Philip S. Garbrick
York, PA ***04
*********@***.***
www.linkedin.com/in/philgarbrick
Summary:
** ***** ** ********** ** General Accounting and Cost Accounting providing expertise to all levels of the company.
Experience with both service and manufacturing companies from single site companies to large multi-national corporations.
Supervised employees from clerical to professional level. Member and leader of various teams working on anything from manufacturing process improvement to day to day operations of company.
Computer literate with SAP, Microsoft Office and custom business applications.
Discovered bug in Platinum for Windows that affected the accuracy of the job cost module.
Committed to personal and professional growth as a life-long learner.
Education:
MBA in Accounting, Strayer University, 2010 – 2013 GPA 3.92
Member Alpha Chi National Honor Society
B.S., Accounting; York College of PA
Professional Experience:
Adecco, Senior Accountant; Temporary, York, PA 2013 – 2015 2018 - Present
Produce journal entries and account reconciliations for multiple companies of a Public Multi-national company.
Worked on inventory reconciliation on a monthly basis.
Participated in the switch from Oracle 11i to R12 for multiple companies.
Analyzed sales and use tax account for errors from the Sabrix tax software recording tax on non-taxable items.
Reconciled VAT tax accounts for refunds received from sister companies.
Canteen Vending Services, District Accounting Manager, York, PA 2005 – 2008
Closed the books monthly and produced and analyzed the financial statements.
Along with the General Manager produced the annual budget and periodic forecasts.
Supervised 2 office staff who handled AP, AR, Payroll and trouble calls.
Reconciled the warehouse inventory on a weekly basis.
Created reports to monitor labor and production levels of commissary for General Manager.
Maintained standard cost system of fresh food produced at our commissary.
Advised General Manager of cost affects from changes in recipes.
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Capway Systems Inc., Controller, York, PA 2000 – 2005
Oversaw all of the financial functions as well as HR and IT functions of the company.
Produced and analyzed the financial statements on Platinum MRP software.
Maintained the job cost system for the engineering and manufacturing of custom material handling systems.
Maintained the banking relations as well as coordinated the annual outside audit.
Supervised 3 people handling AP, AR, Payroll and purchasing.
Discovered unknown bug in Platinum MRP software regarding the interaction between the AP and Job Costing modules.
Cut closing times in half by improving use of accrual accounts.
Wilton Armetale, Controller, Mount Joy, PA 1994 – 2000
Hired as staff accountant and was promoted to Accounting Manager and then Controller.
Provided financial guidance to the operations team made up of department managers charged with running the day to day operations of the company.
Directly supervised 5 including the credit manager, purchasing manager, cost accountant and 2 accounting clerks.
Worked with company president to interview and select a new bank for the company.
Member of team to implement a bonus system company wide.