Michael A. Parette P.H.R.
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Leander, Texas 78641 **********@*****.***
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Adecco International – www.Adecco.com
ASSA ABLOY- www.AssaAbloy.com HID Global – www.HIDGlobal.com
Senior Oracle ERP Implementation Lead Consultant and Senior Cost Accountant
Austin, TX 5/25 to 10/25
Created and completed a new system of GL Costing, SOPs and COA realignments for Full Oracle e-Business ERP Implementation Conversion project to prepare for the installation ERP system named SyteLine Info CloudSuite Industrial software and customized it to operate with their existing BOM (Bill of Material) Quoting software named EIS. Mission was to replace HID Global’s current ERP system that handles more than 70 countries with Gross Sales of 1.6 billion dollars annually, from their HQ location in Austin, Texas with full Consolidated Financials Capabilities. Assignment was completed on 10/10/2025.
Pure Life Personnel Services LLC – www.PureLifePS.com
HEB www.HEB.com
Cash Revenue Controller and Human Resources Operational Consultant
Austin, TX 10/23 to 04/25
Hired to analyze processes of the Cash and Credit Card Transaction Controls of this 118-year-old 55-billion-dollar company concerning all daily financial transactions for all Brinks physical cash transfers for District #2 and #7 to HQ from Austin, TX.
Examined efficiency issues managing cash tills, inefficiencies in the current processes of the Business Center Operations, Current SOPs, examined inefficiencies processing US and International Western Union transactions, Lotto Texas sales, TX DPS Auto Registration Renewals and store’s operational cash requirement standards for line cashiers.
Reviewed processes of all merchandise returns, bill and utility payments, reconciliation process of all daily transactions, examined current reconciliation procedures at end of shift business center cash and credit transactions.
Reviewed processes of Cash distributions from each store’s Money Vaults in Issuing additional cash requests to cashiers or the Business Centers and reviewed all opening and closing procedures of Money Vault’s daily operations.
Created a Summary Executive Report to upper management in San Antonio, Texas upon completement of assignment.
Accountability Resources, Inc. - www. AccountabilityResources.com
GT Distributors, Inc. --www.Gtdist.com
Financial Controller and Human Resources Director
Pflugerville, TX 05/22 to 09/23
Was in charge of all Financial Generation and Creation of new Policies-Procedures as the Financial Controller of these five states, 50-year-old company with sales over 110 million dollars per year in Pflugerville, TX.
Created weekly and monthly Financial Status PowerPoint Presentations for the upper management team consisting of GT Distributors, Inc.’s President, CEO, COO and CFO directly.
Managed Cash Flow Analysis, Inventory reports, Error/Returns run rate reports by location and created Comparative Metric Reports to cut costs, increase efficiency and increase overall revenue in all their state locations being Pflugerville, TX, Dallas, TX, Rossville, GA, Kansas City, MS and Jacksonville, FL.
Recruited, on boarded, off boarded, trained, performed employee evaluations, monitored continuing business education program, performed all INS, IRS, FFL compliance audits, and created an employee recognition/retention program since GT Distributors, Inc. is an Employee-Owned Business (ESOP).
Created and submitted all W-2, 940, 941, Sales and Use Taxes Monthly for all five States. Opened and set-up new modules in Microsoft Dynamics – Great Plains ERP Software to run biweekly payroll for 185 to 207 employees in the five states.
Performed new IT Software Program Integrations to work with GT Distributors, Inc.’s Microsoft Dynamics – Great Plains ERP with Thomson Reuters Software to utilize and compile data for their Fixed Asset Depreciation Schedules.
Processed Bi-weekly payroll using Paycom, handled all TWC hearings, performed financial month end closings, made all required adjusting entries, handled Bank LOC, Corporate ESOP and IRS Audits. Prepared and presented all Monthly, Quarterly and Fiscal End of Year Financial Reporting Presentations to the Board of Directors, CEO, CFO and COO as required.
HireBetter – www.HireBetter.com
Hyper Restore Wellness-www.Restore.com
Financial, IT Operations and Human Resources Consultant
Austin, Texas 05/21 to 04/22
Worked directly with the CFO and the CEO of the fastest growing franchisor in the United States. In charge of a threefold external New York Auditing Firm conducting a full audit for Certified Financials to secure growth Capital. Company is 5 years old and lacked all formal accounting, operational and procedural controls.
First mission was converting their ERP Accounting system from QuickBooks Enterprise to Oracle NetSuite. Had to make the Chart of accounts, depreciation schedules, fixed assets, current liabilities, customers, vendors and all sub-accounts.
