Accounts Payable Fixed Assets
Resume:
BRADLEY L. COOK
McKINNEY, TX *****
Email: ****.********@*****.***
SUMMARY
A Senior Accounting Professional with proven expertise in the Professional Services, Healthcare/Medical, and Distribution industry. I have over 20 years of multi-level accounting experience, a comprehensive knowledge of GAAP, Financial statement analysis, researching related issues and evaluating flux/variance analysis. Documenting Polices/Procedures; account reconciliations, month-end-close, experience in preparing and responding to Internal and External audit requests, Ad-hoc Reporting, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Treasury & Payroll.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
JURASSIC QUEST HOLDING, LLC 2021 – PRESENT
SPRING,TX (L2 Capital, entertainment/touring & market leader in the largest exhibition of life-size, moving, museum-quality dinosaurs)
Senior Manager, Accounting & Treasury (2021 – Present)
Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all work produced by accounting personnel in the areas of general ledger accounting, accounts payable, payroll, account reconciliation, tax, and fixed assets.
Responsible for all areas of month end close, financial reporting, review and analyze (flash) financial data.
Supervise and train senior accountants and staff accountants to ensure over 4 subsidiaries are properly accounted.
Co-lead in automation projects for NetSuite, Fixed Assets, GL Mapping, and acquisition integration team.
Maintain positive banking relationships; bank wire approvals; record Loan payments and monthly loan interest accruals.
Oversaw cash and funding balances, credit card balances, and providing daily cash reporting to the CFO.
Train, coach and manage new hires; plan and evaluate the performance of staff; and establish performance requirements.
Worked closely with the CFO to improve company performance by evaluating processes, monitoring indicators, highlighting trends, and analyzing causes of unexpected variances.
Assisted in preparing and analyzing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and records to ensure compliance with US GAAP, SOX internal controls, and internal policies.
Administrator & lead the implementation of the Corporate Credit Card program of over 150 employees.
Responsible for and overseeing daily cash and treasurer duties of over 25 cash accounts.
SONY PICTURES TELEVISION (SPE) - FUNIMATION 2014 – 2021
Dallas, TX (A Sony Co., entertainment studio and market leader in acquisition, production, distribution and licensing of Anime)
Senior Manager, Accounting (2018 – 2021)
Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all work produced by accounting personnel in the areas of general ledger accounting, accounts payable, payroll, account reconciliation, tax, and fixed assets.
Responsible for all areas of month end close, financial reporting, review and analyze (flash) financial data.
Supervise and train senior accountants and staff accountants to ensure over 4 subsidiaries (3 International) are properly accounted.
Lead in automation projects for Concur, Workday, NetSuite, Fixed Assets, GL Mapping, and acquisition integration team.
Prepare internal and external audit schedules and SOX reconciliation packages for quarterly review to Sony.
Train, coach and manage new hires; plan and evaluate the performance of staff; and establish performance requirements.
Assisted in managing international offices’ (UK, France, and Australia) deliverables in liaison with the office’s accounting leader to ensure financials are consistent with US accounting practices, monthly close deadlines and reporting deliverables are met, and SPE’s quarterly Corporate and SOX forms are met.
Administrator & lead the implementation of the Corporate Credit Card program (Concur/AMEX) of over 300 employees.
Duties include organizing and leading monthly departmental P&L review with VP’s and department heads.
Accounting & Treasury Manager (2016 – 2018)
Responsible for General Ledger maintenance, month end close, financial reporting, review and analyze financial data.
Develop processes to determine daily cash position; track and manage intercompany funding.
Review & Approve Purchase Orders and monthly Corporate Purchase Cards allocation and analysis.
Responsible for and oversee daily cash and treasurer duties of over 15 cash accounts.
Maintain month end close checklist; provide ADP reports, PayPal, Apple iTunes, Roku and Paymentech reports and analysis.
Maintain positive banking relationships; bank wire approvals; record Loan payments and monthly loan interest accruals.
Corporate Senior Accountant (2014 – 2016)
Prepare Fixed Assets, Prepaid Schedules and analysis, LLC Tax filings, GL maintenance & payroll reconciliation.
Record and analysis of MG amortization schedule and production fee schedules and maintenance of contracts for MG payments.
Monitors cash handling, payroll and accounts payable weekly check disbursements.
Duties include expense reporting maintenance; setup and oversee the reimbursement process.
Assist in the preparation and managing of external audit requests.
CONSULTING ENGAGEMENTS 2012 – 2013
COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY Irving, TX ( Fortune 500 steel company that recycles, manufactures, and trade steel globally)
Senior Accountant - Contractor (July 2013 – Mar. 2014)
Duties include month end close, General Ledger maintenance, financial reporting and monthly account reconciliation.
