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Controller with specialties in establishing internal controls, preparing financial and management reports, implementing new systems and leading great teams.Texas Art Supply is one of the largest distributors of art supplies in the USA. With 3 retail stores in the Houston area, multiple online outlets, and wholesale operations, we are multi-channel, B2B and B2C and offer over 50K SKU's.

Accounting, IT, business start-up and management consulting

• Guided the merger of two complementary firms into a single unit with 35 employees split between Texas and New York.• Implemented a new ERP system in order to enhance controls over the operations of the company as well as provide better reporting to management. Managed the implementation project, trained users on the new system, and designed individualized user manuals for the various roles required by the system.• Established a full suite of internal controls (inventory, cash receipts, customer credit management, purchasing, payables, payroll, and cybersecurity).• Implemented new procedures and controls for compliance issues regarding federal/state government regulations as well as the extensive compliance requirements from customers.• Took on the additional role of VP Operations after the former VP left the company. This added 10 people to my staff of 4 accountants and required constant attention and coordination with the sales staff to ensure our customers received product on time and with no quality issues.• Negotiated contracts for leases, insurance (commercial and health), and managed banking relationships.

Houston, Texas, Us

• This international distributor in the CPG (memory foam) industry imports products from Asia but also produces some products in the USA. Started in 2005, they had grown to $160M when I started with them. I was the first controller hired by the company. Sales grew to $180M while I was there.• Immediately after joining Sinomax, I took on the challenge of our parent company applying for an IPO on the Hong Kong stock market. This required cleaning up the previous 8 years of accounting information while coordinating multiple audits conducted by Deloitte Touche HK. The company had never had a controller and had never participated in an audit prior to this, so there was a lot of clean-up to do with extreme deadlines due to the IPO process.• Implemented a new ERP system to handle the company’s growth and the new reporting requirements of a public company. This involved the redesign of the chart of accounts for better management reporting as well as redesigning the entire set of purchasing and distribution procedures that had previously been used. • Hired and trained additional accounting and operations (supply chain) personnel as needed, with a focus on inventory and accounts receivable control.• Managed accounting, IT and operations (purchasing, warehousing and customer service) groups.• Negotiated contracts with third-party logistics companies for warehousing and shipping services. Negotiated 3 new warehouse leases and multiple royalty, commission and supplier agreements.• Coordinated production of “Made in the USA” products for Walmart and Target, which began in January, 2014. Negotiated with the 3rd party manufacturers, found suitable locations, leased manufacturing facilities and equipment, and providing project management for integrating systems.• Managed insurance selection and renewals and CPA firm selection and coordination with the firm.

Houston, Tx, Us

Month-end closing, financial statements, inventory reconciliations, supervision of daily billing processes, journal entries.

Houston, Tx, Us

Revenue accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, month end closing, journal entry posting. Develop Crystal Reports, Excel Pivot Tables and Access Database solutions to enhance our MAS 200 accounting system.

Financial statement preparation, end of month closing, manage staff of 7, manage IT operations

Providing consulting services to multiple clients, including working as a virtual controller for some. Worked with a public CPA firm each year during tax season on a variety of corporate, trust, partnership and individual income tax returns. Invested as a partner in a start-up IT company.

Mba, Accounting And Computer Information Systems

Bba, Computer Information Systems