Management Manager

ROBERT CENTONZO

** ******* ****

STATEN ISLAND NY 10312-1617

CELL PHONE 718-***-****

E-MAIL *******@***.***

Professional Experience:

**** –present BLADE GENERAL CONTRACTING INC. – A leading masonry construction

company in the NY tri state area

Current Position - Controller

• Responsible for the financial operation and reporting for 7 privately held companies

• Publish monthly job costing analysis utilizing AIA invoicing with pre-job estimates

• Oversee weekly union and non union payroll for multiple companies with

corresponding prevailing wage reporting when required.

• Established collection protocol minimizing revenue collection periods.

• Set up payment procedure for accounts payable maximizing terms and

extending cash flow.

• Instituted budget and cash management procedures.

• Embellished corporate financing ability increasing credit line from $250,000 to

2 Million $.

• Successfully positioned the company to acquire needed project bonding

accelerating company growth.

2003 to 2006 JANOU PAKTER INC – Executive Recruiter for the Graphic and Internet Designers

NONSTOCK INC – Stock Photography Provider

Director of Finance/Controller

• Full fiduciary responsibility for all financial matters of 2 privately held corporations

• Coordinated and developed cash management and tax planning strategies critical in

company bottom line company growth of 50%

• Attained access to long term asset based financing in order to provide operating funds

• Established policy of debt collection reducing bad debt to a minimum levels

• Enhanced and economized human resource management by introducing and

overseeing employee leasing program.

• Created freelance department placements utilizing unemployed graphic artists in

temporary creative positions with clients leading in many cases to full time placements.

• Instituted a sliding scale system of recruiter commission compensation limiting

company exposure and enabling recruiter compensation to be directly related to

production.

1988 to 2003 BMG ENTERTAINMENT – International leader in recorded music (RCA Records) music

publishing and book publishing (Bantam Books)

Senior Accounting Manager – Bertelsmann Music Group

• Supervise 4 person staff in order to provide management and operational reporting

support to multiple profit centers in the preparation of local management and

Bertelsmann international required financial reporting.

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BMG ENTERTAINMENT – continued

• Assure accuracy of accounting data and provide supplementary reporting and

account analysis to client profit centers.

• Work closely with general accounting department to improve and enhance the

processing of accounting data.

• Provide timely and accurate information to facilitate year-end audits and

reconciliation between management and German statutory reporting.

• Financial analysis of income statement and balance sheet with emphasis on

gross margin, overhead variance, cash flow and inventory and sales reserve

adequacy.

• Instituted and operated systems of financial reporting cash management and

financial planning for Arista Music Publishing Group.

• Provided breakeven analysis for proposed acquisitions and projects

1987 to 1988 LEVINE & FUCHS C.P.A. FIRM

• Annual financial audits and reviews

• Prepared corporate and client tax returns

• Prepared client payrolls and payroll tax filings

Education: PACE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science – Major in Accounting

Computer Skills: Certified QuickBooks Pro advisor

Creatively Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word

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