Scott D. McLaughlin

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Royersford PA 19468

610-***-****

Email – aczsj3@r.postjobfree.com

Aggressive Financial Analyst/Controller

Job Functions: Accounting & Finance

Summary

Finance and Accounting professional. My accomplishments are not limited to, but going above the realm of the typical model that is expected in my field.

Work Experience

Financial Controller

Hobbs & Towne, Valley Forge

Jun 16 – Jan -17

Create and control of company P&L and budget

Created and maintained Access financial databases utilized by administration team in every day activity and analysis. Saving the company cost and time

Created Monthly analysis, variance reporting of expenses to budget. Identifying risk and reward.

Leader in audit of past accounting practices. Creating integrity of company financials. Resulting in changes saving the company by identifying miscoded funds

Liaison with Banking institutions, Insurance/Mortgage companies, 401k other legal and accounting professionals.

Achieved a streamlined approach on boarding new hires, and updates for current staff as appropriate Prepare biweekly payroll runs, calculating salaries and commissions

Navigated the conversion of monthly and quarterly tax documents for our CPA firm to the web, working to ensure timely and accurate filings. Completed on time, avoiding penalties and fees

Financial Analyst

Quest Diagnostics, Norristown

Jun '01 – June 16 (15 Years)

Championed the creation and control of $180MM budget for National Billing.

Analysis and variance of expenses to budget, resulting in Quarterly and annual savings in SWB, 10%

Established new process for monthly close including Bank and Account Reconciliations

Controls developed to ensure the integrity of general ledger, budget and forecasting models.

The creation of Access financial databases reduced time and increased accuracy of our monthly processes. Savings of 2.5 FTE over the last 4 years

Saved company $300k annually in telecommunications expense in 2015. Streamlined and monitored spends for MCI and Verizon expenditures

Advanced to maintain financial integrity of National Revenue Services Center through timely analysis, sound business and financial controls and best practices deployment. Reporting to Senior Leadership

Implemented Key Performance Indicators (KPI) identified as critical to customer quality.

PeopleSoft/Essbase super user for all General Ledger and financial reporting functions eliminated end users utilizing “help desk” resources for problem solving

Collections Analyst

Quest Diagnostics, Norristown

Apr '01 - Jun '01 (2 Months)

Payer relations focused, reduction of bad debt 10% Quest Diagnostics bottom line

Automated manual processes, saving the company the equivalent of one full time employee

Staff Accountant/Senior Accountant/ Senior Financial Systems Analyst

GE Colonial Penn, Fort Washington

Oct '98 – Apr’01 (2 Years, 6 Months)

Created updated schedules for quarterly and annual statements. Completed numerous state compliance filings, avoiding late fees and penalties

Managed the preparation and filing of quarterly and annual statements, and internal audit

Successfully championed a team in systems consolidation of financial reporting function. Maintain integrity of financial chart of accounts.

Took charge of monthly closing activities. Updated and enhanced entries through database creations, allocations, reconciliations and variance reporting

Cost Accountant

Kulicke & Soffa, Willow Grove

Oct '94 - Oct '98 (4 Years)

Innovated Account reconciliations, variance reporting, and closing activities, accurate, and timely.

Coordinated physical inventories, improving on product management. Maintained job costing database for over 1,000 products.

Accounts Payable Specialist

Amerigas Propane, King of Prussia

Jul '91 - Oct '94 (3 Years, 4 Months)

Negotiating prices and fees, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of services.

Liaison to AP locations implementing forecasting system

Education

Temple University, Philadelphia

Minor(s): Accounting and Economics

Skills

PeopleSoft Financial Systems/Oracle

Hyperion

Essbase/Business Objects/Aces (fixed assets)

QuickBooks

ADP Payroll

Financial systems conversions

Microsoft applications:

Excel, including vlookups, if statements, pivot tables, macros, other advanced spreadsheet skills.

Access Database, Advanced Queries, Forms, Reports and Macros

Courses & Training

Compliance/Diversity

Project Management/Team Building

Six Sigma - Green Belt Certified

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