Second mission was to perform three audits to get accurate starting balances for all equipment, gift cards outstanding and all current membership balances. Made SOP Manuals and job descriptions for each person that had any contract with all three categories and incorporate new accounting standards.
Third mission was to create an entirely new eCommerce, eCards, B2B gift card program working with the CTO and IT department to integrate the correct API and new POS software system to sync sales data into Oracle NetSuite.
Last mission was to streamline entire accounting team to organize all data and duties to make Oracle NetSuite more active and efficient. Handled month-end closing activities, adjusting journal entries and all other activities required. Created all Financial Statements and reconciled bank accounts.
Accounting Principals, Inc. - www. AccountingPr incipals.com
VirTex Enterprises LP. – www.VirTex.us
Financial Operations and Human Resources Consultant
Austin, Texas 04/19 to 04/21
Performed Financial and Operations Consulting duties for this International IT Contract Manufacturer with 30 plus years of electronic printed circuit board assemblies with customized wiring harnesses and specialty electronic equipment for customers in the Government, Civil, High-Tech, Aerospace and the Department of Defense Industries in six manufacturing locations both domestic and international from their home corporate office based in the Silicon Hills of Austin, Texas.
Worked directly with the Chief Financial Officer and the Corporate Controller to refine the financial reporting, accounting and operational processes to increase efficiencies in their reporting speeds for a new Private Equity Firm that purchased the company from Dallas, Texas. Managed and trained entire AR and AP teams increasing processing times by 22%.
Managed the Integration, Costing and GL Mapping of a new manufacturing ERP system named SyteLine Info CloudSuite Industrial software and customized it to operate with their existing BOM (Bill of Material) Quoting software named EIS.
Created new reconciliation processes and procedures to minimize huge variances that were occurring in all of the six manufacturing plant locations and created new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all financial personnel.
Largest task was to create a new system of processes and procedures to minimize large Manufacturing Variance Issues such as Purchase Price, Transfer Cost, Purchase Order, Labor Rate, Labor Usage, Material Usage and Routing Variances. Inventory lead times and sub-set assemblies were also improved in all six locations due to new policies and procedures implemented for the recruitment and retention of key personnel utilizing defined job descriptions along with installing a new employee evaluation system. Processed daily deposits, accruals, depreciation schedules and budgets.
Efforts resulted in a 26% decrease in all variances across the six manufacturing locations and allowed the company to install a 16 week rolling cash flow forecasting system to allow them to refine their strategic cash requirement metrics.
Accountability Resources, Inc. - www. AccountabilityResources.com
NBG Home - www.NBG-Home.com
Treasury Analyst and Controlling Manager
Austin, Texas 08/18 to 03/19
Performed Treasury and Controlling Manager duties, reported and worked daily with the Senior Finance Director and General Corporate Counsel for this 28-billion-dollar largest supplier of Home Décor for companies like Amazon, Walmart and Costco.
Managed entire Accounting Department consisting of 25 employees in A/R, A/P, Collections, Treasury, Accounting and Payroll for their four domestic manufacturing plants.
Handled Tariffs, Supply Chain Financing, Import Duties, Customs, Freight, Reconciled 17 bank accounts and 7 Lockboxes.
Processed Intercompany Loans, Currency Exchanges, hedging transactions, Manufacturing Variance Analysis, Raw Material Inventory Variances, created weekly 16-week rolling Cash Forecasts and weekly A/R & A/P executive reports.
Created a new system of Cash forecasting for better cash control both domestically and internationally.
Hired to analyze issues with Aging Purchase Orders being short or missed with the goal of stopping Refused Invoices, Charge backs and Disputed Invoices.
Preformed critical domestic and international NBG Home’s delinquent clean-up on their last three years of Government reporting requirements outstanding from the US Department of Commerce concerning all their domestic and international operations.
Lastly, to create a new Treasury Management Policy that would centralize all NBG Home funds at the Home Office level by implementing the new A/R factoring system with Wells Fargo Bank NA.
Accounting Principals, Inc. - www. AccountingPrincipals.com
Ottobock Healthcare LP. - www.Ottobock.com
Accounting Treasury, Controller and Human Resources Manager
Austin, Texas 10/17 to 07/18
Performed all daily Accounting Treasury and Controlling Manager duties for this International 99-year-old 2.6 billion dollar Orthotics and Prosthetics Healthcare Company based out of Duderstadt Germany.
I was the corporate trainer for all new employees on the use of Concur software to process all expense reporting.
