Accounting Manager Project
Resume:
DAVID WORTHEN
CONTROLLER/ACCOUNTING MANAGER
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I have had 25+years of accounting expertise, with 22 years of Accounting Management positions with an increase of responsibilities and knowledge for each new position. My goal is to increase performance in accounting and financial reporting as well as help develop my team to become experts in own their skills. I am a champion of positive attitudes and desire to keep trying.
SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
GAAP Accounting
Payroll Administration
Financial Statements
Systems improvements
Tax Reporting
Professional Communication
Leadership
Controller
February 2024 to Present Murphy Door Inc Ogden, UT
Company Highlight: 90 employees, $40m revenues, Inc 5000 company 5 years in a row
Industry : Online Customer sales, construction/ building.
Reporting to the CFO
Systems Used :
Intuit QuickBooks
Shopify, Trello, PayPal, Bridge24
OrderDesk
MS Business Enterprise
Amazon, Home Depot Business sites.
Avalara Tax
Accomplishments:
Created record retention systems to move all storage into digital systems.
Created financial closing procedures to reduce the closing time of Financial Statement publications.
Got accounting staff more involved with processes to promote their career growth and give them input opportunities and create better processes.
Participated in Management planning meetings for Future Growth. Included Standards of Practice for my department, Forecasting, and step by step planning to make 2027 revenue growth of 400%
Accounting Manager
January 2021 February 2024 JM Thomas Forest Products Co. Ogden, UT
Company Highlight: 150 employees, $200m revenues.
Industry: Wholesale Lumber Distribution
Reporting to the President.
Reporting to me: two Staff Accountants, AR Manager, AP clerk
Manage Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Collections, Payroll, and main accounting functions, Property Tax preparation, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, Cost accounting, Inventory Audits, Month-End Financial Statements, and Fixed Assets management.
Payroll Manager - Payroll and all employment Tax forms are done in-house. This includes Forms 941,940, State Withholding, and unemployment insurance tax forms.
Current Project Manager to develop Quarterly Owner’s Presentation which will compare Industry trends, our long-term goals, our strengths, and our opportunities. The owners and Executive Management will be the audience for this when completed,
Very Strong Excel skills.
Multi-Departmental communication regarding Financial and Accounting matters, as well as building management reports for each department.
Experience with Microsoft GP Accounting software.
Experienced with Biztrack.
Project lead in implementation of Check Signing software Mekorma
Managed yearly Forms W-2, Misc-1099 distributions, and all year-end Payroll reporting to Federal and State government agencies.
Developed trend reporting for Seasonal Sales characteristics.
Developed a company-wide system of Record Archiving for both electronically and physical records
Calculate monthly Profit Incentives for Salary employees, and quarterly Incentives for Hourly employees.
Created a process to have the quarterly Incentives finalized and paid within 30 days after quarter end.
Managed all external audits - making sure that all data is collected timely and correctly.
Assistant Controller
April 2002 to January 2021 SymbolArts LLC, Ogden, UT
Company Highlight: 150 employees, $20m revenues. Inc 5000 company for 3 years, Utah Best in State Award 3 years
Industry: Manufacturing-Custom Designed Badge,patches, pins,and coins
Reporting to the Controller
Reporting to me: two AR Manager, AP Manager, 2 Accounting assistants
Managed Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Collections, Payroll, and main accounting functions, Property Tax preparation, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, Cost accounting,Inventory Audits,and Fixed Assets management.
Payroll Manager, including HR Director back-up for the entire company.
8 years experience with Paylocity Payroll. Was the project manager to install, integrate, and train all employees on its use. This was a major upgrade which included an integrated Expense Reimbursement automation and statistical report set-up.
6 years experience with Qqest Payroll. Was the project manager to install, integrate, and train all employees on its use. Including the use of an online time punch system.
4 years experience with ADP Payroll.
Managed yearly Forms Misc-1099 and W-2 distributions.
Led a project to reduce inventory shortages by automating inventory counts. This reduced the 50,000 parts inventory audit from 3 days to 4 hours.
Experienced with Budgeting and Forecasting. 5 years experience of compiling all budgets.
Administrator for the Accounting Software Sage.
Crystal Reports Administrator and Programmer. My reports would be used company-wide by all users
Project manager of a major accounting software upgrade. This included a full revamping of the GL account numbering system.
Led a project to move to electronic invoicing from paper invoicing- currently working hard on allowing customer to have on-line access to their accounts
Implemented a new Budgeting system – creating an on the spot what-if analysis
Managed the implementation of a Sale Tax system to properly collect and pay for nation-wide tax jurisdictions.
Created and published Financial Dashboards and Financial Reports for the Executive Team and Sales Team.
Brought Past Due Customers from an average net 45 days to 35 days in a year’s time.
Reduced past due percentage on our Accounts Receivable from 27% down to 3.99%
Programmed and created Crystal Reports for the company.
Calculated monthly Commissions for Sales Teams
Managed all Royalties contracts, reporting, payments, and yearly audits.
EDUCATION
Weber State University
Graduated 1998
BA in Accounting
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