Sam Richards Email & Phone Number

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Sage 300 Certified Consultant.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Examples of recent projectsClient 1. Contract setting up 24 retail stores onto Sage 300 ERP. Create PrintBoss Cheque templates. Setup import templates for POS bank entries and AP Invoices. Setup excel sheets based on SQL Views to Extract GL balances and update for live data. Create specialized financial report templates.Client 2. Contract to create Equipment Inventory System on cloud based software. System includes tables of assets used at 70+ sites in Manitoba, PO's and Invoices, method of recording maintenance and calibrations, method where remote branches verify receipt and commissioning of assets and record maintenance and calibration activity.

Company creates parts from sheet and plate metals using high speed lasers and high speed punches. We brake, weld, rivet, and powder coat to specification.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Consulting in Sage Accpac assisting clients to install, set up, manage, and optimize their Accpac ERP system. Travelled to remote cummunities to trouble shoot issues and train users.

One of the largest scrap metal processors in Canada. A Division of Gerdau Ameristeel• Managed a staff of 4 including Accounts Payable; Receivables; Administrative and Scale Operations. Assisted in the hiring process as well as performance reviews and other human resource related issues.• Managed all accounting and reporting functions, general administration, cost reporting, project analysis, including management of some construction projects.• Trouble shot system problems and negotiated resolution with system vendors and IT department.

A unique Canadian sporting goods catalogue operation which included three retail stores; a trophy operation.• Managed an accounting staff of 5 which provided financial reporting and analysis; maintained the accounting system; payroll and benefits. This included overseeing all internal controls to safeguard the assets and system integrity.• Managed the conversion from an aging IBM system 36 to a new proprietary retail and catalogue system.

Northwest Territories, at Rankin Inlet.• Acted as assistant director of finance to the health board serving the remote communities directly north of Manitoba. • Improved the billings to the federal government to increase cash flow. • Reconciled difficult payroll accounts, assisted in payroll system conversion.

Part owner, Company supplied, installed, serviced overhead and garage doors.

Accountant

Sailed accross the Atlantic, through Panama Canal, to San Fransisco

Sailed historical replica ship up the St. Laurence seaway, through the Great Lakes. Second tour from Seattle to Kitimat, and Vancouver and Victoria BC.Deckhand, Rigger MasterGunner, Interpretive Guide

Certified Consultant, Sage Accpac Erp 5.6

Ca

Bcom Hons, Accounting

Diploma Business Admin, Accounting

Activities and Societies: President of Student Association 1976 to 1977

Certified Consultant, Sage 300 2016 Erp