Manager Accounting

GERALD L. ANDREES, MBA

** **** **** ( Danbury, Connecticut 06811

203-***-**** ( **********@*****.***

SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Controller ( Assistant Controller

Well rounded, results-oriented financial professional with a proven record

of controlling costs and guiding companies through substantial change.

Financial reporting and executing financial management's objectives while

overseeing and streamlining accounting processes and procedures are among

the many strengths.

Specific Areas of expertise:

( Financial Analysis ( Interface with DCAA & Public auditors ( Cost

Reduction ( Revenue Improvement ( Forecasting ( Strategic Planning ( All

Accounting Functions ( ERP Software Upgrades & Implementations ( Procedure

Improvement ( Budgets ( Problem Solving - Kaizen Team - Lean Manufacturing

( Revenue Recognition ( Financial Reporting ( Sarbanes Oxley & GAAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Advanced Reconnaissance Corp ( Fishkill, New York(

2012-Oct 2013

Engineering company of advanced scientific sensor systems for intelligence,

surveillance and commercial applications with annual revenue of $5+

million.

Accounting Manager: Responsible for all accounting, purchasing and

financial reporting of the company with two locations.

. Support the CFO with accounting procedures and financial reporting.

. Support the Director of Accounting with accounting practices and

procedures

. Improved purchase requisition to purchase order process.

. Proposed changed in accounting procedures when implementing new chart

of accounts.

. Audit liaison for year end audit

. Provided DCAA and FAR procedure support with Director of Accounting

for accounting

Ashcroft Inc. ( Stratford, Connecticut (

2010-2012

Manufacturer of electronic and mechanical instruments with annual revenue

of $125+ million.

Manager, Cost Accounting: Provide financial support to the Director of

Manufacturing and co-ordinate the monthly cost accounting closing,

reporting of Factory actual results, variances, annual budget and quarterly

forecasts.

. Improving the annual Factory budget process by co-coordinating the

Factory budget with the income statement resulted by identifying $1.5m

disconnect.

. Creating and improving the Factory reporting of expenses, efficiencies,

and inventory reporting.

. Improving the quarterly Factory forecast by estimating expenses, earned

labor and overhead, and efficiencies in detail rather than summarizing.

ZYGO CORPORATION ( Connecticut ( 2004-2009

Manufacturer of metrology and optical systems with up to $200 million in

annual revenue.

Product Line/Metrology Division Controller: Spearhead financial reporting

and processes for a $120 million division. Responsible for all financial

reporting of the division. Collaborate with Senior Management to develop

strategic plans, annual budgets, monthly forecasts and analyzing monthly

results and variances.

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. Analyze monthly P&L results including manufacturing variances for labor

& overhead efficiency, purchase price, material usage and quality

variances, along with R&D spending and Operating

. Prepared and analyzed monthly P&L forecast and reviewed with business

unit VPs for presentation to senior management at monthly Operations

Review meetings.

. Provide quarterly audit documentation to public auditors for GAAP and

SOX compliance.

. Member of several Kaizen teams to study the manufacturing process to

remove non-value added steps to reduce cost, to lower raw material

inventory and to shorten the lead time from receiving a customer order

and fulfilling shipment.

. Saved $75K by eliminating wall-to-wall year-end warehouse physical

inventory by improving the inventory cycle count program.

. Established division procedures for reducing excess & obsolete inventory

and reserves and standard cost issues, preventing several potential

deficiencies under Sarbanes Oxley.

. Provide financial support to Business Unit Director in negotiations of

government contract with Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLL), calculate

indirect rates and negotiate with LLL auditors.

JDS UNIPHASE ( Horsham, Pennsylvania ( 1997-2003

Developer of fiber optic transmitters and receivers for the CATV and

telecommunications industries.

Division Controller (2002-2003): Directed accounting and financial planning

function for $400M annual revenue Transmission Systems Division and led

financial reporting and monthly forecasting. Supervised a 5-person staff of

financial analysts and accountants while interfacing with division and

corporate management.

. Saved $2 million in salaries and benefits by analyzing Manufacturing's

annual budget hiring plans to forecasted headcount based on sales

forecast and product routings.

