Experienced Controller - Finance & Operations Leader
Resume:
CAROLINE T.S. PADER
Lathrop CA ***** ● Cellular: 281-***-**** ● Email: *************@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Divisional Controller – Manufacturing, Oil & Gas/Residential Construction, & Property Management
Chief Financial Officer/Computer Administrator – Healthcare (national)
Controller/Acting GM – $100+ million retail chain (global company)
Individual, Partnership and Corporate Income Tax Preparation Expertise
Public Accounting Experience
M.B.A in Management - completed 1 yr
B.S. in Business Administration – Accounting
A.D. in Computer Programming & IT Administration, Leadership and Entrepreneurship certificates CAREER PROFILE:
03/2018 – Present Controller (Remote since July 2021- PT from Jan 2023) Local Industrial Contractors II LLC
Clark Rotating Equipment Services
Paper Mill, and Oil & Gas Construction, LaPorte TX
• Financial and dashboard reporting, daily cashflow & staff management.
• Weekly projects analysis and reporting, WIP, POC calculations.
• Operational procedures and I/Controls development and implementation.
• ERP system conversion and maintenance (Sage 100 & 50).
• Bank rec & GL review, Jes, I/C Recon, Fixed Assets management.
• Billing, PR, AP, PO review audit and employee support.
• PR & Sales and Use Tax returns preparations and filing (F940, F941, SUI, 1094/1095C, sales tax).
• WComp Ins, OCIP reporting & filing. Employee benefits management.
• Reports designing (macro, pivot tables, Vlookup/Index/Match) and automation with accounting software.
• Property tax rendition. CPAs liaison, and other external audits and reports. MSAs coordination and review.
09/2022 – 1/2026 Cost Accounting Manager
VBC Tracy LLC
Residential and Commercial Volumetric Manufacturing and Construction – Tracy, CA
• Financial and dashboard analysis and reporting, daily/weekly labor costs and HC analysis and reporting, monthly GL review, JE, project coding, cost allocations, POC/WIP and ASC 606 revenue reconciliation and recognition.
• Daily Purchase Orders review and approval.
• Designed & processed reports/templates for multiple departments for profitability analysis for Production, Procurement, Material Mgt, Finance & PMs.
• Inventory & material consumption reporting/analysis, & weekly physical inventory audits.
• Vendor parked and blocked invoices research and problem resolutions.
• External auditors’ liaison; problem resolutions support for multiple departments, i.e. Procurement, Production, Material Mgt, A/P & Facility.
• Fixed Asset Management, property tax preparation, monthly borrowing base calculation.
• Annual budget and forecast, and Internal Controls implementation. 11/2006 to 3/2018 Divisional Controller
Southwest Meridian Corp.
Industrial Gunite, Inc.
Gulf Coast Gunite, Inc.
Oil & Gas Construction (800+ employees) –Pasadena, TX - companies sold
• Financial and dashboard reporting & consolidation, daily cashflow, and staff management and training, GL, accruals, JEs, POC, WIP, monthly customer concentration reporting and analyses, KPI, OCIP & CBS reporting, 401k audit and reporting, financial audit preparation and CPA liaison, customer audits, fixed asset, & employee benefits mgt, billing and AP & PO review and audit. Quarterly physical inventory, and inventory management. Accounting system conversion and implementation (Sage 300 and SL Dynamics), bank reconciliations, report designing
(macro, pivot tables, Vlookup), jobsites timekeepers training and management. Prepared 941, 940, 1099s, W2, W3, WComp Ins & sales tax for reporting & filing, budgeting, operational procedures development and implementation, project management, due diligence, and all other Ad hoc reporting. 04/2005 – 08/2006 Divisional Controller
Massingham & Associates (Associa)
Property Management and Residential Construction (300+ employees) Hayward, California
• Staff management and training of over 30 accounting employees, financial reporting, system conversion & implementation (Great Plains), monthly financial committee meeting, report designing, newly acquired companies’ accounting dept training and conversion, financial audit preparation and CPA liaison, operational procedures development and implementation, bank reconciliations, AP and billing review, cashflow management, and all other reporting.
Previous Employment:
11/98 – 01/2005 Chief Financial Officer/Computer Administrator FPCH, Inc. (Healthcare), Honolulu, Hawaii
01/1995 – 01/2005 Income Tax Preparer, Honolulu, Hawaii 01/1997 – 07/1998 Controller, P.D. Boutiques, Inc. (Retail), Honolulu, Hawaii 1993 – 1998 Senior Accountant, Public Accounting Firm, Honolulu, Hawaii 1992 – 1996 Staff Accountant, Printing and Manufacturing, Honolulu, Hawaii CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Decreased Expenses. Developed Macro that automated export files for Payroll upload, and daily billing allocation to customers’ system (Track system). Significantly increased productivity and efficiency.
• Designed and developed reporting utilities that automated daily/weekly billing and AR payment reconciliations. Reduced billing and A/R processes by at least 2 days.
• Designed and developed Timekeeping utilities that centralized jobsites timekeeping process that resulted in manpower reduction from 3 FTE to 1 FTE.
• Developed a highly effective method of reporting tools that automated the preparation of weekly and monthly reports for customers. Reduced preparation process from 2 days to less than 2 hours.
• Decreased financial audit process for 3 companies from 1 month to 2 weeks that resulted in cost savings.
• Developed a highly effective method for estimating for project bids. Increased projects profitability.
Boosted Revenues. The successful development and implementation of all the reporting utilities increased productivity, efficiency, and increased revenues from having it all billed timely and accurately.
