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Hillsborough, Nc, Us

Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, Us

Review, reconcile, and report monthly book closures of three manufacturing sites with combined revenue of $250M. Enforce end-to-end compliance controls of GAAP protocols while closing entries, including payroll, sales, accruals, reserves, and adjustments. Discuss and formulate operating plans to close gaps by performing financial analysis and variance reporting. Propose recommendations for improvements by preparing inventory/COGS daily analysis reports, monitoring the inventory, and collaborating with operations staff. Accurately calculate commission payments per the sales compensation plans and support annual target setting. Support data-driven decision-making process by providing financial analysis pertaining to capital investments, contract negotiations, resource planning, and key business metrics to the management. File and report sales tax in line with federal and state tax laws/regulations. Maintain accuracy of payments by performing bank/account reconciliations. Eliminate reporting errors by developing and implementing inventory control processes.Decreased data entry errors by 95% through daily monitoring reports.Contributed to enabling consistency and standardization of processes for SOX controls by driving the transition and training of AP, AR, and GL functions to the central team.Commended for reducing month-end closing process time from 4 days to 2.Enabled the management to precisely forecast and project as well as conduct profit margin analysis by implementing daily sales

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Supported informed decision-making process by conducting inventory/cost of goods sold analysis and reporting key insights to owners and operations management staff. Drove accountability, evaluated past performance, forecast expenses, and developed budgets while aiming at reducing and controlling unnecessary spending. Completed month-end close and journal entries. Prepared, reviewed, and reported financial statements.Spearheaded the initiative to reduce T&E expenses by 20% in comparison to the previous year.

Port Adelaide, Sa, Au

Fortune 500 company in the Waste Industry that provides services to commercial, industrial and residential customers and manages landfills and recycleries throughout the US.Recipient of "Southeast Region Annual Balance Sheet Review Excellence" Award each year. Led an accounting staff of 15, who represented 5 divisions and 35 million in revenue. Out performed company standards for Internal Controls (Sarbanes Oxley) for consecutive years in all divisions. Reviewed processes and executed changes to protect company assets and ensure system controls. Spearheaded two system conversions. Trained sales, operations, customer service and maintenance on new standard operating procedures which resulted in a 20% performance and productivity improvement, reduced operating costs by 180k and added an additional 240k in revenue. P&L management and collaboration enabled our divisions to be awarded bonus payouts for 6 out of 7 years of my tenure. Coordinated with maintenance manager to control purchases to a just in time inventory to reduce parts on hand by 20% which freed up cash flow.

Various CompaniesConsulted with small business government contracting IT companies to institutionalize the Accounting system, train staff and delegate duties. Setup contract cost accounting (Federal Acquisition Regulations) and advised staff on invoicing requirements and cost contract allowances. Advised and prepared small business application loans through the Small Business Administration and instructed on financial reporting requirements. Negotiated corporate credit transactions and managed tax filings.

Fairmont, Wv, Us

Computer technology company that sells IT services to government contractors, cities, towns and municipalities. Research and manufactured the "blow box". Challenged to develop and implement the accounting policies and procedures for this startup company. Created job costing systems and procedures to track expenditures for customer invoicing and profit analysis. Project management responsibility for both government and industry projects, including RFP preparation, subcontractor negotiations, budgeting, invoicing and documentation. P&L management.

Bs, Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance

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