VTB is a privately owned dry bulk shipping and logistics company serving the mining, steel, and construction industries. Direct responsibility for financial reporting, accounting management, and benefits administration.

• Generated weekly financial reporting for a location averaging $600M in annual sales.• Processed weekly payroll files for over 480 union and salaried employees. Created and maintained schedules to track short-term disability payments, sign-on bonuses and referral compensation.• Calculated and processed sales commission compensation and bonuses.• Researched and resolved discrepancies with the Local Union 507 Teamsters.• Filed returns for Sales Tax, Federal Excise Tax, Diesel Fuel Refund and CAT.• Prepared monthly corporate supplemental financial reports, charitable donation allocations and the annual tax package.

Accountant responsible for:- Creating and maintaining OPEX cost center reporting.- Generating and posting month end accounting entries.- Creating and preparing account reconciliations.- Reconciling and researching international inter-company balances.- Facilitating monthly budget and forecasting reports and requests.

Manage multiple categories at over 200 travel centers and 230 convenience store locations. Categories responsible for include: • Lottery• Prepaid/Gift Cards• Coin Laundry• Amusement Games• Fish and Wildlife Licenses• Check Cashing/Cash Advances• Air-Serv• Motels

Senior Administrator 2011 - 2015Managed contracts, invoice generation / review, dock inventory, laytime calculations, chemical and physical penalty calculations and customer A/R schedules.•Managed and reviewed sales contracts and was solely responsibility for Eastern Canadian sales contracts to customers based in China, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Germany and the Netherlands.•Worked with Corporate Accounting, Auditing, Treasury and Mine Accounting personnel to develop necessary controls for efficient order to cash processing. Generated letter of credit documentation for over 30 vessels a year valued at over $500M.•Generated laytime demurrage / despatch calculations as well as related accounting accruals.•Generated and reviewed certificate of analysis, physical and chemical penalties.•Monitored dock inventory and A/R on a daily basis for iron ore and coal segments.•Generated customer sales invoicing, increasing accuracy and speed of delivery. Reviewed and approved coworkers invoices.•Produced and edited annual marketing / sales analysis for customers providing product, capacity and shipping information. •Trained and served as backup for multiple cross-functional team members.Staff Accountant II 2009 - 2011 Generated individual subsidiary financial reports. Performed monthly corporate consolidation. Reconciled inter-company sales transactions. Involved in Hyperion Financial Management integration. Assisted in purchase accounting for large acquisition. Automated multiple monthly journal entries for legal / tax items and consolidated inventory statements. Prepared monthly management reports and provided follow-up documentation of significant variances. Assisted external audit team with material requests and provided support in timely manner.Staff Accountant 2006 - 2009 Oversaw distribution of SG&A expenses to multiple cost centers. Accounted for restricted stock and performance share plans and generated pension accounting entries.

• Began as a Staff Accountant responsible for reconciling daily store cash deposits.o Researched, resolved, and corrected neglected bank accounts for 120 stores.o Six months after hire date, transferred to special process area and given daily bank encashment responsibilities.o A year after date hired, promoted to Staff Accountant II and became fully responsible for Special Order Process. • Managed order process, reducing bad debt expense for 935 stores by 50%, resulting in savings over $250,000.o Developed enhancements to identify large dollar issues within days instead of a full month.o Provided daily support to stores to aid in researching and resolving issues to avoid bad debt expense and customer satisfaction issues.• Reconciled 13 accounts consisting of 2,000 items and $20 million daily.o Created databases to handle the conversion from reverse positive pay accounts to a new positive pay system.o Identified and resolved 100% of fraudulent items totaling over $20,000.• Provided additional assistance in areas such as; credit cards, gift cards, NSF check collection process, unclaimed property, sales maintenance, and COD transactions

• Generated reports, assisted in quarterly audit tasks, Associate of the Month August 02.• Assumed responsibilities for Main Vault and Bookkeeping Associate during supervisor’s maternity leave.• Trained 5 new associates in bookkeeping responsibilities for newly opening stores.