Eric Pressley Email & Phone Number

30 North Macquesten Pkwy, Mt Vernon, Ny 10550

Accounting Manager• Directly supervised a staff of 7 Accounts Payable Coordinators, 2 Accounts Receivable Clerks, 3 Payroll Clerks and 2 Certified Payroll Administrators.• Gained a better understanding of the business by hosting monthly meetings with internal departments to work through various issues that helped ensure the complete, timely and accurate processing of invoices and payroll.• Managed the day-to-day activities of the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll groups, including identifying process improvements and updates to standard operating procedures.• Worked closely with the Chief Financial Officer to prepare weekly and monthly cash projections and cash flow statements.• Reviewed approximately 4000 vendor invoices, 300 billing invoice and 3500 payroll timesheets for accuracy on a monthly basis.• As part of the monthly and quarterly close, responsible for reconciling receipts that were not invoiced, preparing the Accounts Payable invoice accrual, reversing open commitments on purchase orders that were not valid and reconciling the Accounts Payable sub ledger to the general ledger.

431 Kennedy Dr, Spring Valley Ny

Analyzed and evaluated current processes of clients and recommended efficient quality improvement strategies.· Worked closely with the client's IT Group to implement new designs that enabled efficient processing and reporting of information.· Worked closely with various departments to document specific needs and implemented new processes to ensure that most of those needs were met.· Responsible for identifying projects across various departments that will improve process efficiency and support business growth.

360 Hamilton Ave, White Plains, Ny

 Supervised a staff of 4 and was responsible for reviewing approximately 1-2 thousand invoices per month to ensure that the invoice detail and the gl coding were correct. Helped with updating the SOX narratives related to expenditures and developed relevant controls within AP to improve SOX compliance. Managed the month end AP close, which includes the monthly reconciliation of the AP sub ledger account to the Historical Aged Trial Balance. Supported the monthly, quarter end and year end accrual process by identifying and preparing an analysis to the Accounting Dept to determine end whether or not invoices should be accrued. Compared budget to actual departmental expenses and provided detailed variance explanations monthly. Responsible for the maintenance of all vendors and reporting of 1099’s at year end. Created a database that's inclusive of all the property tax payments made in a given year by due date. This was used as a check to ensure that all personal property tax payments were made for the year, which eliminated late penalties incurred. This database was used for other expense types as well.