Experience

Howard Ternes Packaging Co

• United States
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Controller

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Livonia, MI Howard Ternes Packaging is a premier provider of warehousing and packaging services. Whatever you have, we can pack it and ship it! Just need storage space? We do that too. From pallet storage to thousands of square feet. With multiple locations, we have what you need. Reach out to me for any inquiries!



Varroc Safety and Mobility

• Poland
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Apr 2019 - Oct 2019

  Plymouth, Michigan



AEL-Span

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Controller

  • Jul 2018 - Apr 2019



Horizon Global

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Corporate Accounting Manager

  • Dec 2017 - Jul 2018

  Troy, MI

• Senior Corporate Accountant

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2017

  Troy, MI 48084 - Oversee all aspects of accounting for the Corporate Office General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Ledger. - Analyze all financial information to prepare entries as needed. Including extensive inter company transactions. - Trusted by management to work independently to maintain all accruals, review expenses, bank reconciliations, process all accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll information. - Responsible for the general ledger month end close… Show more - Oversee all aspects of accounting for the Corporate Office General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Ledger. - Analyze all financial information to prepare entries as needed. Including extensive inter company transactions. - Trusted by management to work independently to maintain all accruals, review expenses, bank reconciliations, process all accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll information. - Responsible for the general ledger month end close, including preparation of financial statements per GAAP. - Solely Responsible for maintaining multiple ledgers in various currencies. - Corporate Administrator of BlackLine Systems – our account reconciliation software. - Successfully launched a new ERP system for the corporate office ledger. - Tracked fixed assets, including maintenance of FAS software and the monthly calculation of depreciation expense. - Assisted the FP&A department with creation of budgets, and analysis of forecast/actuals. - Provided and created financial reports to corporate finance team as needed. - Worked closely with internal and external auditors. Performed various SOX testing. - Assist with the consolidation of the subsidiaries used in the financial statement preparation - Responsible for maintaining several substantial spreadsheets. - Completed multiple payroll transitions to ADP and UltiPro. - Comfortable working with extremely tight deadlines and multi-tasking various projects in a fast paced environment. - Very strong organizational, analytical and multi-tasking skills - Effective verbal and written communication skills - Superior attention to detail - Experienced in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access, QAD, SAGE, Crystal Reports, FAS, BPC, UltiPro and BlackLine



Cequent Performance Products

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2015

  Plymouth, Michigan • Responsible for maintaining all leased equipment for all locations. This includes tracking all rent expenses for all locations, accruing for missed rent, and following up on any questionable rent expenses monthly. • Worked closely with the Marketing department to maintain accruals for all substantial marketing expenses and rebate programs. • Published various reports to management on a daily basis. Including daily sales reports, sales by item categories, error reports, and aging… Show more • Responsible for maintaining all leased equipment for all locations. This includes tracking all rent expenses for all locations, accruing for missed rent, and following up on any questionable rent expenses monthly. • Worked closely with the Marketing department to maintain accruals for all substantial marketing expenses and rebate programs. • Published various reports to management on a daily basis. Including daily sales reports, sales by item categories, error reports, and aging reports. •Trusted by management to complete a review of all expense accounts on a monthly basis prior to month end close. The review includes comparing actual expenses to budget, and looking into any account balances that look questionable. Anything I found questionable would result in additional entries to fix or accrue as needed. • Responsible to complete several reporting binders, and various requests to be provided to our Corporate office on a monthly/quarterly basis. • Worked with the corporate office in order to create and distribute a standard set of BlackLine desk procedures to be used across all business entities. • Completed various journal entries monthly. Trusted by management to complete substantial entries. •Monthly would complete a review of all critical reports that were used in month end close, testing for accuracy and completeness in order to comply with Corporate requirements. • Selected as a guest auditor to work with Deloitte and E&Y on multiple company audits. • Worked with management to ensure our outside processing team worked effectively and efficiently. • Responsible for maintaining several substantial spreadsheets. • Solely responsible for booking all payroll information, setting up coding in ADP, and working with Corporate on Payroll issues. • Also comfortable working with tight deadlines, and multitasking multiple projects at once. • Experienced in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and Access, QAD, BlackLine

