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Mobile, Alabama, US

• Management oversight of all functional areas of accounting, reporting and budgeting for 4 Business Units with revenues totaling $65M for a nationwide commercial roofing contractor specializing in new roof construction.
• Managed company wide implementation of ComData Expense Track software application for all 24 Business Units.
• Point person for spearheading the initial testing and validation for the system automation of the Viewpoint Vista construction software generation of the monthly WIP reporting.

Belville, NC, US

• Managed all functional areas of the NC Accounting Dept. for a regional $100M design build home builder and developer including each of the 25+ related party entities.
• Developed a monthly accounting closing calendar to establish a discipline and accountability throughout the organization to insure financial reporting deadlines are met each month.
• Created a file structure format for all accounting entity folders to organize and subsequently move all current and historical worksheet files to the new file structure for the past ten years..

Bethel, Connecticut, US

• Oversight and administration of all functional areas of the Accounting Dept. reporting and forecasting for a nationwide $115M sub-contractor with 6 operating divisions in the construction industry specializing in.
• Implemented SAGE 300 CRE “Timberscan” module, an automated paperless solution for expediting and routing invoices for approval throughout the various divisions within the organization.
• Modified the existing monthly accounting closing calendar to include construction operations for all organizational activities that effectively reduced the financial reporting date by 3 days.

Mount Vernon, NY, US

• Administered all general accounting and finance activities and reporting for a premier $55M general contractor and affiliated entities specializing in retail and commercial general contracting and construction.
• Implemented a third party payroll cloud based application for capturing and reporting direct labor hours from the field for uploading in to SAGE 300 CRE software platform.

US

Managed all functional accounting activities and reporting for a $30M design build HVAC mechanical contractor, including job costing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit and collections, payroll, human resources, construction contract work in process reporting, financial statement preparation and reporting, budgeting, treasury, cash management.

Danbury, CT, US

• Sr. Manager of Finance & AccountingManaged and coordinated all general accounting closing activities utilizing Microsoft’s Dynamics GP accounting platform for a pharmaceutical research and development company. Provided.
• Developed and designed a capitalization template for the two year construction and renovation of a complex $250M manufacturing facility project. Because this project came in under budget by $5M and no control.
• Coordinated the State of CT Sales & Use Tax audit. After initially being assessed a tax liability of $640K, was able to eliminate the assessment by leveraging the manufacturing and bio-tech tax exemptions into a refund.
• Negotiated a settlement of $400K for what was determined to be excess security deposits being held by the leasing agent for the Paramus, NJ facility based on the reduction of the current occupied space.
• Implemented an automated solution to the monthly operating expense service accrual process that resulted in shortening the closing calendar by 2 days.

• Directed and managed of all accounting functions and financial reporting for the wholesale, retail convenience stores and real estate divisions for a privately owned $110M company specializing in petroleum related.
• Planned and executed the implementation of Pinnacle PRM, an automated integrated software point of sale solution for all retail service station locations.
• Implemented Fuel Smart, a software solution for inventory mgt, fuel tax compliance and reporting.
• Converted the manual financial accounting reporting for all real estate division entities to an automated solution utilizing Quick Books Pro.
• Negotiated services and coordinated all aspects of the corporate office relocation from Bridgeport, CT to Trumbull, CT in January 2004. This project came in under budget by approximately 5% with no loss in productivity.

• Oversight of all divisional accounting for 4 regional business units, financial reporting as well as credit and collections for a privately owned $50M multi-dimensional general contractor offering in-house design build.
• Modified the existing budgetary process by developing an annual regional business plan for each segment of the operations, which enhanced our ability to successfully adapt to changing market conditions throughout the.
• Developed and deployed a detailed job costing policy and procedures manual which is currently being utilized for training project managers, company wide. Resulted in additional annual net profit increase from $430,000.

• Managed all treasury, functional areas of accounting, technology, credit and collections as well as financial reporting for an independent $65M full-line wholesale food distributor and retail supermarket chain.
• Developed a rebate tracking program resulting in capturing an additional $1.4 million in revenue over a six year period.
• By working closely with the Purchasing and Operations staff, developed a plan that resulted in increasing inventory turns from 14.8 to 16.7 by effectively reducing on-hand inventory levels 12%, while maintaining the.
• Coordinated the implementation of a company wide software conversion and upgrade from programs that were developed in-house to a fully integrated H&S AS400 package without any downtime..

Masters Of Business Administration, Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting Major