Lance Stewart Ferm

**** ********* ***, ****** *****, CA 92841-3251

acyw3t@r.postjobfree.com 714-***-****

Professional Experience

Companion Group Management – Hospice management 12/2016 – current

Reason for leaving: cash flow problems and layoffs

Temporary assignment through Aston Carter

Goodwill SOLAC – Large charity based in Long Beach, CA 5/2016 – 11/2016

Reason for leaving: Temporary assignment was finished.

Corporate Accountant

Harbor Distributing, LLC – California’s Largest Beer Distributor 4/2009 – 3/2016

Reason for leaving: Accepted severance package.

• Established & maintained daily bank reconciliations for two companies.

• Reconciled Balance Sheet GL accounts for two companies monthly.

• Wrote most of the General Journal entries for two companies monthly.

• Produced Financial Statements with the Controller for two companies in 4 days.

• Reconciled intercompany balances between parent company and subsidiaries.

• Reconciled EFTs for eleven companies weekly per shared services agreement.

• Participated with annual budget write-up with operational interviews.

Accounting Manager

Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. – Oil Production 1/2005 – 11/2008

Reason for leaving: Company bankruptcy.

• Converted Company’s accounting software to windows based suite.

• Rewrote the Chart of Accounts expanding each account to seven digits.

• Established general ledger account reconciliations for all asset, liability, and equity accounts for multiple entities.

• Established consolidated financial statements for the Company and subsidiaries.

• Helped guide the accounting department through four business acquisitions and two business divestures in less than three years.

• Saved the Company 1.1M in the acquisition wrap-up with Aera Energy LLC on off-shore oil production and processing platforms in 2007.

• Responsible for the hiring and supervision of the accounting department.

• Responsible for the calculations of complex oil royalties for various properties.

• Responsible for reporting of operational activities to upper management.

• Responsible for the reconciliation of all inter-company transactions.

Accounting Manager

Superior Electrical Advertising – Sign Manufacturer 4/2000 – 12/2004

Reason for leaving: Better opportunity.

• Responsible for the supervision of Accounts Payable and expense coding.

• Responsible for the supervision of Invoicing, Cash Application, and Collections.

• Responsible for Job Cost reporting and the supervision of job labor input.

• Responsible for tax returns and coordination of audits.

• Responsible for Journal Entry write-up and General Ledger reconciliation.

• Responsible for management reports and monthly Financial Statements.

Senior Accountant

General Petroleum (Pecos) – Petroleum Products Distributor 3/1996 – 4/2000

Reason for leaving: Company was moving from Long Beach to Rancho Dominguez.

• Established consolidated financials with Controller.

• One of the lead persons for the MAS 90 software conversion in 1999.

• Responsible for the coordination of journal entry write-up for multiple entities.

• Responsible for General Ledger liability accounts reconciliation.

• Responsible for the preparation of financial statements through consolidation.

• Responsible for property, sales, excise tax returns, and coordination of audits.

Accountant

Systems & Software, Inc. – Software Developer 12/1992 – 3/1996

Reason for leaving: Company bankruptcy.

• Established software product costing system.

• Responsible for budget variance analysis and feedback.

• Responsible for supervision of accounts payable and expense coding.

• Responsible for supervision of invoicing, cash application, and collections.

• Responsible for fixed assets and tax returns.

• Responsible for journal entries and General Ledger accounts reconciliation.

• Responsible for financial statements and budgeting.

Accountant

Azteca, Inc. – Retail Sales and Financial Services 2/1985-12/1992

Reason for leaving: Revenues fell 40% from 1991 to 1992.

• Established financial services that led to the doubling of sales in four years.

• Responsible for banking, vendor relationships, and customer accounts.

• Responsible for all accounting through financial statements and tax returns.

Staff Accountant

Apple Computer, Inc. – Regional Distribution Center 4/1981-2/1985

Reason for leaving: Company consolidated operations from Irvine to Sunnyvale.

• Established fixed asset detail and asset tracking system.

• Supervised Accounts Payable and expense coding.

• Supervised Invoicing, cash applications, and credit memos.

• Responsible for journal entries and general ledger accounts reconciliation.

• Responsible for the reconciliation of division inter-company transactions.

EDUCATION

California State University, Fullerton

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration – concentration in Accounting

SOFTWARE

Sage 100, Petroware, Microsoft Office, and various character based software suites.

PERSONAL

I am a native Californian non-smoker who enjoys family, friends, reading, walking, and hiking. I hiked the Grand Canyon from rim to rim in October 2015.

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