Michael Primiani Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

● Complete month-end close catch-up for incomplete prior months and related financial statements.● Develop process to complete month end close within 2-4 business days.● Price commercial and residential projects based on labor and materials.● Communicate regularly with scheduling team on estimated labor and materials to maintain target margins.● Coordinate with construction managers and project management team on any open issues regarding billing and payables.● Manage accounts payable coordinator by approving check runs and providing guidance on GL account coding.● Document process improvements for billing, accounting, estimating, and tracking internal & subcontractor projects.● Opened new bank accounts and created a process for daily reporting and fraud prevention/positive pay. ● Implement new expense management tool, Ramp, with accompanying credit cards for employees. ● Actively work with HR / Office Manager on payroll, prevailing wage, and other company mattes.

● Source for qualified accounting and finance candidates in audit, tax, consulting, corporate and operational accounting, and FP&A● Develop relationships with candidates to understand their needs and match them with appropriate available positions. ● Maintain relationships with client recruiters to understand what the clients need in potential candidates. ● Placed seven candidates in jobs over the seven month period, in-line with my first year goal.

● Directed the month end close across three business units: media, events, and marketing services. ● Prepare monthly financial reporting including P&L, cash flow, variance analysis and MD&A. ● Completed QOEs and due diligence to support two sales to private equity firms. ● Built various balance sheet and P&L account analysis for monthly reconciliation. ● Prepare budgets and forecasts for the media business and corporate departments and provide year-over-year analysis.● Consolidate budgets from business managers for executive and board review and approval. ● Analyze consolidated budgets to present key drivers of year over year variances.● Monitor daily cash activity to identify trends, manage payables and forecast cash flow.● Assist executives and business managers prepare analysis and presentations for board meetings.● Complete yearly audits with external accountants to support debt agreements.● Reviewed semi-monthly payroll labor distribution and prepared related journal entries. ● Calculate commissions and distribute statements to sales reps and respond to any inquiries. ● Directly manage receivables and payables managers and assist them with accounting controls and principles.● Assisted the CFO update internal accounting controls and create an efficient month-end close process.● Worked closely with external accountants to support financials for the sale of a business division to a competitor.● System administrator for Intacct, Namely, Nexonia & RBS Citizens Bank.