Professional, personable cpa

EDGAR J. MORISSETTE, CPA

***** ****** ****** #**

Tinley Park, Illinois 60477

Cell: 773-***-****

E-mail: ******@*****.***

OVERVIEW:

My background as a professional includes experience in many areas of management. I am particularly effective when my areas of influence and responsibility are varied. My focus is on improving efficiency and profitability within a team environment. My personal attributes include extensive hands-on technical experience, efficiency in re-engineering business processes, strong written and oral communication skills, and the ability to see the big picture.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Chicago, IL 312-***-**** (April ’01 – present)

Financial Reporting Manager – Assumed additional responsibilities as annual revenues increased from $100MM in 2001 to $800MM currently

• Supervise preparation of consolidations and financial statements on a monthly basis, and quarterly for 10-K and 10-Q SEC filings, in compliance with GAAP

• Establish and implement policies for monthly financial statements and SEC filings

• Perform MD&A for SEC filings

• Coordinate annual audit and quarterly reviews and serve as primary contact between independent audit firm and company management

• Research accounting pronouncements as needed

• Perform due diligence on potential acquisitions

• Coordinate purchase accounting for acquisitions

• Oversee integration of acquired obligations into reporting process

• Serve as primary contact for subsidiary operations, resulting in accurate reporting and positive inter-company relations

• Provide support to Government Accounting, Tax, and operations personnel as necessary

• Identify and implement necessary process improvements, resulting in increased employee productivity

• Organize and critique creation and documentation of organization’s Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

• Train and develop staff on company procedures, job cost system, and accounting software

• Supervise staff accountants and cash applications function

• Contribute to annual budget process, enhancing management analysis of sector operating results

• Serve on ESOP committee, facilitating smooth company transition to the plan

• Analyze general ledger and job cost system records, and resolve related issues, resulting in accurate internal and external reporting

• Design and implement previously-unprecedented job cost to general ledger reconciliation, resulting in reliable management reports and financial statements

• Serve on committee to select and implement BPM

• Co-administer company BPM, and train users on the software

CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY / ROUTE 66 RACEWAY, Joliet, IL 815-***-**** (June ’99 - April ‘01)

Director of Finance and Administration

• Prepared financial statements in compliance with GAAP for multiple entities, including monitoring and computing debt service ratios

• Served on management committee, establishing company policies and procedures, and co-authoring employee handbook, resulting in improved morale and professionalism

• Negotiated for, selected, and implemented accounting software package, resulting in accurate, timely recording of data and reduction of annual audit fees

• Hired, trained, supervised, and managed accounting function, including establishing policies and procedures for accounts payable, general ledger, accounts receivable, payroll, depreciation, and revenue recognition, resulting in improved morale, efficiencies, and information reliability

• Supervised, managed, and performed information systems function, including negotiating with and selecting vendors for establishment of local area network, and serving as point of contact for all issues and developments in this area, resulting in increased employee productivity and reduced payroll expense

• Supervised and managed human resource function, including negotiating for and implementing company 401k plan, health insurance, and worker’s comp coverage, and serving as point of contact for worker’s compensation claims and all related issues, resulting in improved employee benefits, cost savings to company, and favorable bank and vendor relationships

• Supervised, performed, and managed treasury, cash management, and cash handling functions, including establishing and implementing event cash procedures, resulting in reduced cash “shrinkage”

• Administered $50,000,000 construction loan, including establishing and maintaining bank relationships, resulting in potential favorable future dealings with these institutions

• Designed and implemented chart of accounts and company financial statements, resulting in accurate, concise reporting, increased efficiency, and reduced annual audit fees

• Prepared, created, and evaluated company budgets and financial projections and forecasts, resulting in company and departmental performance measures and facilitating future planning

• Designed individual event financials, allowing for prompt and accurate event settlements, and for timely decision-making relating to profitability of individual events

• Facilitated speedway construction disbursements, and served as point of contact for everything related to this project, allowing the project to remain on schedule

• Performed event settlements

OXFORD CAPITAL CORPORATION, Chicago, Illinois 312-***-**** (April ’95 - March ‘99)

Controller

• Performed internal audit function, auditing inter-company and officer's draw accounts transactions, resulting in $1,000,000 savings to owner

• Coordinated monthly closing, resulting in timely financial data

• Supervised finance staff, including establishing policies and procedures for accounts payable, general ledger, collections, cash receipts, cash disbursements, and accounts receivable, resulting in improved morale, efficiencies, and information reliability

• Processed bi-monthly payroll using ADP software, and served as point of contact for this function

• Formatted, prepared, and reviewed financial statements in compliance with GAAP for multiple entities

• Streamlined organizational and MIS reporting processes, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and employee productivity

• Monitored daily cash balance, facilitating maximization of company funds

• Performed human resource function, including hiring employees and administering benefit programs, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and improved employee morale

• Authored and documented company policies and procedures, resulting in improved information flow and employee production

UNIFORMS TO YOU AND COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois 773-***-**** (1993-1995)

Staff Accountant

Midwest Physician Group, Olympia Fields, Illinois 708-***-**** (1990-1993)

Accountant

EDUCATION:

• Certified Public Accountant, Illinois (August 1994)

• Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois; Graduated December 1992 with high honor

• Continuing education seminars, related to FASB, GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Spreadsheet software, including Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, macros, and graphs

• Word processing software, including Word, WordPro, and WordPerfect

• Accounting software, including SAP, OutlookSoft, Great Plains Dynamics, FRX, IDX, JAMIS, in-house packages, and Quicken

• Operating systems, including Windows XP, NT, MS-DOS, and Novell

• Other software, such as ADP, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and Explorer

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