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Controller/Finance Manager (Houston Only) Accounting / Finance Resume


Resume of Candidate 333277.  Over 15 plus years experience in Accounting.  Dedicated employee with strong financial reporting experience from a manufacturing and energy background, standard cost analysis, percentage of completion, consolidations, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting, gross profit analysis, project billing, job costing reports, operational planning, and supervising the day to day accounting functions.  Managing and overseeing all federal and state tax planning and reporting. Ensuring compliance with SEC reporting requirements, and all other financial regulatory requirements; preparing, reviewing and filing of 10K and 10Q, annual reports and registration statements. Strong understanding of SOX and US GAAP.  Experience in Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, and Performance Management. 
 
 
Experience
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CPA Firm        Current/Contract-Current
External Audits/assist in tax preparations, SEC filing10K, 10Q, annual reporting.
For clients of Energy, Manufacturing, and Real Estate Industry.
 
Controller                                                                            2001-2007

Oil & Gas Energy Service Company

Privately Held, 65M
  • Liaison between large Oil & Gas energy companies for over 6 years, local and International.
  • Financial reporting – Preparation of the consolidated monthly financial statements.    
  • Prepares, analyzes, and consolidates P&L, Balance Sheets and Cash Flow statements insuring timely reporting.
  • Leadership - Supervising, evaluating and improving the accounting function, and many indirect reports.   Providing leadership towards additional value-added activities functions.
  • Providing due diligence support, including financial reporting for acquisitions or mergers utilizing my knowledge of consolidation accounting. 
  • Budgets and forecasting - Coordinating the budgeting and forecasting processes.   
  • Internal Controls - Reviewing, monitoring, documenting and testing internal controls and adjusting, as appropriate.
  • Managing and overseeing all federal and state tax planning and reporting. Employee 941, w-2 process, multi-state reporting requirements.
  • Participating in the annual financial planning and reporting process.
  • Internal audit process to ensure process is adhered to.  
  • Audit liaison - Coordinating all audit and statutory filing requirements with External Audit firm.
  • Process Improvement - Assessing processes and providing leadership to organizational change needed to provide a better flow of financial and accounting information. 
  • Complying with International or local company accounting policies and recommending changes &/or developing policies as needed. 
  • Researching and resolving accounting and business issues; managing the implementation of new accounting pronouncements.
 
Laboratories Company
Accounting Manager     1995-2001-Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Strong understanding of revenue recognition requirements
  •  Experience in reporting and consolidations
  • Experience with international locations
  • Ability to work at the detail level as well as drive projects
  • Orientation toward process improvements
  • Strong understanding of Sarbanes Oxley
  • Very Strong understanding of accounting principles
  • Self driven and ability to work independently
  • Experience with international consolidations

Monthly Closing responsibilities to include:
o Ensure in compliance with US GAAP
o Review inputs to ensure accurate
o Ensure supplemental reports agree with main reports
o Assist locations in their intercompany reconciliations
o Actual headcount reporting for Field Operations region wide
o Prepare and enter purchase accounting entries
o Review inventory records to the G/L. If not in sync review with the departments causes for discrepancies and give guidance on appropriate actions to correct the cause.

  • Responsible for ensuring the integrity of the consolidated data from international locations, being the liaison between corporate headquarters and foreign offices, and leading accounting projects throughout the region including driving process improvements.
  • SEC Compliance reports -  Ensuring compliance with SEC reporting requirements, and all other financial regulatory requirements; preparing, reviewing and filing of 10K and 10Q, annual reports and registration statements.
  • Information systems - Ensuring strong up-to-date financial systems, policies and procedures are in place; establishing criteria to measure financial and accounting systems and regularly appraise and evaluate results against these standards; assessing, coordinating and integrating the best systems/practices.
Controller           1984-1995 Houston TX

Manufacturing of Medical products, Equipment.

  • Consolidate financial reporting, budget process, yearly plans.
  • Responsible for all accounting functions, including payroll and 941, W-2 processing, salary and benefits management.
  • Accounts payable, Accounts Receivable, general ledger reconciliation, cost accounting, bank reconciliation, Inventory reconciliation and Procurement. 

 
 
Controller                 1979-1984-Houston, TX.
  • Oil & Gas Energy Service Company
    • Responsible for all accounting functions. 
    • Payroll, HR, financial reporting, general ledger analysis, sales quotas, cash management, revenue management.
     
     
    Law/CPA offices of John Cahill- Intern-1976-1979
     
    • Intern during school, worked with oil and gas clients, internal audits, outside audits, preparation of audited reports for year end, support for tax preparation, compliance reporting, staffing, benefits management, franchise tax returns.  External audits.
     
    Education
    BS Finance Belfast University, 1975
    MBA in progress University of Phoenix
     
    Computer Skills
               
    Great Plains, FRX, Solomon, Peachtree, People soft, SAP, AS400, Sage software, MAS 90/200, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Salesforce.com.
               
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