Senior Accountant
Resume:
Lynn Plausse
Dunstable, MA, ***27 United States
aco3lx@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AVS Inc. (Advanced Vacuum Systems) Ayer, Ma United States
Senior Accountant September 2012-Present
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Supervised and managed Accounts Payable Department.
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• Developed and implemented procedures to stream line the customer billing process.
• Implemented new time labor reporting system for use in project management.
• Owned the creation of weekly labor distribution reports for CFO and Operations Manager.
• Prepared monthly and quarterly reconciliations to assist in financial closes.
• Reviewed contract obligations to ensure all contract billings were processed on a timely basis
• Responsible for all cash account reconciliations and related journal entries
Performed various detailed month-end allocations for fringe benefits, shared costs and payroll distribution.
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Responsible for weekly payroll for 65 employees.
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Owned the utilization of Visual Manufacturing system in all aspects of financial processing and reporting.
Cambridge Heart, Inc. Tewksbury, MA United States
Senior Accountant Feb 2006 – Jul 2012
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• Owned monthly commission process for sales force, including bonus calculations and analysis.
• Reduced A/R balance by 48% over the last 2 years and DSO by 8 days.
• Owned the cash management process for reporting to the CFO and Upper management team.
• Owned cash collections process including establishing and maintaining relationships with new collection vendors.
• Assisted Director of Finance in financial and SOX audits.
Acted as liaison between sales force and finance department in establishing leasing arrangements and payment terms
• for potential customers.
• Owned reconciliations of major balance sheet accounts.
• Backed up financial personnel in A/P, Payroll, Sales and Use tax, financial closes, and financial reporting.
• Supervised Accounts Payable to assure SOX compliance had been followed.
• Responsible for reviewing and processing the sales journal and printing invoices.
Prepared, examined, or analyzed accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy,
• completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
Established tables of accounts and assigned entries to proper accounts.
Country Harvest Bread Co., Inc Acton, MA United States
President Dec 1995 – Dec 2005
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• Successfully operated a bread manufacturing company with over $400,000 in sales for 10 years
• Set up and established financing with local banks in the surrounding area.
• Owned all accounting functions of the business including A/P, A/R, Payroll, journal entries, and financial reporting.
Managed staff of 25 full and part time employees.
Southern New Hampshire Water Company Londonderry, NH United States
Controller Nov 1993 – Nov 1994
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• Managed department of 4 in overseeing monthly and quarterly closes.
• Prepared financial statements and operational reports for the President and Vice President of Operations.
• Prepared rate request filings with the Public Utility Commission.
• Reviewed and analyzed all reporting and reconciliations of general ledger accounts.
Prepared monthly financial statements submitted to parent company
Accounting Manager Feb 1990 – Nov 1993
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Supervised accounting department of 3 in all aspects of the general ledger
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• Assisted controller in preparation of rate requests for Public Utility Commission
Developed, maintained, and analyzed budgets, preparing periodic reports that compared budgeted costs to actual costs.
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Appraised, evaluated, and inventoried real property and equipment, recording information such as the description, value
and location of property.
16 Brittany Lane Dunstable, MA, 01827 United aco3lx@r.postjobfree.com
Staff Accountant Nov 1988 – Feb 1990
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• prepared cash receipts for deposit.
• Entered journal entries and payroll into general ledger.
• Reconciled accrual, prepaid and inventory accounts monthly.
Assisted in the monthly preparation and analysis of financial statements.
EDUCATION
UMASS LOWELL Lowell, MA United States
MBA, May 1996
WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE Westfield, MA United States
BS Accounting/Finance, May 1988
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
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Strong knowledge of manufacturing and utility accounting.
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Motivated self starter.
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Strong commitment to continuous improvement.
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Ability to learn new topics/software packages quickly and efficiently.
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Proficient in Excel, MS Word and Microsoft Office tools.
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Financial systems familiar with include Great Plains, MAX,Visual Manufacturing, E-Synergy, Crystal Reports, Quick
Books Pro, Zip Sales, and Paylocity.
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