Financial Analyst Finance Manager

Sam Lamm, C.P.A.

Edison, NJ

Home: 732-***-****

Cell: 347-***-****

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

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samlammcpa/

SUMMARY:

A hands on Finance Professional with a proven track record of problem solving and implementing solutions for the accounting function and company wide.

Prepared and reviewed monthly financials, assisted with audits and prepared taxes.

Prepared metrics to track organizational performance.

Prepared multiyear financial projections to assess the value of future ventures.

Prepared static and rolling budgets for multiple departments.

Worked with and negotiated with external vendors.

Analyzed Dividends, Intercompany and Real Estate Usage.

Prepared capital improvements budgets and arranged for financing.

Performed due diligence on potential acquisitions (reviewed financials, created projected cash flows, NPV and IRR to advise CFO if the firm was a viable target).

Experience with testing and rollout of financial and productivity packages.

Team leader as well as a team player and enjoys working in a team atmosphere.

Firm believer in “leading by example” to my peers and colleagues.

Excellent verbal and written skills. Wrote and presented papers and trained staff.

Solid understanding of business protocols, project principles and concepts.

Solutions Provided:

Advised owners on pricing of work to increase revenue by 10%

Negotiated with a State auditor to reduce taxes by $37,000.

Saved $50,000 by implementing reconciliation of contracts.

Created Budgets, Rolling Budgets and Long term Forecasts to manage growth.

Opened a Revolving Line of Credit to allow firm to cover cash shortfalls.

Advised owners regarding purchase targets and their viability.

Improved accounting processes to speed the accounting close by two days.

Created Excel models to provide quick and accurate cash flow projections.

Worked closely with auditors to shorten the year end audit by three days.

Wrote schedules for staff to ensure accounting and tax deadlines were known and met.

Trained staff in order to improve data accuracy and ensure a speedy close.

Ensured staff had easy access to information & tools needed for optimal efficiency.

EXPERIENCE:

Unite Here (Labor Union) – Controller 2023 - 2025

Supervised, coached and reviewed work of a staff of 8 (Payroll, A/R, A/P, G/L )

Wrote process papers and reviewed them with staff to ensure a smooth implementation

Worked with auditors on year end audit, 990 filing, LM-2 and NYC TC-201

Presented financial reports relating to 50+ locals to management.

Reviewed financials and variances and budgets for final submittal to management.

Flybar Inc.(Toy Manufacturer) - Financial Planning & Analysis Manager 2022 - 2023

Closed the books, prepared budgets and the monthly borrowing base.

Supervised AR & AP. Worked closed with salespeople to ensure accurate commissions.

Prepared and submitted royalty calculations to various patent holders.

Worked on the rollout of Odoo, a new ERP system being rolled out.

Tracked inventory, merchandise in transit and COGS.

Ran Amazon sales reports and tracked funds witheld and fund level reserve.

Managed owner’s real estate investments.

Consultant 2021 - 2022

Maverick Building Services – Improving processes, Paycom & Zuper rollout & accounting.

Spice Chain – Interim Controller. Performed Cash Mgm’t, Financial Closing and Reporting.

Refrig-It – Wrote process papers and prepared reports for the PE firm who owns Refrig-It.

Star Snacks – (Manufacturing / Distribution) Assistant Controller 2020 - 2021

Star Snacks is a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-quality branded nuts,

trail mixes & dried fruits, with national and local clients in the United States and Canada.

Accounting related tasks

Reviewed financials and variances.

Entered A/P, A/R, Uploaded PO’s and orders as needed.

Prepared yearly royalty calculations for sales partners.

Interfaced with firm’s auditors for the yearly inventory audit.

Reviewed A/R Aging reports with salespeople to ensure they kept up with collections.

Reviewed credit insurance and ensured all A/R transactions were covered.

HR related tasks:

Prepared, entered and ran checks for a weekly payroll of 325+ union employees.

Reviewed rates, costs and invoices of 50 temporary employees.

Managed Disability, Accident and Unemployment insurance cases.

Reviewed ID papers for prospective employees.

Filed yearly ACA & OSHA 300 & 300A forms.

Operations related tasks:

Prepared data to present to the firm’s customers for yearly operations audit.

Reviewed inventory purchases to ensure contract terms were met.

Tracked truck delivery schedules, tickets received and bills of lading.

Provided support to the Georgia warehouse relating to HR and material orders.

Tracked and paid owner’s personal accounts, mortgages and expenses.

Consultant 2019 - 2020

Pyramid Healthcare – Accounting, Running reports in Netsuite and process improvements.

COTY - Worked on the global Lease Project to comply with ASC 842.

Dental Health Associates - Interim Controller - Payroll, A/P, G/L and special projects.

Advisors Mortgage Group. (Mortgage Banking) Ocean, NJ – Controller 2018 - 2019

Advisors Mortgage Group, LLC is a full service Mortgage Banker.

Hired to assist the owner and the accounting department in finding efficiencies,

closing the books and assisting the accounting department in their day to day tasks.

