Christopher Germain Email & Phone Number

Syracuse, New York, US

Liverpool, NY, US

• Daily cash sheet reconciling. Monthly close, monthly financial reporting. Sales tax reporting. Performed weekly payroll journal entry.
• Responsible for four entities with $155M in combined total revenues and $45M in combined inventory.
• Provide monthly P&L commentary for four entities all with different accounting systems.
• Responsible for the company becoming tax compliant in 43 states.
• One Direct Report

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, US

• Intercompany reconciliation company and adjustment. Outside Backlog report maintenance and unrecorded sales adjustment. Credit memo request processing prep. Automated transaction prep. Cancel Invoices. Rebooking.
• Decentralized the pricing approval process for cancelation of invoices increasing the turnaround rate from weeks to days.
• Executed the order update process so that commission split changes after sales order invoice decrease by 80%.
• Improved the Credit memo preparation process so the rate error improved by 70%.

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, US

• Assessed customer credit risk of orders placed on system hold. Processed held jobs for 11 different business units. Created a record to justify order release and communicating reasoning to process auditors. Secured.
• Evaluated credit risk through reports, public and private financial information, and payment histories while sales and credit inquiries increased 20% due to increased sales and system change, decreasing write-offs 10%.
• Streamlined process to measure risk and set credit limits via financial statements through focus on key metrics, decreasing from 30 minutes to ~2 minutes.
• Reviewed credit records to evaluate credit limit needs annually, reducing procedure from few days to ~30 minutes, fully taking process +85% during COVID emergency.
• Communicated with sales and legal department, delivering credit security options to customers on dozens of jobs per year, reducing write-offs 5-10%.

Syracuse, New York, US

Cleveland, OH, US

• Performed monthly close. Maintained account reconciliations for all key accounts with no material misstatements. Completed inventory control work and clerk functions.
• Maintained account reconciliations for balance sheet accounts for $80M per year manufacturing company, completing with no material adjustments needed upon audit.
• Executed monthly closing functions for payroll, 401k, cash, prepaid and accrued accounts, accounts payable, intercompany accounts payable and receivable, fixed assets, inventory, and depreciation.
• Conducted monthly inventory test counts, resulting in $20-40K adjustments, significantly limiting year-end.
• Completed accounts payable management function, including vendor relations with working capital and equipment purchasing considerations in amounts of $6M per month, ensuring uninterrupted workflow.

• Carried out audit, tax, internal control and IT review, consulting, and bookkeeping services. Performed tax services for individuals, non-profits, manufacturers, financial services, and other businesses.
• Conducted audits, reviews, payroll, bookkeeping, internal, and IT review for dozens of clients primarily in banking, school government, manufacturing, and non-profit industries, ensuring customer satisfaction.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Education

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Accounting