Joseph Bucciarelli

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

•Met and exceeded 12 month goals within 6 months of being hired at Pangborn.

•Conversion from integrated Accounting system to SAP.

•Implemented entire Accounting processes and procedures at Air Freight Express.

•Development of financial operation and team at startup Freight Forwarding operation with ConWay Air.

•Spearheaded and coordinated startup of new Shared Service Center which opened in July 1999, centralizing the financial functions of all company operated Latin America area operations.

•Reduced Latin American Area monthly DSO’s from 55 days to an average of 30 days by improving collection processes.

•Decreased unapplied customer remittances by 68%, from a daily average of $16M to less than $5M.

•Recipient of Emery Worldwide President’s Council Award.

•Assigned to numerous project teams related to financial applications and reporting systems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EFreightSolutions, Kennesaw, GA 2017 - present

Controller

Manage Accounting departments and assume prime responsibility for all daily financial activities for managing 10,000+ transactions per month.

Own and manage level issue trackers to ensure timely issue resolution within AP. Billing, Collection and Cash application areas.

Plan and implement process improvements to improve timely/accurate accounting activities, maximize system and human resources and improve efficiency and productivity.

Encourage, train, develop and motivate Accounting staff.

Identify billing bottlenecks and communicate effectively and proactively to other departments as appropriate.

Interact with customers and internal departments to proactively identify Accounting issues before they escalate.

Interpret new contracts for communications to Accounting staff and initial customer profile setup.

Act as primary liaison between Accounting and other departments to answer questions and resolve issues.

Responsible for weekly and monthly sales commission plans.

Track, analyze and improve company’s financial key metrics.

PANGBORN CORPORATION, Fairburn, GA 2013 - 2017

Controller

Controlling the activities of the U.S. Manufacturing operations Accounting area to ensure accurate and timely dissemination of financial management reports including, but not limited to, internal and external monthly financial statements, annual external audits and budgets.

Oversee the activities of the Accounts Payable department, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of vendor invoices, purchase orders, and employee expense reports.

Overseeing the activities of the Accounts Receivable department to ensure the accurate and timely management of all AR aging components including billing, cash receipts and cash applications.

Responsible for Payroll and Human Resources

Established and maintained systems and controls to continually verify the integrity of all systems, processes and data.

Quarterly debt covenant reporting.

Responsible for forecasting and budgeting.

AIR FREIGHT EXPRESS, Atlanta, GA 2013 – 2013 & 2006 - 2009

Controller

Controlling the activities of the Accounting area to ensure accurate and timely dissemination of financial management reports including, but not limited to, internal and external monthly financial statements, annual audits and budgets.

Responsible for overseeing the activities of Accounts Payable, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of vendor invoices, purchase orders, employee expense reports and cash control.

Responsible for overseeing the activities of the Accounts Receivable department to ensure accurate and timely management of all AR aging components including billing, collections, cash receipts, and cash application.

Review and establish process flows and implement improvements and controls to ensure integrity of all system processes and data.

Responsible for forecasting and budgeting.

Maintain analytical reports to support the sales and operations areas.

Payroll control for internal employees and contract services.

DACHSER TRANSPORT OF AMERICA, Atlanta, GA 2009 - 2013

Controller

Responsible for all activities of the Corporate Accounting Area to ensure accurate and timely disseminations of financial management reports including, but not limited to, internal and external monthly financial statements and management reports, annual audits and budgets.

Oversee the activities of the Accounts Payable department, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of vendor invoices, purchase orders, and employee expense reports.

Oversee the activities of the Accounts Receivable department to ensure the accurate and timely management of all AR aging components including billing, cash receipts and cash applications. Including U.S. customers as well as international affiliate locations and agent locations.

Implemented processes and procedures for controlling eleven (11) branches to ensure their compliance with timely invoicing and transportation payable processing.

Responsible for Payroll and Human Resources.

CON-WAY AIR/EMERY WORLDWIDE, 1983 – 2006

Controller 2001 - 2006

Controlled the activities of the Corporate Accounting Department for the accurate and timely disseminations of financial management reports including, but not limited to, internal and external monthly financial statements, annual audits and budgets.

Overseen the activities of the Accounts Payable department, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of vendor invoices, purchase orders, and employee expense reports.

Overseen the activities of the Accounts Receivable department to ensure the accurate and timely management of all AR aging components including billing, cash receipts and cash applications.

Established and maintained systems and controls to continually verify the integrity of all systems, processes and data.

Responsible for forecasting, budgeting and managing Capital Expenditures, including preparing and controlling capital requests.

Maintain the financial controls and business analysis responsibilities for the company.

Developed and maintained analytical reports to support the sales and operations areasSupporting sales growth by sourcing new products, negotiating competitive costs, and implementing overall product line promotions.

Support over 100 sales professionals to grow sales by product innovation, competitive pricing, and value-added selling.

Finance Manager of Latin America Area and Shared Service Center 1997 - 2001

Finance Manager for 26 Latin America offices and agent operations with annual revenues in excess of $250M.

Effectively managed 36 employees with full P&L accountability.

Managed of Shared Serviced Center consolidating Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger and statutory reporting for all company owned locations.

Preparation of annual Latin America Area Operating and administrative budgets.

Direct monthly General Ledger interfaces with corporate general ledger to meet 2-day book close.

Communicate in writing and in person with corporate financial, treasury, sales and operations personnel as well as customers on a regular basis.

Responsible for monthly forecasting.

International Accounting Manager 1993 – 1997

Managed 45 employees responsible for worldwide international offices and agent operations.

Controlled $800M of receivables to ensure timely invoicing and collections with complete responsibility for maintaining financial applications of corporate invoicing system.

Proposed and implemented system enhancements and modifications which improved efficiency and reduced administrative costs.

Managed the audit and ledger allocation of settlement reporting processes for all international agent operated locations.

Written and verbal communications on a regular basis with financial, field and sales personnel.

North America Cash Application Manager 1989 - 1993

Managed North America Cash Application department consisting of 60 employees

Reduced administrative costs by decreasing staffing requirements

Established processes and procedures which reduced unapplied customer remittances from a daily average of $16M to less than $5M.

Prepared daily, weekly and monthly statistical reports to Executive and Financial Management.

Managed bank lockbox operation which averaged $m - $5M in daily deposits.

Coordinated responses for internal and external audits.

Transportation Accounting Manager 1983 - 1989

Managed 8 employees responsible for financial reporting of transportation associated expenses.

Controlled monthly financial repotting of jet fuel costs and inventory system.

Managed Transportation payables for jet fuel and airport expenses.

Audited contracted services invoices against contracts and approved payments.

Prepared daily, weekly and monthly reports for financial and transportation management.

EDUCATION

The Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Science, Accounting

SKILLS

SAP, IES, Oracle, Computron, McCormick & Dodge, Quickbooks, Microsoft Office, Avante-Epicor

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