Manager Project

MILTON STRUMPF

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Brockton, MA 02302 Email:*************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Senior corporate accountant with twenty years of professional experience performing consolidation of financial statements, account reconciliations, and general ledger maintenance. Highly computer literate, eg, quick study re: software, and skilled at coaching peers through difficult accounting and computer related issues.

Career goal: Provide timely, accurate, comprehensive material whose analysis will enable corporate leadership to make strategic business decisions. Core competencies:

Financial Reporting

Advanced Excel Skills

Oracle Financials

Account Analysis

Business Objects

Account Reconciliations

Journal Entries

Bank Reconciliations

SEC Reporting

Month End Closing

Peer Coaching

Year End Closing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (CJP), Boston, MA Aug 2015 - Nov 2015

Consultant – Project Manager

Coordinated communication, alignment, and project oversight between the company and the consultants on a project for converting their accounting system from Masterpiece to Financial Edge.

SENSATA, Attleboro, MA May 2015 - Jun 2015

Consultant – Accountant

Performed Account analysis and reconciliations with accompanying journal entries to clear outstanding items.

STATE STREET CORPORATION, Boston, MA Sep 2014 - Nov 2014

Consultant – Business/Data Analyst

Analyzed reports generated by IT department to narrow initial focus of automation effort and allow department to achieve faster turnaround of the initial set of accounts creating significant savings of time and effort for the overall project.

CLARKS AMERICAS, Newton Upper Falls, MA 2000 - Oct 2013

Prepared monthly consolidated financial statements utilizing Oracle Financials, Business Objects, Excel and Word. Handled monthly account reconciliations, including investigation and resolution of outstanding issues by working with multiple departments throughout the company. Reported to the Financial Reporting Manager and Assistant Controller. Also acted as backup for AP supervisor on handling daily cash utilization and reconciliation.

Senior Corporate Accountant (Feb 2011 – Oct 2013)

Developed reporting for delivering financial statements in the new SAP environment which allowed company to uncover and correct several conversion issues.

Assured smooth transition during departure by documenting procedures necessary for completing tasks assigned

Developed Business Objects reports that enabled Retail and Wholesale departments to create their conversion plans for SAP.

Corporate Accounting Supervisor (Feb 2001 – Feb 2011)

Supervised Staff Accountant position for four years

On development team that created Excel course taught internally at Clarks and became one of three internal experts on Excel for people from around the company to go to for assistance.

Converted fixed assets systems from FAS2000 to Oracle Financials, significantly reducing the time required to update fixed assets and improving the accuracy of the reporting.

Handled government Census Bureau Reporting and reduced the turn-around time considerably.

Assisted in the implementation of an upgrade of Business Objects software including doing testing on the system and providing feedback on possible improvements to be made.

Corporate Accountant (Feb 2000 – Feb 2001)

Shortened the monthly close period from two weeks to one, while maintaining the integrity of the data and reducing the number of errors significantly from prior years.

Handled the month and year end close processes.

Provided a format for presenting the financial statements in a word document that was subsequently distributed to all other worldwide divisions as the way the parent company wanted them presented.

TEMPLE BETH EMUNAH, Brockton, MA 2001 - May 2004

Financial Secretary (June 2003-May 2004)

Became a part of the Executive Board of Directors for the Temple for one year following the handing off of the Bookkeeping position to another person. Supervised the bookkeeper, approved expenses and was a signator of checks. This position was a volunteer, uncompensated position.

Bookkeeper (2001-May 2003)

Handled transition of Bookkeeping duties for $500k religious institution when former bookkeeper became ill. Was responsible for all financial aspects of the systems, including AP, AR, Payroll and Financial Reporting.

Converted bookkeeping system from Business Works and two manual journals to Quickbooks, which simplified the business processes and allowed for transitioning to new bookkeeper.

BOSTON BIOMEDICA, INC., West Bridgewater, MA 1993 - 2000

Corporate Accountant

Responsible for quarterly and annual financial statements along with filing SEC documents after the company went public in 1996. Consolidated the financials for four divisions and resolved intercompany transaction issues. Reported to the Cost Accounting Manager while frequently meeting with the CFO and CEO. Handled costing for Inventory of plasma based products.

Developed complex timecard system for tracking hours used in performing tests, which significantly improved the costing methodology for products.

Researched and implemented software for handling SEC filings which resulted in considerably reducing the costs of regulatory compliance.

VOLUNTEER/CHARITABLE

Jacob L. Tagger Jr. for Mayor of Brockton, Brockton, MA 2015 - 2015

Financial Advisor

This is a volunteer position in which I advise the candidate on financial matters related to the campaign and the City of Brockton’s annual budget. Came to an end when the candidate lost the election.

LOFTS AT SOCO CONDOMINIUM, Brockton, MA 2008 - Present

Trustee

This is a volunteer position which is responsible for supervising the management company, signing contracts on behalf of the condominium and making financial decisions regarding the use of funds and the amount of the condominium fees each year.

EDUCATION

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA

Bachelors of Science in Accounting and Transportation/Logistics

MASSASOIT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Brockton, MA

Associate in Science in Liberal Arts Transfer General

SOFTWARE/EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Suite, Oracle, Business Objects, Quickbooks, GAAP, Advanced Excel, Limited Experience with SAP

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