Ivan Walker Email & Phone Number

Canton, Ga, Us

RE/MAX Town & Country Realty is one of the largest real estate agencies world wide, #1 in so many areas such as Sales Volume and Dollars, Training, Technology, Best in Class for Service. If I can't help you personally, then with this extensive network of agents, I feel that I can help everyone find an agent that will service your needs for your next home purchase.Ivan Walker has been an active member of Blairsville and north Georgia for all his life except for a short stint he spent in Maryland. He is so excited to be turning his community focus toward real estate. Ivan has several family members that are in the construction business, and he has remodeled and flipped several homes in the Blairsville area. Ivan’s brother and nephew are surveyors and throughout the years he has been able to help them do research and work in the field with them on some major projects and surveys.Through his corporate business life as a Financial Business Consultant, he has traveled to almost every state however truly believes there’s no place like north Georgia with beautiful mountains, rivers, creeks, and plenty of outdoor activities for the family.With a passion for service in the north Georgia and western North Carolina area, Ivan is ready to help with your home-buying and selling needs. As a proud member of the RE/MAX Town & Country, Ivan carries the values of hard work, integrity, and outstanding client service into everything he does.His motto is, “Where Relationships Matter”, building a business through relationships, one client at a time!When Ivan isn’t making homeownership dreams come true for his clients, he enjoys spending time coaching, officiating high school football, and working with youth. Ivan lives in Blairsville with his wife, Anita and they have two adult boys Josh and Andrew.Ivan is a licensed REALTOR® in the state of Georgia and North Carolina.

Gainesville, Georgia, Us

Kubota Manufacturing of America and Kubota Industrial Equipment are located respectively in Gainesville and Jefferson, Georgia with a combined $1.6B in sales of lawn turf mowers, RTV's, small to large farm tractors, excavators and skid steers. As Controller I was a member of the Management Leadership Team, responsibilities include setting company strategy and direction, reporting to corporate financial results from operations each month, internal audit and controls compliance and acquisition accounting and integration. Manage 4 direct reports with a span of responsibility for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, and Cost Accounting. Preparation of Monthly P&L, Annual Budgets and other monthly, quarterly and annual reports. Preparation of annual tax returns and heavily involved in our annual Deloitte Audits as well as our semi-annual internal audit.

Valley City, Ohio, Us

Shiloh Industries, Inc. $1.1B is a leading global supplier of lightweighting, noise and vibration solutions to the automotive, commercial vehicle and industrial segments, capable of delivering solutions in aluminum, magnesium, steel and high-strength steel alloys to original equipment manufacturers and suppliers.The company offers the broadest portfolio of lightweighting solutions in the industry through its BlankLight®, CastLight™ and StampLight™ brands. Shiloh designs and manufactures components in body, chassis and powertrain systems with expertise in precision blanks, ShilohCore acoustic laminates, aluminum and steel laser welded blanks, complex stampings, modular assemblies, aluminum and magnesium die casting, as well as precision machined components.As a member of the Management Leadership Team, responsibilities include setting company strategy and direction, reporting to corporate financial results from operations each month, internal audit and controls compliance and acquisition accounting and integration. Manage 4 direct reports with a span of responsibility for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, and Cost Accounting. Preparation of Monthly P&L, Annual Budgets and other monthly, quarterly and annual reports.

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, Us

Relus Technologies is an independent value added re-seller focused on driving value for its customers in the areas of Data Center Hardware and Maintenance, Cloud Solutions, as well as IT Staffing and Training.Develop and build a financial team that will continue to make Relus a company that will continue to be one of the best places to work as voted by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Responsible for all financial reporting, implementing and tracking cost incentives and improving efficiency within the organization.  Controller of a Multi-Million Dollar corporation, providing financial leadership.Prepared the CEO Report, including various Financial Reports, Sales Reports for Cloud, Infrastructure and Staffing Services, Sales and Market Analysis Reports as well as others using Access, Pivot Tables, V & H Lookups in Excel.Analyzed and reconciled balance sheet accounts, reviewed P & L Accounts plant manager compared to Budget.Developed written procedures and supervise A/P, A/R, and Credit Departments.

Hayesville, Nc, Us

Manufacturer of high quality wire and cable is a leading manufacture of Coaxial, Electronic, Industrial and IMSA Traffic Signal Cables.Responsible for all financial reporting, implementing and tracking cost incentives and improving efficiency within the organization. Controller of a Multi-Million Dollar corporation, providing financial leadership.Handled and negotiated insurance renewal, cutting cost between 30-40%.Prepared the CEO Report, including various Financial Reports, Sales Reports, Manufacturing and Cost Reports, Sales and Market Analysis Reports as well as others using Access, Pivot Tables, V & H Lookups in Excel.Analyzed and reconciled balance sheet accounts, reviewed P & L Accounts plant manager compared to Budget.Developed written procedures and supervise A/P, A/R, and Credit Departments.Reviewed and tracked Major Customer Rebate Program and RMA’s through issue of Credit Memo’s. Implementation team leader for MicroSoft AX Dynamics 2012 R3 version.

