Customer Service Human Resource

Jeffrey S. Ellis

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CONTROLLER

PROFILE

Highly adaptaple and resourceful Controller with over 20 years of experience of developing and implementing business and financial

strategies that drive corporate growth, financial improvement and operational efficiencies. A strong financial leader with extensive in

accounting, finance, tax, operations, network, and human resource functions in the industries of manufacturing, pulishing, law, real

estate, and recreation.

SKILLS SUMMARY

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Financial Statements Journal Entries Accounts Payable/Receivable

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Tax Reports Business Operations Bank Reconciliation

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Cost Accounting Inventory Accounting Accounts Receivable

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Quicken MS Word MS Excel

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Computer Systems Forecasting Variance Analysis

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MDR • Sunrise, FL 2014 - Present

Controller

Responsible for multiple entity financial information

• Designed month end close schedule for completion on financial statements

• Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow preparation

• All aspects of financial information for companies including Accounts Receivable and Payable

• Forecasting and Variance Analysis

• Compilation of year end Audit package

• Inventory and costing analysis

Town Center Club of Bonaventure • Weston, FL 2011 - Present

Attendant

Experience with different areas of a recreation center

•Work with childeren as well as adults in facilitating a fun and safe recreational experience

•Customer service and office duties.

Wilson Sporting Goods • Chicago, IL 2006 - 2010

Assistant Controller-Team Sports

Month End Closing, financial statement, budgeting and forecasting with variance analysis combined with presentatioins for a

worldwide management staff.

•Team Division of a worldwide sporting goods company

•Managed a P&L if $260 million in revenue and $225 million of expenses.

•Created Customized Month End Financial Management package for 20 business units.

•Reduced timing of month end close by 40%

•Created tracking system for over $8 million in worldwide royalty payments

•Let the IT system transition from AS400 to SAP and entered all input for Domestic and Internatioal Headquarters in Hyperion.

OfficeMax • Naperville, IL 2005 - 2007

Location Controller

Lead person for all financial operations for three national, multiple distribution Centers including montly Financial Statements,

Delivery Ananlysis and Monthly Occupancy costs. Also Maintained warehouse, I.T. and inventory monthly reporting process for

fixed asset related programs including furniture delivery and installation.

•Managed and maintained distrubution and national owned customer rebates.

•Geneerated I.T. monthly reporting process as it pertains to furniture delivery and installation.

•Travelled to all location Bi-Annually to administer operational efficiencies and conduct physical inventory and resulting

reconcilliation.

•Monthly reporting and maintenance of corporate and mail cost centers.

VILLAGE PROFILE.COM • Elgin, IL 2003 - 2005

Controller

Responsible for fiscal control over operations of entire company to include financial reporting and initiating cost controls as

necessary. Lead person for all financial operations including monthly financial statements, and payroll tax returns for all states in

which employees resided.

•Cooridianted Human Resource Functions of recruitment, training, review process, benefit analysis, as well as the implementaion.

•Generated profitability analysis along with re-forecasting and manged a $2.5 million capital equipment budget and $300 thousand

operations budget.

•Managed inforations technology operations by maintaining, purchasing, and enhancing esisting technology including hardware,

software, and telecommunications products and services.

ILLINOIS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP • Peoria, IL 1999 - 2003

Finance/Operations Manager

Managed daily operations of telecommunications business. Worked with service department on coordiation and scheduling of service

technicians for both new installations, as well as maintenance of existing customer base.

•Responsible for management of accounting and office staff which maintained accounts payable, accounts receivable, preparation,

review and distribution of monthly and yearly financial statements, quarterly sales tax filings, annual budgets as well as monthly

forecasting and analysis.

•Prepared payroll and managed all human resource functions including recruitment, training and performance reviews for all

administrative and financial personnel.

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

PRIUDENTIAL CULLINAN PROPERTIES, LTD • Peoria, IL 1997 - 1999

Executive Vice President-Finance

Responsible for all aspects of financial dealings, which included A/P, A/R, and operations of eight separate entities with revenues

totalling $10 million dollars and expenses totalling $8 million dollars within a multi-faceted real estate entity.

* Supervised accounting staff and was lead person responsible for monthly preparation of financial statements, including

consolidation of all entities.

* Implemented and prepared annual budget for entire organization and developed a reporting system for variance analysis.

* Lead person for case study and Analysis for possible acquisition of potential property investments, which included financial

modeling and forecasting of future revenue potential.

* Key member of Executive management team and prepared as well as presented all financial reports and analysis for a team as well

as negotiated all external financing for construction projects.

* Managed all job costing and analysis of projects with an annual budget of $ 15 million dollars.

* In charge of telecommunication and management information systems which included a $600 thousand upgrade throughout the

organization which consisted of five locations.

CENTERPOINT PROPERTIES CORPORATION • Chicago, IL 1990 - 1997

Corporate Controller

Promoted to Corporate Controller in 1994 after company went public and became responsible for managing financial statements plus

the corporate consolidation for 85 properties with an approximate portfolio value in excess of $800 million dollars.

* Heavily involved in helping taking company public when organization merged with another company and went public in

December of 1993 with over $200 million dollars in predominantly industrial real estate assets.

* Prepared financial statements and assisted in the corporate budgeting process. Prepared and submitted quarterly and annual SEC

filings (10Q and 10K). Part of the management team which studied all aspects of possible property and land acquisition for the

portfolio

* Help design and implement monthly financial reporting package which included variance to budget analysis on all properties as

well as provide a historical and forecasted view of the portfolio.

* Managed telecommunications and management information systems for all locations and also was key member of implementation

team that designed and purchased new telecommunication and computer systems when the company went public.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Finance and Accounting), 1985

Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

•Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint

•Financial and billing software: Skyline, Peachtree, Quickbooks, Hyperion

•Ceterfied Coach in Baseball, Softball, Football and Soccer

•State certified Umpire for both Baseball and Softball

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