Assist with special projects, managed analysis and prepared external and internal audit requests.
Streamline processes for reconciliation of inventory counts in the Southwest Region.
Responsible for Regulatory Reporting for end of vehicle life to the appropriate federal agencies.
PRIME THERAPEUTICS, LLC, Irving, TX (Leading pharmacy benefits manager for administering prescription drug benefits)
Senior GL Accountant - Contractor (Jul. 2012 - Jun. 2013)
Responsible for financial reporting, month end close, preparation/posting of journal entries and GL maintenance.
Prepared balance sheet flux/variance analysis for Mail and Specialty Pharmacies and provided written commentary to management explaining fluctuations against prior year, month and budget.
Partner with individual departments to review monthly expenses and improve the accrual process.
Assist Controller with special projects, prepared accrual journal entries and managed analysis.
Lead converting systems from PeopleSoft to SAP, provided training for staff and streamlined the financial close and recon process.
SHELTER DISTRIBUTION 2010 – 2012
McKinney, TX (Regional office of Beacon Roofing a $2.1 billion nation’s leading distributor of roofing supplies)
Senior Accountant
Responsible for month end close, financial reporting, daily credit edit reviews and General Ledger maintenance.
Supervised A/R and A/P staff and ensured that daily duties were performed at a high level.
Duties included balancing daily A/R, TFB reporting, petty cash reconciliations, & Real Estate & Property Accrual maintenance.
Managed over 20 million in fixed assets accounting systems, including adjusted lives, transfers and account reconciliations.
ROOFING SUPPLY GROUP, LLC 2008 – 2010
Dallas, TX (nation’s leading distributor of roofing supplies)
Senior Accountant
Responsible for financial reporting, month end close and General Ledger maintenance.
Prepared flux/variance analysis & provided written commentary explaining fluctuations against prior year/month & budget.
Instrumental in achieving departmental goals of reducing month-end-close days from 10 to 3 days and documenting procedures.
Preparation & analysis of monthly account recons; review & analyze monthly financial data included payroll reporting (ADP).
Maintained general ledger and recorded journal entries to ensure transactions are in accordance with US GAAP.
Streamlining the financial close & reconciliation processes for 60 branches resulting in increased cost savings.
CONCENTRA HEALTH SERVICES 2005 – 2008
Addison, TX (nation’s leading provider of occupational medicine)
Regional Accountant
Month end close process of assigned markets including General Ledger maintenance in Oracle.
Prepared flux/variance analysis for the Southwest Region and provided written commentary to management
to explain fluctuations against prior month/year and budget and provide support to operations and the field.
Duties include multi-entity financial statement analysis, budget preparation and analysis, payroll and salary analysis.
Recorded journal entries and maintained general ledger to ensure transactions are in accordance with US GAAP.
Prepared profit and loss statements, bank & balance sheet recons, invoice approval & expense reports.
EMCARE INC. 2003 – 2005
Dallas, TX (nation’s leading provider in emergency care professional staffing)
Senior Accountant
Responsible for flux/variance analysis, month end close, audit request and account reconciliation.
Maintained general ledger and recorded journal entries to ensure transactions are in accordance with GAAP.
Responsible for hiring of Staff Accountants, supervision of daily activities and performance reviews.
Perform contract financial analysis, budgeting/forecasting, research variances & hospital billing invoice review.
Transitioned accounting functions from Dallas, TX to Denver, Colorado for over 100 hospitals.
HENCIE CONSULTING SERVICES 2000 – 2003
Dallas, TX (an Oracle Partner focused on providing software installation)
Senior Accountant (2001 – 2003)
Assist in financial reporting, month end close; analyze employee utilization and maintenance of GL accounts.
Prepared ACH/wire transfers, payroll reporting (ADP), sales commission analysis and expense reimbursements.
Cut cost by 15% by reducing A/R collections from 60 days to 30 days & improved/optimized cash collections.
Partner with individual departments to review monthly expense to improve the accrual process and account reconciliations
Duties included invoicing Oracle Consultants development work by projects and provided Oracle Software training to staff.
Staff Accountant (2000 – 2001)
Prepared journal entries, assisted in month end close, process payroll (ADP), bank and account reconciliation.
Duties included invoicing Oracle Consultants development work by projects and provided Oracle Software training to staff.
Provide support to Operations and the field to answer inquiries on financial results and proactively offer guidance.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
*Oracle *SAP *Microsoft Dynamics GP *NETSUITE *Microsoft Office/Excel
*PeopleSoft *Hyperion *FRX Report Writer *Solomon 7 *QuickBooks
Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
Pursuing - Master of Business Administration
University of Texas, Richardson, TX
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