Controller/Accounting Manager

Bernard Robinson Jr.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scholastic - Finance Division, Secaucus, New Jersey: 10/1995 to 7/2010

Responsible for processing checks and electronic funds transfer (EFT) on a daily basis using J.D. Edwards Enterprise One and Createform system. Analyze A/P financial information to ensure accounting transactions are correct and in accordance with Scholastic corporate policies.

5/2006 to 7/2010

Manager, Accounts Payable

Served as a liaison between senior management and staff to ensure work quality consistently meets company goals and expectations

Ensured internal controls function properly

Monitored electronic data interchange EDI invoices

Coordinated month-end close

Monitored input and posting of voucher batches, voids, manuals, foreign drafts, and wires to current month’s general ledger

Resolved cash account discrepancies

Verified authorized signatures

Created and transmit direct deposit and positive pay files to bank via modem

Processed 1099 miscellaneous tax forms

Responded to internal inquires in a timely manner

Prepared integrity reports

Provided assistance for internal and external audits

6/1999 to 5/2006

Supervisor, Accounts Payable

Distributed work to a staff of thirteen who are responsible for various tasks

Verified coding of invoices and stop payments

Processed journal entries and uploads

Performed and reported daily cash analysis to treasury department.

Responded to vendor inquires in a timely manner.

Reconciled vendor accounts

10/1995 to 6/1999

Inventory Analyst, Cost Accounting

Performed analysis and maintain activity of New Media Division software account

Prepared commentaries on variances of manufacturing estimates vs. actual cost

Served as a liaison among receiving, manufacturing and vendors

Trained and developed temporary personnel in various inventory functions

EDUCATION

Caldwell College West Caldwell, New Jersey ’02 – ‘04

o Bachelor of Arts – Multidisciplinary Studies/Humanities/ Communications

Minor – Accounting

Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia ’88 -’92

TECHNICAL SKILLS

J.D. Edwards Enterprise One; AS400; Strategy 4.0; Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook

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