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Manager Accounting

Location:
Oceanside, CA
Posted:
December 06, 2014

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Resume:

KEITH C. OCHRYM

**** *** ********, ********* ** *2056 - CELL # 760-***-****

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

- Manager since 1999 - SEC & GAAP Reporting

- Software transitions - Sarbanes Oxley 404 experience

- Process improvements - Strong GL background

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NOVADEL PHARMA

A specialty pharmaceutical company that develops oral spray formulations

for marketed pharmaceuticals.

Consultant 7/12 - 7/13

Responsibilities

Outsourced consultant for all Accounting and Financial activities, prepared

the quarterly financial statements, completed the account and bank

reconciliations, assisted with the quarterly financial press releases,

prepared the monthly and quarterly journal entries and accrued necessary

quarter end accruals.

PHARMOS CORPORATION

A biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery and development

of novel therapeutics to treat a range of metabolic and nervous system

disorders. Drug development included post surgery pain management and

irritable bowel syndrome.

ACCOUNTING MANAGER 12/06 - 12/12

Responsibilities

Expertly managed all financial functions of the company, primarily

responsible for the preparation of the 10Q & 10K, coordinated monthly close

with a financial group from Israel, prepared budgets for US based

operations, interacted with key employees & CRO on a Phase 2b clinical

trial, managed the Investor Relations functions of the company, coordinated

Human Resource activity, coordinated quarterly audits with

PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Friedman LLP, yearly coordination of SARBOX

review with outside firm and coordinated yearly tax returns with outside

accounting firm.

Major achievements

- Successful transition to the SEC reporting role

- Reduced spending on business insurance, SEC reporting, yearly audit

fees, reporting

software fees and clinical trial expenditures.

- Applied for and received an R&D grant from governmental department

- Successfully coordinated numerous quarterly, annual reporting and Sox

audits

- Utilized Quickbooks as the accounting software

ORBCOMM LLC

A $24 million company that is a leading provider of global machine-to-

machine (M2M) solutions and the only commercial satellite network 100%

dedicated to M2M. Their networks and powerful M2M products and services

enable the delivery of mission-critical information to and from virtually

any place in the world simply and affordably.

ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR 3/05 - 12/06

Responsibilities

Responsible for Consolidated Financial Statements which includes one entity

of foreign currency, converted Financial Statements to FRX, managed the

whole General Ledger except A/R, supervised 2 employees, coordinated audits

with Deloitte Touche and involved with Deloitte & Touche for the IPO

process.

Major achievements

- Converted the Financial Statements to FRX

- Assisted with the IPO process

- Streamlined the inventory reconciliation process

- Utilized MAS90 as the accounting software

GLOBESPAN INC./CONEXANT SYSTEMS

A $750 million company that was a leading worldwide developer of advanced

digital subscriber line (DSL) integrated circuits (chip sets) which enable

high-speed data transmission over the existing network of copper telephone

wires known as the local loop. Their products, when deployed at each end of

these copper telephone wires, enable data transmission at rates over 100

times faster than today's commonly deployed modem technologies, which

transmit data at 56 kilobytes per second (Kbps)

ACCOUNTING MANAGER 11/97 - 3/05

Responsibilities

Managed Accounts Payable, Payroll, Billing, General Ledger, Cash

Management, Capital Leasing and Purchasing, supervised a group of anywhere

from 4 to 6 employees, worked alongside with the inventory control group to

ensure that the system inventory was reconciled to the actual inventory,

interacted with financial planning on actual vs. budget, completed many

special projects throughout the years and coordinated quarterly audits with

PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Major achievements

- Promoted to Accounting Manager 6/99.

- Instrumental with the IPO process in 1999.

- Interacted with ADP personnel to create a report that downloaded the

journal entry

into our accounting software.

- Created an Inventory report that became a crucial management tool.

- Transition of accounting system from Peachtree to Great Plains to SAP

- Preparation of monthly financial statements for upper management with

FRX

GAMETEK INC.

A small gaming company known for Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy titles.

ASSISTANT CONTROLLER 10/96 - 8/97

BEST FOODS BAKING GROUP A DIVISION OF CPC INTERNATIONAL

A large baking division which included the brands of Thomas' English

Muffins and Arnolds Breads.

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT & SUPERVISOR 5/86 - 8/96

EDUCATION

ROWAN UNIVERSITY - BS DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Exposure to SAP, Peachtree, Great Plains, MAS90 and Quickbooks

Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel and Word



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