Controller

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Please consider me for your open controller position. My resume is pasted

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*Brent Nieb*

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* *7901 Detroit Blvd. West

Bloomfield, MI 48323 248-***-****

*EDUCATION:*

B. A. in Economics and Management, Albion College Albion, MI. Member Carl

Gerstacker Liberal Arts Program in Professional Management.

GPA: 3.26 Major: 3.47

*WORK EXPERIENCE:*

RESSCO Controller

6/10 to Present

- Head of the Accounting & Administrative Departments as well as leading

the Operations Team. Responsible for 4 Direct Reports as well as 25

employees.

- On a monthly basis produce Financial Statements for 7 properties, the

Management Company, and the Holdings Company.

- Lead Monthly Operational Staff Meetings and Weekly Operational Upper

Management Meetings.

- Lead HUD Audit of our Warren HUD Subsidized Property.

- Observed that our properties company wide were experiencing up and

down vacancy. Determined that the main problem was due to RESSCO’s

screening process for new applicants. Totally changed and enforced our

new screening process, as a result, our vacancies have stabilized at 90% or

better and we have seen increased profits and decreases in expenses.

American Blind & Wallpaper Accounting

Supervisor

11/09 to 5/10

- Responsible for running the Accounting Department which included

management of 5 employees, integration of other departments, bill approval,

oversees Certegy check cashing process, monthly reporting, and

Financial Statements.

- Learned many processes in my department and others in preparation of

cross training within the Accounting Department and cross training some

functions of other Departments.

- Streamlined procedures for Journal Entries and Financial Statement

Preparation. Created strong audit trail.

- Developed 2010 Budget for American Blind & Wallpaper.

- Lead team for Audit and Tax Preparation for 2009.

- Worked closely with IT Department to discover reporting of State Sales

Taxes was incorrect.

- Corrected improper reporting of Personal Property Tax to the City of

Livonia.

SCI Floor Covering, INC. Accounting/Office Manager

4/06 to 4/09

- Responsible for running the Administration Department which included

management of 6 employees, integration of other departments, and for

helping produce monthly financial statements and reports.

- Cross trained my staff so that each team member knew how to do another

team member’s job. For example, someone in Commercial Customer Service

learned how to run the A/P Desk. This insured is someone was absent for

any reason that the department still ran smoothly. Responsible for

annual reviews and daily direction.

- Worked closely with other departments to coordinate procedures and

communication. This frequently resulted in having to manage other

people outside of my department.

- Responsible for helping to put together financial statements each

month. This included but not limited to; Bank reconciliations, journal

entries, margin analysis, monthly reports, review of income statement

and balance sheet. Involved in annual and random audit preparation.

- Day to day responsibilities included but not limited to; Processing

of commercial jobs, processing of subcontractor and employee payroll, cash

receipts, inventory, inventory reporting, AIA billing, processing Lien

Waivers, installer routing, and developing relationships with customers and

vendors.

- Improved my department and others efficiency by streamlining financial

reporting, improving procedures, and implementing new technology.

- Implemented new software. Schedule Pro is a scheduling tool for our

installers. I researched the product, tested it, recommended it for

purchase, taught employees how to use the software. Claims module with

in RFMS. Much like the above software, researched and taught employees

how to use the product.

- Purchased and implemented new phone system. Researched many new phone

systems. Presented to the owners the pro’s and con’s of purchasing the

new system. Negotiated price from $18,000 down to $14,000. Implemented

new phone technology to *all* employees. This included teaching users

how to fax from their desktop, teach them how their voicemail now interacts

with Microsoft Outlook, and all other new features of the system. Also,

ran the phone system with software that dramatically reduced service calls.

New phone system ended up saving the company approximately $1,000 per

month in phone bills.

- Researched and signed a new credit card vendor. Dramatically reduced

credit card processing costs through negotiating new rates.

- First line of defense for all IT problems. Fixed a variety of

computer problems both at the client and network level. Saved company

money as service calls to our IT professional were dramatically reduced.

Maintained and updated RFMS software.

Guardian Security Services. Staff

Accountant

8/00 to 7/03

Senior Staff Accountant 8/03 to 4/06

- Responsible for monthly reporting which includes; producing financial

statements, monthly reports, bank reconciliations, financial statements for

outside parties, etc.

- Responsible for quarterly reporting which includes; bonus

preparation, SNAPS Statements, etc.

- Responsible for year end audit procedures. This includes dealing

directly with auditors, tying out books, and producing audit schedules.

- Created Crystal Reports for the year end audit process.

- Helped implement the payroll module with in Great Plains.

- Redesigned and maintained financial statements.

- Have made financial statement preparation much more efficient.

- Helped implement a pay scale change for Armored Security.

- Developed a spreadsheet to help Armored Security track losses.

- Trained employees on how to process electronic payments from customers.

- Helped with transition of switching financial institutions.

- Helped run and identify problems with Guardian Alarm’s warehouse for 3

months. Was responsible for much of the day to day operations. Had to

make decisions and deal with vendors on a daily basis. Was responsible

for the processing side of a physical inventory. Helped develop many

processes as there were little in place.

- Have received three Maximum Achievement Nominations and two Team

Awards while at Guardian Security Services.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Staff accountant in corporate tax. 7/99

to 2/00

- Gained experience in preparing extensions, quarterly payments, state

and federal returns, etc.

- Worked on managing a database for an important client.

- Gained some experience working with clients.

Internship at Caster Concepts, Albion MI.

8/98 to 12/98

- Did a variety of work in the accounting field, main work in auditing

inventory.

- Created a database for clients and custom parts.

- Worked on getting Caster Concepts ISO-9000 compliant.

Internship at Crowe Chizek LLP, in software department.

1/97 to 5/97

- Tested many accounting programs in which I gained computer skills and

accounting knowledge.

- Worked closely with clients to match software to their needs.

- Did some minor computer programming.

*SKILLS:*

Computer Literacy:

*Accounting:* *

Spreadsheets:* *Miscellaneous*

RFMS MS

Excel MS Word

Great Plains Quattro

Pro MS Outlook

FRX

Crystal Reports

Quicken

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