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.• Updated rent schedules to control the monthly lease payments of all depots and thrift stores in the Midwest market and prepared lease authorization request forms for renewals and additions of all leases for depots and thrift stores.• Assisted with the asset reevaluation project after the sale of our company, working with engineering, manufacturing and corporate accounting.

• 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 department managers.

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