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Elk Grove Village, IL

• Hand-on manager leading support staff responsible for all accounting (financial reporting, construction job costing, AP, AR/collections, payroll, inventory, vehicle and equipment tracking, tax planning/reporting and.
• Manage and coordinate with 3rd-party service provider IT system requirements, including software, equipment, back-up/recovery and database/server maintenance.
• Coordinated and implemented successful software conversions resulting in more efficient processing and reporting, allowing company to reduce office staff.
• Developed, implemented and documented training programs, standard operating accounting and finance processes and procedures, including desktop procedures, flowcharts, and checklists.
• Hire, train, manage, and review seven accounting, office, and facility staff.
• Administer and evaluate employee benefit plans (health, life and disability insurance & 401k).

• Responsible for managing and maintaining accounting reporting functions, including maintenance of accounting systems (financial reporting, GL, billing/collections, AP, payroll, inventory and fixed assets).
• Coordinated successful upgrade to eCMS Construction Management System from CMS green-screen environment.
• Developed, implemented and documented standard operating accounting and finance processes and procedures, including desktop procedures, flowcharts, and checklists.
• Hired, trained, managed, and reviewed eleven accounting staff.
• Coordinated annual financial and insurance audits, as well as various tax, union, payroll, DBE and EEO audits.
• Coordinated team effort to update, standardize and formalize objective 360 review processes for approximately 100 accounting, administrative and project management employees.

• Responsible for managing and maintaining all financial and accounting reporting functions, including maintenance of accounting systems (financial reporting, GL, billing/collections, AP, payroll, job costing, inventory.
• Analyzed, selected, and successfully implemented Intuit’s Master Builder construction accounting system from DOS-based ACCPAC modules, resulting in significant reporting & labor efficiencies.
• Developed, implemented and documented standard accounting and administrative processes and procedures.
• Managed, evaluated and reviewed administrative and accounting staff, as well as assist owner in managing and evaluating estimating/project management team. Manage all HR administration. Administer and evaluate employee.
• Evaluated and adjusted Safety Program and business insurance coverage to cover proper risk exposure, while reducing overall costs by 25%.
• Developed, implemented and maintained standard processes for estimating and managing jobs (check-off lists, job start-up procedures, file maintenance, labor production monitoring, job costing review, job close-out.

Chicago, IL

Mba, Finance

B.S., Accounting

Education record