Experience

Arete Industries

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Controller

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  • Processing of a sales order through the entire accounting process, including billing and collection of deposit invoices, calculation of shipping costs, creating and billing customers’ final invoices, and collection of payments.• Calculation of estimated and final shipping costs for billing and expense using both dimensional weight and NMFC codes. Subsequently shipping customer order via LTL freight, FTL dedicated, or small parcel.• Daily update of sales projection forecasts and cash flow analysis for management.• Posting of daily bank and credit card transactions, and preparation of the monthly reconciliations.• Collection, preparation, reconciliation, and payment of monthly state Sales and Use Tax.• Processing of employee timesheets, commissions, and PTO for entry into payroll processor website.• Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end balance sheet review, and subsequent year-end adjusting entries.• Updating of monthly departmental cost accounting analysis, classifying materials, labor, and overhead.• Assisting in matching receiving documents to vendor invoices, entering into AP, cutting checks to pay bills.• AR collections, including sending past-due invoices, calls to customers, and setup of payment arrangements.• Manage petty cash fund and fund reconciliation.

• Accountant/Office Manager

  • Jun 2016 - Apr 2018

  • Processing of a sales order through the entire accounting process, including billing and collection of deposit invoices, calculation of shipping costs, creating and billing customers’ final invoices, and collection of payments.• Calculation of estimated and final shipping costs for billing and expense using both dimensional weight and NMFC codes. Subsequently shipping customer order via LTL freight, FTL dedicated, or small parcel.• Daily update of sales projection forecasts and cash flow analysis for management.• Posting of daily bank and credit card transactions, and preparation of the monthly reconciliations.• Collection, preparation, reconciliation, and payment of monthly state Sales and Use Tax.• Processing of employee timesheets, commissions, and PTO for entry into payroll processor website.• Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end balance sheet review, and subsequent year-end adjusting entries.• Updating of monthly departmental cost accounting analysis, classifying materials, labor, and overhead.• Assisting in matching receiving documents to vendor invoices, entering into AP, cutting checks to pay bills.• AR collections, including sending past-due invoices, calls to customers, and setup of payment arrangements.• Manage petty cash fund and fund reconciliation.



Fulfillment Advantage

• United States
• Warehousing

• Data Manager/Accountant

  • Oct 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Compilation and processing of product data from manufacturer in preparation for posting on “big box store” ecommerce websites, including but not limited to, Walmart.com, Target.com, Kohls.com, Fingerhut.com, etc.• Review and inspection of product images for validity, correctness, and accurate representation of sale item.• Coordinating with manufacturer and VP of Sales for all product specifications and information.• Recommendations to Senior Buyer as to quantities of product to purchase and preparing purchase order.• Working with Customer/Partners (ecommerce websites) through VP of Sales for product lines to be set-up with all the data and images for upload to “go live” on the website.• Receiving, processing, and uploading all sales orders to warehouse for fulfillment and shipping of product, then creating invoices and billing customer.• Cancelling orders unable to be fulfilled, processing customer order returns, and issuing credit when due.• Checking product quantities available and reporting inventory regularly to ecommerce websites.



Bene's Career Academy

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education

• Accountant/Business Office Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2015

  • Planning of all cash flow forecasting and making strategic recommendations to management of relieving accounts payable while conserving cash for future projects or investment.• Accounts receivable and student billing according to school policy and the office of financial aid as prescribed by the US Department of Education. Receipt of all student tuition payments and maintenance of student accounts.• Recording of all bank transactions, including deposits, transfers, and payouts, and month-end bank reconciliations. Also, recording and reconciling all credit card transactions at month end.• Daily reviews of point-of-sale transaction reports and tie-out to cash deposits and merchant bank deposits.• Preparation of payroll from timesheets and employee records, and verifying employee benefit selections, payroll deductions, and benefit enrollment. Paying the payroll liabilities, including payroll taxes, medical, dental, and vision plans. Filing of all weekly, quarterly, and annual tax forms.• Annual reconciliations between revenue, AR, and cash receipts in bank accounts. Also, year-end analysis and adjustment of allowance for doubtful accounts, prepaid supplies and inventory, fixed assets including depreciation, accrued payroll, long-term notes payable, and unearned revenue.• Review of financial statements, including horizontal and vertical analytics and variance analysis.• Manage petty cash fund and fund reconciliation.



International Investors Group, Inc.

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Financial Reporting

  • Dec 2009 - Sep 2010

  • Monthly consolidation and combination of financial statements over five domestic and three international subsidiaries, including foreign currency conversions and elimination entries.• Re-structuring of chart of accounts for transition from Quickbooks to Microsoft Dynamics GP.• Internal audit and review of journal entries for accuracy and audit trail to source documents.• Reconciliation of gas station/convenience store sales reports to daily bank deposits and credit card merchant statements.• Monthly bank reconciliations for all bank accounts.• Calculation of minority interest in subsidiaries less than 100% owned.• Calculation of stock options entries using Black-Scholes model for options pricing.• Posting and/or review of all month-end adjusting and closing entries, including fixed asset depreciation, loan amortization, and resource depletion, inventory adjustments, short-term payables, and long-term debt.• Keeping updated the balance sheet account schedules and verifying tie-out to balance sheet.• Providing all documents in PBC Letter for quarterly external audit.



Inuvo, Inc.

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounting Manager

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2009

  • Manager of four subsidiaries, delegating bookkeeping duties to four staff accountants.• Monitoring of all balance sheet and P&L accounts for proper balances.• A/P and A/R tie-out between G/L and sub-ledgers. Monthly bank reconciliations.• Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing procedures, adjusting and closing entries, including prepay, deferred, accrual, and reversing.• Compiling of statistics and source documents for customer billing of three subsidiaries, including foreign currency conversions of such data. Developed integration import of statistics into Microsoft Dynamics GP.• Preparation of inter-company transactions and elimination entries for consolidation of financials.• Providing horizontal and vertical analytics of financial statements, quarterly reports, and PBC items to external auditors.• Help in constructing 10K & 10Q reports for SEC filings.• Setup & initiation of A/R credit and collections department. Over $2M collected in 120 days aged.



HSN

• Spain
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounting Operations Specialist

  • May 2002 - Aug 2007

  • Managing budget vs. actual costs for four cost centers, including forecasting, working estimated cost of projects into the budgets, and providing variance analysis to management.• Generating purchase orders and processes for timely payment of invoices.• Review staff and on-call employee overtime to assure proper cost centers charged.• Analysis, design, and modify accrual spreadsheets.• Manage petty cash fund and bank reconciliation of that fund.• Provide adjusting and closing entries for nominal accounts.• Construction of contract agreements for vendor charge-backs.• Developed and established departmental SOX Compliance; emphasis on internal controls and segregation of duties.