Howie Hemberger Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Area

Responsible for cash flow transactions in excess of 20 million dollars a year. Accountable for tracking and settling 35 tills daily and 4 uscan lanes as well as 4 business center lanes. Interfaced with top leaders and department managers in helping them with any financial transactions and with daily store reports. Also maintained gas station, car wash, ATM machine, Coinstar machines, State of Texas lottery machines and company vending machines.

Analyzed financial information and prepared financial reports to determineor maintain record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liability or otherfinancial activities within five separate municipal utility districts.

Responsible for daily operations of a multiple entity holding company.Gained invaluable experience in all phases of new business growth, and abroad range of areas including sales and marketing, customer service, leasing, and partnership equity valuations. General operations included bookkeepingas well as tax analysis and consultation and forecasting projections.

Supervision and coordination of all financial planning and reporting requirements. Oversaw financial reporting to corporate including sales,direct and indirect cost, cashflow and planning decisions. Participated as amember of the implementation team involved with the WMS conversion.Configured billing system and procedures, trained and developed staff, whichreduced completion time by 25%. Developed invoicing and accountsreceivable aging process, improving cashflow by 20%. Member of the shutdown team involved with finalizing collections and closing Austin branch.

Supervised broad range of general accounting and administrative activities. Responsible for financial reporting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, human resources, purchasing and inventory. Assisted with the overall accounts payable conversion to Platinum. Developed cost savings strategy resulting in 12 % savings in direct cost purchases.

Responsible for managing accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger department. Responsible for all planning and reporting activities. Prepared actual versus forecast deviation analysis with projections of company financial position. Audited contracts, orders, vouchers, and daily cash flow positions.

Supervised accounting staff for this $300 million mail-order and retail nationwide operation. Responsible for credit and collection decisions, reviewing operational and general accounting procedures, and financial reporting activities.