Accounting Management

WILLIAM COCHRAN, CPA, CMA

**** ******** **** **** ( Marietta, Georgia 30066

770-***-**** Cell# 678-***-**** ( ***********@*********.***

CONTROLLER

Results-driven financial leader, CPA, and CMA with extensive experience

directing the delivery of the corporate accounting function and

establishing robust internal controls fully compliant with Generally

Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and accounting best practices. Highly

skilled at aligning the finance function with big picture operational

objectives, providing strategic guidance and counsel to executive

leadership on the financial impact of corporate initiatives. Team builder

adept at training and motivating accounting staff to continuously improve

processes. Leverages a talent for insightful financial analysis to identify

opportunities for driving margins and profitability. Job order costing,

Percent of completion accounting

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Controllership ( Accounting Operations Management ( Financial Analysis &

Reporting ( Cost Accounting

Financial Statement Preparation ( Annual Audit Preparation ( Cash

Management ( Budgeting & Forecasting

Month-End & Year-End Close ( General Ledger ( Accounts Payable (A/P) (

Accounts Receivable (A/R)

P&L Statements ( Balance Sheets ( Account Reconciliation & Combined

Financials ( Revenue Recognition

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) ( Sales tax ( Government

contracts( Multi currency

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ADVANCED MEDICAL PRICING SOLUTIONS, Atlanta, Ga. ( 2013- 2014

$5M provider of software solutions to the medical insurance industry

CONTRACT CONTROLLER

. Worked with senior management to produce due diligence reporting for

acquisition. Company sold.

. Implemented software revenue recognition principles

THE BIRDSEY GROUP, Atlanta, Ga. ( 2012- 2013

$10M provider of preservation services and residential/rehab construction

services.

Contract Controller

Manage the accounting function for 3 separate companies. Which includes the

daily accounting operations, while serving as a key advisor to the senior

management team on strategic financial decisions.

. Job order costing. Cash management. Margin analysis. Consolidation of

financials for four companies.

. Financial Statement preparation. Responsible for the accounts Payable and

accounts receivable functions. Project margin analysis.

MIRION TECHNOLOGIES, Smyrna, Ga. ( 2007-2010

$200M manufacturer of radiation monitoring equipment. Company sold.

Controller

Directed a 2-member team in the oversight of all accounting and finance for

the $25M international manufacturing and distribution division, including

reconciliation of division financials with intercompany and corporate

accounts. Ensured the accuracy and integrity of all financial reporting and

data and handled the external audit process for both quarterly and year-end

reviews. Additionally led ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance initiatives.

Implemented EITF 8.1. Multi currency experience. Software revenue

recognition.

. Drove a critical 15% increase in cash flow by spearheading a cross-

functional operations effort to implement best practice inventory control

strategies, Just-in-Time (JIT) purchasing, and a formal, sustainable

system for invoicing and collections.

. Turned around an accounts receivable situation of 50% of A/R more than 60

days past due, reducing days outstanding by 30% and driving the overall

A/R position to 90% of receivables current.

. Slashed inventory by $2M by eliminating excessive purchasing.

. Helped corporate prepare S-1's for SEC reporting.

. Implemented a cycle counting procedures. Mas 200 ERP accounting software.

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NORTH STAR WASTE, Smyrna, Ga. ( 2003-2006

$48M waste management corporation. Operations Sold.

Controller

Managed the complete accounting and financial analysis function for the

corporation's 3 separate divisions, leading a 7-member team in the

oversight of all day-to-day accounting operations while serving as a key

advisor to the senior management team on strategic financial decisions.

. Rescued this business from a $3M money-losing position, growing margins

50% and driving a 200% profit increase while reducing A/R by $1M to

return this business to profitability.

. Restructured the accounting system to a job-costing model to fully

capture revenues and incidental costs.

. Slashed fees associated with rising costs by renegotiating the business-

critical disposal deal and by securing long-term pricing agreements.

. Cut fuel usage 10% amid rising costs by establishing a robust system for

tracking and improving the visibility of fuel usage.

. MS Great Plains Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

J&C NATIONWIDE, Atlanta, Ga. ( 2000-2003

$55M nationwide physician contract staffing agency. Company sold.

Controller

Drove the measured expansion of the company's accounting department in line

with business growth, recruiting and training additional staff while

implementing a standardized system of best practice accounting processes.

Headed a 14-member team in the provision of comprehensive accounting

services for the 5 divisions of this complex operation.

. Lowered accounting costs 30% by automating the formerly manual invoicing

and physician payment processes, launching the Web-based MS Great Plains

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

. Cut the time for developing financial statements and reports from months

to weeks by instituting streamlined procedures.

. Reduced invoice days outstanding to just 45 days from a high of 59 days

by implementing an official collections policy.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Bachelor of Science in Accounting & Business Administration

Monmouth University

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS Dynamics ( Mas 200 ( QuickBooks ( JD Edwards/SAP ( Excel (Advanced)

( Frx Reporting

Great Plains ERP Software

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