John Taylor, CPA
Accounting Controller at Zozimus Agency- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Zozimus Agency
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Accounting Controller
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Nov 2021 - Present
Greater Boston Month end close, financial reporting, forecasting and planning, staff supervision, and all external 401K/benefit/audit/tax firm relationships.
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Accounting Consultant
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Jun 2015 - Oct 2021
various Key Engagements: West Coast US: Technical Accounting in anticipation of SPAC. E-commerce: Month End Close/Account Reconciliations and Review/Staffing up department. Amazon Vendor Central, Shopify Plus, Amazon Seller Central, other e commerce platforms. Family Office/Wealth Management using Fidelity Family Office/Eton software. Accounting consolidation and financial reporting in multi entity IFRS and US GAAP environment. E-Commerce Growth Organizations:… Show more Key Engagements: West Coast US: Technical Accounting in anticipation of SPAC. E-commerce: Month End Close/Account Reconciliations and Review/Staffing up department. Amazon Vendor Central, Shopify Plus, Amazon Seller Central, other e commerce platforms. Family Office/Wealth Management using Fidelity Family Office/Eton software. Accounting consolidation and financial reporting in multi entity IFRS and US GAAP environment. E-Commerce Growth Organizations: Involved in budgeting, audit, cost, financial statement prep, journal entries, NetSuite implementation. Working directly with CFOs. Biotech: Bringing client ready for IPO. Heavy Cost/Assistant Controller roles: Focused on financial analysis (answering the "why" when looking at income statement trends) for VP/Finance, standard cost/cost the whole way for power industry client, cash management. Heavy Excel. 501C3/Arts Nonprofits: Handled Assistant Controller role in Museum nonprofit. 501c3 expert. Wealth Management: Manage quarterly client expense billing in multi-tiered Private Wealth Management environment. Handle Assets Under Management reporting. AP backup, AR management, Payroll backup. Professional Services: Large data integrity and database management review for professional services (consulting) firm. Heavy excel environment, highly sensitive database. Resolved 4 month Controller absence and left client audit-ready in a span of four weeks. In a small growth oriented business, I solved financial reporting and certain general accounting problems. My focus was on reducing the close process/timeline without sacrificing accuracy. In large organization focused on auditing large vendor master file (VMF) in anticipation of external audit. Shut down more than 35% of the VMF. Led Foreign Currency Restatement project for two different fiscal years ahead of external audit. Cybersecurity: Password Management; 2FA Implementation in biotech and e-commerce. Show less
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Salem State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Professor, Finance/Accounting (Adjunct): MBA and Undergrad Programs
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2012 - 2017
Salem State, Endicott College I specialized in Cash Flow statements and the IFRS and GAAP principles used to put together the various external reporting financial statements. More importantly, I showed students how to apply financial concepts for use in their everyday lives in order to make them more comfortable with finance, more marketable, and more attractive to future employers.
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Accounting Manager
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Sep 2013 - Feb 2015
Billerica, MA Key Focus Areas: * Cost, including physical inventory counts * G/L (Quickbooks) * Month End Close * A/P * Payroll (ADP PCPW)
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Beacon Hospice, an Amedisys company
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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200 - 300 Employee
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Volunteer, Hospice
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2013 - 2013
Greater Boston Area What would you say to someone who knows they may have a few days to a few months to live? I spent volunteer time listening to those who had reached their end of life. I didn't engage in a pity party - they didn't want that either. I was as communicative as people wanted me to be and as available as the friends of those people needed me to be. It was a wonderful, reflective experience as I came to know people with great legacies and strong work ethics at the end of their lives.
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Accounting Manager/Controller
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2010 - 2012
Financial Statement Analysis, development and testing of internal controls, oversee month end close, staff supervision (5), IT systems management, HR, operational support, Cost Accounting
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Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Accountant
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2009 - 2010
Senior Accountant in $200 Million international environment with FX, GAAP, IFRS issues which operated in more than 50 countries. Focused on challenges faced by governments/non profits world-wide relating to maternal health.
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American Dental Partners
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Corporate Accountant
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2006 - 2009
Consolidations Support SEC Reporting Footnote Support Month End Close General Ledger Management Captive Insurance Accounting Big 4 Audit Team interaction Derivative Financial Instruments Accounting Fixed Assets Cash and Account Reconciliations Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Review
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Education
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Boston College
Bachelor's Degree -
Bentley University - McCallum Graduate School
MSA, Accounting