Manufacture and distribution of lift gate equipment and related parts

Manufacturer of retail store fixtures and display cabinetsResponsible for financial and accounting activities including the preparation of monthly financial statements, forecasts, and monthly loan collateral reporting to the bank.

Sales, service and rental of new and used forklift trucks and other material handling equipmentResponsible for all financial and accounting activities for a multi-location company including the preparation of monthly financial statements, budgets, forecasts, and annual audit schedules, maintaining banking relationships and monthly collateral reporting. Also responsible for all employee benefit plans and all corporate property, liability, and workers' compensation insurance. Improved cash flow through increased emphasis on receivables collections, reducing past due receivables, and by reducing excess inventory levels.Identified and corrected serious deficiencies in accounting procedures which had resulted in substantial excessive costs in prior years.Improved employee benefits while reducing company costs by changing the company's 401 k plan administrator and by implementing a flex-spending plan for employees.Implemented HRA health insurance plan which has allowed the company to keep company health insurance expenses for the past four years below company expense incurred four years ago. Improved month-end closing and reporting procedures and discipline, resulting in monthly statements completed within 5 days of month-end. Timeliness and reliability of required reporting to external entities also greatly improved so that lenders no longer require audited financial statements. Only reviewed statements required despite an increase in company debt. Negotiated refinancing of all company debt.Reviewed and analyzed financial data for the acquisition of a business which increased company sales by 40%. Prepared pro forma projected financial statements for the acquired business to substantiate obtaining funding for the acquisition. Only minimal increase in staffing required despite the large increase in sales volume and business activity.Reduced property, casualty, and liability insurance expense by 50%.

Provide professional accounting and financial services to an SEC client company, which included assistance in the development and implementation of a new hire monitoring program, reconciling inter-company balances, updating and improving employee annual bonus schedules, and other accounting projects.

Headquarters location closed by parent July, 2000) Responsible for all Corporate division accounting activities including: consolidation of all division and subsidiary financial statements, submission of financial statements to the parent company, assistance in the preparation of forecasts, developing the Corporate budget, preparation of year-end audit schedules, coordination of quarterly and year-end audit activity with the company auditors and preparation of tax data used in the preparation of the Corporate tax returns. Consolidated divisional accounting functions at the Corporate level.Member of Manufacturing and Financial Software Implementation teams for QAD Mfg/Pro and Hyperion Enterprise.Member of New Product Implementation Team.

Manager with in-charge responsibilities for providing audit, tax, and other accounting services for a variety of clients. Clients included several privately held companies principally in the manufacturing and construction industries. Major responsibility for NCR Corporation, reviewing the results of NCR's international operations.

Responsible for all accounting activities, including monthly and year-end financial statements, preparation of corporate tax returns, and development of forecasts and cash flow projections.

Responsible for all corporate division accounting activities including the consolidation of all divisional and subsidiary financial statements, submission of financial statements to the company's parent company, assistance in the preparation of forecasts and assistance in developing the corporate budget.

Performed various accounting and consulting services including preparation of year-end audit schedules, corporate tax returns and the development and documentation of procedures. Also designed and implemented a standard cost system for manufacturing equipment.

Responsible for accounting and financial functions while the company grew from a one-city, five-store operation with sales of $14 million to a New York Stock Exchange company with over 80 stores in fifteen states and sales of $230 million. Staff grew from eight to twenty-eight, including five professionals.Instrumental in the planning and acquisition of two subsidiaries.Designed and implemented a fully integrated computerized accounting and financial reporting system within six months.Prepared financial data for the prospectus for the company's initial public offering and two subsequent offerings.Consolidated subsidiary Accounting Department into the corporate accounting function.

Responsible for providing audit, tax and other accounting services for various clients. Client industries included manufacturing, retail and coal-mining companies.