ERP Conversion and Integration, and newly acquired companies’ conversion.
• Successfully led the conversion of Sage300, & Sage 100 accounting and payroll systems.
• Wrote operational policies and procedures and personally trained accounting, payroll, and timekeeping departments.
• Designed multiple reporting tools for all the departments for daily operational productivity and efficiency.
• Successfully led the conversion of newly acquired companies: HR and Accounting for both the Corporate and Homeowners.
• Successfully implemented newly developed I/Controls and operational procedures for multiple departments that ensured efficiency and increased productivity throughout the organization.
• Hands-on with full-cycle Accounting, HR/Payroll and IT functions: Financial reporting, Billing (T&M, Lump sum, Progress), A/R, A/P, bank reconciliation, Inventory, Payroll, HR, PO management.
• Staff Management and training of over 30 employees.
• Daily Cash Flow, fixed asset, and inventory management.
• POC, Job cost and WIP preparations and analyses, customer concentration reporting.
• Financial, 401(K), and customers audits, Income tax review, CPA liaison.
• Process monthly, quarterly, and annually financial and dashboard reporting.
• Management of weekly/monthly revenue and cost reports (KPI, OCIP, CBS) preparation for multiple jobsites and customers.
• Inhouse/Outsource Payroll, 940/941, W2 & W3, sales/use tax filing, Due diligence, budget forecasting, income tax preparation (individual, corporation, partnership).
EDUCATION: M.B.A, Management, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, 2005 -completed 1 yr BS Degree in Accounting, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, 1996 Associate Degree, Computer Programming/Accounting. Academic scholarships, Hawaii Business College, 1991.
Diploma, Microsoft Certified Software Engineer, University of Phoenix April 2000.
Other Classes attended:
CPA Exam Review – passed 2 sections taken – FAR & BEC (2006) Entrepreneurship, & Leadership (certificates)
COMPUTER SKILLS:
SAP 4Hana (cloud base), SAP 4Hana (T-Code base), PowerBI, Smartsheet, Microsoft Dynamics SL (Solomon), Sage 300, Sage 100 & 50, Track Software, Quicken, QuickBooks, Axapta, Great Plains, MAS90, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Power Point), Sun System, POS system, and Turbo Tax.
Southwest Meridian Corporation
2000 MAGNOLIA PASADENA, TEXAS 77503-2907 713-***-**** October 27, 2017
To Whom It May Concern:
It is my sincere pleasure to recommend Caroline Pader for the position of Controller at your company. Caroline and I worked together al Southwest Meridian Corporation for eleven years, until my retirement from the company in the fall of 2017. I thoroughly enjoyed my time working with Caroline. She is honest, dependable, incredibly hard-working, and a great "people person". Highlights of her accomplishments include, but are certainly not limited to, the following:
• Immediately reorganized and prioritized our billing/receivables department, vastly improving our collections and cash flow process(es);
• Helped plan and implement the migration from our Novell/MS-Dos based accounting system (Geac Libra Signature) to a MS-Windows based accounting system (Sage Timberline);
• Developed and implemented clear, concise written procedures to assist our accounting staff in the execution of their respective accounting system modules;
• Supervised "in house" payroll module functions for a workforce approaching 1,000 annually.
• Proficiency in all MS-Office Suite applications. Developed MS-Access and MS-Excel utility applications to integrate customer software platforms (SAP & Track) with Timberline platforms.
• Helped plan and implement the migration of our 40 I (k) plan from First Mercantile to Fidelity.
• Thoroughly organized and presented our fiscal audit documentation to our third party auditors, thereby drastically reducing the cost of our annual audits;
• Thoroughly organized and presented our 40 I (k) audit documentation to our third party auditors, thereby reducing audit costs of the plan;
• Assisted investment bankers in the generation of all financial and organizational data necessary to present the company for sale;
• Assisted auditors in providing all fiscal and tax data for an IRS audit following the sale of the company (new owners parent company was audited, pulling in subsidiaries).
• Helped integrate the migration from Sage Timberline to parent company Solomon platform. Caroline is a highly skilled and knowledgeable individual, as demonstrated above. Furthermore, Caroline has always been an absolute joy to work with. She is a team player, and her care and concern for her coworkers truly shows. She brings out the best in other employees.
I highly recommend Caroline Pader to for the position of controller or other management position. She is dedicated, knowledgeable, and an all-around great person.
Please feel free to contact me should you like to discuss Caroline's qualifications and experience further. Sincerely,
SOUTHWEST MERIDIAN CORPORATION
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www.seleccgroupre.com
September 2006
To whom it may concern:
This is intended as a letter of recommendation for Ms. Caroline Pader. Ms. Pader was employed by the Select Group of Companies in the capacity of Divisional Controller for Massingham & Associates (a homeowners' association management company) and Advance Construction Technology (a construction and maintenance company). She was employed in this capacity from April 2005 to August 2006. As the Controller of these two companies, Ms. Pader has been a tremendous employee and contributed significantly to the performance of our companies. She has proven to be a capable and knowledgeable manager who is able to successfully develop plans and implement them. She was able to successfully manage staff at various satellite locations as well as interacting effectively with the accounting staff at the corporate headquarters. She also had a significant amount of interaction and successfully developed good working relationships with the customers.
Ms. Pader is a very dedicated, dependable, and proficient manager. She is able to successfully manage multiple activities, handle changing priorities, and meet stringent deadlines. It is for these reasons that I highly recommendation Ms. Pader. Her drive and abilities will truly be an asset to your company. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 530-***-****.
Sincerely,
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Peter Mattos
Corporate Controller
The Select Group Companies
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