Manager Accounting

Controller

Financial Officer . Accounting Manager . Compliance Officer

Distinguished accounting and compliance professional with over 15 years of

experience in improving corporate and financial operations, while

mitigating risk, and ensuring contractual and regulatory compliance for

various diverse organizations. Expert ability to analyze businesses,

identify process improvements, engage efficient solutions and ensure

results.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Harn & Associates Back Office Solutions 2014 to

Present

Professional Accounting / Bookkeeping / HR / Payroll / Administration /

Business Consulting Firm

Controller

. Manage, audit and oversee accounting and bookkeeping services for

multiple clients across various industries, including real-estate,

construction, non-profit, food-service, and professional and personal

service organizations.

. Calculate, prepare and post adjusting, and end of period journal

entries.

. Perform audit tests on bookkeeper transactions and reconcile general

ledger transaction activity.

. Prepare and issue financial statements from adjusted trial balance.

. Perform analysis of financial operations and issue footnotes for

client's management purposes.

. Consult and assist new client companies with on-boarding & QuickBooks

set up.

Global Connection Inc. of America

2012 to 2014

National telecommunications carrier for low income consumers

Division Controller & Chief Compliance Officer

. Maintain and manage financial reporting and controls for distinct

reportable segment of national telecommunications carrier with

significant inventory, cash on hand (in-transit) and retail positions.

. Manage, reconcile and prepare all financial and managerial reporting

functions for business segment including, GL maintenance and control,

financial statement preparations, reconciliations, inventory control,

cash reconciliations, revenue recognition, projections, forecasts,

budgets and plans.

. Manage and coordinate consolidations of reporting segments including

the calculation and reconciliation of elimination entries into

consolidated statements.

. Maintain regulatory, taxation and compliance tasks, with Federal &

multiple State filings for entire Co.

. Provide executive team, regulatory and control guidance on ordinary

and expansion opportunities.

. Ensure the compliant performance for all regulated industry operations

and best practices.

. Coordinate and organize compliance programs, including the

establishment of controls, implementation of training programs, and

the performance of compliance audits and risk assessments.

. Advise, prepare and file all regulatory filings, ex-parte and

commission (FCC & State PUCs) responses to inquiries, and audits,

designation applications, and docket control filings.

Bella Cucina Artful Food, Inc. - Atlanta, Georgia

2012

Food manufacturer and distributor with interstate and international

wholesale, retail and ecommerce sales

Financial Controller

. Maintained financial reporting and controls for artisan food

manufacturer with retail footprint.

. Managed financial and treasury operations for manufacturing,

distribution & warehousing divisions.

. Managed financial operations of receivables, payables, inventory

valuations, (RM, WIP & FG), & payroll.

. Managed production costing under direct cost and full absorption

bases.

. Prepared and provided monthly financial statements and close packages,

sales tax returns, reconciliations, budgets, forecasts, cash-flow

forecasts, pro-forma and managerial accounting reports.

. Formulated financial, tax & risk management strategies.

. Maintained banking, creditor, vendor and investor relations.

. Managed all external audits, conducted internal audits and engaged

oversight agencies.

USA United Holdings, Inc. - Brooklyn, NY

1997 to 2011

Transportation & Management organization

Financial Controller

. Promoted from Staff Accountant through Controller / CFO position over

15 year tenure.

. Maintained the financial and treasury operations and reporting of $75m

annual revenue, transportation & management organization with multiple

/ reportable business segments and divisions, including segments under

contracts with the City of New York.

. Prepared & maintained all City required financial reports for audits

under GAGAS standards.

. Managed and controlled inter-company transactions, period-end close

packages, general Ledger, chart of accounts, fixed assets, accrued

expenses, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and receivable

activities.

. Prepared and maintained bank reconciliations, cash flow forecasts,

annual and monthly operating budgets, financial analytics, performance

metrics, and labor related audits and payroll functions.

. Coordinated financial statement audits, and tax preparation activities

with external CPA firm.

. Conducted internal audits and coordinated all independent audits and

engagements, including creditor - covenant, workers comp, collective

bargaining and tax authority audits.

. Prepared RFB, RFP budgets, narratives and submissions.

Faugno & Monetti, LLP - Ridgewood, NY 1992 to

1997

Accounting Manager / Office Manager

EDUCATION & ACHIEVEMENTS

M.A., Accounting and Financial Management, DeVry University - August 2011 -

GPA 3.8

Graduate Certificate, Paralegal Studies, Philadelphia Institute, Business

Law & Corp. Finance, GPA 3.8

BA, History & Education, Saint Francis University - June 1991 - Loretto,

PA, GPA 3.4

Certified Public Accountant Candidate, (Exam: Audit 80% & Regulation 90%

sections passed)

Advanced Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, Office, Outlook, Access, PPT,

QuickBooks, Sage AccPac, Yardi, & AppFolio

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