Experience

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  West Side Transport Co.

  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa

  • Assistant Controller

    • Apr 2017 - Present
    • Cedar Rapids, Iowa

    Supervise Accounts Payable department for an over-the-road trucking company. Responsible for daily cash analysis and weekly federal payroll taxes, monthly reconciliations of all fuel, maintenance, and payroll tax accounts. Responsible for company fuel terminals in Cedar Rapids, Glenwood, IL, and ...

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  JM Swank, LLC

  • Manager, Finance

    • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

    Work with Senior Accounting staff on daily and project tasks that will include preparing audit schedules, generating journal entries for month end, reconciling opening balance sheet, and stub period work at a food distribution company that was recently purchased from Conagra foods by a private equity company.

  • Consultant

    • Oct 2016 - Jan 2017

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  CRST International

  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa

  • Controller

    • May 2015 - Jul 2016
    • Cedar Rapids, Iowa

    Controller for CRST Dedicated Services and Pegasus Transportation

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  Florilli Corporation

  • West Liberty, Iowa

  • CFO

    • Feb 2009 - May 2015
    • West Liberty, Iowa

    Supervise Accounting and Human Resource departments for an over-the-road trucking company consisting of 5 separate companies. Responsible for the preparation and analysis of financial statements, preparation and analysis of all budgets, and all cash management functions. Negotiate with finance co...

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  Kwik-Way Products

  • CFO

    • Aug 2005 - Feb 2009

    Supervise Accounting, Purchasing, and Planning departments for a manufacturer of automotive service equipment. Responsible for the preparation and analysis of financial statements, preparation and analysis of all budgets. Work with President and other departments on special projects. Assisted in formation of Joint Venture with Chinese company. Prepared inventory analysis for Lean Manufacturing project. Worked with IT department in analysis of new ERP system.

  • Controller

    • Aug 2004 - Aug 2005

    Supervise Accounting Department. Responsible for the preparation and analysis of financial statements, preparation and analysis of all budgets. Work with President and other departments on special projects. Assisted President and Board of Directors with recapitalization of company.

  • Cost Accountant

    • Feb 2002 - Aug 2004

    Responsible for analysis of monthly cost variances, product costs, and inventory accounts for a manufacturing company. Worked in conjunction with the Director of Materials on an inventory-reduction project that resulted in a $700k reduction over a 10-month period, exceeding the forecast. Streamlined the entire general ledger system via Excel that resulted in an improvement in the closing process by 35%. Prepare monthly journal entries and financial statements in Microsoft Excel. Perform many analytical projects for Chief Financial Officer. Assist Accounting and Sales Departments, and upper management with various Microsoft Access and Excel projects. Due to a $4 million acquisition, integrated 8,000 line items of costed inventory into the company’s perpetual inventory within a 4-week period. Developed Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to analyze inventory during the discovery phase of an acquisition.

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  Van Norman Equipment

  • Trempealeau, WI

  • Production Control Manager

    • Dec 1997 - Feb 2002
    • Trempealeau, WI

    Supervised Purchasing Department of two people for a manufacturer of automotive service equipment that was directly responsible for the procurement of inventory using just-in-time method. Analyzed products costs and vendor costs. Supervised conversion of accounting system from Peachtree to MAS90....

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  Premier Systems Support

  • Fairfax, VA

  • Accountant

    • Dec 1996 - Dec 1997
    • Fairfax, VA

    Responsible for all aspects of daily accounting process for a computer support company to include Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Sales, and General Ledger. Analyzed General Ledger accounts. Developed several Microsoft Access database using Visual Basic for Applications to analyze...

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  Kirkland & Ellis LLP

  • Washington, DC

  • Accountant

    • Mar 1993 - Dec 1996
    • Washington, DC

    Responsible for all aspects of accounts payable process for a law firm. Cross-trained in accounts receivable and cash receipts. Worked with Finance Department developing Microsoft Excel project using Visual Basic for Applications to automate preparation of financial statements. Aided lawyer on ca...

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  Diversified Financial Services

  • Silver Spring, MD

  • Bookkeeper/Loan Processor

    • Jan 1993 - Mar 1993
    • Silver Spring, MD

    Responsible for the processing of mortgage loan applications. Worked with company owner on all bookkeeping tasks.

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  Intercoastal Mortgage Company

  • Fairfax, VA

  • Post Closer

    • Dec 1991 - Jan 1993
    • Fairfax, VA

    Temporary job responsible for filing of closed mortgage applications.

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  F.N. Wolf & Co.

  • Reston, VA

  • Stock Broker

    • Oct 1991 - Dec 1991
    • Reston, VA

    Recruited new clientele and managed their investment portfolio.