GAAP/IFRS Accounting, HR Mgr, Improvement,s Risk Mgmt,M & A

BARBARA SIMONS

Telephone: 360-***-**** e-mail: *********@*******.***

SUMMARY

GAAP management for multi-national corporations in Pacific Northwest, financial statements, admin for over 25 years. Tasks include GAAP financial statements, IFRS, revenue recognition, consolidated financial statements, GAAP compliance and regulations, nexus and tax reporting, monthly/annual close mgmt, GL admin, GL reconciliations, manage credit lines, covenants, borrowing base, credit line acquisition, train and mentor staff, supervise accounting, HR, inventory, annual CPA audit, annual bank audit, oversee year-end Forms W-2 and Form 1099’s, year-end reports and analysis, AR, AP, tax, risk, administration, fixed assets, depreciation, payroll, benefit admin, serve as 401K sponsor/trustee

Direct migration process. Continuous improvement in process throughout my career.

WORK EXPERIENCE

SIMONS ACCOUNTING & TAX OWNER, OPERATOR & MANAGER, CENTRALIA, WA

FEB 1987 – DEC 2024

Financial, Accounting and Tax Services to local businesses in

greater Olympia, WA. area

• Financial Statements, Tax Preparation for Individuals, C&S Corps. Partnerships, Trusts, and Proprietorships. Financial Reporting,HR recruiting,Manage nexus, excise tax returns, sales and use tax, financial statement preparation and financial analysis. Create

budgets, projections, tax returns, risk, credit line admin,

consolidations and eliminations, financial statements. Contract management, Cash and credit line administration, AR financing,

lease lines.

INTERNATIONALSEAFOODS OF AK. INC CONTROLLER/HR MANAGER SEATTLE

OCT 2012 to NOV 2015

Controller for Seafood Manufacturer operating in AK, WA, Seoul, Korea, and Philippines. Manage GAAP accounting, tax, cash, credit lines, covenants, system and process controls, Annual CPA and Annual Bank Audit Administration, No change under audit during tenure, Migration to MFST Nav software, Supervise-train 13 staff members, Manage HR & payroll

Treasury reporting, complex accounting & tax for 3 corporations, Financial Consolidations, Parent Corporation – True World Group. Consolidations and eliminations, Employee housing

ABC LEGAL SERVICES INC CONTROLLER & HR MANAGER SEATTLE

AUG 2008-SEP 2011

Controller for Legal Service and Messenger Service with 2550 staff in 33 sites, 14 states.

Manage accounting, payroll, tax, HR, cash reporting, GAAP, credit lines, system admin, Extensive financial analysis, huge transaction volumes, manage AR and A/P, taxes. Complete restoration of QuickBooks software due to a complete system failure due to tremendous volumes of both AR and AP transactions. Supervise Annual Audit, control L & I, Collections, Migration to MFST Great Plains pervade software, Supervise/train 17 staff. Maintain GAAP, tax compliance, capital assets, insurance and risk controls, financial consolidations.

JAMES FARRELL & CO INC. CONTROLLER & HR MANAGER SEATTLEMAY 2003-OCT 2007

Controller services for Int'l Global Wholesaler/Distributor of Commodities in Food/Feed, Sales to 160 countries, sites in 7 countries incl. U.S./Mexico/China/Japan/Canada/Europe

Supervise Accounting, GAAP GL, AR, AP, Financial Statements, credit lines, covenants. Month/year-end closing, annual audits, financial statements for 14 companies, audits, Foreign currency translation, capital assets, International financials, annual tax analysis

HR, supervise mentor and train staff. Migration to Accountmate software, no change audits. Significant revenue increase x 8 during tenure w/ improved controls & better audit results.

Largest exporter out of Port of Seattle and Port of Portland, very complex logistics.

COSMOS INTERNAT'L CORP CONTROLLER & HR MGE BELLEVUE OCT 2000-SEP 2002

Controller for real estate developer, manage 55 related commercial/residential properties

Cash Reporting, Manage accounting, tax, cash reports/finance, system admin & risk, Migration to Timberline software. Supervise/train 6 staff CPA’s, process improvements, Maintain GAAP/FAS and tax compliance, capital asset management, process controls, Treasury, complex accounting & tax for multiple LP's, LLC's, C/S Corporations.

Prepare consolidations/eliminations. Manage 65 cash/securities accts,daily system backups

MTS INTEGRETRAK INC CFO, NORTH AMERICA BELLEVUE

AUG 1997-OCT 2000

A subsidiary of MTS Limited (MTSL) NASDAQ, publicly traded software mfg. company

Supervise finance, accounting, HR/payroll, SOP 97-1,2 revenue recognition, annual audit, Two migrations – both accounting and operations, Nexus in 27 states, 7 countries

Monitor and manage bank relations, cash, budgets, credit lines, inventory and capital assets, Oversee and manage a/r, a/p, cash run approvals, analyze merger and acquisition, asset management.

