Sue Sutherland Email & Phone Number

• Prepare daily and weekly production score card report and KPI trend;
• Develop new matrix in measuring production team performance per upper management request;
• Review facility expenditure report, and prepare monthly journal entries for multiple locations;
• Manage facility fixed asset record, include addition and disposal; and reconcile CIP account on a monthly basis;
• Assist with month end close and conduct department P&L analysis
• Conduct unit cost analysis;,productivity analysis and absorption lost analysis by product line;

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Tampa, FL

• Prepare all month end JEs including prepaid, accruals and payroll entries;
• Review with senior management team and publish financial statements in a timely fashion;
• Maintain, record and roll forward fixed asset and reconcile sub-ledger to general ledger at year end;
• Perform bank reconciliation and cash flow statement, prepare financial package for board meeting;
• Develop sales and use tax filing system and ensure timely filing taxes for all states.
• Ensure timely filing property tax return for Corp and all district offices.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Prepare consolidated journal entries and associated reporting of a more complex nature at a corporate level;
• Review account analyses for balance sheet accounts; make recommendations and prepare adjusting entries as needed;
• Perform monthly product line profit & loss analyses, prepare reconciliation for plan vs actual, make recommendations for improvement;
• Lead and perform analysis to determine root cause on P&L accounts and attempt to resolve issues
• Interface with IT group to insure integrity of financial computer systems and subsystem interfaces during Oracle 11i GL implementations;
• Supported Oracle 11i modules: GL, FA, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Order Management.

Tampa, FL

• Responsible for calculating and booking all monthly revenue, COGS and sales tax journal entries.
• Responsible for bad debt calculation, verify booking for prepaid and accrued expenses, including bonus and commission accruals.
• Provided inventory variance analysis report, including variance explanation Report; provided resolution and recommendation to upper management.
• Responsible for all inter Companies booking, including reconciliations, work with Staff Accountant in producing EOM/EOY balance sheet accounts reconciliation.
• Oversee the close process in-line with GAAP & SOX requirements, identify issues, research and make suggestion and/or correction.
• Safeguard companies Fixed Asset and maintain FA system, include reviewing & processing CER, tracking capital expenditures, reconciling WIP account and closing CER.

Plant City, FL

• Provided full accounting support to Corp including A/R, A/P; Collection, prepared J/E, reconciled all inter-company accounts monthly, analyzed and accurately reported current month’s financial results.
• Determined plant revenue based on percent-of-completion accounting, prepared budgeting and cash flow forecasting report.
• Monitored budget and job costing for all projects, report non-financial performance metrics on a weekly basis to Senior VP.
• Actively pursued cost reduction and productivity savings, performed root cause analysis and problem solving.
• Analyzed internal controls to ensure assets were adequately safeguarded and were accurately reported.

• Conducted month-end and year-end financial statements; prepared necessary information for corporate auditing and taxation purpose.
• Processed monthly and quarterly sales tax return for all states; personal property reporting and maintained all business licenses.
• Managed corporate assets and conducted quarterly and yearly government filing.
• Oversaw cash flow, analyzed showroom productivity and costs and generated report for executives meeting and made recommendations.
• Supervised accounts payable department, conducted weekly check review, and focused on solving high-difficulty invoice problems.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance, Gpa In Major 3.8

Bachelor'S Degree