Ron Clarke Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, Texas

Serving as the exclusive accountant responsible for the calculation, and timely payment of commission payables earned by 57 Independent Representatives located worldwide concerning the sale of Bell Helicopter spare parts and components related to the functionality of their customers commercial helicopters for both divisions of Bell Helicopter USA and Bell Helicopter AmsterdamAccounting Effectiveness: • Analyzed, reconciled, reduced the delinquency of 48 out of 57 past due Independent Representative accounts, greater than 18 months aging, exceeding $10.4M in outstanding payables bringing delinquent payments to current • Calculate total earned commissions, account for adjusting credits on warranty items, returned parts, and discounts for particular components and assemblies • Customer service provider for all 57 Independent Representatives worldwide regarding account activity and contract analysis between the Independent Representative and Bell Helicopter

Grand Prairie, Texas

Charged as sole accountant for USA and Canadian operations with managing confidential assignments and prioritizing fluctuating work requirements. Assist Project Managers with budget tracking of ~44 domestic and international projects. Identify additional revenue and create appropriate invoices. Conduct audits and balance intercompany reconciliations for month-end closings. Analyze more than $21M in USA and Canada divisions’ customer contracts, producing payment schedules. Account for flow of goods (shipping and receiving parts from and to Germany) transactions for USA, Canada, and Germany. Reconcile monthly intercompany inventory accounts with multiple currencies dealing with dollars and Euros. Direct 2 Accounting Clerks.Accounting Effectiveness: •Authored company travel policy reducing employee travel and expenses budget of $1.6M by $15K.•Performed variance analysis for USA and Canada Program Managers; investigated over 38 simultaneous project budgets totaling more than $19M.•Conducted monthly analysis of company intercompany inventory transactions greater than $6M; determined ratios for equivalent Euros, Canadian dollars, and U.S. dollar currencies.•Increased productivity 10% for 5 staff by establishing and launching MS Excel training program for using advanced functions of MS Excel.

North Richland Hills, Texas

Identified areas to improve department process efficiency by 20% for 12 accounting associates; instituted cross-training. Managed daily cash operations process transactions ($7M of 5 bank accounts), analyzed, and assessed daily sales, commissions, payments, and inventory reports for $6M in inventory for the national fulfillment center.Process Improvements:•Enabled team to provide 100% verification of $5M in banking activities and $12M in credit card transactions.•Reconciled fixed assets depreciations over 40 separate items (> $9M) with 100% accuracy and on time.•Researched and reconciled monthly prepaid expense account accounting for over 65 separate items of more than $180K.•Recouped $21K out of a possible $27K in missing revenue from 9 separate vendors over 365 days aging.•Assessed technology applications (internally and externally) to attain standardization and efficiency gains. •Developed standard procedures manual for best practices within the accounting department.

Ensured production WIP inventory accurately represented SAP issues and adjusted accordingly. Resolved vendor equipment issues. Analyzed process errors to ensure accurate repair of customer equipment. Provided product support in fast-paced, customer oriented manufacturing environment. Process Improvements:•Resolved multiple customer issues for 11 international and domestic airline carriers.•Revised Bill of Material (BOM) quantities.•Updated airline maintenance representatives and program managers regarding status of customer open issues.

Managed general ledger account reconciliations and month-end closing processes for 10 UPS field stations with 100% accuracy. Maintained and updated billing folders. Generated time-sensitive, confidential reports for Corporate Headquarters. Collected sensitive financial data from 3 financial institutions, recorded transactions using 2 systems: CODA and ORACLE software. Acquired working knowledge of various critical systems such as Oracle, CODA, and Khalix and their subsystems.Process Improvements:•Recommended additional procedures for file maintenance.•Expedited month-end closing procedures for 23 Accounts Receivable and cash management transactions with consistent 99.5% accuracy with on time delivery of reports for southern U.S. region and Puerto Rico.

United States

Aviation Ordnanceman, P-3 Orion Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. NAVY doing certifications for air crew in the aircraft systems. Located and saved 17 people lost at sea in the South Pacific during a Search and Rescue mission.

Everett, Washington

Conducted manufacturing data analysis, assembly of 777 commercial aircraft in fast-paced 3-day production cycle, working with a team of 42 in final assembly and final body joining areas; interpreted blueprints and schematics. Gained experience with Just In Time (JIT), LEAN manufacturing and Total Quality Management (TQM) manufacturing methodologies.•Recognized with 3 Achievement Awards for recommending cost reduction processes that saved more than $250 per unit cost.