Manager Assistant

James J Roloff

317-***-**** *********@*****.***

Financial Controller

Financial Controller with extensive experience in manufacturing. Possess strong research skills, ERP exposure and finance experience including month end closing and yearly standard cost procedures for multiple domestic locations. Superior analytical skills as Financial Controller as well as creativity to produce a unique and quality product.

KEY SKILLS

•Month End Closing (4 Locations)

•Analytical

•Enterprise Resource Planning ERP

•Microsoft Office proficiency

•Administer Cost Accounting

•Adhoc Report Writing

•Inventory Control

•G/L Account Reconciliation

•Budgeting & Forecasting

•Annual Standard Cost Run

•SOX & JSOX Experience

•Process Improvement

Professional Experience

WYNRIGHT CORPORATION, Indianapolis, IN 06/2015 – 02/2018

Project Controller

Managed finances for major projects such as Amazon, Frito-Lays, Staples, and others ranging from $1K to $10M. Assessed new projects, entered job setup, attended hand-of and weekly project meetings, entered Purchase Orders and setup sales contracts. Invoiced jobs based on milestones met. Validated forecasts created by Project Managers, reviewed open commitment reports and entered change orders submitted by the customer.

•Created and distributed monthly forecasting, Quad and GM Comparison Reports to Project Controllers and Project Manager.

AIR EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING, Martinsville, IN 01/2015 – 06/2015

Controller

Reconciled G/L accounts, Bank & Liability account to bring accounting software up to date. Prepared weekly Payroll paid and filed appropriate taxes and reports. Oversaw entry and payment of Accounts Payable and Invoicing of in process and completed jobs.

•Worked on enhancing collection and reporting of job costing data to better understand areas of improvement when pricing new projects Worked on enhancing collection and reporting of job costing data to better understand areas of improvement when pricing new projects.

FBF Originals, Martinsville, IN 04/2013 – 12/2014

Assistant Controller

Managed multiple companies accounting activities which include the main manufacturing company, an international wholesale company, and ten retail locations. Provided information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations of findings, analyses and recommendations. Compiled financial reports pertaining to cash receipts, expenditures and profit and loss. Reviewed collection reports to determine status of collections and amounts of outstanding balances.

•Participated in month end closing and reporting process for all three companies. Improved financial reporting process by eliminating a lot of manual entry work.

•Increased productivity for the international business by designing a workflow process that allows for the proper tracking of original sales order, PO between international and parent company, the receipt of goods and shipping the final product.

HARMAN/BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, Martinsville, IN 02/2001 – 12/2012

Financial Systems Analyst / Business Analyst / Solution Specialist

Liaison between IT and Finance department. Supported Controllers, Cost Accountants, Financial Analysts, A/P and AR with issues revolving around the ERP system. Directed multiple plants ERP system conversions from UNIX-based system to SAP allowing all Harman International companies to be on the same ERP platform making financial data available worldwide. Participated in month end closing and reporting process. Improved financial status by analyzing results and variances; identifying trends; and recommending actions.

Enhanced Project Management Monthly Forecast report to report forecast for current and future months. Crucial Reports used by senior management. Allows management to accurately report revenue.

Experience with JP Morgan Chase Treasury Services - used ACH service to send payment Check, EFT and Wire payments over https. Allowed suppliers to receive payments on time without waiting on postal system.

Auto invoicing for repetitive purchased parts streamlining payment process and many times paying the invoice before the actual invoice arrived.

Researched reasons for non-payments and outstanding invoices. Reviewed collection reports to determine the status of collections and the amounts of outstanding balances. Found over $200K in unpaid invoices from the conversion to SAP.

Automated month end reports eliminating the need to run reports on day one of closing. Reports included Open AR, AP, PO and IRNI, Inventory, and variance reports.

Worked with senior management to prepared accurate financial and operational reports for daily, weekly and monthly use. Reduced closing time each month allowing corporate office to see crucial financial data sooner.

Migrated Ideas General Ledger to SAP, developed process for transferring data from old ERP system to SAP until full implementation.

EDUCATION

Indiana Wesleyan University, Indianapolis, IN

M.B.A., General Business

Malone University, Canton, OH

B.A., Mathematics, Computer Comprehensive

COMPUTER SYSTEMS

PENTA, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics GP, TRANS4M, Bi Query, BI Report Writer, Visual Manufacturing

MS Office Suite, QuickBooks

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