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Develops and teaches live and online noncredit workshops and classes in expository and creative writing. Creates lesson plans. Assists in editing of Quality Fiction magazine. Assists with financial planning and long-range planning for the studio.

Responsible for daily flow and processing of accounts payable and account receivable, ensuring all costs related to corporate and specific shows and income for various projects were coded accurately, reconciliation of prepaid and accrued expense accounts, corporate hospitality accounts, corporate credit card accounts, and parking pass distribution and reconciliation.

Assistant Controller/Accounting Supervisor (June 2015-February 2017): Oversees accounting operations area responsible for all banking activities, accounts receivable processing, client trust accounting and monthly settlements with municipalities and other clients for collections, tolling, ticket processing and other services. Manages and reconciles the accrued and prepaid expense accounts, payroll accounts, and all operating accounts. Supervises two staff accountants and works as a liaison with other departments to ensure a smooth workflow and proper reporting to the company’s clients. Assists in the preparation of financial reports for the ownership group and internal management reporting.• Improved the process for client settlement reporting, ensuring all are completed, approved, and paid before contractual deadlines, streamlining the process without increasing errors.• Assisted with the transition/final accounting of a sold division and the breaking away of Duncan from its original Australian parent company.Accounting Specialist (October 2012-June 2015): Assisted the corporate and divisional controllers with general ledger, account reconciliations, management reporting, intercompany reconciliations and currency conversion, audit work, and preparation of a uniform chart of accounts across divisions.

Teaches online courses in expository and creative writing and grammar.

Contract accountant assigned to Duncan Solutions, MilwaukeeContract Accountant (February 2011-September 2012): Assisting the corporate controller with preparation of schedules and documentation in preparation of annual fiscal year end audit, heavy emphasis on using Excel pivot tables and advanced functionality.Contract accountant assigned to Brookdale Senior Living, West Allis.Project Team Accountant (July 2011-December 2011): Responsible for reconciling profit and loss statements and balance sheets between accounting systems for 160 newly acquired properties.Contract accountant assigned to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee.Project Team Accountant (October 2009 to May 2011): Responsible for organizing and assisting the chart of accounts conversion for close to 200 regional offices, working with each office to ensure a smooth transition from a variety of accounting systems to one national network system, utilizing a combination of system functions and Excel pivot tables and advanced functions, Conducted over one hundred in person and teleconference training courses for field accountants, regional directors, and regional vice-presidents in chart of accounts organization, loan management, and budgeting on the NML customized J.D. Edwards software. Was recognized as one of the top trainers in the group by participants, with a 4.65 average review score on a scale of 5.

Responsible for general ledger, payroll, accounts receivable and systems maintenance; plus audit work, client billing and issues resolution.• Managed selection process for new payroll service and vendor; coordinated conversion from previous vendor. Results: increased reliability with better communication.• Developed audit systems for payroll processing and reporting and budget systems. o Developed audit system for insurances which saved money by checking bills against deductions and expenses.o Developed complicated Excel spreadsheet with formulae to predict payroll taxes and anticipated taxes against upcoming budgets.o Developed payroll forecasting program that predicted to the penny what every employee could expect on every paycheck. Results: ensured employer’s and vendor’s accuracy and helped with coordinating the numbers between the timekeeping and benefits systems. • Coordinated reporting information flow between Financial Services and Human Resources departments.• Created quantified reports for HR for governmental and internal reporting. • Coordinated conversion from manual to online maintenance of employee health, dental and life insurance registration and maintenance.• Went above and beyond the call of duty to present full and complete information to allow employees going through life changes to make informed decisions about payroll and insurance options.• Complimented for being “a rare breed of accountant who interacts so well with all employees at different levels.”• Comments from reviews:o “Information requests are always handled promptly and efficiently.”o “Mike is a good steward of company resources.”o “Smart and able to multitask effectively.”o Accepts direction well, yet is unafraid to confront discrepancies.

Full service advertising and public relations agency with 4 offices and approximately 375 employees.; Handled general ledger, client billing, accounts receivable, payable and sales tax processing, time reporting, audit work and issues resolution.Assisted with integration of print purchasing system into the accounting general ledger system. Went from DOS-based system to Windows environment. Assisted with the conversion to current general ledger system.Streamlined payables processing for the Orlando office by decreasing turnaround time for invoice and payment processing.Coordinated payables efforts between the national media buying office in Chicago and the local office in Orlando for the company’s largest client.Developed new streamlined processing systems for month-end financial consolidations for four offices (Milwaukee, Orlando, Phoenix, and New York). Results: Controller’s time spent on consolidations was decreased up to 20%.

Handled general ledger, accounts payable, audit work, client billing, systems maintenance and issues resolution.Coordinated efforts with software vendors to allow for automated invoice receipts for accounts payable, streamlining the process and significantly reducing errors.Assisted in the most successful year-end process the company had in years.

Local telecommunications provider in process of being acquired by a national firm.; Did daily financial sales reporting and transitional sales reporting during acquisition of PrimeCo by Verizon Wireless.

Handled general ledger, budget reporting and cost allocation and budgeting across five regions and forty product lines

Handled general ledger, budget reporting and cost allocation and budgeting across five regions and forty product lines.; National individual life and health insurance provider operating in 49 states and all US territories.