Bonnie Culp

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Memphis, TN 38141

Home Phone: 901-***-****

Cell Phone: 901-***-****

Email: acvlmp@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

A professional focused on practices that are in conformance with standards that meet the needs of the organization. Diverse expertise includes manufacturing, quality, human resources, marketing, cost, inventory, payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable and fixed assets. Strengths include generating processes and process documentation that can be utilized for QS9000 and ISO9000 certification as well as meet FDA and other state and federal regulations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ACCOUNTEMPS, MEMPHIS, TN 2015 TO 2016

Accountant Consultant – An accounting consultant working for a temporary agency at various assignments:

Servicemaster – worked as a Accountant II servicing over 40 Terminix branch by reconciling their customers accounts and doing payroll for the branches; also did various general ledger account reconciliations

CBRE – worked as an Accountant reconciling general ledger accounts including payroll.

KEYSTONE LABORATORIES, MEMPHIS, TN 2006 TO 2015

Comptroller, 2014 to 2015

Serve as lead for all accounting and financial processes.

Led the accounting group in all aspects of the monthly close process for six (6) businesses/investments including financial statements preparation.

Review processes behind all journal entries for adequacy.

Perform all tax reporting functions

Responsible for all Human Resource functions

Support manufacturing and quality by writing process documentation to meet FDA standards for those departments

Write process documentation to respond to state regulatory agencies on manufacturing related issues

General Manager/Comptroller, 2010 to 2014

Run the company on a day to day basis

Report directly to the owner

Determine entire company strategic directives

Responsible for all aspects of daily operations (manufacturing, quality, sales, accounting, marketing, human resources)

Provide objectives to all department to meet strategic directives

Lead all accounting and financial activities

Prepare financial statements for six (6) business entities

Perform all tax reporting functions

Controller, 2006 to 2010

Serve as lead for all accounting and financial processes.

Led the accounting group in all aspects of the monthly close process for six (6) businesses/investments including financial statements preparation.

Review processes behind all journal entries for adequacy.

Perform all tax reporting functions

Responsible for all Human Resource functions

Support manufacturing and quality by writing process documentation to meet FDA standards for those departments

Write process documentation to respond to state regulatory agencies on manufacturing related issues

SELF-EMPLOYED, MEMPHIS, TN 2005 TO 2007

Consultant, 2005 to 2007

Self employed consultant. Working with various companies on all aspects of accounting including general ledger, accounts payables & receivables, fixed asset management, inventory management, and cash management.

Dugan Restoration Services. Acting CFO responsible for cash management, accounts payables & receivables and for Human Resources activities which included setting up new employees, writing job descriptions, and preparing confidentiality and non-compete agreements.

Valley Products. Helped with reconciliation of accounts payables & receivables, fixed assets, cash, and other general ledger accounts in preparation for yearly audit.

Valley CPG. Worked on Accounts Receivables project comparing invoice billing to customer to bills of lading for discrepancies yielding over $150K in unbilled shipments to one major customer. Assisted with updated fixed assets system after company split and reconciliation of base inventory.

VALLEY PRODUCTS, MEMPHIS, TN 2004 TO 2005

Staff Accountant, 2004 to 2005

Serve as lead for all accounting and financial processes.

Led the accounting group in the monthly close process including financial statements preparation.

Responsible for all aspects of close process for the Consumer Products division including review of adequacy of journal entry processes.

Review the payroll journal entry

Serve as backup for the Payroll Administration and the Cost Accountant.

Manage fixed asset inventory

Utilized MS-DOS for conversion of downloaded files into Excel format.

GATEWAY PERSONNEL, MEMPHIS, TN 2003 TO 2004

Accounting Consultant, 2003 to 2004

Acting as a consultant to assist various companies with account reconciliations and cleanup of old outstanding account payable invoices.

Valley Products - Worked on all of their balance sheet accounts including development of reconciliation template and cleanup of existing reconciliation. Identified internal controls issues and advised that process documentation needed to be written. Trained accounting personnel on downloading reports from mainframe speeding up reconciliation process. Assisting with collections calls to customers concerning past due payments. Prepared payroll and account reconciliations journal entries and with close process, financial statement preparation and identification and recording of fixed assets. Responsible for preparing inventory related journal entries.

Trammell Crow –Assigned to work on cleanup of old account payable invoices for one of their major clients adhering to strict deadlines for completion as set by the company’s client.

CUMMINS POWERCARE, MEMPHIS, TN 1988 TO 2002

Division Accounting Manager, 1999 to 2002

Managed accounting processes for 4 businesses including general ledger, fixed assets, accounts payable & receivable. Coordinated monthly close processes for all 4 businesses. Generated financial reports for two (2) of the businesses.

