Letter Carrier, Sales Representative, Finance Background

OBJECTIVE A challenging, secure financial position with a viable, dynamic organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

*/** -*/** ****** States Postal Service, Rural Letter Carrier

Started as an RCA substitute working & delivering in different cities/towns on multiple routes for rural carriers that needed time off. Delivered mail, packages and priority mail as needed daily, Sundays, holidays and weekends.

Obtained & managed a route of my own as a permanent rural letter carrier after 3 plus years.

Handled logistics for the mail, packages and time sensitive priority materials daily.

Responsible for all aspects of route management, updating changes, gasoline and reporting vehicle mechanical needs.

Sorted, packed up moderate to heavy loads of mail and packages for delivery.

Collected mail and picked up packages from customers on assigned route daily.

Worked indoors and outdoors in all weather: rain, snow, cold and heat.

2/07 – Present TNT TrucknTrailer Magazine, Advertising Sales Representative, North East Region

Responsible for print and web-based advertising sales to the truck, trailer, construction and specialized equipment industries.

Called on company owners, sales managers and private dealers through travel, email and phone.

Developed repeat customer base through multiple sales calls, hard work and determination.

Stayed competitive and resilient in the diminishing print advertising market.

Completely autonomous 1099 commission only position responsible for quotes, sales, collections and all travel related expenses incurred during the sales cycle.

8/05 – 1/07 Consulting Engagements: KaBloom, USM Corporation, Prospectiv, Axsys Technologies & Synta Pharmaceuticals

10/03-7/05 Simonds International $180 Million Fitchburg, MA

Senior Accountant

Coordinated and participated in the internal corporate audit while generating numerous work- papers in a deadline driven environment.

Worked closely with all levels of corporate management to insure the appropriate

documentation was included in the corporate audit package.

Assisted Controller in all phases of the accounting cycle including month end / year

end close, journal entries, reconciliation’s, financial analysis, acquisition analysis and international consolidations.

Reconciled multiple international division inter-company accounts with division / plant controllers and provided system support / training where appropriate.

Consolidated foreign entities ascertained material in transit for local / corporate entries and flexed account balances per month end exchange rates. End result; balanced inter-company accounts.

Responsible for the web-based remote G/L load of foreign subsidiaries, troubleshot problems, maintained merge of local to corporate chart of accounts and translated to USD.

Completed multiple projects requiring detailed financial analysis and reconciliation of

balance sheet and P&L accounts.

Managed A/P while searching for a supervisor, added controls to insure proper posting, payment and reporting of vendor invoices during and after corporate acquisition.

3/03 – 7/03 CSF Technology a distribution division of Praxair, Inc. $28 Million Shrewsbury, MA

Temporary Interim Controller through Kelly Services Maternity leave contract

9/99 – 12/02 Purchasing Consultants $18 Million Rockland, MA

Controller/Business Manager

Established corporate office for new business venture. Included purchase and installation of computers, software, firewall, virus protection, telephone, fax, web access, web page, local area network, remote access, etc.

Developed custom finance package in Quick Books Pro for business involved in manufacturing, consulting, engineering and distribution. Incorporated the ability to track all product orders and deliveries.

Responsibilities included, but not limited to, G/L, A/R, A/P, sales orders, purchase orders, inventory etc.

Assisted proprietors with customer sales support and supplier relations in a heavy contact environment. Negotiated customer payment cycles and vendor terms.

Supervised, trained and supported all on/off site personnel with operational software.

Consulted directly with the principals in the planning, deployment and implementation of all corporate operational strategies and procedures directly impacting the continuous evolution of the business model.

EDUCATION

Bentley College Waltham, MA

Bachelor of Science, Economics/Finance

Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA

Associate in Science, Business Administration

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Windows 11, Office 365, Great Plains, FRx, QuickBooks, Peachtree, MAPICS with Browser, Ask Man, DBA.

REFERENCES Furnished upon request. Additional professional experience available upon request.

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