Jennifer L. Shull

ac4ngp@r.postjobfree.com 724-***-**** Relocating back to Western Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LIFE AFTER LEMONS, LLC York, SC 1/2017 – Current

Owner/President/CFO

Owner of a candy business and blogger.

CONTOUR PRODUCTS, INC Charlotte, NC 6/2015 – 1/2017

Controller

Managed seven employees within Finance and Customer Service departments.

Shortened the month end close from 35 days to 5 days.

Created year over year financial statements and exception reporting of monthly variances.

Created sales analysis to show customer profitability, product penetration, and sales trends.

Created analysis and reports to help manage chargebacks.

Created policies and procedures to monitor spending companywide. This resulted in an increase in profits for 2016 of 46% even though sales were down 5%.

Improved documentation of processes companywide.

Increased ERP (Sage 100) utilization by 60% companywide.

Worked with outside consultants on all IT related issues including network infrastructure, ERP system, SQL, and CRM.

Worked with the consultants on ways to cut costs and operate more efficiently.

Assisted Human Resource Manager on all employee and benefit issues.

Computer Systems Utilized: Sage 100, CRM, True Commerce, Starship, SQL, and Microsoft Office

CORPORATE RISK HOLDINGS- FKA ALTEGRITY (Parent of Kroll, HireRight, and USIS) Grove City, PA 5/2011 – 12/2014

Financial Shared Services Accounts Payable Manager (6/2013 – 12/2014)

Financial Shared Services Accounts Payable Supervisor (5/2011 – 6/2013)

Managed a staff of 15 Accounts Payable employees that processed over 80,000 monthly transactions for 13 entities. Also, trained, evaluated, mentored, counseled, and disciplined employees in order to build a highly productive and efficient team.

Set month end close deadlines for Financial Shared Services AP and Travel Teams.

Established corporate policy and procedures on IRC 1441 Withholding on Payments to Foreign Persons/Entities which included flow charts that explained all steps necessary prior to processing/paying a foreign vendor invoice.

Successfully completed 3 system conversions (CP 4.0 to GP, Solomon to GP, and GCS to CP 7.0).

IT liaison for the Financial Shared Service group.

Updated all SOX documentation. Including reestablishing corporate Procure to Pay policies and procedures.

Created training manuals and conducted training classes/webinars to teach employees on how to use the IT created systems.

Automated various processes within the Accounts Payable Department to decrease processing time.

Transitioned AP processes from division offices to corporate Shared Services AP Department in Grove City, PA.

Worked with outside auditors.

Computer Systems Utilized: Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010, SAP, CostPoint 7.0, CostPoint 4.0, Solomon, Impromptu, Deltek GCS, Quickbooks, Microsoft Office, and various customized software systems.

UNIVERSAL MANUFACTURING/UNIVERSAL SCAFFOLD SYSTEMS Zelienople, PA 2/2005 – 5/2009

Assistant Controller

Supervised two accountants.

Performed monthly closings for three entities.

Prepared financial statements, account reconciliation and analyzed budget vs. actual.

Submitted reports for regulatory agencies.

Worked with outside auditors and insurance company to provide insurance certificates when requested from customers.

Special analysis/projects as requested by controller, president, vice president, and department managers.

Created inventory analysis for obsolete inventory.

Created commission reports based on the various scaffolding lines.

Created SOX documentation for the Accounting Department.

Created analysis of all operational expenses, cash flow, and projections.

Computer Systems Utilized: Visual Business Solutions, FACTS, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Access.

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Relocating back to Western Pennsylvania ac4ngp@r.postjobfree.com 724-***-****

GENERAL NUTRITION CORPORATION (GNC) Pittsburgh, PA 4/2000 – 2/2005

Accounting Manager – Retail and Canadian Operations (1/2004 – 2/2005)

Accounting Supervisor – Retail Operations (2/2002 – 1/2004)

Senior Accountant – Retail Operations (4/2000 – 2/2002)

Managed the Accounting for the Retail and Canadian Store Operations; supervised one senior accountant and three staff accountants. Also, trained, evaluated, mentored, counseled, and disciplined employees in order to build a highly productive and efficient team.

Analyzed and reconciled consolidated general ledger accounts for 2700 corporate owned stores including US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and military bases.

Closed retail books in three days each month; prepared financial statements; account reconciliation and analysis; conducted monthly management meetings of financial results.

Worked with the budgeting department on developing a $1Billion budget and reporting weekly projections.

Worked with outside auditors quarterly and yearly.

My staff and I improved communication between all departments and divisional offices and improved understanding for non-financial managers of how departmental financials intertwine to affect the bottom line.

Analyzed the direct purchase program to see which part of the program was successful and which part needed revamped.

Developed analysis reports to assist with forecasts to provide accurate projections to the stakeholders.

Developed training programs for the new divisional analysts on how to do quarterly accruals, monthly analysis, and work with the software.

Created new reports for executives and division offices on the profitability of stores by division.

Documented processes and procedures for the Retail Accounting area in order to be SOX compliant after being purchased by a US investment company.

Key member of the team writing and reviewing SEC reporting.

Computer Systems Utilized: Smartstream, Retail Lease, COGNOS, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Office.

METALSITE (Temporary Assignment) Robinson Township, PA 1/2000-4/2000

Project Accountant

Reconciled fixed assets and created financial analysis reports for Controller.

Computer Systems Utilized: Peachtree and Microsoft Office.

SSI INCORPORATED Cranberry Township, PA 11/1994 – 9/1999

Controller

Managed all accounting, finance, purchasing, human resources, and IT functions. Supervised a staff of five.

Revamped accounting policies and procedures.

Submitted reports for regulatory agencies.

Developed financial forecast and expense budgets.

Prepared financial statements; account reconciliation and analysis; conducted monthly management meetings of financial results.

Performed all personnel functions including recruitment, interviewing/selection, orientation, counseling, benefits, evaluations, disciplining, and firing.

Successfully completed system conversion of DOS based Peachtree and Real World financial systems to Great Plains Dynamics and Service Manager.

Created training manuals and conducted training classes for employees on the new financial system.

Initiated change of inventory control program to decrease inventory loss.

Computer Systems Utilized: Great Plains Dynamics, Wenn/Soft Service Manager, Peachtree (DOS version), RealWorld (DOS version), and Lotus Notes.

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree in Organizational Studies with duel concentration in Leadership and Employee Relations, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA

BSBA with emphasis in Management and Quantitative Business Analysis, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA

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