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Marietta, Georgia, United States

Responsible for employee benefits, business accounting, inventory management, and banking relationships for a company with $4.5 million in revenue. Managed 401K administration, insurance audits, banking reconciliations, and accounts receivable and accounts payable. Created an orderly accounting system improving access to vital financial data required for analysis. Examples: Calculated effects of capital investments and contract negotiations on pricing decisions. Additional responsibilities and achievements include: • Produced monthly financial statements and analysis for management team.• Monitored cash balances and cash flow.• Provided key financial data to help develop company’s future direction and tactical initiatives. • Directed and monitored implementation of strategic business plans while developing financial and tax strategies.• Directed company to reorganize as S corporation effectively reducing tax liability. • Helped reduce material costs by challenging traditional thinking. (example: consignment buying - which reduced COGS, improved cash flow by 10%, and drove the company’s production to become competitively lean) • Enhanced company HR guidelines by improving, training, and updating employee policies and procedures which improved employee understanding and reduced noncompliance and abuse.• Developed skills of negotiation and relationship building with vendors, banking relationships, and (most importantly) key customer accounts. • Managed communication bridge between third parties vendors and in-house management team. • Reduced payroll and benefits fees by proactively comparing third party costs and changing when appropriate. • Oversaw the employee benefit plans and successfully created cost-effective benefits package. • Navigated the escalating company healthcare cost burden reducing employee health insurance costs.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Sigma Nu

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