Management Sales

L. Travis Wallen

**** **** *****, *********, ** *0549

770-***-**** ***********@*****.***

PROFILE

A highly talented and dedicated accounting professional with extensive experience in financial management and business operations. Eager to apply strategies and initiatives as a finance professional to improve profitability and organizational performance. Dynamic, independent, accurate, trusted, strategic, creative and analytical. Team oriented with the initiative and determination to achieve positive results. Proven expertise in driving efficiency and productivity through evaluation of financial management systems and implementation of process improvements. Key competencies include:

Accounting Management

Financial Analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Treasury Management

Team Management

Cost Reductions

Internal Auditing

Efficiency Improvements

Project Management

Leadership

Forensic Accounting

SOX Compliance

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Accounting Manager – Domestic Peanuts and Peanut Products, 2014 – Present, Golden Peanut and Tree Nuts Company – Alpharetta, GA

Responsible for the supervision of 5 accountants which are responsible for the crushing, refining, specialty, hull & fiber, shelling and procurement operations. Duties include overseeing month-end close; financial reporting; cash flow reporting to CFO; maintaining the standard cost model; analyzing incurred and absorbed accounts related to standard costing; assisted in the mapping of IBM ledgers to the Hyperion Financial Management system.

Accomplishments include refining the standard cost model to reduce variances between actual and standard costs; instituting a cross training program among accountants.

Finance Manager, 2010 – 2014, Golden Peanut Company – Alpharetta, GA

Responsible for the crushing and refining operations and supervision of 5 accountants. Duties included month-end close; operational and yield performance reporting; manage project spending and maintain property ledger; financial reporting; maintaining raw material positions for the crude and refining team; foreign currency hedging; cash flow reporting to CFO; maintaining the standard cost model; .

Accomplishments include developing cash flow model; assisted in developing a standard cost model for the very complex peanut business; developing an analysis for procurement expenses.

Senior Accountant, 2002 – 2010, Golden Peanut Company – Alpharetta, GA

Responsible for the southeast region shelling, procurement, crushing and refining operations. Duties included month-end close; operational and yield performance reporting; manage project spending and maintain property ledger; financial reporting; maintaining raw material positions for the crude and refining team; sales and use tax reporting for 7 states; foreign currency hedging.

Accomplishments include developing various templates for the new refining operation; changed the practice of using employee social security numbers as identifiers on drug screening bills to using the company employee number to protect employee personal information.

Staff Accountant, 1998 – 2002, Golden Peanut Company – Alpharetta, GA

Responsible for the southeast region shelling, procurement and crushing operations. Duties included month-end close; operational and yield performance reporting; financial reporting; manage project spending and maintain property ledger; sales and use tax reporting for 7 states.

Accomplishments include developing procedures and templates for accurate reporting of sales and use taxes; developing procedures and template for accurate property tax accruals; informed management of a property tax savings opportunity by emptying facilities first where Freeport Exemption on inventory was not allowed; when the crushing plant was acquired I volunteered to be the accountant for that operation and assist with the integration into our systems.

Accountant, 1995 – 1998, Gibbs International – Spartanburg, SC

Part of a three person team including a controller and a clerk; Responsible for monthly financials, month-end close, preparing profit and loss statements for each customer project; accounts receivable, accounts payable, monthly business tax filings; assisted in annual audits, managed cash positions.

Accountant, 1993 – 1995, Scott Taylor, White and Wingo – Spartanburg, SC

Audits; prepared individual and business income tax returns: prepared monthly sales and use tax returns; prepared monthly business payroll tax filings; prepared monthly profit and loss statements for small business clients

EDUCATION: Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, 1993

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Hyperion Financial Management, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System, Maximo, IBM Mainframe, Smartview, DocumentDirect, DocuAnalyzer

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