Matt Heaton, CPA

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Accounting / Finance

“Matt taught me more accounting than anyone I have ever worked for or with during my working career.”

Doug Stephens, Controller-Capital & Facilities, Turner Broadcasting

Certified Public Accountant; 20 years of finance experience as Controller, Assistant Controller, and Finance Manager within multi-site manufacturing, distribution, and media organizations. Proven expertise in international and domestic accounting, costing, and taxation functions.

Key Strengths

Inventory Management & Reconciliation Fixed Asset Management Multi-Site Operations

Financial System Reconciliation Accounts Payable / Receivable Floor Reporting

Return on Investment (ROI) Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Internal Controls

Product Costing and Analysis Accounting Policies / Procedures Team Leadership

Professional Experience

contractor, Multi Color Corporation via RHI, Batavia OH 08/2015 – Present

Transact for, Account/reconcile consignment inventory for the US and Mexico locations including maintaining the associated subsidiary ledgers. Provide the Controller with all Balance sheet reconciliations for both US and Mexico ledger accounts monthly. Review, assign and compile responses to internal and external audit requests. Provide ad-hoc job cost analysis. Determine and provide explanation of system cost/variance calculations. Compile results of qtrly physical inventory. Automated the posting process related physical adjustments

account specialist, Toyota North America via RHI, Erlanger KY 01/2015 – 07/2015

North American HQ, Toyota Motors

Responsible for Balnce sheet reporting for the Mississipi Corolla plant for the last two months of fiscal year 2015 including

Year End reporting to TMC. Reassigned to assist fixed asset accounting with overflow of project cost recording.

business owner, Zounds Hearing, Montgomery OH 05/2013-01/2015

Established Cincinnati’s first Zounds Hearing Location. Planned, financed, staffed and marketed

hearing services . Sold business in 2015.

assistant controller, Hydro Systems, Cincinnati, OH 1998 – 07/2012

Subsidiary of Dover Corp, Hydro Systems is the world's largest independent manufacturer of proportioning/dispensing equipment with $90 million in annual sales.

Responsible for monthly preparation and review of individual and consolidated GAAP financials for domestic parent company and five international subsidiaries including manufacturing and distribution facilities in the U.K., China, Brazil, and Australia and sales operations in Latin America. Supervised staff of four in all areas of A/P and G/L.

Ensured adequate accounting controls and served as company’s liaison with external auditors, maintained fixed asset records for all companies on a book and tax basis and reviewed monthly balance sheet reconciliations, produced statutory reports for foreign subsidiaries, managed tax reporting for all U.S. tax reporting entities, coordinated and reconciled annual physical inventory for all locations, and established and compiled informational requirements for the annual operating plan incorporating specific performance metrics including DSO, inventory turns, ROI, head count.

Outsourced payment and audit of freight invoices reducing in-house work 20%.

Deployed a three way matching routine tightening inventory control by 10%.

Reduced time required to complete month-end close from 6 to 4 days.

Improved ROI and reduced on hand inventory.

Instituted hedging contracts to manage currency risk at company’s U.K. subsidiary.

Produced annual U.K. GAAP Statutory Report for Audit by PWC and tax by KPMG. Maintained financial system reconciliation on a U.S. GAAP, U.K. GAAP, and U.K. tax basis.

district finance manager, Alliant Foodservice / US Foods, Cincinnati, OH 1996 – 1998

With nearly $19 billion in annual revenue, US Foods is the 10th largest private company in America and is one of the U.S.’s leading distributors. US Foods is a subsidiary of US Foodservice and was created to handle the logistical needs of its parent company.

Held management responsibility for Accounts Receivable (A/R) and Accounts Payable (A/P) functions and supervisory responsibility for a four-person team; responsibilities included preparing annual operating and capital plans ranging from $1.2 to $2.7 million, tracking $9 million in fixed assets and roughly $2 million in inventory, compiling and reporting monthly financials, preparing weekly projections and daily sales reports, investigating margin variances, and preparing and reviewing monthly balance sheet reconciliations.

Elevated rebate schedules up to contract levels decreasing sales costs by $150,000.

caregiver 1993 – 1996

Resigned from Turner Broadcasting and relocated to Cincinnati to provide end-of-life care for ailing parent. Held temporary and seasonal positions during this period which included Investor at Arnett – Freeman Properties, Temporary / On-call Accountant for Macy’s Credit Services & GE Capital, and Seasonal Supervisor for WestTax.

controller / assistant controller, Turner Broadcasting, Atlanta, GA 1986 – 1993

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties initiated or acquired by Robert Turner starting during the 1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta.

Initially hired as Accounts Receivable Supervisor, was rapidly promoted to the position of Assistant Controller with full P&L control of Turner Program Services a division with $40 million in annual sales. Held supervisory responsibility for a six person team and management responsibility for A/P, A/R and ledger reporting; managed royalty payments for more than 3,800 film titles within a complex array of revenue streams, recognition triggers and “participation royalties” levels.

In 1992 was promoted to the position of Controller for the CNN Headline News, a division with more than $150 million in annual sales and roughly 325 employees in the U.S. and Central America. As Controller held full responsibility for Headline News financials.

Reconciled fixed assets and depreciation posting $1 million in additional income.

Assisted senior management in evaluating the expansion of CNN/HN’s “Telemundo” Spanish language footprint in Central and South America.

One of two accountants chosen to document processes and relocate 3,400 movie titles associated with the $1.5 billion MGM film library purchase.

Worked with IT to successfully integrate MGM’s financial results into the Turner Reporting system.

staff accountant, Kist, Bernhardt, & Co., Atlanta, GA 1984 – 1986

Provided accounting services for small- through mid-sized businesses; prepared and assembled personal federal, state and local returns through two tax seasons; oversaw client payroll year-end reconciliations and returns and provided monthly, quarterly and annual write-ups of client financial statements for C Corps and partnerships.

Education / Certification

Certification: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), State of Ohio, 1996

Education: Bachelor of Science (BS), Accounting, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis on Excel functions Sage Fixed Asset Management Package MAPICS Khalix MYOB EXO Infor ERP XA Power Link AS/400 . SAP

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