Experience

Animal Supply Company

• United States
• Wholesale
• 200 - 300 Employee

• West Accounting Manager

  • Dec 2017 - Present



Lehigh Hanson, Inc.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounting Manager (through June)

  • Jan 2009 - Jun 2017

  Managed team of four accountants with monthly financial close responsibilities of approx. 200 individual plant locations with annual profits in excess of $250M and 112 monthly account reconciliations. Served as primary point of contact for operations executives, management and plant staff to review costs and provide necessary training and accounting directions. Evaluated qualified applicants and interviewed/hired staff members. Coached and motivated team members with advancement opportunities… Show more Managed team of four accountants with monthly financial close responsibilities of approx. 200 individual plant locations with annual profits in excess of $250M and 112 monthly account reconciliations. Served as primary point of contact for operations executives, management and plant staff to review costs and provide necessary training and accounting directions. Evaluated qualified applicants and interviewed/hired staff members. Coached and motivated team members with advancement opportunities and continuing education. Worked with internal and external auditors on interim and year-end audits. • Successfully led three separate acquisition integrations including the original setup of the Canada Region. Included the setup of all accounting structures, systems, reporting, processes and related training. • Organized processes and procedures to achieve a 33% time reduction in month-end close from 6 to 4 days. • Implemented new employee onboarding process, training binder and desktop procedures that improved the training and development time of new staff accountants. • Increased customer service satisfaction scores on a yearly basis by an average of 4%. • Successfully designed and implemented automated fuel inventory system that replaced manual reporting and saved approximately 50 man-hours per month. • Go to subject matter expert on inventory accounting including cost accounting, physical inventory, excess and revaluations.

• Senior Accountant

  • Oct 2005 - Jan 2009

  Responsible for 40-50 individual plant locations including month end close, financial statement analysis, account reconciliations (30-35), royalty payments and communications, and inventory management. Participated in the preparation for multiple entity corporate tax packages. Prepared interim and year-end audit schedules and participated in documentation of processes and service level agreements for SoX compliance. • Researched and developed chart of accounts definitions that were used by… Show more Responsible for 40-50 individual plant locations including month end close, financial statement analysis, account reconciliations (30-35), royalty payments and communications, and inventory management. Participated in the preparation for multiple entity corporate tax packages. Prepared interim and year-end audit schedules and participated in documentation of processes and service level agreements for SoX compliance. • Researched and developed chart of accounts definitions that were used by accounting and operations personnel that helped reduce coding errors and re-class entries. • Successfully assisted with establishing accounting KPI’s such as error rates and on time reporting that were used to reduce the close cycle by one day. • Conducted training for new accounting staff hires and provided mentoring to 3 staff accountants.



Match

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Accounting Supervisor

  • Jan 2002 - Aug 2005

  Oversaw monthly financial statement preparation and consolidations including journal entry preparation and reviews. Performed monthly financial analysis to identify variances with budget, forecast and prior periods to identify areas of improvement and cost saving opportunities. Performed monthly deferred revenue calculations. Supervised one accountant and acted as A/P supervisor for a period of 6 months. • Reviewed accounting procedures and designed/ implemented new procedures and… Show more Oversaw monthly financial statement preparation and consolidations including journal entry preparation and reviews. Performed monthly financial analysis to identify variances with budget, forecast and prior periods to identify areas of improvement and cost saving opportunities. Performed monthly deferred revenue calculations. Supervised one accountant and acted as A/P supervisor for a period of 6 months. • Reviewed accounting procedures and designed/ implemented new procedures and documentation to be Sarbanes Oxley compliant. • Worked with auditors during preliminary testing and year-end audit. Show less Oversaw monthly financial statement preparation and consolidations including journal entry preparation and reviews. Performed monthly financial analysis to identify variances with budget, forecast and prior periods to identify areas of improvement and cost saving opportunities. Performed monthly deferred revenue calculations. Supervised one accountant and acted as A/P supervisor for a period of 6 months. • Reviewed accounting procedures and designed/ implemented new procedures and… Show more Oversaw monthly financial statement preparation and consolidations including journal entry preparation and reviews. Performed monthly financial analysis to identify variances with budget, forecast and prior periods to identify areas of improvement and cost saving opportunities. Performed monthly deferred revenue calculations. Supervised one accountant and acted as A/P supervisor for a period of 6 months. • Reviewed accounting procedures and designed/ implemented new procedures and documentation to be Sarbanes Oxley compliant. • Worked with auditors during preliminary testing and year-end audit. Show less