax and financial accounting/bookkeeping services to 100+ clients.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Certified General Accountant (CPA equivalent), Bachelor of Arts, St. Francis Xavier University, Strategic Management, York University, Excel, Word, Access, Outlook, Lotus, Accounting Packages: eight years QuickBooks, used Acc Pac (audit), Simply Accounting, Peachtree, Business Visions, manual.

SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES

Outstanding oral and written communication skills, detail oriented, strong analytical skills, quick study, well organized, team player and leader, motivated, flexible, proven problem solver, ability to handle multiple projects, proven experience identifying and building new processes and streamlining/optimizing existing processes, international business and accounting experience, excellent cash management skills.

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