• General Accountant

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2015



The Guarantee Company of North America

• Canada
• Insurance
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Premium Processor

  • Dec 2010 - Jun 2011

  Southfield, MI • Responsible for the creation of monthly financial binders, monthly journal entries, and account reconciliations. • Work closely with accounts payable, auditing expense reports, coding and filing. • Assigned to complete various financial analysis projects, and assist with audits as necessary. • Reconciled bank accounts monthly • Knowledge of Viewwise system to file all paperwork in imaging database. • Responsible for all bonds entered into Paxus and Oracle databases, including… Show more • Responsible for the creation of monthly financial binders, monthly journal entries, and account reconciliations. • Work closely with accounts payable, auditing expense reports, coding and filing. • Assigned to complete various financial analysis projects, and assist with audits as necessary. • Reconciled bank accounts monthly • Knowledge of Viewwise system to file all paperwork in imaging database. • Responsible for all bonds entered into Paxus and Oracle databases, including new bonds, renewals, and cancellations. • Work closely with associate underwriters and agents to provide accurate billings for all bonds. • Review all incoming bonds for processing, distributing paperwork as necessary. • Maintained several spreadsheets • Experienced in Microsoft Office, Oracle, Paxus, Accpac, and Viewwise Show less



Zeledyne

• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounts Payable Analyst

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2010

  •Daily reconciling of account statements •Determining amount of invoices not received into the system •Identify receiving and pricing differences •Creating pull ahead’s •Creating retro’s and sending them to purchasing for review •Open mail for all incoming invoices •Entering vouchers •Working closely with receiving departments and purchasing to ensure prices, terms, and invoices are received into the system in a timely manner •Providing payment information to suppliers… Show more •Daily reconciling of account statements •Determining amount of invoices not received into the system •Identify receiving and pricing differences •Creating pull ahead’s •Creating retro’s and sending them to purchasing for review •Open mail for all incoming invoices •Entering vouchers •Working closely with receiving departments and purchasing to ensure prices, terms, and invoices are received into the system in a timely manner •Providing payment information to suppliers upon request •Working with suppliers to solve discrepancies Show less



Zeledyne, LLC

• Accounts Receivable and Credit Analyst

  • Nov 2009 - Sep 2010

  Aided in daily cash application of checks Researched and recommended customers based on credit information Annually researched customers credit status, updated and maintained credit folders Distributed/received credit inquires Experience with UCC filings Responsible for placing and removing customer's on credit hold Maintained various spreadsheets Created daily AR financial reports Perform reconciliation and application of Unapplied Cash Receipts In control of… Show more Aided in daily cash application of checks Researched and recommended customers based on credit information Annually researched customers credit status, updated and maintained credit folders Distributed/received credit inquires Experience with UCC filings Responsible for placing and removing customer's on credit hold Maintained various spreadsheets Created daily AR financial reports Perform reconciliation and application of Unapplied Cash Receipts In control of auditing and creating debit memos and credit memos Contacted customers to collect on overdue accounts Responsibly distributed daily invoices Distributed important quarterly letters to customers In close contact with sales team to monitor/collect on customer accounts Handled A/R customer questions daily Created documentation binders for all AR processes Experience in QAD, Citrix, Microsoft Office,Outlook, D&B, Cyberquery, Covisint Show less



Cequent Performance Products

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2005 - Oct 2009

  •Aided in important daily cash application of hundreds of incoming checks every day •Processed company expense reports •Some experience in the organization and testing of Sarbanes Oxley •Approved daily mailings and handled the outflow of invoices •Responsibly distributed important notifications daily to customers •Responsible for record keeping and creation of monthly financial report binders •Administered daily phone calls and faxes to customers •Proficient in Microsoft… Show more •Aided in important daily cash application of hundreds of incoming checks every day •Processed company expense reports •Some experience in the organization and testing of Sarbanes Oxley •Approved daily mailings and handled the outflow of invoices •Responsibly distributed important notifications daily to customers •Responsible for record keeping and creation of monthly financial report binders •Administered daily phone calls and faxes to customers •Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and QAD software Show less



Pizza Hut

• United States
• Restaurants
• 700 & Above Employee

• Waitress / Cashier/ Cook / Prep

  • Jul 2002 - Jun 2005