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Sanford, Florida, United States

Sanford, Florida, United States

Greater Phoenix Area

Sanford, Florida, United States

Earnest Products was founded in 1994 by Bryan Earnest to bring creative metal fabrication solutions to our customer's most difficult challenges. With engineering expertise and manufacturing excellence, Earnest takes our customer's concepts and makes them a reality. Our 240,000 square-foot facility is ISO 9001:2015 certified and maintains a high level of quality management. Each day we strive to have Integrity - Respect - Teamwork - Professionalism, while focusing on developing a Quality product. We put the customer first.FOCUS: Financial Reporting, Payroll & Benefits, General Ledger, Analysis, Project Implementation, Team Builder, Team Leader, Staff Development, Performance Reviews, Communicator, Leadership, Relationship Building

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Maschmeyer Concrete was founded in 1986 in Florida, a family owned and operated ready mix, concrete block and building materials company with locations throughout Florida. The culture where we work together as a Team to focus on being the supplier of choice and to make it easy for our customers to do business with us is our guiding force. Recruiting Team Members who have the core values that we espouse and providing a superior work atmosphere is what Team Member Services is all about.FOCUS: Financial Reporting, Payroll & Benefits, General Ledger, Analysis, Project Implementation, HR Compliance, Employee Relations, Team Builder, Team Leader, Staff Development, Performance Reviews, Communicator, Leadership, Relationship Building

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Columbus, Ohio Area

Founded in 1985 in Ohio, Automotive Distributors Co., Inc is an auto parts distributor with locations in five states, with over 200 employees. My position reported to the CFO. I held concurrent Accounting and Human Resource roles.• Concurrently responsible for the monthly close, financial statement preparation, annual audits, analysis, workers’ compensation, payroll and benefits as there was no centralized human resources function.• Developed and implemented standardized, compliant guidelines for FLSA, I-9 and HIPAA compliance implemented personnel records retention and benefit information. • Led continuous improvement efforts by automating time and attendance and reduced weekly payroll processing time by 50%. • Developed company policies on travel, tuition reimbursement, and annual motor vehicle reports.• Led a team of 10 employees, with functional responsibilities in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Accounting in two states; closed books monthly publishing financial statements within 15 days.• Strategic part of acquisitions team in Pennsylvania to successfully onboard 60 employees with turnover of less than 10%.• Provided support to sales and operations for customer programs, awards and trips, including bringing the 1099 compliance in-house.FOCUS: Accounting Manager, Financial Reporting, Payroll & Benefits, Budgets & Forecasting, General Ledger, Analysis, Project Implementation, HR Compliance, Employee Relations, Team Builder, Team Leader, Staff Development, Performance Reviews, Communicator, Leadership, Relationship Building

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Managed fundraising events and gift card program for dance studio.• Organized book sales for visiting authors at elementary school.• Developed Accelerated Reader lists for elementary school library.• Served as Standards Advisor for collegiate sorority

Sacramento, California Area

The California Water Division of Citizens Utilities is now part of American Water Works’ California American Water subsidiary. Reported to the Regulatory/Finance Manager.• Led the transfer of the divisional Accounts Payable and General Ledger functions from corporate headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut to Sacramento, CA to increase efficiencies in timeliness and accurateness of reporting.• Researched and analyzed reports, capital expenditures and studies to more accurately report regulatory filings.• Increased accuracy and timeliness of capital budgets/forecasts so that an increase in rates to customers could be avoided.FOCUS: Accounting Supervisor, Financial Reporting, Budgets & Forecasting, General Ledger, Analysis, Project Implementation, Team Builder, Team Leader, Communicator, Leadership, Relationship Building

Sacramento, California Area

Sacramento, California Area

International database management system/tool company that was bought by Daegis, Inc., which in turn was bought by OpenText. Reported to the Director of Financial Reporting.• Created operational efficiencies by reviewing invoices prior to billing to ensure accuracy in sales tax resulting in minimal assessments from four state tax audits.• Proactive with nexus compliance in states, including the Connecticut tax amnesty program, business licenses, property tax returns yielding savings in penalties and interest.• Automated efficiencies by developing customized data downloads to more accurately report to taxing authorities, management and financial institutions. Producing monthly worldwide financials and supporting schedules.FOCUS: Financial Reporting, General Ledger, Analysis, Sales Tax, Property Tax, Communicator, Leadership, Relationship Building

Sacramento, California Area

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Alpha Delta Pi - President, Executive Vice President and Standards

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Corporate Finance