Matthew Sullivan
General Manager
Kingston, PA
***********@*****.*** - 570-***-****
Seeking to obtain a professional position, which allows me to leverage my
financial, operational, analytical and leadership skills to enhance company
growth.
WORK EXPERIENCE
General Manager
Signature Springs, LLC - Brandonville, PA - October 2011 to December 2013
Responsibilities: Recruited to assist in start-up of a new company. Hired and supervised
department managers and other employees.
Primary responsibilities included managing the daily administrative
operations of the company. Managed or assisted in sales, production scheduling,
inventory purchasing and control, product development, accounting and human
resources as well as all other daily operations of the company.
Special Assistant to President
AVP Transport, Inc - Plymouth, PA - November 2009 to October 2011
Responsibilities: Assisted the President in the daily operations of the company as well as development and
implementation of operational and financial procedures to
more efficiently and profitably run the company.
Director of Sales
Nature's Way Purewater System's, Inc - Pittston, PA - September 2008 to August 2009
Responsibilities: Managed over $10M in sales for Private Label bottled water company.
Responsible for increasing sales by over 25%. Negotiated and secured several,
large national and regional bottled water contracts.
Chief Operating Officer
Commercialized - August 2002 to September 2008
Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities included managing the daily operations of the corporation. Interfaced
with and supervised all department managers within the
company. Commercialized $2.5M capital improvement project that
allowed the company to produce new bottled water packages. Capital
improvements doubled plant capacity and resulted in 40% increase in productivity.
Controller
- December 2001 to August 2002
Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities included the preparation and analysis of financial
statements, budgets and other management reports. Supervised and trained all
accounting personnel. Converted manual accounting systems to automated
systems.
Controller
Pocono Springs Company - Mount Pocono, PA - May 1993 to December 2001
Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities included the preparation and analysis of consolidated financial
statements, cash flow forecasting,
development and implementation of financial budgets, projections and other financial management reports.
Controller
Pocono Artesian Waters Company - Mount Pocono, PA - August 1992 to April 1993
Responsibilities: Recruited to restructure the financial functions of the companies to assist in successful
company turnaround. Primary responsibilities
included the development of monthly financial statements,
reorganization and training in all financial functions.
Assistant Controller
Poseidon Pools, Inc - April 1990 to July 1992
Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities included the preparation and analysis of consolidated financial
statements, external government reports and the
supervision of the daily operations in the general accounting, accounts
payable and fixed asset functions. Provided the CFO with recommendations to direct the financial operations
of the company during Chapter 11 reorganization process. Developed and implemented plans to improve
efficiencies through the automation of routine accounting functions.
Senior Accountant
Control Building Services, Inc - Secaucus, NJ - October 1989 to January 1990
Responsibilities: Cost accounting, account reconciliation's, bank reconciliation's and special projects for
corporate president.
A/R Manager, A/P Manager and General Accountant
Keystone Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc - Pittston, PA - December 1986 to October 1989
Responsibilities: Supervised centralized accounts payable and accounts receivable staffs.
Directed the preparation of journal entries, account reconciliation's and analysis.
Developed monthly cash flow forecasts and other financial management reports and performed various special
projects for the general accounting department.
EDUCATION
B.S. in Accounting
King's College - Wilkes-Barre, PA
May 1986
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
COMPUTER SKILLS: Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Peachtree, Quickbooks and other
accounting software.