Project Manager, Consultant
Resume:
Bridget E. Franklin
Milford, CT *6460
Email: *************@*****.***
Home: 203-***-****
Cell: 203-***-****
SUMMARY:
• Excellent communications, project management and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical aptitude.
• Self-sufficient with strong supervisory/leadership abilities.
• Consistently successful in providing accurate and detail information to the Finance Groups upper management team for the improvement and development of process and procedure.
EXPERIENCE:
Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. New Haven, Connecticut
FINANCE SUPERVISOR NOVEMBER 2000 TO MARCH 2010
Applies principles of accounting to record and analyze financial information and prepare financial reports. Maintain and Supervise Cash management statement, Bank Reconciliations and interbank transfers and deposit.
Administers and maintain the Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Stock Option systems. Conducts specialized financial research and responds to inquiries as required. Obtains materials, scientific equipment and services for all office and/or business supplies needed.
Processes completed/approved requisitions and purchase orders and monitors all aspects of procurement of property and services. Coordinates purchasing activity with all departments to ensure supplies and equipment needs are met in the most cost efficient and timely manner.
Lead coordinator for all monthly, quarterly and yearly general ledger financial close and SOX Audits. Responsible for the design and implementation of all work papers related to Sarbanes Oxley in all areas of Accounts Payables, Receivables and Purchasing.
Accounts Payable Functions:
• Mail/Sorting
• Coding of Invoices
• Procurement (3-way match of Invoice to Purchase Order and Packing Slip)
• Maintain Inventory
• Data Entry (A/P Invoices, Wire Transfer)
• Cutting of A/P Checks
• Travel Expense Report (Audit & Process)
• Fixed Assets Maintenance
• Customer Service (Vendor/General)
• A/P Reports
• Filing
• 1099 Misc Tax Reporting
Accounts Receivable Functions:
• Invoicing
• Daily Deposits
• Credit & Collections
• Wire Transfers
• Funding Request
• Tracking all Receivables (Grants, Royalties and Misc.)
• Cash Reports
General Accounting Functions:
• Journal Entries
• Maintaining Chart of Account
• Account Reconciliation’s
• Sales/Use Tax Reporting (On-Line Reporting)
• Benefit Accounting
• Account Analysis
• Load Budget
• Payroll Analysis
• Computershare / Stock Compensation Plan Updates
• Assist with Month-End Closing (Running Departmental Statements)
DOCUMENTATION FUNCTION
• Documenting all Accounting Procedures
• Scanning
Executone Information Systems, Inc. Milford, Connecticut
Accounts Payable/Receivable Supervisor January 1999 to October 2000
Responsible for implementing new G/L Software Package for Executone's Accounts Payable and Purchasing Departments. Oversees all Accounts Payable record keeping for 500 external vendors. Produce special purchasing reports for warehouse variances. Manage the entire 3-way match procurement flow designed to capture all Purchases made within the organization. Responsible for the write up of all desk procedures within the department. Produce various reports for management. Reports directly to Controller and CFO. Managed an extremely short Cash Flow while ensuring vendor/supplier satisfaction. Maintain a High level of Customer Service skills internally and externally. Supervise a staff of ten full time employees in the areas of Accounts Payable, Cash Applications, Accounts Receivable and Distributor Billing.
Responsibilities:
• Design process and procedures
• Year end A/P, A/R closing
• 1099 Preparation, Reporting
• Detail tracking and Analysis of annual Sales trip expenses
• Designed and developed AP/Purchasing Procedures as part of a User group for the SAP system; integration testing, training of the department, managing the live use of SAP.
• Supervise a staff of 10 clerks
• General Staff training
• Cash Management, Treasury Express Banking, Wire Transfers International or Domestic.
Executone Information Systems, Inc. Milford, Connecticut
Accounts Payable Supervisor March 1996 to January 1999
Responsible for supervising a staff of 5 full time employees as well as developing a new group after the sale of the Company's Direct Sales Organization.
Responsibilities:
• Aging
• Cash Flow
• Year end A/P closing
• 1099 Preparation, Reporting
• Researched for A/P Auditors
• Purchasing/Buyers/Warehouse support
• Detailed Tracking of annual Sales trip, "Circle of Excellence"
• Special Projects; Reconciled Telephone System with Telco providers, Reconciled Corporate Expense Account; Provided input into the acquisition of new G/L package as related to A/P
Executone Information Systems, Inc. Milford, Connecticut
Senior Accounts Payable Clerk October 1990 to March 1996
Executone Information Systems, Inc. Darien, Connecticut
Accounts Receivable Clerk July 1988 to September 1990
Brink's, Incorporated Darien, Connecticut
Accounts Billing Clerk-Bonded July 1986 to July 1988
Responsible for Accounts used in the entry of precious gemstones into the United States.
Responsibilities:
• Accounts Receivable; Data Entry
• Shipping; Freight, Duties and Customs
General Electric Credit Corporation Stamford, Connecticut
Accounts Payable Clerk/Insurance Clerk/Credit Clerk October 1982 to April 1986
Responsible for several different aspects as related to Insurance Accounts
Accounts Payable Clerk:
• Prepared monthly insurance commission reports
• Data Entry
• Reconciled Accounts
• Processed premium payments
Insurance Clerk:
• Researched, resolved and responded to account inquires
• Reviewed endorsement/cancellation requests
• Processed endorsement/cancellation requests
Credit Clerk:
• Determined premium refunds for Data Entry to accounts
• Policy information Data Entry
EDUCATION:
Albertus Magnus College Business Management-BS
Fairfield University Business Management-CEU
Berkeley Business College Word Processing-CEU
Rippowam High Business/Academic-CEU
Fred Prayor Seminars Communication/Business Writing
COMPUTER SKILLS:
EXCEL, MS WORD, POWERPOINT, SAP, Peachtree Accounting/Fixed Asset Software, ComputerShare/Transcentive Stock Option Software
REFERENCES:
Mr. Howard Bates Johnson
120 East End Ave., Apt. 4C
New York, NY 10024
Employer: Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Title: President & CFO
Cell: 203-***-****
Email: ******************@*****.***
Mrs. Karen Schmedlin
351 Holly Dale Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
Employer: Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Title: VP of Finance & Corporate Secretary
Home: 203-***-****
Cell: 203-***-****
Email: **********@*****.***
Mrs. Yuanlin Li
Employer: Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Title: Manager of Finance & Accounting
Home: 858-***-****
Cell: 760-***-****
Email: *****@******.***
Mrs. Nancy LaMontagne
200 Chapel Street
Stratford, CT 96614
Employer: Executone Information Systems, Inc.
Title: Manager of Finance & Accounting
Home: 203-***-****
Cell: 203-***-****
Email: ********@***.***
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