Lalatiana Randrianary

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Durham, NC 27705

Contact Number: 919-***-**** Email: adppn2@r.postjobfree.com Highlights of Qualifications:

● BS/BA in Accounting and Finance

● Efficient and proactive Accountant with over 15+ years’ experience in managing complex business Accounts

● Well-versed in accounting regulations standard practices and confidentiality issues with a good experience in Generally Accepted Accounting (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS)

● Consummate Professional who leaves no stone unturned to ensure completely accurate and compliant records. U.S. citizen and willing to travel or to relocate

● Perform day to day financial transactions by:

o Verifying, classifying, computing, posting and recording accounts receivables’ data o Preparing bills, invoices and bank deposits

o Facilitating payment of invoices due by sending bill reminders and contacting clients

● Perform all facets of accounting reconciliations, including but not limited to, bank and credit card, accounts receivable and payable, general ledger, fixed assets, inventory, payroll, intercompany transactions and consolidations

● Maintain fixed asset detailed schedule by: recording the cost of acquired fixed assets, tracking and recording disposition, documenting new additions, executing fixed asset audits by reconciling floor-to-book and book-to-floor, preparing and posting accrual entries for known additions, divestitures and capitalized installation projects, reconciling the roll-forward schedule of: cost, accumulated depreciation and current year depreciation.

● Provide inventory control and reconciliation including coordination of quarterly physical counts with warehouse personnel and yearly assisted the auditor with inventory count and year-end inventory closing

● Being the primary point of contacts for sales and use tax audit process, develop and implement a process for use tax review on vendor invoices and identify necessary accruals on a monthly basis; analyze sales tax data from billing systems to ensure the proper tax is collected and reflected on tax returns and supporting documentation; communicate errors or discrepancies noted and assist in corrective actions; aggressively defend tax positions taken on tax returns;

● Determine the periodic recognition of accruals and deferrals of revenues and expenses

● Coordinating and managing the month end close process by ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial results

● Actively support role for strategic and operational development of the Business Unit by:

- Building annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, including advising budget owners on resource allocation, balancing budget needs and meeting targets.

- Performing monthly financial reporting, variance analysis (e.g. headcount reconciliation and labor expense analysis), and presentation.

- Building and maintaining financial models for staffing and vendor fee projections

- Proactively identifying and analyzing business drivers and cost trends

- Alerting management on budget risks and recommend solutions

- Investigating variances and submitting accounting reclasses and accruals when appropriate

● Reporting Skills, Deadline-Oriented, Time Management, Attention to Detail, Confidentiality, Productivity, Strong written and oral communication skills, Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

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Professional Experience:

Harris Teeter Durham, NC

Scan Coordinator/Inventory Specialist February 2019 to Present Essential Duties and responsibilities as a Scanning Coordinator:

● Oversee pricing accuracy and notify managers of any discrepancies

● Update individual merchandise stickers for price change and ensure that the tags are posted according to plan on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis

● Analyze cost to retailed selling price of all incoming shipments and prepare the weekly cost pricing ratio for the Store Manager’s review

● Scan every priced merchandise on shelves for ordering and for verifying the insight of inventory turnover

Essential Duties and Responsibilities as an Inventory Control Specialist:

● Verify and keep records of all incoming shipments for quality and quantity

● Document related party inventory transfers for receipts or shipments

● Monitor tear down boxes and reconsolidate inventoried products for a storage racking

● Report inventory issues to merchandising team for immediate resolution

● Develop inventory plan to ensure smooth product flow, to avoid low stock or overstock and to maintain an appropriate stock level according to seasonal promotions and ads by preparing weekly inventory status and replenishment reports

● Place product orders on timely manner and track open purchase orders

● Work with Product Departmental Manager, manage inventory adjustments and related parties’ transfers to maximize sales and to reduce overstocks

● Analyze root causes of inventory issues and provide resolutions

● Oversee and handle the merchandise display on store floor

● Develop initiatives to reduce slow moving inventories and to improve inventory turnover by generating and maintaining monthly reports on inventory levels

● Develop, maintain, and distribute inventory reports for the Store Manager’s review and suggest necessary changes

● Encourage team members to comply with the Company policies and practices and to adhere to the Store’s merchandising procedures and cleanliness standards

