Accounting Manager

MARTIN T. KELLER

Home:513-***-****

Cincinnati, OH 45231 ***************@***.***

QUALIFICATIONS

Equipped with progressive accounting experience in corporate and small business environments. Proficiency in a wide range accounting functions, including general accounting, journal entry preparation, general ledger, payroll, account reconciliation, bank reconciliations, financial statement preparation, and reporting, and Cost Accounting. Knowledge of accounting principals, and accounting systems. Minimized errors and risks, streamlined internal procedures. Extremely meticulous, analytical, quantitative and problem solving skills.

Core expertise include:

• Inventory Control & Reconciliation

• Bank & General Ledger Account Reconciliation

• Annual Standards Change

• Month End Closings

• Intercompany Reconciliation

• Linking continuous Process improvement & technology

• Installing new technologies

• Sox 404 Write-ups and Audits

• Costing parts and assemblies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEKSYSTEMS, Cincinnati, OH Feb 2012 - Apr 2012

Business Analyst

• Found $250,000 in monthly or $3,000,000 annual miss-billed and overbilled computer hardware equipment and stopped the billing

• Reported 2 sections of internal reporting of program results to managers to make sure spending was on budget

FERMAN & CO. LLC, CPAs, Cincinnati, OH Feb 2011 – Apr 2011

Associate

• Prepared 1040’s with supporting schedules and forms for clients

• Researched items for Tax audits per IRS statement

• Completed 1065 Partnership Return

• Filled out 8825 Rental Real Estate Income and Expenses of Partnership and S-corp

Temporary Positions Jan 2007 – Jun 2010

As a temporary worker, worked as a Credit Analyst, and was responsible for all aspects of the credit process. As a Staff Accountant, was responsible for all aspects of producing financial statements of a long term care health facility including Balance sheets, income statements, then having to explain why any budget item was over/under budget. Also, as a Senior Accountant, leader of change in accounting software program change.

• Lead Accounting software change of a $2 million dollar company which resulted in better labor reporting and financial reporting

• Suggested better entry of journal entries, so that Bank Statements were easier to balance and understand and better financial reporting

• Responsible for 6 facilities Balance sheets and income statements along with budget explanations.

• Lead Accounting software change of a $2 million dollar company which resulted in better labor reporting and financial reporting

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ARVINMERITOR, Florence, KY Jan 2003 – Jan 2007

Cost Accountant

Accountable for all cost accounting aspects of this automotive distribution parts facility. Additionally, was responsible for the cost accounting of 3 additional facilities, which includes 2 Canadian facilities.

• Responsible for reconciliation of book inventory to perpetual inventory in a facility that could be worth up to $45 million facility to under 1% variance for 11 of 12 months which had never been done before.

• Lead the intercompany annual standards change over by talking to other international intercompanies cost accountants

• Reduced General Ledger close from 5 days to 3 days with in a 4-month period by reducing waste and duplicate entries.

• Co-lead a team that looked at waste reduction and redundancy in the annual cost accounting change over function. Reduced the waste and saved $3 million over a 6-month period.

• Lead a team in various Continuous Improvements efforts saving $25,000 in a 3-month period.

• Audited using Sox 404 Compliance rules in the Credit Department

• Improved reports using ad hoc reporting tools resulting in giving in better decision making ability for upper management for the company

SECURITY NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE ACCEPTANCE CORP., Mason, OH Nov 1999- Jan 2003

Staff Accountant

One of two staff accountants responsible for managing $150 million in automobile loans on the General Ledger.

• Produced financial reports and other reports for management along with outside financers every month. Also developed new reports when new situations arise or conditions change.

• Developed a form in Microsoft Excel to prove the system was calculating their loan correctly. The system did not provide a statement that clearly showed how all the payments, interest, fees, etc. were being calculated.

• Entered payroll entries and payroll information into payroll software system

• Trained less experienced associates in month end closing and financial statement preparation

• Determined daily cash position of the company and borrowed money if necessary to cover any shortfalls

GIBSON GREETINGS, INC., Cincinnati, OH Aug 1997 – Nov 1999

Cost Accountant (1998-1999)

Responsible for managing all aspects of Raw Materials and Work in Process on the General Ledger.

• Responsible for the transfer of inventory value between work in process accounts among the company’s distribution centers.

• Completed the Raw Material annual standards change

Associate Accountant (1998)

Provided support to the Cost Accountants and Cost Manager.

• Helped a consultant transfer spreadsheets used on a daily and monthly basis from Lotus to Microsoft Excel. These spreadsheets had Lotus macros that also had to be converted.

• Month end journal entries transferring material, labor, and overhead from Raw Material to WIP and WIP to Completed Goods

Cost Clerk (1997)

• Responsible for tracking $25 million of inventory correctly of greeting cards jobs and stages of completion

• Coded all Raw Materials invoices and determined Standard Costs and Purchase Price Variances

EDUCATION

XAVIER UNIVERSITY, Cincinnati, OH

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

Concentration: Accounting

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