Brian Pals Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

Neenah, WI, US

• Main responsibilities include financial analysis and reporting, month-end close procedures, monthly financial statements, and internal and external reporting requirements.
• Provide accounting support and analysis for management groups at 3 plants. Developed new reporting that included detailed labor metrics that allowed management to improve cost efficiency.
• Automated the calculation and distribution of weekly contract labor reports.
• Established machine efficiency reporting to allow Operations to identify favorable and unfavorable production trends.

Dallas, TX, US

• Responsible for review and reconciliation of complex and high-volume, multi-currency receivable accounts and new product accounting.
• Performed month-end close procedures that included journal entries, balance sheet and income statement analysis, internal reporting and journal entry review.
• Provided accounting support and analysis for several business groups, including Treasury and Credit, as well as external and internal audits.
• Reviewed and approved journals and reconciliations for 2 Accountants.

• Provided accounting support for an Investment Services company during a back office software conversion project. This included reconciliation of accounts and reports, identifying and resolving system issues.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Responsibilities included month-end close procedures, monthly financial statements, and general ledger maintenance and audit requirements.
• Provided analysis and reports in support of the affiliated business unit departments and management team as well as documentation as required by auditors and regulatory entities.
• Duties also included general ledger and report maintenance as well as financial analysis in support of the business lines.
• Supervised and provided work direction for a staff of 3 accountants.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Served as the primary accountant for the retail business unit.
• Provided support and maintenance of financial database platform used for business analysis, reporting and budgeting.
• Key transition group member involved in several successful retail business acquisitions. This included the transition of all accounting functions as well as regulatory and audit requirements.
• Performed all the accounting related to fixed assets, firm-wide rent and facility loans in support of several business lines.