Growing public biotech-pharmaceutical company specializing in auto-injector drug delivery systems. Led the accounting team of 3-5 staff with responsibility to oversee the Company’s general accounting activities, including: revenue recognition (including ASC 606), accounts receivable and billing, accounts payable and expenditures, payroll processing, lease reporting (ASC 842), consolidations, general ledger owner, and leader of the monthly, quarterly and annual close processes. Responsbilities – • Revenue recognition and accounts receivable, including invoicing and collections o Accounts payable, including issuance of purchase orders and cash disbursements Led a team of 3 direct reports and built a culture of high expectations and performance leading a team of 3 direct reports. Reduced the close cycle time from 25 to 10 for quarter end periods and from 20 to 5 days for all other months. Acted as administrator for various systems/tools – (Blackline, Sage, Concur, Aptean, Enterprise, CBIZ (EMS))Led implementations of Blackline (financial close automation software) and Concur Invoice module (order- to-pay automation software that integrates directly into our ERP).Scrutinize and streamlined all work being done in the finance department. Designed and implemented efficiency solutions and culled any redundancies whenever discovered Liaison between finance, engineering, business development, and operations on drafting customer development contractsLed project to create an accounting procedures handbook (from scratch) in which all processes/tasks being performed by the staff are formally documented with detailed instructions of how-to and why they are done.

Market leader in custom electrical engineering work with annual revenue of $225 million.; Company process improvement and development specialist. Standardized and documented processes throughout Accounting department including: gross-profit monthly job reporting, certified payroll automation, in-process construction accounting, joint-venture consolidation, various IRS reporting submissions, and assisted in developing the work-flow for the newly formed Aldridge Construction entityWas the Team Leader for the Prophix OLAP implementationDesigned data integration processes from JDE to Prophix, the data manipulation and consolidation rules within Prophix, and created reporting templates that mirrored our current financial reporting package with 100% accuracyThis automation was designed to reduce monthly close from 30 days to 7 daysPerformed special assignments for upper level management including financial modeling, divisional scenario break-even analyses, and other miscellaneous projects

Growing family business with annual revenue of $2.1 million.; Analyzed operations and effectiveness of the 3 business segments and provided recommendations to the owner as to how they can reduce waste and where growth opportunities exist in each segmentIdentified the pet store as the largest growth opportunityOversaw the store renovation and transition designed to compete with the higher margin and rapidly growing niche of all-natural and organic pet storesDeveloped new vendor relationships and brought in 12 new product lines which increased sales by 40% and trained employees on inventory management and customer serviceBuilt websites for the animal hospital and pet store, substantially increasing online exposure

Global manufacturer of sterile pharmaceutical drugs with annual revenue of $1.3 billion.; Cross-trained with all members of the finance team and took on responsibilities including forecasting, budgeting, financial reporting, tax reporting, and IT security administrationBecame subject matter expert in Hyperion, JDE, corporate reporting, inter-company transactions, payroll, inventory, and JDE security access rightsWas a key member on team developing new standard cost methodology for FY11Designed an activity based costing protocol to more accurately burden overhead to the appropriate product lines which was important for product rationalization decisionsIdentified $10M in key errors preventing the need to budget unfavorable variances in FY11 Responsible for maintaining inventory master files including: inventory destructs, weekly meetings with operations leaders to understand manufacturing problems, calculating obsolescence and non-compliance reserves, manufacturing variance review, and monthly reconciliationsConsistently delivered high quality financial reporting to management including: variance analyses, inventory and purchasing commentary, A/P and A/R trending and potential exposures, accrual and reserve justification, ratio analytics and commentary, and significant manual journal entry disclosures

Ranked number 19 on the Fortune 500 List with over 40,000 employees globally and $92 billion in annual revenue.; Identified by the implementation team to be a inter-company transaction Super User for the Financial Systems Program (FSP) ERP systemResponsibilities included booking manual inter-company journal entries, performing reconciliations and other monthly close activities, trend analysis and results reporting to management on a monthly basisServed as the accounting liaison responsible for monitoring and reconciling the inter-company accounts for 15 different Viasys business units across FSP, JDE and SAP accounting platforms

The nation's fifth largest public accounting firm with over 50 offices in the United States in addition to offices in over 100 other countries.; Completed 3 busy seasons in public accounting and was promoted to senior associate in just 19 monthsPerform financial statement audits and reviews for public and non-public entities in industries including manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, retail, and constructionComplete all facets of audit and non-audit engagements, including planning, budgeting, scheduling, fieldwork, and final report presentationEngage in and lead discussions regarding client accounting issues and other regulatory requirements with both Grant Thornton upper management and client upper management on a regular basisAssist in the preparation and review of financial statements, including 10-K, and 10-Q SEC filings, as well as related press releasesTrain, supervise, and evaluate numerous Grant Thornton staff members, including public engagementsDesign and implement audit programs to assess the efficiency of the client's internal control structure and present senior management with verbal and written recommendations for improvementPerformed detailed analytical procedures on all aspects of the client's balance sheet and income statementConduct all facets of employee benefit plan audits in accordance with ERISA including financial statement preparation and review of IRS form 5500 filingsObtain proficiency in relation to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 404, including documentation and testing of internal controls, as well as knowledge of the PCAOB StandardExperience in dealing with Sarbanes-Oxley (Section 404) and performed testing of internal controls with the following public companies: Navarre Corporation, Health Fitness Corporation, and A.S.V. IncReceived distinction for my work on performing due diligence work on a merger in California