Experience

Premier Marine

• United States
• Maritime Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounting Manager

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  • Investigate BOM discrepancies • Organize and direct Inventory Counts and investigate variances • Create an inventory obsolescence reserve • Create a warranty reserve • Reconcile balance sheet accounts • Provide costing information to management for financial statement purposes and to ensure pricing is adequate • Create pricing tiers within Infor Syteline to reduce entry errors and streamline order and invoicing process • Update costs in Infor Syteline with new model year information • Train new and existing staff how to use Infor Syteline • Adjust processes and parameters in Infor Syteline to improve flow and ensure data flow is correct • Create the financial forecast • Manage Commission plan • Investigate and fix historical accounting prior to my arrival • Coordinate Motor payments and invoicing to insure quick cash turnaround • Create Automated financial statement in Excel • Create Ad Hoc reports for senior management



JH Larson Company

• United States
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Manage and oversee the daily operations of the accounts payable department • Issue accurate and timely monthly and quarterly financial statements • Reconcile all balance sheet accounts • Manage fixed asset schedules and personal property tax reporting • Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure • Monitor and analyze department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy • Advise staff regarding the handling of non-routine reporting transactions • Complete monthly and quarterly bank compliance activities in a timely and accurate manner • Respond to inquiries from the Controller regarding financial results and special reporting requests • Act as a technical resource for management of sales and use taxes • Work with the Controller to ensure a clean and timely annual budget preparation • Work with the Controller and CPAs to ensure a clean and timely annual accounting review • Assist in development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the accounting function • Provide training to new and existing staff, as needed • Handle personnel issues relating to staff conflicts, absenteeism, performance issues, etc. • Work with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor and advise on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff. • Contact for data requests out of Epicor Eclipse and Monarch Datawatch



North Star Imaging

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr Accountant

  • Jul 2011 - Oct 2018

  • Responsible for day to day operations of finance group. • Prepare financial reports for North Star’s management and entry into ITW’s “FRIDA”. • Prepare North Star’s tax kit for ITW. • Translate European and Korean financials and integrate into North Star’s consolidated statements. • Create Inventory reserve based on usage. • Manage vendor payments on projects with large lead times and progress payments. • Point of contact for all ITW’s financial requests. • Assisted with organizing, entry and review of annual inventory count. • Directed the 1099 process and entering into ITW’s software. • Responsible for overseeing North Star’s PTO plan. • Contact for data requests out of MAS90 using Crystal Reports. • Prepare monthly backlog reports. • Responsible for revenue recognition of long lead time projects where revenue is recognized at installation most of the time.



Computype

• United States
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr Financial Analyst

  • May 1996 - Jul 2011

  • Prepare the Company’s consolidated annual Budget, as well as quarterly budget to actual reporting. • Prepare and/or coordinate general ledger entries and close the general ledger for all North American business units. • Prepare the translation of foreign subsidiaries and the consolidation. • Create and prepare internal financial management reports. • Prepare bank reconciliations. • Coordinate and prepare fiscal year end audit work papers, being the first contact for the auditors regarding fieldwork questions. • Prepare the business insurance renewal. • Prepare bank borrowing base and covenants. • Maintain general ledger and FRx. • Monitor customer rebate programs for appropriate accruals and payments. • Prepare timely and accurate consolidated financial statements and perform extensive account analysis and reconciliations. • Forecast financial results for business units.