Special Projects Human Resource

Reviewed budgets/forecast proposals and prepared necessary supporting documents.

Reviewed key operating indicators, operating results and variances, budget, and forecast reports.

Ensured that plant financials were compliant with company policies and procedures.

Reviewed capital expenditures and compared them to the total invoices for each project.

Developed the Grant Administration Policies and Procedures Manual.

Assisted with the tracking of the hard-close schedules for the audit.

Reconciled the pre/post-bankruptcy payables to the aged payables historical trial balance.

Special Projects

Companies: SITA, RockTenn, Norax Supplements LLC, Med Quest

Reviewed contracts and identified over $26M in recorded, protected and loss revenue.

Prepared process documentation for reviewing contracts with detailed instructions and examples.

Analyzed and reconciled intercompany receivables/payables after acquiring a $93 million Company.

Assigned Special Projects.

Prior Experience

Advanced Financial Solutions-Consulting Firm

Sox Financial Consultant, Various Companies.

Developed and coordinated the SOX controls assessment, controls documentation and test plans.

Nabi Biopharmecutical-A pharmaceutical company that researched, developed, manufactured, and distributed prescription drugs.

Interim Director of Finance,

Performed all the responsibilities of closing month end and quarterly reviews.

Assisted with the quarterly filings of the SEC Reports.

Team Staff, Inc.-A leading Professional Employment Organization providing Human Resource services to over 5,000 individuals nationwide. The division’s revenue was approximately $200 million.

MPC Controller

Responsible for revenue, collection and all financial aspects for division and a member of the Leadership Team overseeing operations.

Managed $1 million in Accounts Receivables.

Prepared and monitored budgets.

Established and directed a team of senior level accountants to perform cash reconciliation is which included a year and a half of non-reconciling activity. The cash that passed through was about $25 million a month. Discovered over $200,000 of monies not recorded/collected and $75,000 of credit card errors that were not charged.

Developed a process to calculate commissions for the sales staff.

PBC Workforce Development Board, Inc.- Federal Funded Program.

Controller

Responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling all accounting, budgeting, and contract functions.

Administrated public procurement for training programs and supportive services.

Converted from cash to accrual reporting system.

Designed and developed the Cost Pooling Allocation Plan which was approved by the Florida State Agency.

Write all the new policies and procedures to incorporate for the new Cost Pooling Plan.

Revised the Chart of Accounts to reflect the changes and set up nineteen separate funds were set up to manage the funding source, which resulted in streamlining the reporting process. This resulted in a significant reduction in closing monthly.

Laidlaw Transit, Inc.-The largest provider in the United States for school bus transportation. Annualized sales consisted of $70 million for the area.

Northeast Area Controller

Responsible for all Finance and Accounting staff throughout the Northeast Divisions.

Performed operational audits.

Primary liaison between corporate headquarters and the Northeast Division.

Researched and resolved tax matters with government agencies of acquisitions.

Facilitated and trained employees through acquisitions.

Merged the east and west coast accounting functions.

Successfully converted the acquired company’s financial data into corporate policies and procedures.

Converted the processing of 3,500 employees to one processing center with ADP.

Set up a new office in Syracuse, New York.

Prepared and assisted divisions in budgets.

Heary & Company and Brock Schecter & Pollakoff-Accounting Firm

Senior Auditor

Managed and/or preformed audits.

Prepared Audit Financial Statements.

Prepared Federal, State, Corporate, Partnership, Sub S Corporation and Personal tax returns.

Reviewed prepared tax returns for accuracy.

Is a financial, accounting, and operational professional offering experience in general ledger accounting, reconciliations, treasury, process improvements, inventory, revenue recognition, policy and procedure implementation, SOX, internal audit, SEC and IFRS reporting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

City of Mableton

Financial Operations Consultant July 2024 to Present

Perform bank reconciliations and processed financial transactions through QuickBooks up to September 30, 2024.

Prepared the Activities of Spending for the First Quarter of 2025 and was presented to Council.

Managed receipt and investment of City revenues.

Revised the Activities of Spending for Fiscal Year End June 30, 2024, which was present to Council.

Reviewed Business License and Hotel & Hotel revenue and developed process of funds received.

Ensure funds are recorded properly.

Reviewing classifications of transactions to ensure recorded properly.

Completed training with the implementation of BS&A software.

Robert Half International

Salaried Professional June 2006 to July 2024

During the eighteen’s years, I had assignments with over forty clients and many of them requested me back two (2) or three (3) times. Gross revenues were over $6,000,000.

