Michael D. Email & Phone Number

United States

Chicago, IL

Lisle, IL

• Over ten years of experience in both manufacturing and service sectors.
• Versed in general accounting, fixed asset accounting and capital appropriations, financial planning, reporting and analysis, as well as payroll, accounts payable and physical inventories.
• Familiarity with private and public companies, corporate offices and divisions ranging from $10 million to billions in sales volume.
• Demonstrated ability of maintaining accurate and reliable accounting information in dynamic organizational environments.
• Flexibility to adapt to and participate in frequent changes of accounting processes and procedures through continuous improvement.

• Perform key account post-promotion analysis and work with Account Executives to better understand performance of their promotions.
• Prepare annual operating plan and midyear update for field selling and thrift store operations.
• Reviewed monthly cost center reports with management to facilitate better understanding of budgets which ultimately led to better budgeting and cost containment.
• Assist with month end close; including journal entries, reconciliation of intercompany accounts and variance investigation and resolution.
• Prepared monthly Balance Sheet account analysis and commentary for corporate reporting
• Monitored and tracked all capital spending against approved capital requests and coordinated fixed asset additions and retirements.

• Prepared product line P & L’s and sales/margin cost analysis.
• Assisted in monthly forecast, three year strategic plan and annual budget preparation.
• Provided detailed analysis of the components of cash flow including inventory, receivables, payables and capital spending.
• Assisted in the decentralization of departmental spending responsibility, annual budgeting and accountability from the Account and Finance departments to the various Operating, Sales, Engineering and Administration.

Hillside, IL

• Compiled and analyzed monthly operating results, including sales estimates and critical statistics for presentation to general management.
• Supervised accounts payable clerk.
• Coordinated year-end physical inventory.
• Prepared year-end audit work papers.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting

Accounting