Manager Accounts Payable
Resume:
CHARLES M. BARBER
Waltham, MA. 02451
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IT Systems/Software: Excel, Oracle, Solomon, SAP, Hyperion (budgeting) and Comshare
Current Objective: After undergoing two major surgeries in 2013 and 2014, I am looking for senior accounting contract work or permanent part time opportunities.
Long Term Contract Services:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts–Department of Health and Services – IT Admin. Group – Dec., 2012 to June, 2013
Sr. Financial Reporting Analyst
Operating expense tracking of the IT Admin’s state legislature funded appropriation of 108 million for fiscal year 2013.
Reporting to senior management and the individual project managers assigned to the thirteen agencies that are consolidated under the IT Group.
Analysis of spending including calculation of spending rates and projected future months spending for the remainder of 2013.
Objective was to spend all of the hundred and eight million appropriation to achieve it’s goals
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt- International Division – Dec., 2009 to Sep., 2012
Sr. Financial Analyst/Sr. Accountant
General accounting responsibilities linked to the monthly financial closings, designing financial reports for senior management to evaluate spending by directors’ territories, actual to forecast variance analysis, preparation of historical data to present to management to be used to prepare the upcoming annual budget, managed the coordination of the international divisions payroll and accounts payable processing. Review of the division’s contractual agreements with contractors, per diems and agents to make certain that there was compliance on both sides financially as well as responsibilities that needed to be carried out.Travel expense policy and procedure writing pertaining to setting up guidelines to be observed prior to submission of expense reports by non-employees working for the international group. Researched customer product requested returns to be certain whether or not it was within HMH company policies and procedures for approval.
Short Term Contract Services: April 2006 to October 2009
Companies: 3 Com, Pfizer, C&K Components, ABT Associates, United Technologies, Cobham
Varian, Inc. – July 2005 to March 2006
Sr. Financial Analyst/Sr. Accountant
Trained for two straight weeks to take on the responsibilities of the Sr. General Accountant. Many responsibilities consisting of journal entries, reconciliations (including cash ones as well), and monthly closing activities. All the financial reporting to the parent company was on Excel models. Used company systems for orders reporting, revenue recording and reporting, sales, marketing and general administrative reporting. Closing needed to be completed and reported by day three of the following month. Quarterly audit schedules for the public account firm, and presentation of general ledger information for the tax department of corporate. Participated in monthly financial reviews with the accounting group, which included the group controller. Analysis of actual to budget or forecast on a monthly basis prepared and readied for the monthly financial review. Prepared to answer all questions that the business unit controller may ask. Special analytical schedules were prepared for the controller to determine gross margin profitability and to determine if price increases were needed.
Philips Medical (formerly HP Medical) – August 2004 to Feb., 2005
Sr. Accountant
Responsibilities for this work were that of a controller for each business. Picked up the responsibility for the reporting of three small product lines from a general accounting standpoint, including general entries for the monthly closing and reconciliations, participating in the controller's monthly meeting on the financials, and asking any questions and addressing any issues that may arise. Any new accounts were added when needed, including special reporting on those businesses from a corporate accounting standpoint. Detailed policies and procedures for this job that were turned over to India shadow works that would carry out these responsibilities for the company in India in the future (outsourcing).
Millennium Pharmaceuticals – March 2004 to July 2004
Sr. Accountant
Replaced an accountant who was responsible for the daily accounts receivable function. Duties included opening the mail for checks received, getting them ready for deposit to the operating account, which included insuring they were coded correctly to the right account. Made the entry for each week’s daily cash activity into the general ledger system, and assigned many monthly reconciliations for the balance sheet. These reconciliations were reviewed monthly by the Sr. Finance Manager and the Assistant Controller. Quarterly audit schedule account preparation to comply with Sox policies and procedures to ultimately be reviewed by the company’s public accounting firm. Assignments included the reconciliation of several of the company’s cash accounts as well. There was a lot of accounts payable interfacing and insuring that the monthly accounts payable subsystem tied to the general ledger. Special projects and account analysis were assigned by the Sr. Finance Manager (CPA).
One Beacon Insurance Co. – March 2003 to January 2004
Sr. Accountant
General Accounting, journal entries, general ledger reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis of expenses and monthly commentaries. Reporting to an General Accounting Manager.
Permanent Positions:
July, 1998 to June, 2001
Ascend Communications Inc./Lucent Technologies, Westford, MA.
Sr. Financial Analyst
Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Manager of Financial Planning & Reporting, managed financial reporting, financial report processes for the Research & Development Organization of the Core Switching Division. The Research & Development Organization grew from 350 employees to over 800 employees during my stay with the company. The employees were divided among thirty cost centers. This organization’s budget grew to a peak budget of $250 million. Financial Planning support included the creation of the one year financial plan, reporting actual vs. planned, reporting forecast vs. planned, primary interface for operating organizations regarding financial issues.
Accomplishments:
Implemented Oracle, Accounts Payable module supporting the East Coast Operations.
Developed and implemented a standard reporting package which provided all operating managers with feedback on their performance vs. budget.
Responsible for the organization’s monthly closing, which includes the preparations of monthly journal entries and reconciliation of certain balance sheet, reconciliations and analysis.
Responsible for the financial monthly oral and written presentations to the R & D Organization and Finance Divisional Management.
Actively participated in the weekly hardware, software and quality organizational senior staff meetings that cover customer and product issues, problems with internal matters, hiring, goals and strategy.
Control the expense, headcount, and capital approval process to ensure that the approved budget and policies and procedures were being followed within budget and/or forecast.
Education:
MBA (Concentration in Finance), Babson College, Wellesley, MA.
BS in Accounting, Bentley College, Waltham, MA.
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