Led the Accounting group through a comprehensive process improvement effort that resulted in work instructions following GAAP guidelines for all key accounting processes leading to the development of a cross-functional work group.

Served as liaison between corporate and plant accounting departments

Coordinated the completion of company’s internal financial self-assessments (FSA) as well as improvement action plans from results in conformance with GAAP.

Reviewed all general ledger reconciliations and approved all journal entries.

Instituted performance measures for accounting department

Coordinated the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process for the division in addition to developing the AOP budgets for all salaries & benefits and the entire Accounting operating budget.

Prepared warranty accrual analysis for 4 remanufacturing plants that determines percentage of sales dollars needed for warranty claims in addition to forecasting future requirements.

Prepared marketing accrual analysis for the remanufacturing divisions.

Resolved Accounts Payable payment issues with key suppliers to include a process for reviewing supplier statements and resolution by involving 3rd party contractors.

Assisted in the successful transition of warranty claim processing from local office to Corporate. Verified that new system data reporting tools could provide information needed by both plants and accounting for decision-making purposes.

Streamlined the Accounting close processes for all 4 businesses reducing 36 man-hours from the entire processes.

Improved the preliminary monthly general ledger review process by generating a preliminary balance sheet that showed current and 5 previous month’s activity by business and category.

Restructured the Fixed Assets reporting tools for Division & Corporate reporting.

Utilization of SEQUEL report writer to download files from AS400 for Excel conversion

Purchasing Manager, 1992 to 1999

Managed the initial procurement sourcing process of direct and indirect material including supplier selection and price negotiations.

Developed and implemented a supplier performance rating system.

Negotiated a 5-year forklift lease contract resulting in a $30,000 savings over previous contracts.

Developed and implemented a non-compliant part evaluation program which resulted in defective parts turnaround decision to an average of 3 days after receipt per month.

Negotiated a contract with a corrugated supplier that saved the company over $50,000 annually on 5 products.

Led a team in the successful development of a new corrugated carton for 1 product line resulting in increased employee morale and annual savings of $3,000.

Prepared QS9000 process documentation which led to plant achieving certification. The auditor stated before entire plant management that Purchasing was the only area where documentation fit action and found no noncompliance.

Coordinated the process between IT and other functional areas in submission and implementation of new system related projects.

Prepared the Purchasing department annual budget.

Plant/Inventory Accountant, 1988 to 1992

Managed all general ledger processes including account reconciliations, fixed assets, payroll and accounts payable. Prepared monthly financial forecasts and accrual analysis.

Reviewed all general ledger reconciliations for reasonableness and approved journal entries for processing.

Prepare weekly & monthly material and labor variance reports.

Re-engineered the annual Physical Inventory process streamlining the process from 3 days to 1 day.

Led the Annual Physical Inventory process at both the Logistics and manufacturing operations.

FRUEHAUF CORPORATION, MEMPHIS, TN 1983 TO 1987

Senior Programmer/Operations Leader, 1986 to 1987

Managed all activities related to the operation of company’s computer including data entry, local processing, data communications, and remote computer processing. Also managed the installation and maintenance of standardized computer applications.

Volunteered for this assignment after Data Processing Leader left the company while maintaining responsibilities as Cost Accountant.

Volunteered to learn the tasks associated with this job to serve as backup for Data Processing Leader.

Cost Accountant, 1984 to 1987

Developed cost structures and generated costed bills of materials for all products. Set annual standard cost and updated bills of materials.

Streamlined costing process by creating a database of part cost of similar parts and suppliers for cross-reference.

Assisted purchasing department in implementing new planning system by testing the financial reporting section to verify information used by accounting for accrual purposes.

Accountant, 1983 to 1984

Maintained & generated weekly payroll checks for approximately 350 hourly employees. Reviewed & coded timecards manually before inputting into timecard program. Also responsible for tracking vacation pay, holiday pay, and any authorized payroll deductions. Prepared payroll journal entry.

Developed a Lotus 123 database that hourly employees could utilize to verify gross and net payroll information.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Master of Business Administration

Christian Brothers University

Memphis, Tennessee

August 1994

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration – Accounting, summa cum laude

Rust College

Holly Springs, Mississippi

May 1981

7-Step Problem Solving, Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), Cause & Effect Analysis, Kaizen, Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Oracle Applications, Microsoft Suite (Project, Excel, Access), Hyperion, AS400, SEQUEL, Crystal Report Writer, GPMate, Monarch, Manufacturing Pro, Maximo, Quickbooks, ADP Payroll,Southware

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