Accounting Manager Accounts Payable

Daniel Walsh

Lakeland, FL

Education:

Salem State College

Masters in Business Administration, Concentration in Finance (GPA 3.43) 1989

Bachelors of Science Degree in Accounting (GPA 3.25) 1975

Accountant with public accounting experience, extensive leadership experience in positions ranging from Accounting Manager through CFO in the following industries: Manufacturing, Computer Software, HVAC, Not-For-Profit, Medical Supplies & Services, Utilities and Payroll Tax Services.

Extensive 1099 Consulting activities providing financial analysis and executive leadership to various companies.

My desire is to leave the consulting field and find a full-time position as a Controller, Full-Charge Bookkeeper or Accounting Manager.

Technical Summary

Real World

Software International

IBM MAPICS

Great Plains Dynamics

Crystal Reports

QuickBooks Pro

Quickbooks Online

Peachtree

Association Plus

Audit Trail Systems

Black Baud

SAGE

MAS 90

Growth Power

PeopleSoft

Oracle GLDI

Hyperion

Microsoft Excel

Word

Access

Dezine

Jonas

ADP Payroll

Skill Sets

Cash Flow Management

Budget Models

Month End Close

Financial Statements

Software Revenue Contract Management

Variance Analysis

Internal and External Audits

Team Building and Motivation

Sales Analysis

Biotech – IPO – Repli-Gen Corp.

Payroll – ADP, Paychecks

Account Reconciliations

Taxes – Federal, State and Payroll

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Sales Commissions

Computer Software Conversions

Non Profit – Fund Accounting

Software Revenue Recognition SOP 97-2, SOP 81-1

and VSOE

Policies and Procedures per GAAP and SOX

Forecasting Models

Professional Experience & Accomplishments

Coordinated the month end close process to insure that all journal entries were generated and posted.

Analyzed balance sheet accounts and made correcting entries when needed.

Improved the reconciliation process with the use of Pivot Tables in MS Excel.

Filing of Sales & Use Taxes, Personal Property Taxes and Payroll Taxes for multiple states.

Completed SEC reporting for 10Q, 10K and 8K

Designed daily bank reconciliations to monitor cash flow.

Prepared monthly financial statements including variance analysis, ROI, RONA, etc.

Enhanced the reporting functions and accuracy of the Dezine Software System, using pivot tables in Microsoft Excel.

Managed the quarterly and annual audits.

Presented quarterly financial results to the board of directors.

Saved Viisage Technology $161,000 due to over depreciated assets.

Saved Sprint PCS over $250,000 by reviewing their contracts with other parties and rectifying their previous billings.

Handled all correspondence with vendors, customers, bankers, investors and external auditors.

Initiated and was group leader, on the accounting side, for a project that transformed the American Diabetes Association from fifty state offices, fifty boards of directors, fifty different corporations, many different charts of accounts, many different software and hardware packages, to a unified and standardized company with thirteen regional offices around the country.

Reduced the cost of the annual audit 50% by completing all audit schedules prior to the audit engagement for the American Diabetes Association, Florida Affiliate, Inc.

Professional Experience & Contract Assignments

Hilton Grand Vacations May 2022 – Jun 2022

Senior Accountant

Account analysis, in Oracle database, for twenty two vacation club properties. Journal entries for month end close.

Z Axis Solutions, LLC Dec 2021 – Mar 2022

Interem Controller

Set-up Quickbooks Online accounts for four companies, creating a chart of accounts for each.

Created and monitored a budget for two of the companies.

Assisted in the change from Quickbooks payroll to another third party payroll company and submitted the payroll by-weekly.

Consultant – My Papa Johns, LLC – Winter Haven, FL Oct 2021 – Oct 2021

Senior Accountant

Assist Controller with revenue reconciliation of twenty different Papa John’s outlets.

Polk County BOCC Aug 2020 – Jul 2021

Landfill Accountant/Scale House Supervisor

Software conversion from Quickbooks Desktop to Quickbooks Online.

Daily cash reconciliation for all cash receipts at the landfill scale house.

Daily posting and journal entries for cash receipts from invoiced customers and cash payment customers at scale house.

Month end interface conversion of scale house data on DataBridge software to Quickbooks Online to generate invoices for customers.

Month end reconciliation of the two software systems and journal entries in Oracle general ledger.

Legoland Dec 2019 – Mar 2020

Senior Accountant

Revenue analysis for proper classification of revenue source. Month end journal entries for revenues.

Polk Mechanical, Inc. Jun 2019 – Sep 2019

Accountant/Bookkeeper

Accounts Payable, develop a payroll Job Costing system on MS Excel, Cash Flow Model and Software conversion from Quickbooks Pro to Jonas Construction. Daily & Monthly Bank reconciliations

Valuepro Remodeling & Maintenance LLC Jul 2018 – Jun 2019

Accountant/Bookkeeper

Month end close process on Quickbooks Pro.

Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Job Costing, Cash Flow Model and Billing.

