Sales Management
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(318-***-**** cell
abjyrv@r.postjobfree.com
Bossier City, LA. 71112
Jody Tucker
Objective Looking for career advancement opportunity.
Financial reporting...cost accounting...budgeting &
Skills forecasting ... oversight of general ledger, accounts
payable & receivable...all aspects of credit management
including collections & vendor credit line
negotiation...inventory management through 80/20
targeting, etc...audit representation & all phases of
taxation...continual improvement of business procedures
& internal controls using value stream mapping,
etc...capital investment justification... personnel
selection, supervision & evaluation ... manufacturing
payroll ... involvement in sales & contract
negotiations by helping produce bid documents & cost
break even analysis ...terms and conditions of sale
Experience responsibility including primarily warranty, risk
management ...experience interfacing with operations
management, implementing actions to achieve annual and
strategic plan objectives, improving asset utilization
Feb 2009 - Aug 2010 Roberts, Cherry & Co. CPA firm
Controller
Supervise 5 employees in Administration & Accounting
Financial Management-prepare financial statements and
other reports on key business metrics such as billing
realization and partner production, cash flow
management including 3 different credit lines and
complying with their various loan covenants and oversee
the general ledger accounts payable and accounts
receivable using Sage's MAS90 software.
Helped manage a group or family of companies under one
umbrella that included the conventional Tax, Accounting
Services & Audit departments in addition to a computer
network engineering group, wealth advisors and film tax
credit incentive capitalization businesses
Oversee licensing & CPE (Continuing Professional
Education) requirements for professional accountants,
establish firm procedures on CPE, tighten controls &
justification
Produce annual reports including statistical data for
our practice associate RSM McGladrey
Support Practice Time & Billing software
Human Resource management & payroll for 70 employees in
three states-produce payroll tax returns, etc.
Risk management including professional liability,
workman's comp, Errors & omissions, building and auto
Aug 2008 - Jan 2009 Hardware Resources, Bossier City,
LA
Kitchen Hardware manufacturer & distributor-116
employees
Controller
Supervise 4 employees in Accounting & Inventory Control
Financial Management-prepare financial statements along
with key financial & operational metrics. This
included uploading reports directly to the equity
financing group, Riverside Company. Oversight of the
general ledger, accounts payable, costing and inventory
control
All phases of taxation including sales & payroll taxes
for close to 35 states. Taking advantage of the
national SST Streamline Sales Tax network to negotiate
tax amnesty on outstanding tax issues. Register in new
states where the company was expanding.
Treasury oversight with International wires to China &
Hong Kong. 80% of our production was supplied out of
China. Monthly calculations of cash availability on
bank revolver line of credit thru a borrowing base
report. Quarterly loan covenants evaluation and
review.
Sales commission calculations for 50 sales people
utilizing new & existing business along with margin
analysis and new product sales incentives. Maintained
tight controls of travel expenses.
Evaluation of credit card charges to get the best rates
for a company processing more than 20,000 transactions
per year.
Maintaining inventory controls through cycle counting
and analysis of deviations. Projecting goods available
for sale for goods on water from China and four
domestic warehouses.
May 2008 - Aug 2008 La Polla Industries, Inc. Houston,
TX
Polyurethane Foam and coatings manufacturer-53
employees
Controller
Supervise 6 employees in Accounting
Financial Management-oversee financial statement
preparation, general ledger, accounts receivable
billing, accounts payable, costing & inventory control.
Assist governance officer prepare 10K filing for
SEC-company stock listed on NASDAQ
Implementation of SOX procedures for a domestic
corporation utilizing Great Plains software.
Establishing lines of credit with vendors and freight
carriers and reviewing insurance underwriting
information for customer accounts receivable with
Euler-Hermes
Due diligence review of merger and acquisition
prospects.
Nov. 2007-May 2008 Ternium USA, Inc.- Metal & Paint
Coated Steel Coils-185 employees-Located at the at the
Shreveport Port (formerly Steelscape)
Controller
Supervise 4 employees in Accounting
Financial Management-oversee financial statement
preparation, general ledger, accounts receivable
billing, accounts payable, costing & inventory control.
Setting up sales tax exemptions and procedures for a
start-up company. Establishing D & B credit
information.
Implementation of SOX procedures for a foreign owned
corporation utilizing SAP software.
Establishing lines of credit with vendors and freight
carriers and insurance underwriting information.
1990-Nov. 2007 Integrated Power Services, LLC
Shreveport, LA
a Riverside Company
(formerly Rockwell Automation/Reliance Electric)
Controller
Supervise 4-6 employees in accounting and customer
service.
Financial Management - Oversee financial statement
preparation, general ledger, payroll, accounts
receivable billing & collection, accounts payable, job
costing, purchasing, shipping, receiving, inventory
control.
Budgeting and Forecasting - Annual budgets prepared
with labor and material standards established. Capital
(new equipment & building expansion) justification,
construction and implementation. Sales and
profitability forecasts prepared monthly.
Sarbannes Oxley compliance monitoring including
Internal Control questionnaires, procedures, corrective
actions and process mapping (using Visio software).
Helped Guadalajara, Mexico facility prepare for their
SOX 404 audit.
Coordinated nationwide USDOT truck licensing IRP and
IFTA of 18 trucks over 25,000 GVW and CDL driver
compliance.
Negotiating national freight contracts for new company
and cost tracking system.
Implemented automated travel expense system through
e-mail system that streamlined and documented the audit
process.
Human Resource Manager - Recruiting, interviewing,
hiring, new employee orientation, disciplinary actions,
benefits mediation, and workers compensation review.
Environmental Coordinator - Prepare annual large
quantity hazardous waste generator reports and Tier II
reporting. Applied for and granted air and water
permits from local and state governments.
Cross-training to back up Safety Coordinator.
Local System Administrator - Maintain Windows NT server
with 27 users. Maintain Windows Outlook users remote
and in-house. Adept in Microsoft Office software:
Excel, Word, Access, Visio and Powerpoint.
Business Promotion - Involved with Sales in contract
negotiations by helping produce bid documents. Terms
and Conditions of sale responsibility including
primarily warranty, risk management and safety issues.
7 1987-1990 Dunham Manufacturing Minden, LA
Controller
Trailer & timber harvesting equipment manufacturing
company with $20-40M/year in sales. Managed 8
accounting personnel and helped negotiate lines of
credit with vendors/creditors after Chapter 11 filing.
1984-1987 Upper Crust Corporation Shreveport, LA
Controller
Financial management of 13 Mr. Gatti's Pizza stores &
real estate financial reporting for 20 office
buildings, retail strip centers, and condominiums .
1980-1984 Roberts & Cherry, CPA's
Shreveport, LA
Staff Accountant - Write-up & Tax primarily Oil & Gas
Education Graduate 1992 Louisiana Tech University-Barksdale-
Ruston, LA
MBA, Finance.
Graduate 1984 Louisiana State University-Shreveport,
BS - General Business
Majority Undergraduate Work earned at Texas A & M
University-Accounting
CPA Exam candidate
Interests Volunteer church work with teenagers. Bookkeeping
assistance for a local restaurant and income tax
preparation for the elderly. Participation in Chamber
of Commerce functions.
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