Sales Human Resources

MARIA C. GRAY *** E.

***th Street

Carson, CA *0745

Phone: 310-***-****

Objective:

To work for a company that can fully use my experience and knowledge

that will help the company achieve its long-term goals of profitability,

sustain growth, and competitive advantage.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

MTS, Inc. 2011- Present

Controller

One of the five companies that works on cranes located in different ports

of the country, ship repairs, industrial work, and other Stevedoring

related project.

. Prepare Monthly and Yearly Financials for five major corporations and

four real estate companies that include journal entries, internal

audit, reviews of monthly revenue and expenses against budget, bank

reconciliation, and generate schedules for CPA yearly reviews

. Worked directly with auditors that include City of Los Angeles

Licenses Department, multiple union auditors from pension plan,

benefits distribution, 401K contributions, yearly worker's comp

insurance, and other external government auditors.

. Managed five personnel who handled A/R, A/P, timesheet entry, and

billing.

. Maintain yearly hot work permits update for multiple ports.

. Generate yearly Direct Cost for multiple projects.

. Process weekly payroll for five companies and co-ordinate union

payroll fund transfer and GL entries.

. Human Resources functions include monthly Workman's Compensation

calculation for five companies, Health Insurance, and EDD issues such

as child support collection, unemployment, disability issues, and

review employee handbook generated by HR lawyer.

. File monthly sales tax for both California and State of Washington,

401K and pension funds, Workman's comp calculation and payment.

. Generate and analyze monthly profitability reports for four companies.

. Since joining the company, I handled the transfer of company funds

from one financial institution to another, transfer Payroll Company

from ADP to Paychex, went through nine audits and also handled

Department of Labor Board audit.

. Upgraded accounting software with assistance of company's IT and

outside vendor.

. Implemented HR online.

Peripheral Support Inc., Rancho Dominguez, CA 1996-

Dec 2010

Controller/CFO

An authorized service repair/remanufacturing facility for computer lasers

and bubble jet printers, fulfillment center, and distribution with gross

sales of $39M annually.

. Prepared Monthly and Yearly Financials that includes monthly and year-

end closing. Analyze monthly variances between budget and actual

company performance and adjust future budget, as needed based on

actual performance.

. Lead accounting software selection process and upgrades with outside

IT vendor. Customized software aligning its functions with company's

business needs. Trained and developed processes for personnel on how

to use software.

. Supervised three personnel who handled A/R, A/P, and billing.

. Handled semi-monthly payroll processing, profit sharing plan, and

Human Resources functions that included hiring and terminating

employees for different departments, Workman's Compensation

calculation and yearly audit, Health Insurance, and EDD issues, which

include child support collection, unemployment, and disability issues.

Have experience dealing with EDD judge, Workman's Compensation judge,

and Labor Board mediator concluding in positive outcome for the

company.

. Generated yearly budget for the corporation and review fully burden

labor rate to adjust company's pricing structure.

. Managed General Ledger entries, Fixed Asset Schedules, and government

reports such as quarterly Sales Tax both in California and Texas,

Yearly Property Business Tax, and Environmental Reports and Taxes.

. Passed Four IRS audits, three Los Angeles Assessor's office business

property tax audit with no changes result.

. Turnaround the corporate advance-exchange core return program from a

$300K liability into $250K revenue.

. Streamlined accounting processes to follow GAAP policies, and trained

personnel.

. Initiated online invoice collections by writing accounting reports

based on customers' specification.

. Created and wrote management reports using Crystal Software based on

each departments requirements.

. Assisted and maintained credit card and online customer payment

software.

. Communicate with international contacts from China, Costa Rica,

Canada, and Mexico regarding open Purchase Orders, past due balances,

and account discrepancies.

. Monitored inventory monthly movement and investigated variances

between valuation amount and general ledger balance, unusual usage,

and cost posting. Made sure that consigned inventory worth 2 million

dollars was within 2 million of error margin.

. Maintained the weighted average inventory requirement to guarantee

that inventory is enough to support monthly requirement also avoiding

excess.

. Worked closely with outside CPA to finalized corporate tax returns.

. Integrated multiple customized software reports written for Canon and

Hewlett-Packard's programs into the company's software. These reports

include billing, purchase order, and accounts payable invoicing.

. Analyze budgets, contracts, and made proposal beneficial to company's

growth and profitability.

Terra Australis, Inc. Gardena, CA 1994-1996

Controller

Wholesale footwear operation that designed, developed, and marketed

licensed footwear including BUM Footwear and Mossimo Sole brands. Company

grew sales from $4MM in 1993 to $13MM in 1995.

. Prepared daily financial analysis and reporting for the company's

President.

. Oversaw all day-to-day accounting functions including general ledger,

accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory costing, bank

reconciliation, and payroll.

. Handled all international paperwork to generate inventory

manufacturing costing.

. Performed all monthly analytical functions including month-end close,

preparation of financial statements and cash flow projections.

. Reconstructed old balance sheet information from 1993 and 1994.

. Implemented new accounting processes streamlining the company's

operation.

. Managed one full-time and one part-time employee.

. Served as the company's primary contact / interface with the company's

lenders and accountants.

. Prepared and filed all government required forms such as monthly sales

tax, yearly property forms and State of CA Corporate registration.

Digitalk, Inc., Santa Ana, CA

1990-1994

Senior Staff Accountant/Controller's Assistant

Digitalk is a developer, manufacturer and distributor of computer software

in SMALLTALK language. The company's list of clienteles included IBM,

Apple, Burlington Northern Railroad, and banking institutions such as Wells

Fargo, and Bank of America.

. Handled general Ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable,

payroll, inventory control, bank reconciliation, month-end and year-

end closings, and financial statements.

. Prepared sales report, operations reports, sales tax, city license

tax, and property audit tax.

. Analyzed accounts variance, fixed assets schedule and depreciation.

. Reconstructed accounting system from one to nineteen departments.

. Reconstructed inventory system by creating bar code and corresponding

identification numbers.

. Managed two full-time employees.

Seiko - Hattori Corp. of America, El Segundo, CA

1988-1989

Accounts Receivable - Collections/Inventory Control

. Handled and monitored major accounts such as JC Penney and Sears for

past due and outstanding balance.

. Follow-up on chargebacks and questionable deductions on payments.

. Assist in inventory transfer from different warehouses by allocating

appropriate inventory as needed.

Computer Software Experience

. Proficient with Microsoft Office using Mac and Windows operating

systems, and several accounting packages including Microsoft Dynamic

Solomon, Main Frame Systems, and ERP Accpac system. Created internal

processes to coordinate third party software in processing customer

invoices such as OB10 and importing vendor invoices through EDI.

. Installed QuickBooks for different industries from consulting firm to

distribution companies.

Education

University of Phoenix - Master in Business Administration - December 2010

University of Phoenix - BS in Management - June 2009

Taxation - H&R Block

Salary Requirement

Negotiable

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