Benjamin Bolin Email & Phone Number

Council Bluffs, Ia

Council Bluffs, Ia

Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States

• Acted as interim controller for three months• Managed $40 million dollars in short-term liquidity for all of Palfinger North America Group• Designed and implemented internal audit controls for weekly payment runs• Prepared quarterly reporting package for corporate in accordance with IFRS standards• Coordinated and executed all financial work in order to prepare accurate monthly financial statements• Explained profit & loss variance analyses for management at month-end• Compiled all documentation for yearly audit, fielded and answered auditor questions• Gathered information for 2014-2015 insurance renewal, maintained premium allocations to sister companies• Oversaw all of the staff accountant’s responsibilities• Reviewed Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable clerk’s work for accuracy and completeness

Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States

• Maintained monthly journal entry control checklist and created journal entries and accruals• Reconciled all balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis• Assisted in preparing the financial statements at each month-end for corporate IFRS reporting• Reported inventory, backlog units and values, and P&L figures to parent company• Managed collective cash pool structure for Omaha Standard Palfinger and five sister companies• Maintained three self-funded insurance reserve spreadsheets for four companies • Helped transition three companies from Corporations to LLCs by filing appropriate legal documents

Council

• Performed cash entries from bank statements for Omaha Standard Palfinger and sister company• Completed journal entry work and financial statements each month for parent holding company• Reconciled $10 million dollars in fixed asset balance sheet accounts to Asset Keeper database • Implemented workflow for acquiring fixed assets, increased efficiency of fixed asset capitalization process• Reconciled cash accounts to bank statements for Omaha Standard Palfinger and sister company• Filed monthly and quarterly sales and use tax returns for sister company• Submitted federal excise tax payments bi-weekly to the IRS for sister company, and filed quarterly form 941

Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States

• Applied cash deposits to invoiced goods for Omaha Standard Palfinger and sister company• Made collection calls on past-due invoices