Reported and worked daily with the Vice President of Finance and managed entire Accounting Department consisting of 22 employees in A/R, A/P, Collections, Treasury, Accounting and Payroll.
Worked using German GAAP, IFRS (international financial reporting standards), SAP ERP International Accounting Software Systems, NetSuite, Oracle, ADP Workforce Now HRIS, Sophos Client Databases, Cisco Jabber, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP Client, SAP Net Weaver and handled all expenses-travel reimbursements using Concur software.
Performed all Month End Financial Statement closing entries, adjusting entries and any other reconciliations required in SAP Business Warehouse and managed the final North American Financial Statement Uploads to Ottobock’s Financial Consolidation CPA Firm in Duderstadt Germany.
Provided Weekly Cash Forecast report directly to the Vice President of Finance and received instructions on International and Intercompany cash transfers to perform each week for Payroll, A/P and Tax Liability Deposits.
Managed all Commission Accruals, Deferred Compensation, PTO Payouts, Vacation Accruals, Bi-Weekly Payroll and a very large 500+ Employee Monthly Payroll runs as the payroll supervisor.
CyberDefenses, Incorporated www.CyberDefenses.com
COO/Controller/ Senior Corporate Accountant/ HR Manager /Procurement PM
Round Rock, Texas 10/06 to 09/17
Reported directly to the CEO/Founder of this Department of Defense (DOD) Cyber Security Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) created by four retired Military Colonels and one General from Camp Mabry in Austin, TX. Performed all monthly, quarterly and annual adjusting entries and performed all GSA and DCAA Compliance Audits.
Performed all corporate tax, accounting, IT audits, budgetary strategies and worked directly with outside CPA Firms.
Performed all high-level Program Management, IT recruiting, business analysis and staffing strategic operations for all new Procurement Government and Civilian RFQ and RFPs.
Performed as Project Manager for the IT National Guard Contract, (Arkansas), Nellis AFB IT Contract (Nevada) and the DISA IT Contract (Ohio). Performed all Payroll runs for 125+ employees using QuickBooks Enterprise Software.
Performed cost analysis on proposal procurements and submitted bid proposals on E-Buy and E-Gov systems.
Managed and directed overseas Hostile Zone Deployments for Defense Contractors to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Managed accounting department staff (10 total) with tasks including oversight of tax reporting, tax deposits, payroll deposits, management reports and financial analysis. Created all W-2, 1099, 1096, 941, 1040 and K-1 forms.
Performed all HR Manager Duties such as recruiting, on-boarding and off-boarding.
Computer Software Knowledge:
Proficiency with all IT Microsoft Office Suite software programs especially advanced Excel accounting skills using V-look-up’s, formulas, pivot tables, graphic presentations, slicers, conditional formatting and advanced Excel macros. Recent work with multiple ERP and Financial software systems such as NetSuite, SyteLine Info, Cloud Suite Industrial, Concur, Kronos, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Great Plains, Oracle/Hyperion, Power BI, Thomson Reuters, NAV Pro, QuickBooks Enterprise, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP Client, SAP Net Sage X3, SharePoint, Salesforce, TnL, JD Edwards. Have prior payroll and human resources software experience using Paycom, ADP Workforce Now, QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Workforce, Paycor, iSolve, Bullhorn, Peachtree, PeopleSoft HRIS, Concur expense reimbursement online software along with VPN online security web portal systems. Experience using IFRS (international financial reporting standards) accounting requirements for many global clients. Knowledge of Epicor-Vantage Manufacturing software, Yardi real estate software, experience using Drop Box and SharePoint cloud document management storage software programs. Experience with production WIP, COGS, Finished Goods accounting methods using Manufacturing and Material Inventory Tracking programs such as Optel, Sage MAS 500 and Sage Master Builder software. Power BI, Cognos and Big Data Tableau databases. Senior Oracle ERP Implementation Lead Consultant and Senior Cost Accountant
Education:
Dual Bachelors’ Degrees – The University of Texas at Austin 2005
Accounting/Pre-Law Government – Red McCombs School of Business
Certifications:
P.H.R. (Professional of Human Resources Certification) - Active until 2026.
https://www.credly.com/badges/570dc707-1e6f-404a-b97b-593ff02ee035/public_url
Six Sigma Green Belt certified by Martin Nazareth P.H.D. of Toyota Corporation.
Business 2 Government (B2G) Contract Procurement Certified.
Professional Networking Memberships:
Life Member - University of Texas Exes Alumni Association www.texasexes.org
SHRM - Society for Human Resource Management www.shrm.org
AHRMA - Austin Human Resource Management Association www.austinhumanresource.org