Accounting Manager

JEAN CHARLES HODOUIN, CPA, MBA

Brooklyn, NY ***** 646-***-**** *********@*****.***

CFO / Director of Finance / Human Resources

Management, budgeting, internal-external audit, internal control, compliance and regulation (SEC practice, PCAOB, GAAP, GAAS, and SOX). Experience working for Big 4 and large regional accounting firm. Mix public/private experience. Proven leadership experience in managing and leading teams to efficiently interface with stakeholders across the business.

Professional Experience

Marilyn Model Management, New York, NY Since May 2016

CFO

Oversee operations of the accounting department and Human resources (10 employees)

Review the preparation of monthly financial reports for the UK parent company

Provide the President with an operating budget

Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budget

Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance

Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure to effectively accomplish the departments goals and objectives

Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal budgetary reporting requirements

Monitor banking activities

Represent the company externally to auditors

CBIZ MHM, New York, NY November 2015 to May 2016

Audit Manager

Supervised and coordinated audits/reviews for clients of the apparel group and PR/event companies, team of 3-4 staff

Designed the audit approach, supervised audit fieldwork and kept partner informed of engagement status

Reviewed the audit summary memorandum, the management letter, and the presentation or key discussion points for the closing meeting with the management

Developed, communicated and ensured adherence to department risk policies, procedures and best practices

Kept tracking of actual time vs budget to reach profitability goals

Raich Ende Malter & Co., New York, NY January 2008 to November 2015

Audit Manager

Supervised and coordinated audits and accounting assignments with a team of 3-4 staff (portfolio of 17 entities with revenue between $2M and $200M) in multimedia/PR, technologies, retail, not-for-profit, financial services

Designed the audit approach, supervised audit fieldwork and kept partner informed of engagement status

Reviewed the summary memorandum, the management letter, and the presentation or key discussion points for the closing meeting with the management

Brought clients into compliance with the applicable accounting standards for cost accounting including inventory valuation (Standard cost, FIFO, and LIFO methods), cost of goods sold valuation (job costing, process costing, direct costing, absorption costing)

Reviewed constraint analysis and margin analysis including examination of pricing strategies (cost plus, marginal cost, absorption) applied to distribution channels, business units, customers, and product lines

Compared actual costs incurred to standard or budgeted costs, and explored the reasons for any variances

Developed, communicated and ensured adherence to department risk policies, procedures and best practices

Identified opportunities and contributed to bid processes (gained 4 new customers and developed business with actual clients)

Constantin, New York September 2006 to January 2008

Accounting Department Manager – French desk, New York

Managed accounting department with 5 staff to help grow and retain the firm's internationally active clientele, retail, wholesale, distribution, technologies

Developed business activities to attract inbound referrals from France, increased fees by 30%

Provided start-ups and growing organizations with experienced CFO-level talent on an outsourced basis, portfolio of 30 companies

Prepared all necessary financial statements and related disclosures and reportable conditions letters and preparing regulatory filings

Kept a watchful eye on billings and collections and non-chargeable expenses

Deloitte – Constantin, Paris January 2006 to September 2006

Audit Supervisor

Conducted audit for consolidated financial statements of international clients (ING Group, Bollore Group, JCDecaux North America)

Conducted business valuation by review of materials, due diligence for Lancel (Richemont, Luxury goods and jewelry)

Managed schedule of team and evaluated strengths and weaknesses of individuals

Mazars Group, Rouen France September 2003 to January 2006

Senior Auditor

Audited financial statements of a listed European leader in direct marketing (Group Diffusion Plus, revenue $80MEUR) including preparation of report on internal control and governance, examination of description of buyback programs and prospectuses

Assessed risk and regulatory issues with AMF French Financial Market Regulatory Authority professional certification

KPMG Enterprises, Rouen France April 2003 to August 2003

Senior Accountant

Planned and coordinated accounting and financial records for companies in manufacturing and distribution including listed companies in France and United Kingdom

Acquired experience in virtually all facets of corporate accounting, analysis and financial reporting

Created audit work-paper templates, organized network directories and files

Cabinet L et A, Paris February 2001 to March 2003

Senior Accountant

Prepared, examined, and analyzed accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards

Computed taxes owed and prepared tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements

Acted as senior accountant of a large cooperage group to help the CEO and CFO to analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses in Hyperion financial management

Developed, maintained, and analyzed budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs

Uni-Marketing Group, Montréal, Canada April 2000 to August 2000

Marketing assistant

Coordinated implementation of new inventory software from scratch to track stock levels, perform inventory adjustments, manage purchase orders and receive inventory with bar code scanners

UBIPHARM (ex-BAA), Rouen, France June 1996 to December 1999

Internal Auditor

Optimized closing process implementing the use of macros to create automated processes to 10 subsidiaries

Médical Informatique, Rouen, France September 1993 to May 1996

Co-Founder and Controller

Managed all aspects of a startup including sales, marketing, finance, technologies

Technology/Languages

CaseWare, ProSystem fx Engagement, Gofileroom, ERP, SAP, Quickbooks, IDEA, Microsoft Office, Excel (vlookups, pivot tables, formulas)

Fluent in French: Native speaker

Education

LIM College, New York, NY 2013

MBA – Management and Entrepreneurship in Fashion

CPA License, New York State 2011

French Chartered Accountant (Expert-Compatible) 2006

Business School of Rouen, Rouen, France 1993

MBA – International Management

University of Rouen, Rouen, France 1992

BA Accounting

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