Experience

The Childs Dreyfus Group

• United States
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Controller

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  Full Responsibility for Financial, Human Resources and Information Technology Departments for $7 million Design and Interior Furnishing Studio. Duties include Payroll, Billings and Collections, Cash Management, Vouchering Payables and Check Preparation, Researching and Negotiating Credit terms with prospective furnishing vendors, Sales Taxes as required for 13 states, Purchase Order Control, Project Management, Small to Medium sized company Management Expertise. Manage Human Resources through Paychex HR software, resposibilities for onboarding and HR activities. Obtained significant savings by managing phone system upgrade. Coordinate all IT issues, computer, server firewall purhases/lease. Maintain Additional Services log for potential billing above contract scopes. Oversee Expediting group placing purchase orders and tracking all orders from Vendor to Client Warehouse to Client jobsite. Maximize use of Studio Designer Software to manage the business. Show less



Branca, Inc

• Chicago

• Director of Business

  • Nov 2012 - Aug 2014

  Complete responsibility for all business aspects of the organization, including executing client and vendor contracts, all accounting, finance, banking aspects, financial statements, legal, A/R, A/P, payroll, check signing responsibilities, cash management, international banking/wire transfers human resources hiring, termination and record keeping, timekeeping, legal matters, business, medical and life insurance, supervising a staff of two. Major projects include converting the organization from a Professional Employment Organization status back to an independent company, and controlling the physical move of the office. Show less



Jensen & Halstead Ltd.

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Controller and Human Resources Manager

  • 2007 - 2012

  Complete responsibility for all accounting, billing, receivables, payables, payroll, tax coordination, cash management and forecasting, insurance needs, lease negotiation, human resource, administrative and operations duties. After correcting several years of accounting errors, added additional responsibilities of operational, insurance, legal and tax coordination duties . On the Human Resources side, complete responsibility for personnel records, payroll, 401k, hiring and termination requirements, ESOP and Profit Sharing reporting requirements, health and life/LTD/ADD insurance evaluation. Renegotiated the remaining term of the existing lease and five year extension to obtain savings of $125,000 over the next 7 years. Show less



The Design Kitchen

• Chicago

• Controller and Human Resources Manager

  • 2005 - 2007

  Sole accountant responsible for all accounting functions to support the operation including, timekeeping, billing, G/L, A/P, A/R, payroll, G/L, Financial Statements and Reporting. Also served as administrator for Human Resources, responsible for all hiring requirements, health, life and dental benefits, 401k administration, commuter payroll deductions, and maintained the policies and records of the company. Sole accountant responsible for all accounting functions to support the operation including, timekeeping, billing, G/L, A/P, A/R, payroll, G/L, Financial Statements and Reporting. Also served as administrator for Human Resources, responsible for all hiring requirements, health, life and dental benefits, 401k administration, commuter payroll deductions, and maintained the policies and records of the company.



Perkins&Will

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Accountant

  • 2003 - 2005

  - Primarily responsible for the project accounting duties of the Chicago office. The Chicago office also served as Corporate Accounting and my duties for this organization included complete responsibility for cash management and daily reporting requirements. Team participant that successfully converted the current Deltek Advantage software to the next generation product, Deltek Vision, a web-based application that included a Client Resource Management module for marketing. - Primarily responsible for the project accounting duties of the Chicago office. The Chicago office also served as Corporate Accounting and my duties for this organization included complete responsibility for cash management and daily reporting requirements. Team participant that successfully converted the current Deltek Advantage software to the next generation product, Deltek Vision, a web-based application that included a Client Resource Management module for marketing.



Eva Maddox Associates

• Controller

  • 2001 - 2002

  Complete responsibility for the financial requirements for a small firm including, timekeeping, billing, G/L, A/R, A/P, payroll, 401k, financial statements and operational reporting. Coordinated the sale of the above company to Perkins and Will, Inc. Complete responsibility for the financial requirements for a small firm including, timekeeping, billing, G/L, A/R, A/P, payroll, 401k, financial statements and operational reporting. Coordinated the sale of the above company to Perkins and Will, Inc.



Montgomery Ward

• Chicago

• Financial Analyst

  • 1980 - 2000

  20 years of various accounting assignments...Retail Store Control, Internal Audit, Loss Prevention, Property Accountant, Inventory Planner, Buying Office financial manager, Information Technology financial Management 20 years of various accounting assignments...Retail Store Control, Internal Audit, Loss Prevention, Property Accountant, Inventory Planner, Buying Office financial manager, Information Technology financial Management