Charles W. Davis
Liberty, MO, 64068
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Objective
Hands-On Finance Manager who has experience in financial analysis, regulatory reporting, Ledger and closing, budgeting, forecasting, A/P, A/R, Treasury, Investments & Payroll.
Highlights
Month-End/Year-End close
Budgeting and Forecasting
Financial Analysis
SOX Compliance
Experience
Arch Insurance Group - Kansas City, MO Accounting Manager/Division Controller 1997-2016
Division Controller for KC division since 2005, managed workforce of 2.
Managed Division growth from $20 million to $150 million.
Hands-on manager due to small department.
Managed month-end and year-end closing with reporting to Corporate Finance.
Detailed analysis and processing of Balance Sheet & Profit and Loss Statements including review meetings with Corporate Finance to review balance sheet accounts.
Handled Regulatory Audits for Division including SOX compliance – division point person for SOX related issues, handled all regulatory requests from internal and external auditors.
Reviewed A/R, A/P, Treasury processes for accuracy as well as streamlining with corporate processes – included review of daily treasury downloads from bank lockbox and daily review of A/P items including claim payments and weekly review of A/R balances.
Supervised all division reinsurance transactions – verified accurate reporting in general ledger.
Supervised Investments and Payroll for 3 years.
Hunt Midwest Enterprises – Kansas City, MO Staff Accountant 1992-1996
Reported directly to CFO.
Responsible for budget for 4 business units (Enterprises, Entertainment, Real Estate, and Mining) – created budget template for each division, met with division vice presidents for each company to complete their portion of budget. Consolidated each individual budget into Corporate-wide budget.
Handled self-insurance claims including litigation – handled self -insured claims for entertainment division. Was company representative for any litigation.
Special projects as assigned by CFO, including acquisitions and divesture of business unit – participated in company acquiring 15 mines and divesting of entertainment division.
Education
B.A., Accounting, 1992
Park University, Parkville, MO
Proficient in Microsoft Office products, used Excel for data mining with pivot tables and financial reporting with statistical comparisons, used Word for many quarterly reports to corporate
Used Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains ledger, ADP payroll.
Used AS400 mainframe – division data warehouse.
Familiar with Peachtree and Quickbooks.