Some of the tasks I was involved with at Advisors:

Set up a daily reconciliation process to track the cash position.

Updated and cleaned the chart of accounts to speed identification of accounts.

Reconciled closings and funding activity monthly, researched loans to ensure

they were recorded in the LOS system (Loan Origination System) correctly.

Worked with the accounting department to identify efficiencies.

Prepared the 1098 forms and 1099 forms for borrowers and contractors.

Filed sales and use tax in various states.

Reduced taxable amount due in a New York State Sales & Use Tax audit by $37k

Identified and tested a new accounting package to improve efficiencies.

Brickforce Staffing (Light Industrial Staffing) – Controller 2014 - 2017

Worked at the largest Light Industrial provider of temporary personnel in New Jersey.

Worked closely with the department heads of Accounting, Payroll, Checking and IT

to ensure the smooth operation of the departments. Managed a staff of 9.

Some of the tasks that I was involved with:

Recorded journal entries, checked bank and I/C recs. recorded adjusting entries,

reviewed accounts, closed the books and submitted financials to various parties.

Filed quarterly and yearly tax returns for 9 companies across 3 states.

Reviewed P&L's and Balance Sheets and prepared them for two yearly audits.

Prepared financial analyses for current and prospective customers.

Assisted the Legal, Operations and HR departments by providing them

with the data and advice they needed.

Some of the projects that I undertook with my team:

Tied out all cash activity each day.

Reconciled all bank and intercompany activity monthly.

Digitized and Automated numerous paper forms.

Wrote process papers for all procedures.

Trained and cross-trained staff.

Evaluated new software for operations and accounting.

Improved the current accounting package to have a more accurate close.

Novantas Inc. (Financial Consulting) – Assistant Controller 2010 - 2014

Hired to assist the Vice President of Finance/Controller in all aspects of the firm's business.

Worked closely with the Director of Novarica, a Division of Novantas,

to ensure timely and accurate invoicing & revenue recognition.

Reviewed all contracts and was in close contact with customers and

consultants to ensure that contract terms were met.

Prepared US and CAN Payroll, closing entries and Financials.

Updated Director reports and various Tax forms.

(1099's, IT2105, 1040ES, Canadian T2, Sales/Use Taxes, GST-HST).

Researched Sales Tax rulings to ensure proper payment and collection. .

Implemented a new process to ensure compliance with sales tax obligations.

Began the monthly process of preparing budgets compared to actuals.

Prepared detailed budgets for all service related departments.

Checked and updated the Time and Billing module.

Reconciled cash on a daily basis and ensured that funding and receipts

were recorded correctly. Reconciled 8 bank statements on a monthly basis.

Reviewed the work of and assisted the A/P department.

Worked with outside Accountants and internal and external IT resources.

Consultant (Global eProcure, Choice Logistics, 4D Security) 2008 - 2010

CashEdge Inc.(Software) – New York, NY – Sr. Accountant 2006 - 2007

WPP Group (Advertising)– New York, NY – Sr. Financial Analyst 2003 - 2005

Mainstay Co-Op (Real Estate) Queens, NY – Acting President / Treasurer 2000 - 2004

DM News (Publishing) – NY, NY – Assistant Controller 1998 - 2003

Spitz & Edelstein, CPAs (Real Estate) – New York, NY – Auditor 1997 - 1998

Glencore Ltd. (Commodities Trading) – Stamford, CT – Sr. Accountant 1993 - 1996

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting - Touro College, Brooklyn, NY.1990

CPA Certified (Certified Public Accountant) - State of Virginia License # 28907.

SKILL SETS & SOFTWARE:

Accounting Skill Set: P&L, B/S & Cash Flow Preparation. Bank, I/C and Inventory Recs.

Budgeting and Forecasting, ASC 842 (Lease Accounting), ASC 606. (Revenue Recognition)

Tax Preparation Skill Set: 1040, K-1, 940, 941, 1120, 1099, GST-HST, NJ-927

Business Skill Set: 401k evaluation and maintenance, Inventory tracking and reconciliation,

Letters of Credit, Contract Review, Customs Clearance, Warehousing of Materials,

Productivity Analysis, Loan Covenant review, Budgeting.

Accounting and Finance packages: Intacct, Concur, Egencia, Expensify, ATB, Sage 300, Sage 500, PPC Buyout Plan, Netsuite, Hyperion, QuickBooks Online & Desktop, Peachtree, MS SL.

Payroll Packages: ADP, Paychex, Fidelity, OnPay, Quickbooks, SAGE, Paycom

Productivity software: Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Macros, Filtering, Conditional Formatting, PV, NPV, IRR), MS Word, MS Powerpoint, Adobe Acrobat, Doubleclick, Salesforce. Crystal Reporting, Database theory, requirements and setup..

HR Skill Set: Disability, Worker’s Comp., UI & Benefit Management.

OSHA Review and Filing, Performance Management, Employee Relations Management, Recruiting, Interviewing of Candidates, Time & Efficiency, Benefit, Salary & Employee reviews.

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