Daily & Monthly Bank reconciliations, journal entries for prepaid expenses, depreciation, and monthly analysis for all balance sheet accounts.

E-Office Solutions, LLC Feb 2018 – May 2018

Accountant

Assist controller with payroll and federal, state and local tax filings, related to payrolls in fourteen states.

International Aero Academy, LLC May 2017 – Sep 2017

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Assist CEO with the set-up of two additional companies accounting systems on Quickbooks, reviewing and paying vendor invoices and monitoring the daily cash flow for several checking accounts.

Florida Utility Services 1, LLC Apr 2013 – Apr 2017

Chief Financial Officer

CFO for thirteen water utility companies.

Accounts Payable, accounts receivable, intercompany loans, bank reconciliations, government reporting (Public Service Commission), interface with banks and insurance companies, annual reports, payroll on QuickBooks Pro, financials and consolidations.

GFI Software Florida, Inc. – Clearwater, FL May 2012 – Mar 2013

Tax Manager - Consultant

Monthly Sales Tax Returns for more than thirty states, Cities and Counties.

Research Federal and state reporting requirements and implement documents and procedures to insure compliance in each state.

Extensive use of pivot tables in Excel.

Monthly analysis of the tax liability accounts in Great Plains 10.0.

Citi Group – Tampa, FL Oct 2010 – Dec 2011

Senior Accountant

Month end close process (journal entries, account analysis, etc.) on Peoplesoft.

Extensive use of pivot tables for account analyses.

Monthly analysis of (670) accounts per GAAP and SOX.

Senior Accountant – Consultant - Upromise, Inc. – Newton, MA Sep 2009 – Nov 2009

Month end close process (journal entries, account analysis, etc.) on Peoplesoft.

Monthly analysis of accounts per GAAP and SOX.

L-1 Secure Credentialing – Burlington, MA Oct 2008 – Jan 2009

Accounting Manager

Month end close process on Great Plains.

Sales & Use Taxes and Personal Property Taxes – Multiple States

International accounting for foreign subsidiaries, monthly analysis for various balance sheet accounts.

PointCare Technologies – Marlborough, MA Jun 2008 – Oct 2008

Assistant Controller

Month end close process on Quickbooks.

Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Billing. Bank reconciliations, journal entries for accruals, prepaid expenses, depreciation, deferred revenue and monthly analysis for all balance sheet accounts.

Consultant - High Roads – Woburn, MA Mar 2008 – Jun 2008

Accounting Manager

Month end close process on Quickbooks.

Special analysis of deferred revenue (90-100 Contracts) for this HR software company.

Trelleborg – Somersworth, NH Jan 2008 – Mar 2008

Accounting Manager

Month end close process on J.D. Edwards and Crystal Reports.

Special Analysis Projects as assigned by the Controller.

Consultant – Y.W.C.A. - Boston, MA (Dec 2007 – Jan 2008)

Senior Accountant

Month end close process on Great Plains.

Prepare audit schedules and account reconciliations for two related companies.

Special analysis projects as assigned by the Controller.

Web Dialogs Inc. – N. Billerica, MA Mar 2007 – Nov 2007

Accounting Manager

Month end close process on Peachtree.

Bank reconciliations, journal entries for accruals, prepaid expenses, depreciation, deferred revenue and monthly analysis for all balance sheet accounts. Acquisition due diligence work (Web Dialogues, Inc. to IBM).

Prepare monthly financial statement report for the board of directors including variance analysis, ROI, RONA, etc.

Gensym Corporation – Burlington, MA Feb 2007 – Mar 2007

Accounting Consultant

Month end close process on Oracle and Hyperion.

Bank reconciliations, journal entries for accruals, prepaid expenses, depreciation, deferred revenue and monthly analysis for all balance sheet accounts. Consolidated European subsidiaries.

Special analysis projects as assigned by the Controller.

Pennichuck Corporation – Merrimack, NH May 2006 – Jan 2007

Financial Reporting and Consolidations

Financial reporting for six companies with consolidated balance sheet, income statement and cash flow.

Report fluctuation analysis from budget and from prior year on both the income statement and balance sheet.

Companion Health Services, Inc., Boston, MA Jan 2005 – May 2006

Controller

Develop and improve the financial reporting systems on Quickbooks: Billing, Accounts Payable, Cost Accounting, Chart of Accounts, Financial Statements, Sales Commissions Policies and Procedures, Account Analysis, ADP Payroll, Revenue Reporting, Daily Cash Flow Reporting, ROI, Forecast and Budget Reports with Variance Analysis.

Assist in tracking third party billing to Medicare and other insurance companies. Improve the reporting functions and accuracy of the Dezine Software System, using pivot tables in Microsoft Excel.

Teradyne, Inc Jun 2004 – Dec 2004

Financial Consultant

Connector systems direct labor and indirect labor reporting for all departments.

Capital spending and depreciation forecasting for the connector division.

Consolidated European subsidiaries.

Revenue reporting and agency/temporary help accrual for the quarter.

