Full charge of accounting departments: monthly reporting, G/L-G/J, cost-accounting, inventory-taking, payroll, bank reconcilations, A/R, A/P, and advanced ad hoc reporting.

In most recent position of Corp. Asset Specialist for Linde (2010-2011): Managed the counting & reporting of $40M gas inventory, determined how much neon-gas to purchase vs. how much to make (for optimum cost/benefit), detected opportunity to extract isotopic byproducts from "purchased neon" instead of having to export such isotopes, and converted "Excel gas inventories by cylinder" over to SAP inventories that were stratified by purity for each gas type.Prior to 2010, as the Financial Accounting Manager for Spectra Gases (Inc.) before the merger with Linde: • Reduced preparation time of financial closings from 3 weeks to 4 days, by streamlining the process using comprehensive Excel methods (along with advanced ERP-system features) as part of the transition from quarterly financial reporting to monthly reporting.• Implemented procedures for factoring labor and overhead costs into the valuation of FIFO inventory, and also created templates for “pro forma gross profit reports by product or department”, greatly enhancing the reliability of special reports for company officers.• Implemented fixed-asset inventories (using specialty software) and fixed-asset budgets• Reduced annual audits from 2 weeks to 1 week• Was originally recruited by Spectra to computerize the manual chart-of-accounts & G/L system, manage A/P, perform A/R-collections, and oversee payroll.

Company description: Privately-owned contracting corporation specializing in installation of oil-heating systems. Position description: Managed payroll (mostly unionized employees); Computerized accounts payable/receivable, cash management, general ledger, and financial statements.

Managed payroll. Prepared monthly financial statements. Increased the expediency of external audits by enhancing expense-analysis reports and asset workpapers.

Analyzed actual-vs.-budgeted outlays (labor, heating & plumbing, building supplies) for each public-housing project; maintained tenants’ rent records.