Supervise/train 9 staff, financial reporting, manage vendors, inventory, annual audit E & Y, Extensive financial analysis, treasury and cash reporting, ad-hoc reports, crystal reports, .Manage 3 corporations, Tax analysis, 88,000 installations worldwide including United Nations

GILMORE RESEARCH GROUP INC CONTROLLER & FACILITIES MANAGER SEATTLE MAY 1992-MAY 1995 & lease

Administrative Controller for large market research and focus group corporation. Prepare GAAP Financial statements, Cash Reports, HR, Tax, Audit management for 9 offices in 5 states. 7 T-1's and all equipment management and lease mgmt, Construction accounting, line of credit and covenants, lease lines, nexus. Payroll, business tax, payroll tax, treasury, cash reporting, financial analysis. Manage 3 corporations, migration to Open Systems Accounting, software admin.

Member 4 person Executive Committee, Facility management.

HINTZE, HERRIG, WRIGHT LAW OFFICES CORP. CONTROLLER/HR MGR1991-1992

BISHOP WHITE & MARSHALL LAW OFFICES INC. CORP.CONTROLLER/HR 1988-1992

STRONG & KYDD LAW OFFICES INC CORP. CONTROLLER/ HR MGR 1986 -1988

FLAKEY JAKES RESTAURANTS INC. CONTROLLER/{AYROLL MGR. 1983 -1986

EDUCATION: Cal-State University, Long Beach, CA GPA 4.1

MBA Major: Business Administration. Minor : Human Resources

Accpac, Peachtree, Solomon, NetSuite, Sage, MAS90, Open Systems, Accountmate, TABS III, SQL, Act, Access, Excel, Word, Paychex, ADP, Ceridian, and custom HRIS and POS systems.

Industry experience: Public Accounting, Medical/Hospitals, Legal/Professional Service, Market Research, Manufacturing, Retail & Wholesale Sales and Distribution, Banking, Real Estate / Property Management. IT, Networking, software and computer maintenance services, and Non-profit organizations.

Background Details:

International Seafoods of AK. Inc. Manufacturing and distribution, (nexus in AK, WA, SEOUL, Korea, ISA Philippines) Owned by True World Group, Intercompany reconciliations Annual CPA Audit Management.

ABC Legal Services Inc (nexus in 14 states with 33 sites) Domestic sites in WA. CA. OR. GA, NY, TX, AZ, NM, NV, WI, FL, IL, MA, IA Annual CPA Audits Total of 31 Counties, Financial Reporting, Tax Reporting, and Bank audit management.

James Farrell & Co. Inc. (US sites in WA, CA, OR & WI) Foreign sites in China, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, South America, Canada Annual CPA & Bank Audits, see entities shown below

James Farrell & Co. Inc., James Farrell Japan, Farrell Northwest Inc, James Farrell Aircraft Co. LLC, James Farrell Thailand, Ourco Northwest James Farrell China Limited, Miller Marine Corp., Farrell Chemical Company, Inc., James Farrell Mexico de C V, Columbia River Logistics LLC, Farrell Properties LLC SJR Real Property Inc. Miller Marine LLC, and EMC Shipping Inc.

Cosmos International Corporation. (all buildings located in WA. State) 55 Commercial/Residential Buildings Annual CPA Audits (List of Properties -Partial listing)

Cosmos International Corp. Metropolitan LLC Bellevue Pacific Center

Two-Twenty Corporate Center Seattle Heights Partnership Cosmos Lynnwood Center LLC, Urban Life Development Corp. Lake Hills Investments LLC Ambassador Apartments, Wilson Court Condominiums Cosmos Payroll Corporation, Overlake Limited Partnership, Madison Estates Homes, Riverside Holdings, Bellevue Pacific Center Condo Association,

Cosmos Construction Company, Madison Homeowners Assoc. and Cosmos Administrative Development Corp.

MTS Integra Trak, Inc. (nexus in 27 states in the U.S. and 6 countries) Foreign sites in Israel, Spain, Brazil, London, Canada, and UK Annual CPA Audits SOX Administration, Revenue Recognition, Multiple Entity Tax for following entities: MTS IntegraTrak, Inc. IntegraTRAK, Inc. MTS New York (Real Estate Building Development Enterprise) MTS Warehouses, Secaucus, New Jersey.

Gilmore Research Group, Inc. (9 sites located in WA, OR, NM, NE, and PA) For the following companies:

Gilmore Research Group Inc. Gilmore Focus Group Centers Inc. Northwest Certified Surveys, Inc., Gilmore Mystery Shoppers Division, Gilmore Express Personnel Inc.

SKILLS: Property Tax, Tax Analysis Tax Compliance, Tax Preparation, Tax Returns, Capital Assets, GAAP Year-end Audits w/Big 4, Accounting, Analysis, Bank Audits, Accounting ERP Systems FAS/GAAP/IFRS Merger and Acquisition, Internal Controls, Public Accounting, Corporate Budgets and Projections, Financial Reporting, Financial Statements, Consolidations and eliminations, GL Reconciliations, Credit Line Acquisition and management, Borrowing Base, Refinance, Lease lines, Equipment financing,

Revenue Recognition, Related Company, Covenant Management and Analysis.

Software: QuickBooks, Timberline, Real World, Great Plains Dynamics, Peoplesoft, Oracle, Accpac, NetSuite, Peachtree, Sage, Solomon, Yardi, MAS90, Open Systems, Zoom, Google, TABS III, SQL, Act, Microsoft Access; Excel, Word, Paychex, ADP, Abra, Ceridian, and custom HRIS systems.

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