Controller/Manager

Companies: Industrial Inspection, Apto Solutions, DEKRA, Be Green Packaging, Hill Phoenix, Theragenics Corporation, Life Therapeutics, Siemens Networks, Advanced Financial Solutions, Nabi Biopharmecutical, PBC Workforce Development Board, WellPoint, Sovos.

Developed and documented month-end close procedures including schedules.

Led the design and implementation of accounting procedures for reconciling accounts.

Established soft and hard copies of financial data for month-end closes.

Assisted with preparing consolidated balance sheet and income statements.

Prepared intercompany billing statements, monthly management reports, audit schedules.

Reviewed subsidiary trial balances, balance sheet, P&L reconciliations, and inventory valuation.

Reviewed and/or adjusted month-end balance sheet reconciliations and reported findings.

Reviewed all freight costs and set-up procedures to accrue freight monthly.

Prepared the consolidation and foreign currency transactions for year-end under IFRS standards.

Processed payroll and resolved any related issues using Paycor.

Researched software and identified areas to improve daily transactions process.

Collaborated with External Auditors to plan the company’s first external audit.

Assisted with the quarterly filings of the SEC Reports and due diligence for external companies.

Validated data and designed additional reports after conversion from SAP NT into SAP UNIX.

Identified process owners and prepared narratives for each area.

Conducted a process map of key controls to significant accounts.

Educated Process Owners on internal controls and on how to mitigate risk.

Assisted with preparing flow charts and written documentation of the business processes.

Converted from cash to accrual reporting system.

Managed forty-two divisions in the Northeast to ensure the reporting to Corporate was accurate.

Prepared Consolidated Reports including sixty-four entities with FX conversion to Investors and Lenders.

Accounting, Shared Service, Cost & Inventory Manager

Companies: Axiall, IMERYS, Atlanta Public Schools, Global Aviation Holdings

Managed a staff of 15 AP processors and analysts in Louisiana, Canada, and Pennsylvania.

Designed a balance sheet reconciliation format including a schedule to track progress.

Prepared and assisted in month-end close balance sheet reconciliations.

Reviewed reconciliations, blocked reports, and invoices over $50,000.

Managed the processing of 6,500 invoices monthly.

Completed financial reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and year-end basis.

Assisted with the filing of the SEC Reports (10K and 10Q).

Redesigned month-end close reports to match the reporting structure.

Assisted in the preparation of the periodic forecasts of operating costs.

Reviewed budgets/forecast proposals and prepared necessary supporting documents.

Reviewed key operating indicators, operating results and variances, budget, and forecast reports.

Ensured that plant financials were compliant with company policies and procedures.

Reviewed capital expenditures and compared to the total invoices for each project.

Developed the Grant Administration Policies and Procedures Manual.

Assisted with the tracking of the hard-close schedules for the audit.

Reconciled the pre/post-bankruptcy payables to the aged payables historical trial balance.

Special Projects

Companies: SITA, Rock Tenn, Norax Supplements LLC, Med Quest

Reviewed contracts and identified over $26M in recorded, protected and loss revenue.

Prepared process documentation for reviewing contracts with detailed instructions and examples.

Analyzed and reconciled intercompany receivables/payables after acquiring a $93 million Company.

Assigned Special Projects.

Dawn M. Glidden

Cell: 561-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***

Skills

Month-End Close

Reconciliations

GL & Financial Statements

Payroll, AP, AR

Standard Costing

Cash Management

Budgeting/Forecasting

System Implementation

Inventory Control

Mergers & Acquisitions

Internal Audit

SEC Reporting

IFRS Reporting

Consolidations

Process Improvement

Documenting Procedures

Recording Foreign Entities Transactions

SOX Implementation

Fixed Assets Implementation

Redesigned Chart of Accounts

Industries

Pharmaceutical

Telecom

Transportation

Healthcare

Manufacturing

Government

Professional Leasing

Retail

Mining

Recycled Products

Natural Fuel Gas

Software in Tax Compliance Worldwide

Supplements

Medical Scans

Software

NetSuite

SAP

Great Plains

MS Dynamics AX

SAGE

ADP

Paycor

Paychex

Counterpoint

MAS90

CODA

Khalix

MS Excel

MS Word

Quick Books

Datacor

Education

BS, Accounting

State University of New York

Qualified for CPA certificate in

New York State,

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