Richard M. Belanger 715-***-**** **************@*****.***
Objective
To be a part of a company that will enable me to utilize my talents and grow with them. I prefer a company with a philosophy of growth and quality, where we can strive for excellence together. Profile
Motivated personable business professional with a college degree. Talent for quickly mastering technology. Diplomatic and tactful with professionals and non-professionals at all levels. Demonstrated history of producing accurate, timely reports for budgets and variances. Flexible and versatile – able to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. Poised and competent with demonstrated ability to easily transcend cultural differences. Thrive in deadline-driven environments. Excellent team-building skills.
Employment History
07/11 – Present
INDEPENDENT CATASTROPHIC & DAILY ADJUSTER
NPN# 16287000 Allstate, State Farm, Citizens (Florida) and USAA Certified. Texas License #1695201, Florida License #2581515, South Carolina License #608912, North Carolina License #16287000, Alabama License
#0482997, Mississippi License #10221982 and Louisiana License #542609. Kentucky, Oklahoma & Indiana License is Pending.
5/15 – 9/17
RSI
• Project Manager
• I travel to look at commercial Jobs to complete estimates and hire sub-contractors. I then manage the work with a Construction Manager in place to handle day to day activities. I have 5-10 projects at a time.
6/14 – 5/15
Celebration Homes
Project Manager
• Manage construction on 8-12 homes in all phases of construction. 9/12 – 6/14.
Special Touch Restoration-
Estimator
• Handled commercial and residential claims with insurance adjusters and homeowners. Large loss to small loss.
02/09 – 06/11
7 FOLD TECHNOLOGIES – LEWISBURG, TN
BRANCH MANAGER
Handle all customer inquiries and issues along with afterhours tech and customer calls.
Supervise 10-15 Installation Techs including scheduling and job routing for all techs. Recruit, hire and train new techs.
Handle all office and warehouse staff and technician payroll. Weekly and Monthly Financial reports. Order and pick up all equipment. Responsible for inventory control of materials assigned to installers.
Responsible for computer program to insure equipment is accounted for and assigned to work orders with zero loss. 08/06 – 12/08
BOSCH HOMES – ANTIOCH, TN
ACCOUNTANT/PROJECT MANAGER
Handle daily accounting processes including journal entries, account reconciliations, general ledger, A/P, A/R & Payroll. Compile weekly and monthly financial reports. Oversee all construction operations including Financial Reporting, Variance Reports, Budgets, Cash Management. Job costing and ad-hoc reports per Financial Institutes requirements.
Work with MS Office Suite-Word, Excel, Outlook and Windows Peachtree Software.
Contracts and bids for all subcontractors and jobs that included hiring and contract negotiations for all projects.
Property Management duties include lease preparation, tenant negotiations, rent collection and property maintenance. Reason for leaving: Work slowdown due to economic times. 08/03 – 07/06
DAVID WEEKLY HOMES – TAMPA, FL
SENIOR BUILDER
Accounting duties included payment of all invoices along with budget controls and contract requirements. Perform job costing and monthly analysis job expense and variances and identify reasons for differences
Handled 10-14 custom home projects simultaneously.
Scheduled all aspects of work to be done.
Recruited and hired subcontractors.
Met with home buyers during the building process ensuring that all were satisfied and confident with the building process.
Reason for leaving: Laid off due to down turn in Florida housing market. 06/97 – 07/03
RICK’S UPLINK – LAND O’ LAKES, FL
OWNER/HEAD INSTALLER
Handled all work schedules and installers.
Ordered and picked up all installation supplied and equipment.
Handled all the accounting duties of a business, to include A/R, A/P, G/L, and Payroll including taxes.
Responsible for inventory control of materials assigned to installers.
Provided ongoing technical and scheduling support to installers. Reason for leaving: Business did not recover after 9/11 market fall and eventually had to close operations. 04/94 – 06/97
DON GALLOWAY HOMES – CHARLOTTE, NC
PROJECT MANAGER
Handled complete construction process from start to finish including customer service liaison for multiple subdivisions.
Managed the recruiting, hiring and termination of all subcontractors.
Ensured that all codes were followed and met and worked with local officials to ensure quality control.
Managed the payments of all materials and subcontractors on the Timberline system. This also included scheduling of all projects. Accounting duties included job costing, payment of all invoices along with budget controls and contract requirements. Perform monthly analysis job expense and variances and identify reasons for differences Reason for leaving: Moved to FL for opportunity to own my own business. 03/90 – 04/94
C.R. CAMPBELL – CHARLESTON, SC
CFO/PROJECT MANAGER
Performed all accounting duties including: Job costing, Payroll, A/R, A/P, Reconciliations and Financial Statements and Meeting with banks to acquire lines. Prepare routine financial reports. Provide accounting assistance to business managers as needed. Completion of monthly financial reports and annual audit.
Developed and implemented network plan to set up the office on a linked computer system.
Managed up to 10 areas of construction at once.
Implemented detailed contracts for subcontractors with all specs required in order to eliminate any potential issues.
Designed and implemented a new warranty contract to guarantee clients would move into a zero-defect home.
Created and implemented 90-day and 1 year punch out procedures. Reason for leaving: Company was family owned and dissolved when the owners divorced. 03/86 – 03/90
U.S.A.F. – CHARLESTON AFB, SC
Responsible for the Material received onto the Air Force Base. Reviewed all contracts, receipts and billing to ensure all were in order and paid in a timely manner. Received accommodations for work performed during computer transfer and for bravery in the line of duty.
Education
09/80 – 05/84
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS – CHAMPAIGN/URBANA, IL
Bachelor’s Degree
Accounting with minor in Computer Science
GPA: 3.7