Hands-on Acctg Mgr with extensive experience with financial systems.

MARK A. WARNER, CPA

*** ***** ***** • Loganville, GA 30052

770-***-**** • ********@*********.***

Accounting Management

Finance – Management, Training, and Project Development

Financial management professional with extensive experience leading the design and development of Oracle ERP Systems. Lead teams on all aspects of accounting projects, from conception to execution, identifying and implementing process improvements across the board, providing solid direction and training. Engaging rapport builder, promoting positive relationships through skilled communication, quality service and trust.

Auditing • Expense Control • Budget Forecasting / Planning

Financial Analysis • Financial Management • General Ledger • Process Improvement

Internal Controls • Reporting • Financial Statements • System Improvement • Business Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RICOH AMERICAS CORP. (ACQUIRED LANIER WORLDWIDE, INC), Atlanta, GA • 1989-2009

Leading provider of digital office equipment and related services. Ricoh Company Ltd has worldwide sales of $22 Billion and 83,000 employees.

General Accounting Manager (1999-2009)

Responsible for management of the financial systems function of the US direct sales division, consolidation of Lanier sales in Latin and South America, all monthly management reporting, trend analysis, key factor, and key ratio reporting

• Managed 5 -10 employees, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, fixed assets, and month-end close.

• Accountable for monthly close, GAAP compliance, and analysis of monthly results to verify the reporting and source system information. Reviewed and approved reconciliation process for most accounts including accounts payable, accounts receivables, fixed assets, unclaimed property, inter-company accounts, accruals and liabilities.

• Reviewed standard cost and all inventory reports including allowance for shrinkage and obsolescence, purchase price variances, and days on hand.

• Wrote policy and procedures manual for subsidiary operations, reviewed and wrote several Sarbanes-Oxley procedures and was owner of several SOX procedures.

• Coordinated and main contact for financials audits including all the required “Prepared by Client” spreadsheets and analyses, always completing early and accurately.

• Provided accounting guidance and review for all manual journal entries including revenue recognition and payroll to assure correct adherence to policy and procedures as well as GAAP requirements.

• Led and developed strong team with ability to work with minimal supervision which allowed me to be the only employee contributing full-time to the ERP project while retaining management responsibilities with my department. Hired, trained, guided, reviewed, and provided compensation input.

• Served on team to design and implement Oracle ERP to replace nearly all accounting, order to cash, service, accounts payable, fixed assets, and inventory systems. Assisted in developing new chart of accounts, tested as is functionality, and identified necessary customizations before presenting programmer with functional designs. Spearheaded end-to-end transactional testing of final solutions.

• Created Lanier portion of ERP project budget and prepared all actual verses budget reports for IT Vice President meeting all requirements.

• Identified necessary reporting requirements for new ERP project, wrote functional designs for reports, worked with technical staff to have all necessary reports available at conversion.

• I was a subject matter expert on the finance ERP team and I worked with the Order to Cash, Service, and Inventory teams to design a workflow process improvement for orders which would eliminate manual holds in the process and include automating revenue recognition, inventory moves, and costing, resulting in reducing the average order processing by 30% and providing timely accounting entries.

• Working with one programmer, we designed a process to convert and transfer the financial information from the previous Atlanta based general ledger to the new system within one week improving on the 10 weeks needed to convert the New Jersey based system.

• Developed courses, wrote manuals, and taught financial training classes preparing all financial personnel to be ready for the new accounting systems.

• One of four employees out of 60 asked to stay until end to transition finance department to New Jersey office.

• Detailed oriented and committed to continuous improvement, making deadlines, and contributing to the growth and success of the company.

Division Accounting Manager (1993-1999)

Supported copying, the company’s largest division, from total US side. Supervised three senior accountants and reported to division director of accounting.

• Worked with national, regional, and local managers to develop budgeting and forecasting by region, office and product line for six regions, 110 sales offices, and 24 product lines.

• Streamlined process for handling inter-company transactions and consolidating financial results.

• Enabled clear understanding of equipment related revenue as a result of developing financial sales data separated by new and reconditioned equipment versus combined data.

• Improved reporting by including trend analysis, key factor, and key ratio reporting.

Financial Specialist for New Business Development (1989-1993)

Supported efforts of two new business areas within company. Collaborated closely with National Sales Manager of Document Systems and Presentation Systems, as well as the Vice President for New Business development. Assisted direct sales area with sales of supplies and small equipment to existing customers as well as management financial reporting.

• Contributed to migrating key sales operations from microfilm to optical imaging by designing and developing a process improvement using a spreadsheet based sales tool to capture and track data specifics in order to size and price customers’ system requirements eliminating order and pricing orders errors with a new technology while increasing annual revenue by 20%.

• Direct sales team financial analysis consisted of one large report which listed all sales and details in date order while they needed reports by product groups, sales groups, and customer locations and I found a method to accomplish this.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting

Georgia State University – Atlanta, Georgia

CERTIFICATION

Active CPA License

SKILLS

Oracle 11i ERP, Cognos, Hyperion, Mercury Test Director, Discoverer,

Monarch, Visio, Microsoft Excel (lookups, pivot tables, macros),

Word, Access (database design/setup, queries), PowerPoint

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