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• Acting COO of a $50,000,000 CPG frozen food manufacturer • Implemented the monitoring of 13 week cash flows to ensure adequate corporate cash flow.• Assist in the development of system improvements, including new PPV and Overhead Absorption. • Trained employees on Oracle EBS and Supply Chain Planning Systems..

Bloomfield, New Jersey

• Responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, cost accounting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, management and business metrics, and all general accounting functions. • Managed & supported the growth - $40 million to $210 million increasing EBITDA by over 550%.• Analyzed item & brand profit margins and detailed cost analysis for all corporate divisions.• Worked with CEO, and Dept. V.P.’s on strategic vision that resulted in 5 year corporate strategic plans.• Assisted Marketing with item pricing and promotion planning to assure budgeted profit margins• Utilized strong computer skills (including Oracle, Mas90, Quickbooks and Microsoft Excel & Access) • Secured banking facilities, including multi-bank deals and acquisitions lines saving over $180,000. • Re-engineered month end close process, reducing time 60%• Reviewed and analyzed acquisitions, along with integrating the operations of six successful acquisitions.• Develop & oversaw financial analysis and benchmarking to provide critical financial information.• Developed the implementation of Oracle’s complete financial EBS System • Created and Designed Microsoft Access database to perform detail analysis of financial information.• Reduced inventory improving inventory turns by 30%, while increasing service levels to over 95%.• Created reports for management to monitor inventory reducing inventory write-offs by over $500,000.

• Responsible for financial reporting and all general accounting functions.• Managed total operations in the President’s absence (40% of the time).• Maintained banking facilities while company was in Chapter 11 and secured new financing, allowing company to exit from Chapter 11.• Responsible for costing / pricing logic used in fabricating jobs.• Negotiated with vendors attaining competitive pricing on various products and securing open lines of credits which allowed the company to exit from Chapter 11.• Responsible for daily and monthly cash forecasting to the bank while in Chapter 11.• Implemented for 3 year detail budget and cash flow projections which secured new bank financing.

Parsippany, New Jersey

• Responsible for financial reporting prepared in accordance with GAAP and all general accounting functions.• Innovated the O/E, A/R, A/P, Payroll, Cost and Financial Accounting functions as company grew over 50%.• Managed the classification, asset life, basis, depreciation policy and retirements / disposals of assets.• Evaluated lease vs. purchase options and oversaw the accounting for capital leases.• Supervised physical inventories and evaluation.• Managed standard item cost, PPV, absorption and inventory valuations.• Prepared, monitored and revised annual budget and cash flow projections.• Integrated two acquired companies including valuing trademarks, going concern and goodwill.• Drove inventory procedures changes which reduced physical to perpetual evaluation time by over 50%.• Created and implemented system to improve cash forecasting including new systems to maximize the taking of cash discounts.• Supervised the completion of federal and state corporate and payroll tax returns.• Reduced penalties and interest, and state adjustment of use taxes by over $100,000.• Computerized the budgeting process decreasing preparation time by over 30%.

Master'S Degree, Taxation

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting And Management