Oversaw accounting department and functions including AP/AR, general ledger, financial reporting and capital expenditures; develop annual budget and reforecast budgets.Oversaw IT and IS departments including project management, software and hardware expenditures.Used Hyperion to maintain GL reporting division at a corporate level; supported MAS500 sales, accounting, distribution uploading activities developed internally.Used Planning Maestro for budgeting and reforecasting including comparisons to actuals.Enhanced trackability of data in GL, making certain that all information was supported by source documents.Reviewed sales tax/payroll reports, reported on excise and state taxes.

Oversaw accounting department and functions including AP/AR, general ledger, and financial reporting for 12 locations; played key role in development of annual budget, gathering input from management at each site.Served as in-house subject matter expert on ERP system, fielding questions from internal customers on functionality of point-of-sale terminals and back-end accounting procedures.Streamlined processes, increasing efficiency and preventing need to add staff even amid rapid business growth.Established internal controls on new system pertaining to cash, inventory, and fixed assets.Implemented standard practice for AR team of immediately reporting variances in daily deposits.Put in place strategy to handle discrepancies between vendor invoices and stock physically in warehouse; achieved marked reduction in purchase quantity and price variances by necessitating final approval of buyers.Led conversion to updated ERP system, selecting application that would meet company's unique needs, purchasing system, and implementing tool; partnered with development team to customize software so that data from each division is available to others.Took point on resolving unusual and complex issues within sales, accounting, and customer service.Interfaced with customers who had been inadvertently overcharged, handling issues with empathy and focusing on identifying solution that would both ensure clients' continued business and protect company's interests.Recognized need for change in critical areas and advised management on financial activities and other complicated matters; led efforts to make accounting department more accessible and improve visibility of information within company.Enhanced trackability of data in GL, making certain that all information was supported by source documents.Reviewed sales tax/payroll reports, reported on excise and state taxes, and prepared data for payroll.Supervised AP team.

Directed GL, payroll, fixed assets, and reporting at company that provided financial management for numerous area Subway and Little Caesar's restaurants; processed payroll for approximately 200 staff.Collaborated with ownership to create annual budget including aspects from food costs at each location to capital expenditures.Stepped into situation in which company had been without financial personnel of any kind for extended period of time; ramped up quickly, identifying opportunities to streamline paper-intensive accounting system and shorten close processes. Automated accounting procedures, using Excel and QuickBooks to track fiscal data.Improved payroll processes by automating procedures, decreasing time from two days to matter of hours.Dialogued with owner regarding cash flow and whether purchasing additional franchises was feasible and prudent.

Supported financial activities following Amazon's purchase of Acme's online catalog business.Used Oracle to maintain GL for reporting division and at corporate level; supported AS/400-based sales accounting, uploading activities within external tool into Amazon's system.Generated and posted monthly journal entry, providing corporate headquarters with visibility of local activity.Set up and maintained division's co-op advertising and volume rebate billing and collection program on QuickBooks; produced reports in Excel and Essbase on vendor billing shared between Amazon and Acme.Leveraged understanding of recording and accruing rebates to enhance billing accuracy and minimize discrepancies.Resolved customer service issues and contributed to inventory cycle counts.

Facilitated smooth transition of accounting associated with mail order catalog business from Acme Electric to Amazon. Established and maintained system for joint advertising and rebate billing between the two companies.

Set up AR collection system, reconciled GL accounts, performed sales tax reporting, and assisted in resolving customer service issues.

Put in place AR collections processes; performed range of accounting functions, including GL reconciliations and reporting.