CPA

WILLIAM HALPERN, CPA

** ****** **** ***, ******** Junction, NJ 08852

732-***-**** ********@***.***

QUALIFICATIONS: Prepared and managed annual financial, operational, capital budgets with related rolling forecasts. Developed short and long term business plans. Performed monthly and annual closings that included cost and profit analysis, ROI and ROE, actual to budget comparison and consolidations of sister company financials. Prepared schedules for consolidated and multi state tax returns. Treasury functions included daily cash management, investment of excess funds, capital financing, which included negotiating rates and terms with various financial institutions, and sources and uses analysis. Authored finance section for two IPO’s, reported quarterly and annual results to SEC and insured compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations. Negotiated union contracts with several Teamsters’ and TWU locals, and numerous vendor agreements which included The Circle Line and Empire State Building. Developed, implemented and supervised the maintenance of IT systems covering sales, accounting and management reporting.

Experience

TAX PREPARER

Prepared over 500 individual tax returns per year using Proseries for Graziano CPA’s LLC (January 2014-April 2014, January 2015-April 2015)

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Turbo Tax Intuit January 2012 to April 2012 (seasonal)/January 2013 to April 2013

Provide Federal and State Income tax advice.

Provide assistance to tax payers on how to use Turbo Tax products.

Owner/Operator

Cheeburger Cheeburger of Staten Island October 2010 to December 31, 2012

Developed a business plan that resulted first year sales that is number one in over a 60 unit national franchise.

Developed and implemented a system of cost controls and labor compensation that yielded an EBIDA of over 26% and employee turnover of less than 15%.

Negotiated vendor contracts to maximize vendor loyalty and price stability.

Developed and maintains all financial records that include Budgets, Bank Reconciliations, Monthly Closing and filing of all Federal and State reporting and taxes.

Controller

City Sights New York and Subsidiaries ($60 Million Revenue) August 2006 to September 2010

Developed a business plan that resulted in a five times increase in sales ($6 Million to $30 million).

Designed and implemented a sales compensation system which resulted in an average 27% increase per sale.

Restructured revenue and cost reporting systems; allowing for the processing of a 500% increase in sales volume without adding any additional personnel.

Re-negotiated key vendor contracts which reduced costs by 15%.

Prepared financial, operational and capital budgets.

Managed internal controls relating to treasury, cash management, revenue and operational reporting.

In line with policies, supervised management of field operations and financial reporting.

Developed product content and pricing converting single unit sales to package sales.

Implemented policies and procedures for control of cash collections, sales reporting, cost accounting, and vendor payments resulting in the reduction of unauthorized transactions and reconciliation of cash to sales reported.

Achieved a return on sales of more than 20%, an increase of over 100% over industry norm.

Controller-Treasurer

Gray Line New York Tours, Inc. ($120 Million Revenue) August 1999 to July 2006,

a Coach USA Company part of the Stage Coach Group

Gray Line is the largest U.S. subsidiary of Stage Coach Group (traded on the London Stock Exchange), the company experienced an increase in sales from $12 Million to $80 million.

Senior Financial and Operations manager responsible for contract development and negotiations, cash management, revenue systems and product development.

Prepared financial, operational and capital budgets.

Produced monthly financial reporting including actual vs. budget analysis and future cash requirements.

Union and vendor contract development and negotiations (TWU, Teamsters, NYU, St. John’s University, William Patterson University, Circle Line, Empire State Building, CNN and others).

Prepared cash management, budgets and forecasts.

Ticketing systems design and implementation: Exodim mobile ticketing, Gate Way visitor center ticketing, Rez Ware call center and reservations systems, concierge voucher sales, International operators voucher sales and internet (Web) sales.

Supervised 30 direct reports and over 200 indirect reports.

CFO-Treasurer

Toscorp, Inc. ($50+ Million Revenue) July 1998 to January 1999

Senior executive of a $50+ million restaurant chain with 17 locations throughout the United States.

Duties included strategic planning, cash management, financial reporting, budgeting and Point of Sale (POS) information systems.

Supervised a staff of 12.

IPO Consultant

Periscope Sportswear, Inc. ($100+ Million Revenue) February 1998 to July 1998

Consultant to senior executives of a $100+ million vertically integrated manufacturer of women’s and young girl’s sportswear.

Authored the financial sections of the SEC Form S-1 document for SEC filing for IPO.

Upgraded the cost accounting system, budget preparation, forecasting, cash flow and financial analysis of current operations.

Chief Financial Officer

RoomPlus, Inc. ($20+ Million Revenue) December 1989 to November 1997

Executive Officer of $20+ million publicly traded furniture retailer/manufacturer.

Authored IPO S-1 document.

Managed corporate financial reporting including SEC Forms 10K, 10Q, Proxy statements and annual report.

Instituted monthly variance cost analysis for manufacturing facility resulting in 8% cost reduction for cost of goods sold.

Budget preparation, cash management and investment.

Point of sale and financial reporting systems.

Negotiated vendor contracts.

Supervised a staff of 16.

Controller

Jefferson Properties ($200 Million Real Estate Construction & Management) August 1983 to November 1989

Managed more than $100 million in multi-family construction projects.

Produced annual operating, financial and capital budgets.

Prepared AIA draw documents for construction projects.

Modeled 5-year discounted cash flow models for existing properties.

Prepared variance analysis for actual vs. budgeted construction costs.

Prior experience upon request

Education and Certifications

Brooklyn College, June 1976 Bachelor of Science in Accounting

Certified Public Accountant in New York and Texas 1982

Member of AICPA

Software

Microsoft Suite: Excel, Word; Oracle; Intuit QuickBooks Pro; Dbase; FoxPro; MAS 90.

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