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Controller, or Accounting Manager

Location:
Phoenix, AZ
Posted:
July 27, 2018

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Frank W. Lentine Phoenix, AZ

ac6f3e@r.postjobfree.com 480-***-****

Work Experience

CONTROLLER February 2018 – Present

Park Place Communities, LLC Mobile Home Investment and Management Co.

Hands on (bookkeeper) for daily operations of 26 Mobile Home Parks in various states.

Manage accounting staff of 5. Use Appfolio software for Rental software.

Use QuickBooks Enterprise desktop for all Financial Statements

Manage all financial activity for our own Construction Company

Work with Operations and Construction on daily basis to help run parks

Work directly with outside CPA firm for 2016, 2017 FS, Tax Returns and K-1’s.

Set up all 26 companies on QuickBooks. Cleaned up accounting disaster from 2016 and 2017. Investors had never seen Financial Statements. Published Financial Statements to all investors monthly on the 10th working day.

CONTROLLER September 2015 – February 2018

AOW Management LLC,/ Harvest Inc. Management of Cannabis Grow and Dispensary

Hands on for day to day operations of 10 companies. All P/R, A/P, sales tax reports, banking and cash management.

Prepare all individual and combined monthly Financial Statements and work papers for all companies and retail locations.

Work directly with outside CPA firms with Audited F/S for Non-Profits and Profit

Developed cash management for each location, set up ATM’s, and implemented QuickBooks Enterprise software.

Extensive daily intercompany transactions.

Fully in charge of all HR duties and recordkeeping.

CONTROLLER September 2013 – June 2015

Metal Works Custom Fabrication, LLC Custom Stainless Steel Fabrication

Hands on for all corporate accounting of 3 companies. Complete A/R, A/P, P/R, sales tax reports and payroll tax reports.

Prepare monthly Financial Statements for three companies.

Developed new P.O. procedures, billing procedures and set up job costing via Sage 50 software (PeachTree).

Collected over $75,000 in old receivables (over 180 days) in my first 6 weeks.

Responsible for hands on of all workmen’s comp insurance, AFLAC insurance, business liability and vehicle insurance.

Developed cash management, budgets, and new bidding process.

CONTROLLER April 2012 to August 2013

Legacy Air, Inc. Phoenix, AZ 3 State Revenue 25M

Commercial Heating and Air Conditioning, Service and Construction divisions

Responsible for all corporate accounting, A/R, collections, A/P, billing, sales tax reports and P/R taxes for all states

Prepared and analyzed monthly Financial Statements for all divisions in 3 states

Worked with outside CPA for income tax purposes

Developed and managed accounting team. Provided positive leadership and direction to ensure timely and accurate business reporting

Created financial discipline within the organization. Took billing from 45 to 7 days

Built processes and systems for out of state locations where little existed before

Collected written off bad debt in excess of $500,000, reduced DSO, and changed billing procedures resulting in increased cash flow

CONTROLLER April 2010 to March 2012

Apollo Transfer Co. LLC & Apollo Logistics Co. LLC – Tempe, AZ

Transport and Drive away corporations-Nationwide Revenue 24M

Responsible for all corporate accounting, finance, cash flow, banking, lines of credit, A/R, collections, A/P, vendors, payroll, F/S, insurance, tractor trailer accidents, and administrative duties

Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for two corporations and 4 divisions

Implemented new procedures cutting administrative costs by 35% and COGS by 10%

Collected over 2 million in past due A/R, implemented sales, invoicing and collection policies which resulted in DSO from 180 days to 20 days

CONTROLLER/OPERATIONS MANAGER June 1995 to March 2010

ATK, Inc. Landscape & Design – Tempe, AZ Revenue 2M

Licensed Commercial Landscape Design and Install corporation-AZ, CA, NM

Served as a strategic partner to investors

Quickly learned the business and became Qualifying Party for Contractor Lic

Responsible for all office and field activities for the company

Performed all A/R duties, construction draws, pre-liens, liens, invoicing, and collections

Processed all A/P functions, purchased all material for installs, and prepared monthly financial statements

Bid all commercial and residential install jobs via digitizer and Excel

Managed crews (60 men) via 6 foremen on a daily basis

Set up job costing, pre-lien, and lien programs

Prepared year end work papers, financial statements for certified audits with CPA – Bonding and lines of credit

Took the company from 600,000 annual sales to 2.4 million in annual sales

Other Work Experience

TAX ACCOUNTANT

Laventhol & Horwath, CPA – Phoenix, AZ

Large National CPA firm -60+ staff in Phoenix, AZ

SENIOR STAFF ACCOUNTANT

Toback & Co. CPA – Phoenix, AZ

Large Regional CPA firm 40+ staff in Phoenix, AZ

Software Skills

Sage Business Works, Sage 50, Timberline, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Pro, QuickBooks Enterprise, Sam Pro, Blue Grass, Excel, Word, Outlook, CYMA

Education

BS in Accounting – Suffolk University – Boston, MA Masters Program – ASU – Tempe, AZ, Licensed Landscape Contractor-Arizona, Blue Print Reading



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