● With the use of SAP as an Accounting software and Power Data Set (Query, Pivot, DAX, BI Data Visualization) as an inventory analysis tool, direct the store’s inventory control by keeping track of all products and supplies as well as comparing actual inventory details to sales records

● Assist the Corporate Officers and External Auditors in periodical physical count and in inventory risk assessment and mitigation activities

● Finish and link inventory transactions of products to ledger and vendors accounts

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Environmental Design and Construction, LLC Washington, DC Project Accountant January 2015 to December 2018

(Business was closed in December 2018 following the death of the owner in August 2018)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties might be assigned

● Assisted in formulating budgeting, project forecasting, cost control, schedule, anticipated cost and project profitability.

● Developed a thorough understanding of every project, with special emphasis on the subcontractors involved.

● When needed assisting project manager with project administration duties by reviewing and analyzing: Requests for Quotes (RFQ), Requests for Proposal

(RFP), Requests for Task Execution Plan (RTEP) and by requesting from Proposal Teams to prepare and to ensure proposals, contract modifications, and submissions are compliant with government regulations

● From the contract summary, prepared the reporting of certified payroll and minority participation or provided information to maintain insurance (OCIP = Owner Controlled Insurance Program and CCIP = Contractor Controlled Insurance Program) for the projects

● Having the weekly up-dated schedule of values (SOV) handy and the periodic analysis of cost vs. billing, attended the weekly Project Management team meetings

● Reviewed subcontractor invoices in PVault once returned from Project Manager.

● Prepared and sent final lien waivers to subs as they were final paid on jobs.

● Followed up with Project Manager on any disagreements with final values from subs.

● Verified that sub change orders were approved and committed.

● Reviewed check run report to make sure Project Managers were only paying funded invoices.

● Prepared monthly billing folders for Project Managers including change order logs and billing worksheets.

● Once invoices were approved, printed, notarized and distributed to Project Managers for approval at Progress Meeting.

● Approved owner change orders when requested by Project Manager.

● Implemented “Strong Finish” process on the final invoice for every project.

● Assisted Project Manager in collection of any special owner requirements for billing, i.e. sub lien releases.

● Prepared Accounts Receivable statements as needed.

● Worked with Project Managers to accelerate payments of all outstanding invoices.

● Preparing monthly Work in Process report (WIP) by obtaining profit projection updates from project managers and reconciling all costs, contracts, billings and change orders to WIP

● Updated cash flow spreadsheet with weekly notes on A/R status.

● Handled all subcontractor communications in a professional and expedient manner.

● Proactively resolved problems and open issues.

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Myllan Carberry Bakery LLC and Carberry Cafes, LLC Malden, MA Controller March 2008 to October 2014

(Reason of living: Business was sold on December 22nd, 2013) With Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains)/Axapta (AX); SAP (FICO, MM, PP, SD, BW modules for reporting and planning tools) and under the direction of The Chief Financial Officer in Iceland and The Company President and Managing Director in U S, performed the following:

● Managed day-to-day accounting activities by providing guidance and direction to staff accountants

● Reviewed account balances reconciliation for appropriateness and accuracy

● Conducted monthly, quarterly and yearly book closings

● Responsible for maintaining General ledger, Financial Statement Preparation, Cash Flow Forecasting, Budgeting, Rolling Budgets and Product-lines Analysis

● Reconciled inter-company transactions for preparation and posting of elimination entries for consolidated financial and tax reporting

● Filed personal properties, payroll, sales and use – taxes, IFTA Fuel Tax

● Prepared schedules of revenue, payroll and fixed assets for multi states tax returns

● Interacted and assisted external auditors in their year-end audits

● Where it was needed audited and reconciled product line revenue / expenses according to Generally Accepted Principle (GAAP) and to International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS)

● Oversaw the preparation of documents required by international tax fiscal representatives. Resolved disputes to ensure proper documentation requirements were met

● Prepared monthly transfer pricing invoicing for multiple companies

● Updated standard cost and ensured that the accounting was accurate and complete

● Performed expense and headcount driven expense analysis at cost center level

● Oversaw and reviewed the physical inventory counts and investigated variances in General Ledger Account Balances when compared to historical trend

