A Team Corporate Accounting

PAUL ROTTMANN 973-***-**** ******************@*******.***

linkedin.com/in/paul-rottmann-corporate-gaap-accountant Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

SUMMARY: Accounting professional with experience as General Accountant and Project Accountant.

As an accountant, I have executed balance sheet account analysis and reconciliations month-end closings fully documented journal entries A / P bank reconciliations generating and reporting financial statements.

A collaborative team player who strives for internal & external customer satisfaction - enabling corporations to calculate an accurate reckoning of their financial position, utilizing various ERP’s, in compliance with GAAP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accountant at Montclair State University – Montclair, NJ February 2023 – June 2023

Processed approximately 110 utility bills each month - using WorkDay ERP, Excel, and Adobe editor.

Ensured accurate allocation of utility invoices to cost centers, expense accts and accounting periods.

Reconciled and corrected all previously mis-applied or mis-appropriated utility invoice payments.

This Facilities Dept. Finance job was an Acro Agency 3-month contract assignment, extended to 5.

Accountant at E. I. Associates - Cedar Knolls, NJ August 2021 – September 2021

(an Architectural, Engineering, Construction and Real Estate company)

Successfully completed approximately 192 separate bank reconciliations – (on dozens of checking accounts – each bank account for a separate real estate property). These tasks had been severely back-logged, due to a prolonged recent pandemic office shut-down, for many months.

The bank reconciliations were performed using Skyline Property Management Accounting Software.

This job was a short-term temporary assignment – in order to get caught-up for the year-end audit.

I was an employee of the L.J. Gonzer Associates employment agency.

Accountant / Full Charge Bookkeeper at Electronic Drives & Controls - Parsippany 2020 – 2020

Executed all general ledger tasks - using Sage 100 accounting software

Reconciled / rectified all open purchase order records & reports – cleanest level ever – using Sage 100

Reconciled / rectified all open sales order records and reports to cleanest level ever – using Sage 100

Performed all bank reconciliations - utilizing Sage 100 accounting software

Assisted with accounts payable and accounts receivable - using Sage 100 accounting software

Assisted the external CPA firm with various quarter-end and year-end tasks and projects

I was one of twenty applicants who were interviewed for this job at EDC. As part of the interview process,

each applicant was given the identical challenging 62 question accounting skill test. Management

awarded the job to me because they told me “No one else's test score was even close" to mine.

This job was a temp-to-perm assignment. After five months, I was still a temporary employee of Express

Personnel Agency. At that time, all temp jobs were eliminated, due to pandemic cutbacks at the company

Per-diem K – 12 Substitute Teacher at Swing Education (various NJ school districts) 2018 – 2025

Achieved teaching certificate in Nov. 2018. I teach per-Diem while seeking an appropriate accounting job.

Accountant at Alcaro & Alcaro Plating Company - Montclair, NJ (Express Personnel) 2015 – 2016

Orchestrated and submitted daily cash flow reports (in Excel) – used every day by top management.

Reconciled 8 separate bank accts monthly (involving 6 forms of debit) using complex Excel spreadsheets

Implemented all monthly closings – produced month-end balance sheets and income statements.

Used IBM AS400 accounting system to accomplish all monthly general ledger journal entries

During my final month on the job, Alcaro began transitioning to QuickBooks. As part of that process, I created a brand-new Chart of Accounts from scratch and posted several general journal entries.

Performed all accounting duties working alone, totally unsupervised and self-motivated.

Package Handler at United Parcel Service - Parsippany, NJ 2003 – 2013

General Accountant / Project Accountant - ( this firm provides pharma sales forces & clinical testing services )

Innovex, Inc. ( later acquired by Quintiles, which subsequently became IQVIA ) - Parsippany, NJ 1996 – 2001

Developed and established system of documenting and filing information technology purchase requisitions

facilitating instant status determination of any and all price quotations and purchase requisitions - - -

(while assigned the role of monitoring all information technology and telecommunication expenditures).

Reconciled inter-company payables and receivables - reducing account discrepancies to record low levels.

Achieved and maintained requisite management approvals for all ongoing fixed asset acquisitions.

Prepared fully documented journal entries, bank reconciliations, and balance sheet account analysis and reconciliations using Excel spreadsheets with elaborate formulas.

Collected detailed billing data for all types of clinical testing services being rendered to clients and then accurately generated timely monthly invoicing of those intricate services to clients.

Answered all customer queries regarding these complex invoices and resolved any client billing issues.

Used PeopleSoft accounting software package for all general ledger accounting functions.

EDUCATION - Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA B.S. in Business Administration – Accounting

ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE PACKAGE SKILLS - WorkDay, Sage 100, PeopleSoft,

Skyline Property Management Accounting Software and a brief exposure to QuickBooks.

OTHER SOFTWARE PACKAGE SKILLS - advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe

GENERAL ACCOUNTING SKILLS – Month End / Year End Closings, Cash Management,

G/L Account Reconciliations, Financial Statement Analysis, Intercompany Accounting

I have 4 excellent letters of recommendation from recent employers – would be happy to share them with you.

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Cover letter:

An accounting professional with emphasis on general corporate accounting. Comfortable working independently or together with a collaborative team --- either on-site or remote.

A team player who diligently enables corporations to accurately calculate their financial position. Experience using various ERP’s --- together with GAAP --- (the 3 assumptions, 4 principals and 5 constraints).

I have recent comprehensive hands-on experience using several different ERP accounting systems including Workday and Sage 100, plus a brief introduction using QuickBooks.

Fluent using Excel spreadsheets, including complex formulas. My co-workers at Innovex and Electronic Drives & Controls came to me, whenever they had Excel questions. I am a team-player who is always delighted to help my co-workers be more productive.

Always eager to augment my own skills. Case in point = In between recent temporary accounting work assignments, I kept myself busy by completing instructional classes to learn MS PowerPoint and Pivot Tables in Excel.

My Accounting, Math and Spreadsheet skills have been tested on Indeed.com. In each of the eight examinations that I took, my score was either "Proficient", "Highly Proficient" or "Expert". The assessment section of my Indeed.com profile displays these test results.

I also passed the challenging Linked In tests for Accounting, Excel and PowerPoint thereby earning Linked In badges in each of these subjects.

If I join your accounting team, you benefit because I am service minded and constantly focused on accomplishing the current task at hand. I enjoy the emotional satisfaction of a completed job well done. Feel free to contact me to arrange an interview. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Respectfully,

Paul Rottmann

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