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Chicago, Il

Direct day to day financial and administrative functions. Hire, train and manage staff performing all financial duties including financial reporting, internal controls, technology improvements, revenue forecasting, A/P, A/R, budgeting and financial management. * Direct accounting functions for five corporate entities * Drive monthly consolidation of financials and foreign currency conversions for US, Chinese and Taiwanese corporate entities * Forge initiative with IT to design, develop implement and maintain: * Automated FIFO costing program for $14MM inventory with over 13,000 SKUs * Flexible budgeting model tracking profitability by customer and product line * Automated inventory tracking system creating bottom-line fiscal and manpower savings * Automated programs to apply bank files containing customer lock box payments directly to Accounts receivable *Create fiscal savings of $3.25MM by developing and maintaining a semi-automated system to track and follow up on customer deductions * Improve cash flow by decreasing DSO from 72 too 52 days on 60 day terms * Maintaining over 98% current A/R balances for five straight years * Achieve $400K annual savings by implementing reviews of customer contract files * Improve monthly financial reporting timeframe from the 25th to the 10th of each month

Aurora, Il

Direct all financial and administrative functions. Hire, train and manage staff performing all F&A duties including financial reporting, Human Resources, A/P, A/R, inventory control, customer service, billing, credit and collections, P/R and transaction processing for multi-site locations in Aurora, IL and El Paso, TX. * Streamline administrative processes with hardware and software upgrades * Generate over $400K annual savings through staff reductions * Achieve over $200K annual cost savings through negotiating and structuring optimal insurance, contract labor, freight, communications and office lease contracts * Execute development of the company's first interactive, flexible budgeting tool providing multi-state ownership with effective tools to participate in management of company * Enhance reporting timeliness over 100% from fifteen days to seven

Batavia, Il

Direct all financial functions. Hire, train and manage staff performing all accounting duties including financial reporting, A/P, A/R, billing credit and collections, P/R and transaction processing. * Structure and implement several interactive computer models * Dynamic, flexible budgeting tool empowering department and divisional managers with actual, forecasted and potential changes in the market * Cost model providing accurate forecasting of customer profit utilizing multiple variables * Cash flow model quadrupling investment income and facilitating ongoing operations without outside financing * MS Access database tracking all direct labor costs by department, job function, customer and unit processed * Lead sales and marketing teams into new niche book market * Manage purchasing function of books * Oversee creation of promotional literature * Drive and direct sales calls * Implement marketing efforts * Direct financial management and responsibility through to gross profit

Addison, Il

Direct all financial, administrative and IT functions. Hire, train and manage staff performing all financial duties including financial reporting, A/P, A/R, billing, credit and collections, P/R, Human Resources, IT and internal controls. * Direct all banking relationships * Implement daily on-line cash management procedures * Double investment income * Drive computer trends and profitability, reporting daily revenue and costs to CEO *Monitor and maintain all corporate tax records * file annual K1 forms for all S-Corporation owners * file quarterly Federal and State taxes * file Illinois Sales and Use Taxes

Elk Grove Village, Il

Direct all financial functions for thirteen offices across North America. Hire, train and manage staff performing all accounting duties including financial reporting, G/L, A/P, A/R, collections, cash management, billing, revenue analysis, cost analysis, P/R and Human Resources. *Advise CEO by providing weekly revenue, cost and variance reporting * Prepare budgets, review and investigate variances * Achieve monthly financial reporting to overseas parent by fifth business day * Supervise and conduct annual audits for separate US and Canadian corporate entities * Direct monthly consolidation of financial reporting for thirteen branches/profit centers * Drive ongoing development of new software with on-staff IT Manager

Lake Bluff, Il

Direct all accounting functions. Report directly to CEO.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Finance

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