. Coordinate quarterly and annual audits providing documentation to public

auditors for GAAP compliance

. Justified an inventory cycle count program to auditors, eliminating year-

end physical inventories for warehouses with 97% accuracy saving time

and money.

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Product Line Controller (2000-2002): Managed financials for the CATV

product line director and his staff, leading division accounting and

financial reporting functions. Compiled and analyzed annual budgets and

monthly forecasts, matching financial and manufacturing plans and ensuring

compatibility. Supervised a 5-person staff and reported to the Division

Controller.

. During a Corporate "Best Practice" teleconference call, I proposed a

fixed asset transfer program between divisions. When implemented it

saved the company between $1 to $3 million.

. Led a legal claim against a customer, communicating with lawyers and

gathering technical information for the case.

Accounting Manager (1997-2000): Oversaw division financial reporting,

focusing on improving accounting processes and establishing monthly

forecasts. Managed 2 senior accountants and interfaced with all levels of

corporate management to achieve goals.

. Spearheaded cost accounting and general ledger module for Oracle 11.3

implementation, partnering with outside consultants.

. Improved revenue by $375,000 or 10% in 1997's fourth quarter by

reconciling accounts receivable and re-invoicing clients when necessary.

. Directed the calculation of indirect rates and negotiated rates and

contracts with DCAA auditors.

FRAMATOME CONNECTORS USA (FCUSA)( Norwalk, Connecticut (

1994-1997

A $500 million subsidiary of Framatome Connectors supplying connectors,

consumer electronics, data storage, networks and telecom infrastructures,

and medical and instrumentation applications.

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Manager, Corporate Accounting: Consolidated financial data from 11 global

manufacturing and sales locations, providing analysis in local currencies

and USD. Examined actual, budgeted and forecasted finances from five

Pacific Rim and six Western Hemisphere locations while pinpointing areas of

auditing concern in manufacturing locations.

. Selected for a special assignment and challenged with increasing efforts

to collect aged accounts receivable and improving corporate and division

reporting.

. Implemented Hyperion Software at the U.S. location after training at

Paris, France Headquarter.

ANDREES CONSULTING ( Danbury, Connecticut ( 1992-

1994

Provided financial services to various size companies while looking for a

new corporate position. Two Long-term assignments were Electro-Energy Inc.

(EEI), Danbury, CT and Swales & Associates (S&W) in Beltsville, MD.

. Interfaced with the Founder/President to develop EEI's first Strategic

Business Plan that resulted with the President presentation of Plan to

banks for financial funding and in proposals to

customers such as The National Institute of Health. Provided interface

between EEI and auditors for indirect rate submissions.

. Audited and reconciled S&W's government contract cost in Peach Tree

accounting system and transferred contract cost to new Deltek accounting

system. Provided CFO with audit report and documented support that

allowed an additional $100K revenue and profit.

NORDEN SYSTEM, INC ( Norwalk, Connecticut (

1990-1992

A $500 million government contracting subsidiary of United Technologies.

Manager, Standard Cost:

Reported to Assistant Controller of Treasury Services.

. Co-directed the successful completion of the Company's Cost Management

System incorporating both standard cost and actual job order-costing

techniques to be interfaced with the manufacturing MRP II System

PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION, INC ( Optical Group, Danbury, Connecticut (

1973-1990

Government contracting Division, now a Division of United Technologies.

Held DoD Secret clearance

Manager, Optical Group Accounting Operations and various other positions:

Reported to Optical Group Director of Accounting and Division Controller:

Responsible for all aspects of accounting and Group consolidations.

. Responsible for all Government contract reporting including, indirect

rate submission, division rate disclosure statements, DCAA audits,

indirect rate negotiations and contract closeouts using Federal

Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration in Finance ( University of Bridgeport (

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bachelor of Science in Accounting ( Central Connecticut State College ( New

Britain, Connecticut

SOFTWARE

( Peachtree ( Vantage (Epicore) ( Hyperion Planning ( Hyperion ( Oracle

11i ( KBM ( Excel & Word

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Oracle Financial Module Training ( Hyperion Business Planning Software

Seminar

Government Contracting Seminar ( CMA Study Courses ( AMA Financial Analysis

Courses

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