Experience

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  Retired

  • Norfolk, VA

  • Accounting Professional

    • Nov 2014 - Present
    • Norfolk, VA

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  Advanced Disposal

  • Greater Atlanta Area

  • District Controller

    • Mar 2014 - Oct 2014
    • Greater Atlanta Area

    Controller of hauling and landfill operations in the northern Atlanta area.

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  PAPCO

  • Virginia Beach, VA

  • Accounting Specialist

    • Aug 2013 - Mar 2014
    • Virginia Beach, VA

    Temporary position with PAPCO, a national leader in petroleum marketing and distribution. Drawing on my extensive accounting knowledge and experience, I am responsible for a wide range of duties and assignments including tax filings, general ledger reconciliations and application development.

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  Waste Management

  • Pricing Manager/Financial Analyst

    • 2005 - 2012

    Commitment to pricing discipline led to promotion of many Controllers into pricing positions to provide financial oversight and guidance to the Sales function. • Analyzed low margin customer accounts and implemented cost reductions and/or revenue enhancements. Realized $300k annualized bottom-line improvement.• Uncovered process breakdowns in customer setup and billing. Achieved $1M annual revenue recovery. Tightened procedures to sharply reduce future process failures.• Coordinated pricing of municipal bid models to achieve acceptable income and ROI goals. Secured several large contracts.• Implemented and maintained an online costing system to insure that all customer pricing would produce targeted margins. Previously, many new accounts were sold at a loss.• Developed procedures so that all contractual customer price increases were obtained and none were missed. Annual price increases averaged $10M - $15M.• Communicated and implemented new customer fees to recover specific costs.• Partnered with Regional Leadership to determine and implement revenue growth strategies in VA / MD / DC / DE area.

  • Senior Division Controller

    • 1995 - 2005

    Managed accounting department including payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, and general ledger. Responsible for managing an environmental services company with $20M of annual revenue.• Completed monthly accounting closes in a timely and organized fashion.• Reviewed monthly financial statements with management and determined corrective actions for items not achieving target. • Prepared annual budgets and weekly projections to reflect all cost improvement and revenue growth strategies.• Played key role in capital planning and expenditure monitoring.• Worked closely with all departments on a multitude of profit improvement initiatives.• Partnered with Sales to develop revenue growth strategies.• Achieved key synergies in several business combinations.• Completed and responded to all municipal bid or proposal requests.

  • Division Controller

    • 1984 - 1995

    Similar experience as Senior Division Controller position; also included 2 years of Project Management in successfully implementing billing/operational software in Spartanburg, SC and New Orleans, LA.

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  Southwest Chemical Services, Inc.

  • Houston, TX

  • Accounting Manager

    • 1982 - 1984
    • Houston, TX

    Accounting responsibilities for 4 U.S. and 2 European companies; duties included monthly accounting closes, internal reporting preparation; responsible for financial data review and coordination of accounting changes/policies for two Belgium subsidiaries.

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  Texas Energy Holdings, Inc.

  • Houston, TX

  • Accounting Manager

    • 1981 - 1982
    • Houston, TX

    Responsible for month-end financial closing; supervised Accts Payable, Billing, Payroll.

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  American General, Inc.

  • Houston, TX

  • Corporate Reporting Senior Accountant

    • 1978 - 1981
    • Houston, TX

    Responsible for financial consolidation of operating divisions, annual & quarterly report to shareholders, SEC filings, internal reporting.

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  Arthur Andersen & Co

  • Houston, TX

  • Staff Auditor

    • 1976 - 1978
    • Houston, TX

    Financial Auditor for public accounting firm.