Mark Devries Email & Phone Number

Spring Grove, Il

Three month temporary assignment to perform all Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable tasks. Reconcile associated Bank and General Ledger accounts, make journal entries and month end close duties. Monitor Corporate Credit Cards. Compile bi-weekly Global Cash Forecast. Track Rebate Program for retail sales of Franchise locations in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Australia. Compile numerous ADHOC reports for Management.

GRAHAM C STORES, Gages Lake, IL 2008-2012 Accountant/Assistant ControllerPerform accounting and reporting functions for private business operating twenty Gas Stations/Convenience Stores and fifty contracted Dealers with revenues of over $200 million per year.• Download and verify Daily Bank Reconciliation and Cash Flow for twenty locations• Complete Monthly Balance Sheet and Payroll Reconciliations for Credit Cards, Bank Accounts and all other related Account Reconciliations• Prepare weekly gas delivery reports of Dealers to verify compliance to contracts • Strategic Planning utilizing new software and current staffing levels• Compile Monthly General Ledger journal and accrual entries for all accounts• Prepare and file monthly Illinois Sales and Gasoline Taxes• Implemented procedures leading to over $100,000 in cost savings• Responsible for Accounts Receivable (A/R), Accounts Payable (A/P), Payroll• Analyzed Reserve accounts for pension retirement plan for all officers of the company• Managed Profit/Loss (P/L) Reports for all requested accounts. • Responsible for the monetary Audit of Stores for areas of Loss Prevention. • Major role in the Business System Upgrade over a two year period.• Special Projects required as needed, meeting timely deadlines for Management.• Established Accounting Policies and Procedures Development for General Ledger Accounts

WASHINGTON MUTUAL HOME LOANS, Vernon Hills, IL 1989-2007Senior Accountant-Officer, Private Settlement Management,Secondary Marketing and ReconciliationPerformed accounting and reporting functions for Mortgage Portfolio Services, Asset Loan Portfolio and Mortgage Relocation Program. Main Finance support for Secondary Marketing. Submitted various analytical reports to Upper Management on a monthly basis.• Supervise four direct report Staff Accountants• Participated in the due diligence process in the acquisition of PNC Mortgage group• Extracted, analyzed and reconciled data from mainframe for $200 billion mortgage portfolio• Strategic Planning in order to transfer responsibilities to other locations in a timely manner• Main contact for Corporate Relocation Accounting, maintaining $2 million receivable database consisting over 300 companies• Recognized for reconciliation of Corporate Relocation and received outstanding payments over $350,000 within 6 months • Compiled and analyzed financial information to prepare monthly journal and accrual entries related to Secondary Marketing Mortgage purchases/sales and hedging. Making sure the reporting complied with Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures (GAAP) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) guidelines• Established Accounting Policies and Procedures Development• Managed database and reporting for $10 billion asset backed liquidity note loan portfolio• Reconciled and verified approximately 50 bank, mortgage and payroll related accounts according to standard accounting practices• Created and streamlined numerous reporting and reconciliation functions utilizing various databases.• Instrumental in compiling Financial Statements for the sale of PNC Mortgage to Washington Mutual• Successfully transitioned the Secondary Marketing settlement process to Seattle