Lauren Lombardo
Peabody,MA
Summary
Accomplished financial professional with almost 20 years in the construction industry. Highly skilled at implementing new procedures and strategies, finding ways to improve costs and functionality. I am a team player who enjoys working within a group setting and assisting other departments as needed. I believe my greatest contribution is the ability to take past financial data and report back to estimating and project management information that helps with future job bidding and planning.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Controller
J. Masterson Construction
Danvers, MA
11.2018 - Current
- All accounting operations to include Payroll, AP/AR, AIA Billings, Job Costing, General Ledger, Month and Year End Close, Tax Filings, Fixed Asset Management, Insurance Renewals and Audits.
- Effectively manages all daily cash operations for Construction Company as well as Equipment Rental Company and many other LLC"s.
- Analyzes financial data to generate monthly cost reports for all Project Managers, as well as yearly revenue vs. cost, monthly overhead comparison, budgets vs. estimates, etc.
- Manages all fixed assets to include over 300 pieces of equipment, all appropriate registrations, permitting and licensing.
- Successfully saved money by re-negotiating/reviewing contracts such as phone bills, printer rentals, office supplies, etc. Manage the financing and purchasing of equipment and vehicles to pay down higher interest rates of all loans, negotiate all bank renewal lines of credit and opened up new money market accounts with higher interest gains.
- Oversee the renewal of all fringe benefits as well as commercial insurance to negotiate and renew all premiums. Developed great working relationships with insurance auditors, vendors and clients.
Staff Accountant
Connolly Brothers
Beverly, MA
01.2014 - 08.2018
- Monthly billing of all jobs to clients, to include processing AIA, lien waivers, collecting sub-contractor invoices, managing change orders.
- AP process's of entering all invoices, job costing, issuing change orders, payments and collecting lien waivers.
- AR review to collect payment of all job's per contract terms.
- General Ledger review to ensure all costing is complete according to GAAP Principles.
- Other job responsibility's included management of lease contracts and payments of tenants in two commercial office buildings, ordering of all office supplies and renewing contracts, managing office building maintenance contracts.
Senior Accounts Payable Coordinator
Groom Construction
Salem, MA
11.2005 - 01.2013
- Accounts Payable functions to include the entry of all invoices for residential, retail and commercial construction, weekly invoice count of 100-200 invoices. Processing of payments and collecting all necessary waivers.
- Billing of all construction to include AIA, residential T&M and retail contract billings. Tracking payments and processing all lien waivers.
- Overseeing payroll functions to include costing of payroll, managing perdium pay and receipt reimbursements for all employee travel.
- Managed updates to all employee handbooks and manuals, developed a system of HR procedures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance
Salem State University
Salem, MA05-2004
Skills
- Fixed Asset Management
- Cash Flow Forecasting
- Project Accounting
- Month-end and year-end closings
- Financial Forecasting
- Debt management
- Audit management
- Payroll Processing
- Procedure Development
- Account Reconciliation
- Cost accounting
Timeline
Controller
J. Masterson Construction
11.2018 - Current
Staff Accountant
Connolly Brothers
01.2014 - 08.2018
Senior Accounts Payable Coordinator
Groom Construction
11.2005 - 01.2013
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance
Salem State University