Construction Manager Kingston

Stephen M. Brooks ** Spencer Road Greenville, RI *2828-2211 Home Phone

401-***-**** Cell Phone 401-***-**** ***************@*****.*** Objective: Professional Position for Generalist Accountant Work

Experience:

Senior Reconciliation Clerk, Colt State Park

Colt State Park Permit Office - November 2019 to Present 100 Colt State Park

Kingston, RI 02809 401-***-****

· Public Relations, Customer Service, Daily Reservations of Chapel, Picnic Areas and Shelters, Preparing Revenue Reposts.

Housekeeping Dept. URI

The University of Rhode Island - July 2019 - November 2019 80 Lower College Road Spencer Road

Kingston, RI 02828 401-***-****

· Daily cleaning of campus academic buildings.

Federal and State Tax Preparation

Tax Works 38 Spencer Road, Greenville, RI 02828 1994 - Present Corporate, Partnership and Personal Income Tax Preparation

· Federal and multi-state corporate 1120C tax return preparation, Fixed Asset Schedules, IRS Category Mapping

· Yearly 1065 Tax Return Preparation for Real Estate Partnership

· Personal 1040 Tax Return Preparation

· Trust 1041 Tax Return Preparation

Senior Accountant, Business Coach

Eco-Results 38 Spencer Road, Greenville, RI 02828 1994 - December 31, 2018 Senior Accountant, Tax Preparation

· Design, Setup & Ongoing Maintenance of Computerized General Ledger Accounting System. Sage Pro Series ERP

· Monthly Closing, JE Preparation, GL Analysis, Account Reconciliation

· Monthly Reporting & Financial Statement Preparation

· Federal and multi-state corporate 1120C tax return preparation using TaxWise, IRS Category Mapping

· Yearly Audit Workpapers to establish year-end balances tie out properly.

· Supervision of Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Functions.

· Creation of Accounting Procedures, i.e., for “out of the ordinary” accounting transactions.

· Spreadsheet Financial modeling expert, timesheets, burden calculations, project accounting grids

· Strong analytical and reporting skills

· Year-end close, year-end account mapping to IRS categories, pivot tables for 1120C and schedules, multistate tax returns using CCH TaxWise program since 1994.

· Strong excel skills, i.e., models, budgets, if then, vlookup, pivot tables, data imports, and extracts, consolidating spreadsheets

· Executive coaching: Business strategy, value creation, internet marketing Example of Innovation / Budgeting Experience:

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Middleboro Improved forecasting spreadsheets by adding data extract macros.

· Implemented Database Queries for Corporate Budgeting within Lotus Symphony to streamline/automate the creation of budgeting worksheets. Gilbane Building Company: 198*-****-** Million Dollar Mellon Bank Projects in Downtown Pittsburgh PA: using a database approach established the use of personal computers and database software to perform Requisition preparation. The engineering department, in turn, utilized database macros to develop in-house job cost reporting.

Stephen M. Brooks 38 Spencer Road Greenville, RI 02828-2211 Home Phone 401-***-**** Cell Phone 401-***-**** ***************@*****.*** Governmental Accounting, Budgeting Work Experience: City of Providence, Providence, RI 1987-1989

Project Auditor / Administrator for Providence School Dept. Renovation Project

· Finance Department: Followed Governmental Accounting Procedures (Encumbrance Accounting).

· Prepared budget of $27,000,000 used in allocating resources for 33 Providence Public School Buildings.

· Continually updated the budget and cash flow forecasts using Lotus 1-2-3.

· Initiated a requisition/budget approval system based on AIA Construction Management and Change Order System. Working with the City Finance Director and the City Auditor,s the Department of Public Property developed an accountability system. Other departments adopted the accountability system to manage capital improvements projects.

· · Audited the construction manager’s charges and progress reports for the Director of Public Property Vincent Capuano.

· Performed cash management (requirements), monthly GL reconciliation.

· Represented the City of Providence at weekly construction progress meetings.

· Kept various City officials, Mayor Joseph Paolino - MayorThe Director of the Department of Administration (John Simmons), Director of Public Property (Vincent Capuano), abreast of the latest monthly budgeting and expenditures.

· Retirement Department: Created expected benefits pamphlet (with Lotus 123) to facilitate counseling of Providence Retirement System members. (Head of the Retirement Department - Jack Kearney). Custody Fund Treasury Accounting:

State Street Bank, Quincy MA - 1986

· Mutual Fund Accounting, Transaction Processing, Daily Financial Statement preparation

· Bond, Stock, and Mutual Fund Accounts

· Control ticket processing

Construction Management Accounting Experience INNOVATION Gilbane Building Company, Providence, RI & Pittsburgh, PA 1983 - 1985

· Automated the creation of monthly requisition schedules for 80 million dollar Mellon Bank Project in Downtown Pittsburgh, PA

· Basically, "back in the day,” I changed how we approached office work by using the database feature of the first personal computers. I didn’t know what a personal computer was but took an IBM XT and Lotus 123 Spreadsheet software and "computerized" the construction requisition process. Computerization resulted in vastly improved, more efficient, and professional-looking project reporting.

· Collaborated with a scheduling engineer regarding the data extract queries and the spreadsheet macro process. The Engineering group replicated the corporate job cost reports on-site and essentially produced the first real-time job cost reports in company history. Stephen M. Brooks 38 Spencer Road Greenville, RI 02828-2211 Home Phone 401-***-**** Cell Phone 401-***-**** ***************@*****.*** Job Skills:

Government Accounting:

● Encumbrance Accounting

● Budget Preparation

● Report Generation

● Control and Supervision

of Third Parties

Financial Accounting:

● General Ledger through

Financial Statement

Preparation

● Accounting System

Design and

Implementation

● Accounting Procedure

Creation

● AP & AR Supervision

● Develop Financial

Models as required. i.e.,

Project or Departmental

Budgeting

● Passed CPA Examination

Internet Business

Development:

● Branding

● SEO

● Website Silo &

Persuasion Architecture

● Competitive Analysis

● Website Personalization

Fund (Stock Market)

Accounting:

● Daily Financial

Statement Preparation

● Mutual Fund, Bond,

Stock Funds

Business Strategy

Development:

● Strategy Development

● Internet Marketing SEO

● Market Research and

Development

● Unique Selling Position

Creation

● Executive Coaching

● Startups

Software:

● ComputerEase AIA

Project Billing and Job

Cost

● Sage 300 Accounting ERP

● MS Excel, Pivot Tables,

Formulas, Data

Consolidation

● MS Word

● MS Access, Charts

● Google Docs

● Google Spreadsheets

Education

Bryant University, Smithfield RI 1979-1983

Bachelor of Business Administration, Major Accounting 3.121 GPA Classes included Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Economics of Money and Banking, Approaches to Politics, International Relations, Law of Contracts, Constitutional Law.

/ 3 parts, then one part.

Honorably completed the English Course at Classical High School, Prov. RI 1975-1979

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