Customer Service Accounting Manager

Salvador M. Ortega, B.S.A.

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A C C O U N T A N T

Results oriented professional with over 18 years progressive accounting experience. Thrive in a team-oriented environment that encourages participation to achieve corporate goals. Excellent communication skills and liaison abilities - interact effectively with customers, vendors and personnel at all levels. Manager – committed to developing a climate that provides motivation and encourages employee initiative. Proficient at managing and prioritizing multiple tasks to meet deadlines. Bilingual - English and Spanish.

Experience and expertise in the following areas:

Managerial Accounting

Financial reporting

General Ledger maintenance

Payroll, A/P and A/R administration

Gross Margin and Contribution Variance

Problem solving

Training, supervising, and motivating staff

Fixed assets

MS Office, Word, Excel

VLOOKUP & Pivot tables

Symix Software, Syteline, Blackline

Kaizen Theory /Continuous improvement

Dash, Host, Ultripro, Kronos, Surpass

Infinium, Docklink, AS400, DocuSign

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

Reduced bad debt from $335K. to $25K.

Reduced DSO from 66 days to 38 days.

Reduced material cost by 5% on a monthly sales of $3.5M.

Restructured AP, AR and Purchasing Department.

Improved turnaround time on receivables of 17% by using detailed credit.

Developed internal cost-reduction controls for expense management, billing procedures, capital expenditures and material expenses.

Implemented 5's System in offices, stockroom, shop and team work environment.

Assisted in quarterly and yearly internal and external audits

Implemented credit limits, and closely monitoring process by checking procedures.

Identified, monitored and resolved problems related to channel of communications among Receiving, Quality Control, Customer Service and Accounting Departments.

Recruited to participate by implementing appropriate Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WE PACK IT All LLC $48 million annually Irwindale, CA May 2022 – March 2023

Accounting Manager

Responsible for several aspects of company’s accounting functions. Significant duties included:

Responsible for Month-End Closing

Maintained Fixed Assets, Depreciation and Capital Expenditure

Internal Controls and Account Analysis

Managed AP and AR teams

Reviewed Month End results with CFO

Participated on Staff Meeting to discuss company performance

Continuous Improvement

HUBBELL INCORPORATE Public company $4.2 billion annually Corona, CA May 2019 – June 2021

Accounting Manager

Responsible for several aspects of company’s accounting functions. Significant duties included:

Responsible for Month-End Closing

Responsible for managing general accounting, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit analysis

Performed accounts reconciliation, depreciation, lease agreements, sales commission and Capital expenditures

Prepared of Supplemental Reporting, metrics and performance progress

Compliance with SOX and GAAP, internal audits and internal control

Monitored and reduced DSO and GRIR

Team development and continuous improvement

Accounting work of two business units

OLDCASTLE BUILDING ENVELOPE Public company $7.0 billion annually Commerce, CA March 2015- July 2018

Accounting Manager

Responsible for all aspects of company's accounting functions. Significant duties included:

Responsible for all aspects of Month-End closing.

Prepared of Mid-Month Financial forecast, cash flow projections and bank reconciliations

Prepared of Financial Statements and Supplemental Reporting.

Maintained Fixed Assets, depreciation, lease agreements and capital expenditures

Participated on staff meetings to discuss company performance progress utilizing KPI (Key Performance Indicator) and Balance Score Card tools.

Supervision of AP, AR, Credit management, Purchasing and Collection.

Internal Controls, Account Analysis, Variance Analysis, P & L Analysis.

Inter-Company reconciliation, Corporate Schedules and Team development

Restructured department functions to follow SOX guidance – segregation of duties

Reorganized warehouse functionality

HAECO Public Company $563.00 million annually Pacoima, CA July 2003 – February 2015

Assistant Controller

Responsible for all aspects of company’s accounting functions. Significant duties included:

Responsible for Month-End closing procedures including preparation of journal entries, downloading source data and uploading of information to General Ledger, covering both corporate and inter-company transactions. Preparation of financial statements presentation.

Reviewed Month-End results with controller.

Maintenance of chart accounts General Ledger and subsidiary ledgers.

Set up vendor and customer codes, AP and AR accounts, trial balance, Profit and Loss reports.

Prepared of account analysis and explanation of variances with the Controller to Corporate.

Prepared, implementation and monitoring of internal controls to achieve performance and profitability targets, reliability of financial reporting and ensure that the company complies with laws and regulations established by the FAA.

Verify accuracy of contracts and proposals.

Reviewed and approve purchase orders requests. Prepare and maintain sales commission for domestic and foreign regions.

Provided guidelines to procurement, customer service, shipping, program management and planning departments of how to process information in the system.

Responsible for supervising A/P, A/R, Payroll and General Accounting department a total staff of five. Established N 45 terms for payment, utilize Dunn and Bradstreet software to honor credit to customers.

Collaborate with cost accounting during physical inventory, elaborate labor and overhead rate, work with labor utilization and labor efficiency.

Responsible for corporate and subsidiary facility bookings.

Participated on staff meetings to discuss company performance progress utilizing KPI (Key Performance Indicator) and Balanced Score Card tools.

EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT

B.S.A. – Bachelor of Science in Accounting – California State University, Los Angeles

Kaizen Theory training (Continuous improvement)

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