Working with business owners to reduce their headaches around accounting, bookkeeping and tax.

Hired by biopharmaceutical company to develop a costing methodology for their newly FDA-approved product. I was able to accomplish this within two months by working in conjunction with the Manufacturing team. Maintained inventory files going forward as well as made improvements to Accounts Payable processes.

Hired by fiber manufacturing company in order to implement Concur and expand their credit card program. Concur was fully implemented within two months and training for all card holders continued for another two months. Once that project was completed, I assisted the Controller and CFO in consolidating financial reports for newly acquired plants.

Promoted by rope manufacturing company after three years to this key position which managed a team that included a Staff Accountant, Accounts Payable, Payroll Specialist, Cost Accountant and Senior Accountant.

Hired by rope manufacturing company in order to maintain the General Ledger and have been successful in being able to close each month by the third day after the month end.Reconcile Balance Sheet Accounts on a monthly basisPrepare Sales & Use Tax Returns for eight states as necessaryPrepare schedules and working papers for year end auditsAssist in the development of annual budgetPrepare analysis for various departments as necessary

Served as Board Treasurer for 2 yearsChair of the Big Event - Auction - 2010Chair of the Big Event - Auction - 2011Served on hiring committee and strategic brief committees in 2010

Excelling in handling diverse responsibilities, have been credited with making changes which have significantly improved the status of collections while supervising two people for a business with seven separate franchise operations.Placed in charge of and accomplished in one month a special project to reconcile the financial records of the international franchise into Traverse, the company accounting software.Prepared weekly accounts receivable reports for each franchise.Determined which airline waybills were used by the various franchises and used the Cargo Network Services web-based software to adjust any discrepancies in airlines payables.

Hired by freight forwarding company to handle general accounting duties, rapidly advanced to hold increased responsibilities as Senior Staff Accountant.On my own initiative, mastered computer applications unique to this industry such as domestic and international export/import programs.Provided the owner with daily cash flow figures needed to facilitate an efficient decision-making process.Supervised a staff of two accounts payable clerks, two accounts receivable clerks and a file clerk.Streamlined operations in the accounts receivable department and have implemented changes which have made it possible to keep track of customer receivables.

Processed commissions on a daily basis for approximately 500 real estate brokers at the corporate office of a company with seven branches throughout New York City.Kept track of individual agent commission and determined when the commission rate would increase.Created a file system to organize agent's records of sales and commissions by branch.Trained branch managers in use of the Epicor and Real Fast systems to track accounts payable and agent commissions.

Prepare tax returns for corporations, partnerships and individuals and compile financial statements.Set up companies on Peachtree accounting software.Kept track of hours worked for the partners and staff; created invoices based on billable time to send to the clients.