Manager Accounting

**** *** ******** (*.** GPA.) Extremely hands-on, highly productive Controller with excellent leadership/mentoring skills. Self-starter, motivated, energetic, discrete, loyal & positive. Proven results in improving processes/systems & culture. Ex-Captain, USAF

SKILLSET AND NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:

Well versed in multiple accounting platforms: ERP, QuickBooks, Microsoft Great Plains, and Microsoft Solomon. Key player in installing systems, exploiting their potential and training users.

Shirtsleeve managing of closing process: including journal entries, financial statement creation, cash flow and cash forecasts. Meticulous account reconciliations.

Top Excel skills, including pivot tables and vlookups, enabling raw data conversion to KPI reports.

Skilled at budget preparation and variance analyses. Experienced in consolidations & multi-currency.

Manager of A/R and A/P staff; perform day-to-day cash management and reporting.

Excellent communicator used to interacting with Boards, Company leaders and inter-department.

Experienced in initiating corporate transition to ADP PEO structure which improved employee benefits while reducing overall costs.

Astute interactor with auditors, banks and government agencies. Supervised up to 7 staff members.

Built professional accounting departments at Veuve Clicquot and Stroz Friedberg.

Also served as Payroll and HR Managers while Controller at Air Age; assisted with Sales team.

Wrote over 40 procedure manuals (“playbooks”) at Presstek; also was SEC Reporting Mgr.

Found $400k legacy balance sheet error at Savatree; rewrote entire budgeting template there.

Direct action at Stroz Friedberg generated $500k in additional revenues; half within first 6 months.

EMPLOYERS

CONTROLLER, Home Team Marketing – Rye Brook, NY April 2015 – July 2015

Position eliminated due to company restructuring. Paid ten weeks’ severance in consideration of achievements (improved processes and analyses) and commitment to the firm.

CONTROLLER, Air Age Media – Wilton, CT July 2014 – April 2015

ASST. CONTROLLER, Media Storm – Norwalk, CT – Contract Job 2013 – 2014

ACCOUNTING MANAGER, Presstek Inc. – Greenwich, CT – Firm Closed 2012 –2013

CONTROLLER, Savatree – Bedford Hills, NY 2009 - 2011

CONTROLLER, Stroz Friedberg LLC – NYC 2003-2009

CONTRACT ACCOUNTING JOBS: WP Carey & MacDonald Media, NYC 2002-2003

CONTROLLER, Clicquot Inc – NYC 1993-2002

ACCOUNTING MANAGER, Stone Consolidated – NYC 1991-1993

JUNIOR LEVEL ACCOUNTING POSITIONS 1987-1991

CAPTAIN, United States Air Force 1982-1987

EDUCATION

Oswego State, MBA 2015; Holy Cross College, BA 1982; (Coursera: Wharton 2013-15)

ADDITIONAL COMPUTER SKILLS

In addition to Accounting Packages and Excel: PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Prophix, JET reports, FrX, Datatrax CRM, Quote Roller, ADP online payroll, Paychex online payroll.

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