New York, Ny, Us

Consulting Firm specializing in upper level financial accounting & operational positions, project management, and risk assurance for a wide variety of clients that brings value and reliable resources to address important initiatives.Responsible for financial analysis, tracking of revenue and cost analysis within the health care and manufacturing industry. Team leader for one of the largest restatement projects in the country within the Healthcare industry while working in concert with Deloitte & Grant Thornton accounting firmsCash Accounting Manager for one of the largest surgery centers (SCA) in the county, supervised staff who reconciled over 400 bank accounts and tracked proper cash posting.Divisional Controller of an International Multi-Million Dollar corporation, providing financial leadership.Perform Month-End Close, including consolidation of multiple entities and foreign currency.Prepared the CEO Report for the Board of Directors Meeting, including various Financial Reports, Sales Reports, Manufacturing and Cost Reports, Sales and Market Analysis Reports as well as others.Analyzed and reconciled balance sheet accounts, reviewed P & L Accounts plant managers compared to budget. Handled and tracked SMR’s – Sales, Marketing, Rebates for our large customers and purchase groups.Successfully lead a team of SOX Auditors consisting of Deloitte & Callaway personnel.Developed and wrote Month-End Procedures, Macola Software Procedures, and Employee Safety Handbook.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

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Consultant –- Callaway Partners, I worked on the HealthSouth Forensic Accounting working on several balance sheet accounts. Reconciliation of the partnership accounts, inter-company payables and receivables and several other accounts and after several months I became a team leader on their Sarbanes-Oxley Audit working with Deloitte & Grant Thornton Auditors traveling to various hospitals through out their network of hospitals.

Kenosha, Wisconsin, Us

Instrumental in relocating Sioux Tools from Sioux City, Iowa to Murphy, North Carolina, including hiring and training a completely new staff. Supervised Cost Accounting Department, Credit & Accounts Receivable Department, Accounts Payable, Payroll and Labor tracking. Dealt with Pension & Retiree’s Insurance, international vendors with multiple currencies, transfer of funds between Sioux’s accounts and Snap-On’s. Prepare monthly financial statements for Sioux Tools Canada, Sioux Tools BV (Netherlands) and roll-up of consolidated financials for Sioux Tools US, annual budget (sales, capital expenditures, and expense), and cost of production reports using Hyperion. Analysis of Balance Sheet and P & L accounts, project manager of Sarbanes-Oxley project. Six-Sigma and Lean Mfg. training and implementation, analysis of manufacturing product lines as well as the paper trails within the administrative functions.

New York, Ny, Us

– Implemented BPCS Software (SSA) on the AS/400, with a strong emphasis in CEA (G/L), A/R, A/P, ARP and CDM. Very knowledgeable in Supply Chain including; (Order Entry and Billing). Analyze operations, identify areas of improvement, create new paradigms, present recommendations to client, and monitor implementation of proposed solutions. Work directly with all management levels and areas within institution to achieve desired results. Cumulative project experience includes project management, training end users on software, floor planning and implementation, internal team re-engineering, organization development, work flow redesign, procedure documentation, capacity planning, staff flexibility assessment, development, implementation of cross training programs and financial report writing using Access, Business Objects, AS/400 Query, and Financial Report Writer (FRW). Linked multiple software packages, BPCS, SAP, BAAN, Lawson, JD Edwards & Peoplesoft using XML. SAP software experience was limited to linking SAP to BPCS or JD Edwards modules. Add-on Software that I have worked with include; Cognos, Hyperion, Business Objects, and others. Most clients were fortune 1000. In April of 2000 was laid off from iWork/SSA Southeast. However, since April 2000 I’ve been working as sub-contract bases with several clients. Projects include but not limited too, Cost Accounting, Sales/Marketing comparisons of different Sales/Marketing strategies, Examined Cost verses Profitability of departments, facilities, and product lines, Developed IT strategies to implement upgraded versions of software and additional modules not currently used, Presented all findings to the CEO and team of Investment Bankers, and Implementation of Project Management. Assisted in implementing Lawson, Great Plains, Mas90 for clients.

Ingelheim Am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, De

Management: Oversaw the profitability of operations and directed Human Resources, Accounting, Purchasing, Information Services, and Distribution activities. Insured that Berlin’s Managers and department heads enforced the company’s policies set forth in Select’s (RMI) employee guide. Led monthly employee meetings to encourage interdepartmental communications and keep staff informed of company’s position.Human Resources: Handled personnel functions for approx. 61 employees to include interviewing, hiring, orientation, evaluations, performance reviews, corrective actions and dismissals. Administered a cafeteria plan and trained employee in standard operating procedures, MSDS, OSHA, MOSH, First Aid, CPR, Forklift Training etc. Restructured salary grades to establish standards a gain a competitive edge to hire quality associates. Initiated a Fitness and Wellness Program. Scheduled guest speakers for monthly employee meetings.Accounting: Designed a spreadsheet (Lotus 1-2-3) to track inventory usage on a daily basis to reflect a perpetual status. Oversaw month end physical inventory and related reporting. Developed plant and departmental budgets and monitored management adherence to guidelines. Completed time studies and calculated standard cost. Authorized all accounts payable and held signature authority for petty cash funds.Purchasing: Introduced standard procedures for purchase orders. Evaluated raw material cost and shopped for competitive prices. Established reorder levels based upon lead-time from vendors. Reviewed bids and contributed to award of bids and/or contracts.Information Services: Served as Network Administrator (Novell 4.1). Setup new users. Recommended the conversion of the AT&T partner system to a new Panasonic System, which had the capability of voice mail and addition of 128 extensions. Implemented connection with LAN to remote AS/400.

Managed financial affairs of the company. Prepare monthly financial statements, budgets, and cash flow projections. Worked closely with the CPA’s and bonding companies on year-end and semi-annual audits. Increased Bonding Capacity from 3 Million to 20 Million in only 2 years. Interacted with engineers on DOT bids. Handled 401K, Insurance and Worker’s Compensation.

Mba, Work Towards Masters Business & Education

Bs, Accounting

Accounting/Business

Aa, General Studies