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Linden, New Jersey, United States

Report to the CEO of a large food distribution company with multi-state operations.

Rahway, New Jersey

Report to the CFO of a $70M+ frozen food manufacturer with multi-state operations. I am currently responsible for the following:* Inventory accounting, to support accurate monthly financial reporting and strong inventory controls.* Cost accounting activities including cost card and BOM creation and maintenance, labor studies and product pricing analysis.* Banking-related activities, including daily deposits and reconciliations.* Provide timely and accurate analysis/creation of budgets, financial reports independently, or in partnership with the CFO and other senior executives, to help support better decision making and drive business results.* Collect and report on weekly KPIs for management and plant department heads.* Oversee HR including payroll and benefits.* Make recommendations on developing and applying strong internal controls, as needed to safeguard the financial assets of the company.* Analyze and control capital expenditures.* Responsible for all fixed asset accounting.* Key member in rolling out new payroll solution, new health insurance provider and upgrade to QuickBooks Enterprise 2019 and subsequently Oracle NetSuite ERP.

Hillside, New Jersey

Reported to the CEO of a medium sized HVAC supply and custom sheet metal fabrication manufacturer. Was responsible for all accounting functions including all aspects of Procure to Pay (purchase order through vendor payment), Order to Cash (with more emphasis on invoicing to customer payments), payments to utilities, vendors, and subcontractors, treasury functions, payroll and multi-state sales tax filings. Prepared monthly financial statements in QuickBooks with account reconciliations. Worked with outside CPA to complete year-end financial statements and tax returns.

Clifton, Nj

Reported to the CEO and was responsible for all accounting functions for one of eBay's largest e-commerce consignment stores ($28M+ in sales). Oversaw all daily accounting activities. Lead monthly and annual close. Prepared and reviewed all financial reporting. Responsible for cash management and reconciliations. Prepared quarterly financial statements in QuickBooks with account reconciliations. Worked with outside Accountants.• Utilized advanced Excel skills, including VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and keyboard shortcuts to get daily reports out quickly and emailed in a timely manner. • Created a process in Excel to download mass transaction data from various accounts, fix incorrect data via VLOOKUP, summarize data in pivot tables and journalize results in QuickBooks. • Significantly decreased external accountant’s hours needed at year-end to prepare tax returns.

Northern, Nj

Responsible for the entire operation of two Fun Bus franchises. Involved in all aspects of accounting, bookkeeping utilizing QuickBooks, billing, taxes, payroll, monthly reporting to the franchise, sales, marketing, event management, customer service and managing employees.

Skillman, Nj

Reported to a Senior Director of R&D and assisted team in implementing R&D financial initiatives, portfolio analysis and the decision-making process. • Provided year-end analysis, made sure budgeted funds were spent correctly and that accruals were made for last minute invoices. • Updated multi-project budget workbook used for Lifecycle Planning, business-planning activities and expense monitoring for fifteen projects on seven cross-functional teams. • Assisted team with matching funding requirements to constantly changing project plans.• Developed new MS Excel templates for the collection, roll-up and reporting of the business plan.• Prepared funding requirements presentations including NPV analysis for new projects.

Greater New York City Area

Reported to the Controller. Worked on various property, plant and equipment (PPE) projects for Bloomberg, LP that focused on SAP post-implementation support. Worked with all aspects of SAP FI Asset Management / fixed assets (AA) including integration with serialization, internal orders, inter-company billing and assets created from production orders.• Instrumental in helping the client implement SAP fixed-asset sub-ledgers in 40 entities.• Consistently chosen to lead various projects to completion, three as project manager.• Prepared financial statement notes and support for fixed-assets and leasehold-improvements.• Analyzed monthly P&L trial balance, made accruals and prepared flux analysis commentary. • Wrote business operating procedures and provided training as needed.• Coordinated with company SAP team and actively participated in change (i.e. custom reports definition; uploads and interfaces to facilitate data transfer). • Supervised a staff ranging from four to nine staff members and consultants.

Rariton Township, Nj

Reported to the functional Controller responsible for Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance and Drug Safety and Surveillance divisions. Managed entire accounting process for 40 cost centers. Responsibilities included monthly accruals, monthly close and reporting, budget development and capital forecast.• Assisted with the identification and implementation of cost reduction initiatives. Identified a reduction of 6% to the annual operating budget.• Participated in the SAP R/3 implementation that included: account and departmental mappings, posted and reconciled beginning balance entries for “go live”, trained end-users and wrote procedures for running reports in SAP R/3 and BW.

Rariton Township, Nj

Reported to the VP of Finance charged with the development and commercialization of women’s healthcare, metabolic medicine, and other R&D franchises. • Provided timely & accurate financial data on a quarterly basis that reflected latest timelines.• Prepared cost to decision point based forecast and cost to launch for all projects.• Monitored project “out-of-pocket” expenditures by checking all new requests for correct financial coding, approvals and budget.

Newark, New Jersey

Reported to the VP of Planning in the PSE&G Services Corporation. Assisted business planners with strategy development, budgeting, performance management and monthly reporting.• Prepared monthly variance analysis for management utilizing SAP, BW and Excel.• Created Excel model to analyze current budget and prepare forecast.• Resolved SAP reporting issues by designing monthly reports of incurred expenses.

Reported to the VP of Finance for $50 million international telecommunications corporation (US, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Israel). Compiled monthly financial reports including cash-flow projections, revenues, margins, product profitability and quarterly financial statements.

Newark, Nj

Reported to the County Executive and Business Administrator. Managed cash flows for $500 million budget minimizing short-term borrowing needs. Was responsible for daily receipts, disbursements, banking, protection, and custody of funds. Prepared official statements for investors and issued the County’s debt. Supervised a staff of five. Reviewed RFP’s. Made presentations to Board of Chosen Freeholders.

New York, Ny

Reported to the VP of Administration and Finance charged with all aspects of monthly financial processing and reporting of investment activity for the $60 billion fixed-income portfolios. Was responsible for the preparation of a monthly corporate package including flux and trend analysis with meaningful commentary. Analyzed and modeled many aspects of TIAA’s Investments business.

New York, Ny

Reported to the VP of Accounting responsible for the $20 billion commercial mortgage portfolio. Managed the monthly accounting close and reporting and year-end "Blue Book" reporting. Supervised staff of four.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Accounting

Hs, High School

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