● With the use of Consumer Price Index (CPI), responsible for acquiring the materials and services needed to manufacture and for controlling processes that convert raw materials into a finished product

● Reconciled Capital Equity accounts and calculated the shareholders taxable income

● Ascertained that the implemented internal control systems were functioning, that all relevant records were in good retention and the company policy has been followed

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Epoxy Technology, Inc. Billerica, MA

Controller/Managerial Accountant May 1998 to September 2007 With Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains)/Navision (NAV) reporting tools, performed the followings:

● Managed and monitored the daily operations of Cash and Short-term Investments, Accounts Receivable and Payable, Customer Billing, Revenue Recognition, Payroll and General Accounting.

● Assisted and acted as a resource to administrators and department Heads

● Performed month end and annual closing activities and ensured the accuracy of financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

● Reconciled inter-companies’ transactions and performed elimination schedules for journal entries posting and for preparing consolidated financial and tax reporting

● Directed cost accounting functions by updating standard cost of BOM

(billing of materials), by analyzing product margin and variances from purchase of price of materials, labor and overhead, by managing and controlling PLM (product life cycle management) of inventory, by reconciling the physical inventory counts to General Ledger Account Balances

● Responsible for costing the in-house manufacturing of the raw materials by paying attention to the consumer price index (CPI) as a result of the price fluctuation of certain collection of precious metals for hardener and services.

● Reviewed with the production and operating – managers the periodic statistical results and performances thru the application of Six Sigma Methodologies

● Assisted and reviewed monthly, quarterly and annual results to budgets with cost center managers and senior management.

● Timely filed all state and local tax returns, estimates, registrations and renewals

● Coordinated, supported and facilitated external audit procedures O’Brien, Riley, Ryan & Ryan, CPAs' Braintree, MA

Engagement Accountant September 1996 to May 1998

● Planned, monitored and reviewed audit engagements

● Trained, supervised and delegated twelve staff accountants

● Reviewed clients’ financial modeling

● Performed business valuation engagement in selling and buyout agreement

● Reviewed/prepared tax returns

● Reason for leaving: Was hired by The Epoxy Technology’s Chief Economic Officer, Frank Kulesza following the completion of the second year of audit and the filing of: corporate, estate and officers – tax returns Lalatiana Randrianary Page 6

Education:

● Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, June 1980

● Learn and remain current on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

(GAAP) Codification, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and contract types, including Firm Fixed Price, Cost Plus, IDIQ and Time and Materials (T&M)

● Good understanding of:

o Revenue Recognition under ASC 606 and IFRS 15 policies o Lease Accounting Standard under ASC 842, IFRS 16 and GASB Related Skills:

Foreign language: Fluent in French (can read, speak, write, initiate a conversation or start a discussion)

Software packages:

● Microsoft Office: Word, Access, Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Index and Match, What if analysis, Predictive Analytics, Data Analysis and Business Modeling)

● COGNOS; Power Data Set (Query, Pivot, DAX, BI Data Visualization)

● Businesses accounting: Microsoft Dynamics – Great Plains (GP), Axapta (AX) and Navision (NAV); Oracle’s J D Edwards EnterpriseOne; SAP (FICO, MM, PP, SD and BW - modules); NetSuite; Sage – 100 (MAS90/MAS200 and Contractor), 300 (Construction and Real Estate) and Sage Timberline Estimating, 50 (Peachtree); ComputerEase for contractors; QuickBooks (PRO, Premier, Enterprise or online) (Contractor Edition); Sage FAS Fixed Assets

● Proficient with outside payroll service provider such as Paychex, ADP, Flex-Pay Payroll if you are using their services

Attributes:

● Provide business partnership to the business units and develop and manage/nurture relationships.

● Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationships

● Team player who enjoys collaborating with other individuals who possess diverse set of talents

● Ability to explain finance concepts, to concisely communicate key themes and to manage multiple projects simultaneously

● Effectively plan, organize and prioritize work

● Enjoy learning new things and possess strong ability to obtain and to process information or to turn data into actionable insights

● Strong communication, analytical, critical-thinking and presentation skills.

● Demonstrate ability to work independently and to be resourceful, creative and time sensitive juggling multiple projects for challenging deadlines.

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