Accounting Management
Resume:
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Accomplishments:
Recovered $1.6 million for 2004 and 2005 hurricanes, negotiated a $5 million line of credit, negotiated two industrial development revenue bonds, participated in acquisitions including employee integration and financing, rebuilt/built several Accounting Departments, grew a company from $22 million to $39 million and managed down to $29 million and back up to $35 million, implemented many operational improvements that contributed directly to shareholder value and worked with a product development company with unique analysis and costing information needs.
Qualifications:
New Jersey Certified Public Accountant; extensive accounting, auditing, operations and management information systems experience; support management agendas and performance requirements, support direct reports’ efforts through training, minimizing barriers to optimum performance and emphasizing continuous improvement through analysis and adaptation of best practices.
Experience:
June 2015 to October 2016
CFO, Profold, Inc. Manufacturer of secure document folding and inserting equipment. Contract Management including ensuring that all services outside the contract were properly tracked, documented and billed to the client, established accurate financial reporting, evolved the MIS to the next level in terms of inventory tracking and established a basis for activity based budgeting and costing.
May 2013 to Present
Owner, Carlile House, Textile and Mixed Media Arts
March 2004 to May 2013
Chief Financial Officer, Southeastern Printing Company, Inc., Stuart, FL. Financial Statement Reporting, Loan and Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Negotiate Borrowing, In House Legal Review, Mergers and Acquisitions, Management Information System Administration. Responsible for Accounting, Payroll Administration and Purchasing.
Rebuilt Accounting Department from the ground up. Used weekly staff meeting for group projects and to share information. Focus was to reduce to routine that which is routine to free up resources for greater value added activities.
Changed the culture of the Accounting Department to that of an internal service provider. Promoted recognition that all employees seeking information or help from accounting received timely and excellent service.
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1437 US Hwy 1, Sebastian, FL 32958, Phone 772-***-****, email acx0pm@r.postjobfree.com
Re-implemented an existing management information system and selected and implemented a new system for the beverage label division with the input of management for reporting requirements and system users to yield the greatest benefit to the company.
Built several inter-functional and interdepartmental teams to reach company objectives. Examples include building a central electronic repository for company documents such as contracts, financial statements, tax returns and tools/documents/spreadsheets to promote continuity, preservation of company assets, and ensuring that all files were backed up (central electronic repository was located on the network).
1993 to March 2004
Self Employed, Computer Accounting Consultants, Vero Beach, FL. Computerized Accounting and Management Information Systems sales and implementation (MAS 90).
Initial consultation to evaluate product and service suitability.
Tailor system options to meet client needs.
Electronic data conversion.
Daily, month- and year-end processing training.
Develop detailed operating procedures as requested by clients.
Ongoing software adaptation and support to meet clients’ changing business needs.
1992 to 1993
Controller, Southern Ag Inc., Vero Beach, FL.
Supervised 4 to 5 employees (accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and reception/secretarial).
Job Cost and inventory cost accounting.
Month- and year-end processing including bank reconciliation, sub-ledger to general ledger reconciliation and general ledger distribution review.
Posted adjusting journal entries and issued financial statements for four companies.
Implemented a computerized accounting and management information system.
1991 to 1992
Controller, Birmy Graphics Corporation, Melbourne, FL.
Supervised 4 to 5 employees (accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing and inventory control).
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Inventory cost accounting.
Month- and year-end processing, post adjusting journal entries and issue financial statements.
Implemented a computerized accounting and management information system.
1986 to 1991
Hoffman-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey and Vero Beach, FL. Senior Internal Auditor in Nutley; Manager of Manufacturing, Agricultural Chemical Division in Vero Beach.
Vero Beach: Maag Agrochemicals.
Prepared zero-based quarterly 12-month budgets for all products.
Prepared and implemented short- and long-term production schedules.
Supervised Quality Control and Purchasing.
Cost accounting for all products.
Import and export.
Implemented a computerized cost accounting system for inventory and manufacturing.
Nutley, NJ: Hoffman-LaRoche
Designed, supervised, assisted with and drafted audit reports for operational audits.
Wrote and executed electronic mainframe audit software exception reports for targeted Payroll audits.
1983 to 1986
Auditor, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Hackensack, New Jersey. Primarily worked on audit engagements for large publicly traded companies. Supervised or assisted with:
Computer-based regression analysis.
Tests of transactions for the Income Statement.
Verification of Balance Sheet supporting schedules.
Preparation of the Statement of Changes in Financial Position.
Loan compliance.
Calculating fully diluted earnings per share with employee stock option plans.
Verification of under- or over- funded position of defined benefit pension plans.
Verification of SEC financial statement disclosure.
Quarterly reviews.
Pension plan and acquisition audits.
Education:
Graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1984. Financial Executives Institute Award 1984. Annual continuing professional education from 1984 to present.
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