Manager Accounting

Don Phillips

Cell:818-***-**** E-mail: ***.*.********@*****.***

EMPLOYMENT

August 2008 to Present

Accounting Manager for a flooring contractor. I successfully converted them over to SAP Business One accounting software, and the transition was seamless. This gave us live inventory levels, which allowed us to reduce our inventory and spend the money on advertising and expansion into new markets. Custom reports gives the senior management and sales people the information they want when they need it.

Also responsible for HR and all accounting functions, including audit prep and review, and presentation of financials to outside CPA for tax returns.

By training and developing the current staff, I have developed them into a cohesive unit that is proactive to issues rather than reactive. The increased effectiveness allowed us to delay hiring of more staff until the third quarter.

March 2007 to July 2008 JME, Inc Accounting Manger

I was the Accounting Manager for a multinational corporation in the entertainment lighting industry. We are a worldwide distributor for many vendors to the entertainment industry and design and manufacture many of our own products.

I increased our gross margin from 21.4% to 30.5% with a combined approach of aggressively pushing vendors to cut their costs, advanced purchasing of products before steep price increases and bringing the sales department and purchasing department together, thereby increasing our gross profit on each individual sale.

Mar 2005 to March 2007 Network Omni, Inc. Accounting Manager

I was the Accounting Manager of an international corporation and leader in the translation industry. I was responsible for all aspects of accounting policy, procedures and functions, banking relationships and foreign subsidiaries, all the way through presentation of financial statements to senior management.

Completed the transition to a completely new software and hardware system, comprising internally developed applications and enterprise systems for both accounting and CRM functions. This system incorporated over 5000 users globally and the transition was seamless.

August 2000 to Mar 2005 Vivitar, Inc

Accounting Manager for a $100M electronics company. Responsibilities included consolidation of foreign subsidiaries, supervising AR and AP processing, bank reconciliations and analysis of balance sheet accounts.

Supervised external and internal audits in conjunction with bankers and Board of Directors, review and presentation of financial statements to the Board and shareholders.

September 2, 1992- July 31, 2000 Beckman Kirkland & Whitney Agoura Hills, CA

STAFF ACCOUNTANT

Duties included preparation of Individual, Corporate and Partnership Income Tax Returns, including publicly traded companies.

Processing of payroll, property and sales tax returns. Auditing of internal accounting records to ensure compliance with GAAP principles.

Successfully defended clients before the Internal Revenue Service and Franchise Tax Board during audit examinations.

Represented clients during negotiations for the sale or purchase of entire companies and product lines, including due diligence. Generated cash flow projections to support the sale or purchase prices of product lines and entire companies.

June 5, 1987 –September 1992 Sport Chalet West Hills, CA

CORPORATE TRAINER AND ASSISTANT BUYER

Responsible for training all employees in the ski departments and ski repair departments corporate wide.

I was a consultant on product lines to be purchased within the ski departments and

was a certified trainer for all snow ski and binding manufacturers for repair, installation and instruction.

EDUCATION

December 2005 California State University, Northridge, CA

BS Accounting

September 1990 Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA

To June 1994 A.A., Business Management

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