Accounting Sales

Richard C Blair

***** *-** ******** **** S., #*** • Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

410-***-**** • ***************@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Certified Public Accountant

West Virginia license 003899 – Inactive Status

Twenty years’ experience with U.S. GAAP ● 9 years of Public accounting & auditing

Managed audits for several companies ● 15 years of financial and account analysis

Oracle Financial software implementation ● Consolidated financial statement reporting

PeopleSoft, Hyperion applications & SOX Controls & Audit Compliance

Manage accounting staff from 1 to 20 ● Inventory, job cost and grant reporting

Manage banking and finance functions ● Experience in closely-held, publicly-traded,

CPA since 1997 Government and nonprofit entities

COMPUTER SKILLS

Working knowledge of:

Accounting/ Financial Reporting - Oracle Financial Applications • PeopleSoft Accounting •MS

Navision Attain • FRX Reporting & Hyperion• QuickBooks • Sage Timberline • Sage 100 • Great

Plains • Platinum • Hyperion

General office – IBM AS400 • Windows - MS Access MS Word • MS Excel • MS PowerPoint

EDUCATION

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Concentration in Accounting and Marketing

Additional Coursework in Oracle Financial Certified Training and annual CPA continuing education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ROBERT HALF MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

(Door to Door Organics, Inc.), Louisville, CO Project Accountant (Contract) 2/2017-6/2017

(Grease Monkey Intl), Greenwood Village, CO Accounting Manager (Contract) 9/2016-12/2016

(Nordstrom Bank), Centennial, CO Senior Accountant (Contract) 9/2015-6/2016

(Live Nation), Charlottesville, VA Financial Analyst (Contract) 9/2012-2/2014

Firms ranging in $200 million in revenue up to $14 billion

Through these projects I have worked in a variety of industries (Grocery, automotive, retail, entertainment) and a variety

Of ERP softwares (MS Dynamics Navision, Sage 100, Oracle Financials and Great Plains). Perform all ME close activities,

Including JEs, review FS and balance sheet account reconciliations. Budget updates and revisions for next year. Consolidating

Multiple companies. Reconciling and working with new sales software. Working as liaison with IS Continuous Improvement

Developers and the accounting department. Preparing adhoc reports for management. Assisting in implementation of new

And upgrades of software. Worked with Online Merchant accounts and moving platforms.

AVINTIV (Formerly Polymer Groups, Inc. PGI), Waynesboro, VA 5/2014-8/2015

Corporate Senior Plant Accountant

Manufacturer of Poly Non-Woven Goods globally headquartered in Charlotte, NC $2.5 billion revenue

Senior Accountant in Waynesboro VA plant was responsible for month end Financial Statement closing. Assist in Forecast, budgeting, setting Cost & Labor standards for production items. Responsible for setting up Cost sheets for new items in Excel and entering in Oracle Financials. Main liaison for Internal Auditors (PWC) & External Auditors (E&Y). Responsible for Balance Sheet & Income Statement reconciliations. Uploading data into Hyperion Financials for Corporate Management Documents. Provide talking points on major variances between Budget and Actuals on Monthly Statements. Key member on setting Cost Standards for brand new production lines and items. Adhoc reports for senior management. SOX Controls & Audit Compliance with internal and external auditors.

United Talent, Charleston, WV 3/2011 – 4/2012

Controller (Contractual)

Family-owned local construction and equipment sales/ rental company; $10 Million annual revenues; two related entities in real estate and pre-owned equipment/ auto sales

Report directly to President; responsible for all financial reporting and cash management

Identified internal control structure improvements

Developed Accounting manual for company to insure GAAP compliance

Month-end close – Journal Entries, reconcile balance sheet accounts, perform variance analysis

Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority, Charleston, WV 11/2010 – 2/2011

Chief Financial Officer

Nonprofit owner-operator of HUD housing (1,274 units); $10 Million annual revenues

Report directly to President and present monthly financial report to public Board of Directors

Responsible for all month-end financial reporting; supervised staff of 7

Filled out monthly grant reports with HUD and liaison with external auditors

Manna, Inc., Washington, D.C. 2/2008 – 4/2010

Director of Accounting

Nonprofit local developer/ builder of low-income housing; $8 Million annual revenues

Prepare quarterly financial report for independent Board of Directors.

Responsible for all month-end financial reporting; supervised staff of 7. Responsible for all job costing.

Responsible for banking and external auditor relationships. Responsible for selecting external new auditors. Responsible for internal control structure and accounting manuals. Responsible for all grant reporting to DCDH.

Sage Timberline accounting software

CORT, Inc., Capital Heights, MD 12/2006 – 2/2008

Asst. Controller, Service Center

Eastern & Midwest divisions of a Berkshire Hathaway company; furniture retail/ rentals of $400 Million nationwide; $150 Million for two divisions

Report to Controller who reported to Corporate; supervised staff of 10

Responsible for Accounts Payable and Inventory Costing for all 13 districts in Eastern and Midwest divisions; travel to meet with all district managers on-site

Responsible for month-end financial reporting for three (3) Ohio districts; cut monthly reporting time by 2 days.

Managed and approved all accounts payable and journal entry transactions in Peoplesoft Financials. Produced adhoc reports for management thru Report Writer.

Peoplesoft accounting software

Additional Experience:

Controller in Non Profit & Construction industries.

Financial Reporting Analyst for state governmental agencies

9 years of Public Accounting specializing in Audit, compliance and Tax.

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