Used advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, V-lookups, etc.) for all reporting requirements

Integrated Electric Oct 2003 – Jun 2004

Controller

Company is a subcontractor of major electrical and security systems.

Hands on Controller with responsibilities as follows:

Payroll via ADP for Windows, wage garnishments, weekly transfer of cash to payroll checking and payroll interface to Quickbooks general ledger via Excel worksheet.

Accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, daily/weekly cash flow report, daily and monthly bank reconciliation’s, cash receipts via Quickbooks.

Monthly bank reconciliation’s, month end closing entries, tax, monthly financial statement preparation.

Financial analysis, ROI, monthly union reports, annual audit work papers, workers compensation claims, fixed asset schedules/depreciation, medical benefits for non-union employees and life insurance/short term disability/long term disability.

Viisage Technology, Littleton, MA May 2000 – Oct 2002

Asst. Controller/Budget Mngr

(Facial Recognition, Security and Identification Software Company $30,000,000 Annual Revenue)

Responsible for month end closing of the general ledger, costing and apportioning monthly revenue recognition, analysis of all balance sheet and income statement accounts, generation of monthly financial statements, budget variance analysis, sales commissions and SEC reporting 10Q and 10K.

Responsible for the management of the quarterly and annual audits.

Saved the company $161,000 due to over depreciated assets.

Automatic Products of America, Northboro, MA Feb 1999 – Apr 2000

Controller

(Distributor of Snack Foods to Vending Machine Owners $20,000,000 Annual Revenue)

Responsible for overall direction of the finance, administration and accounting departments including all finance reporting, employee and labor reporting, sales commissions, cash flow analysis, ROI, budgets and variance reports, internal and external audits, and policy procedure formulation.

Handled all correspondence with vendors, customers, bankers, and external auditors.

Company was winding down when joined the staff and doesn’t exist today.

American Diabetes Association, Maitland, FL May 1990 – Dec 1997

V P - Finance

(Non-profit Organization Searching for a Cure and Helping People Who Have Diabetes)

Responsible for overall direction of the finance and accounting departments including all finance reporting, cash flow analysis, budgets and variance reports, internal and external audits, and policy procedure formulation. Coordinated all correspondence with bankers, investors, and external auditors.

Provided expertise and assistance to the National Center Headquarters in formulation of standardized accounting policies and procedures, and creation of nationwide MIS users group to promote standardized procedures and consistent reporting guidelines for the American Diabetes Association, Florida Affiliate, Inc.

Increased total income 400% by providing financial guidance to the American Diabetes Association, Florida Affiliate, Inc. over a seven - year campaign.

Reduced the cost of the annual audit 50% by completing all audit schedules prepared prior to the audit engagement for the American Diabetes Association, Florida Affiliate, Inc.

Initiated and was group leader, on the accounting side, for a project that transformed the organization from fifty state offices, fifty boards of directors, fifty different corporations, many different charts of accounts, many different software and hardware packages, to a unified and standardized company with thirteen regional offices around the country.

Trimount Bituminous Products, Inc., Danvers, MA Jan 1988 – Jun 1990

Asst. Controller

(Construction Company – Bituminous Concrete and Cement $50,000,000 Annual Revenue)

Managed the accounting department and was responsible for preparation of international financial reporting package, including balance sheet, income statement, funds flow chart, ratio analysis and budget variance reports for use in the parent company which is located in the United Kingdom.

Prepared European financial statements, for use in reporting to the London Stock Exchange.

Repligen Corporation, Cambridge, MA Sep 1984 – Dec 1987

Assistant Controller

(Biotechnology Company Researching a Cure for Aids)

Supervision of accounting staff including accounts payable, accounts receivable and cost accounting.

Coordinated month end closings, generated monthly reporting package for management team, prepared all schedules for annual audit and monitored daily cash flow.

Developed timely, innovative financial reports that enhanced the management team’s overall performance and led to an IPO of stock.

Assisted in Preparing the Prospectus for the Initial Public Offering.

Bostik Div. of Emhart Corp., Middleton, MA May 1982 – Aug 1984

Accounting Mngr

(Manufacturer of Hot Melt Glue and Paint $90,000,000 Annual Revenue)

Supervision of accounting staff, including payroll, accounts receivable and accounts payable, a total of thirteen associates. Personally handled all phases of departmental software conversion from Software International to IBM MAPICS. Rewrote and updated departmental policies and procedures manual. Educated and trained the accounting staff, which improved employee performance, morale and job satisfaction. Promoted team spirit and job satisfaction by cross-training and educating personell.

Sail Publications, Inc., Boston, MA 1980 – 1982

Accounting Manager

(Publisher of Sail Magazine and Distributor of Sail Books $30,000,000 Annual Revenue)

Pappas Real Estate Division, Boston, MA 1978 – 1980

Accounting Manager

(Industrial Real Estate Company)

Tonneson, Weyland & Co., CPA’S, Peabody, MA 1975 – 1978

Junior Accountant

(Public Accounting Firm)

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