Cheryl Dyer Email & Phone Number

United States

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Manage/perform the month end/year-end financial close process including detailed review of both P&L and balance sheet accounts.Analyze inventory on a daily basis which included managing the cycle count process and reviewing all unusual inventory related transactions to verify the accuracy of the balance sheet and identify any process issues that could lead to larger inventory/sales issues.Manage the accounts payable process working with vendors and purchasing to resolve discrepancies ensuring that bills are being paid promptly and accurately. Implemented Microsoft Dynamics GP for inventory, sales, purchasing and finance. Responsible for redesigning departmental processes and quality assurance of implementation.

Established a centralized accounting process and office.Transitioned all financial responsibilities from volunteers to a centralized office location.Set up and maintained Quickbooks for a not-for-profit organization with a $300,000 annual budget.Performed monthly accounting functions including preparation of financial statements, and accounting reconciliations.Performed all accounts payable and accounts receivable functions.

Realty Industry: Responsible for analysis of current housing market conditions in support of pricing and negotiation strategy.Managed outbound database marketing service (database, advertising content) for realty firms.Managed outbound newsletter for realty clients.Managed direct mail service to keep current clients updated on the progress of their home purchase/sale through weekly communications.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Prepared and reviewed the annual budget with executive management. The budget packages included individual P&L statements, sales and margin statements and compensation by person for approximately 45 cost centers and sales of approximately $350 million.Prepared and reviewed the 13 month rolling forecast for executive management.Designed a process for tracking and paying the vendor incentive programs to the Keylink business partners that reduced the time of payment from 150 days to 45 days.Developed and maintained a web tool that aided the Keylink business partners in tracking their incentive programs with the vendor. Standardized the pay plan structure and assisted in the automation of the pay plans which significantly reduced the number of man hours involved.Was a core member of the Oracle implementation team when the Oracle financial system was installed.Prepared ad hoc reports and analysis for executive management that aided them in their strategic business planning.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Designed an employee based compensation budget tool (Excel) that directly fed the P&L budgets.Prepared the detailed operating expense budgets for all cost centers and overhead departments.Prepared the sales and margin budget by product line for all cost centers.Worked closely with executive management to ensure that the detailed P&L budgets met the business unit budget requirements and executive management’s expectations.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Worked with field management to review financial statements to ensure the accuracy of the data.Organized, ran and reconciled the physical inventory taken annually. Integrated separate financial systems into one system during acquisitions.Restructured the general ledger system multiple times due to company restructurings.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Assisted attorneys in civil and criminal cases involving financial matters.Engagements included investigating fraud, the allegations of shareholder derivative lawsuits, quantifying the financial impact of an event, and assisting during arbitrations.Performed the internal engagement activities including tracking hours, expenses and preparing client invoices.Managed the marketing database for the team, which included maintaining current contact information and putting together quarterly mailings.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

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