Linda L Galentino
Essex,MD
Summary
30+ years of experience in financial accounting. Looking for a hybrid WH role. Skilled in QuickBooks and NetSuite, with accounts payable, bank reconciliations, reviewing P&L statements, annual budgets, and account analyses. Trusted with managing several company bank accounts and payroll. Driven to find cost savings and to find process efficiencies. Work well with multifunctional teams, or independently. Focused professional with expertise in guiding organizational growth through robust financial strategies and management. Accomplished in recognizing operational inefficiencies, risks, and improving internal controls, standards, and procedures. Experienced and dependable general worker with a proven track record of efficiently completing tasks in various settings. Ready to contribute to a dynamic team and make a positive impact.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Controller
Friendship Dental Laboratoires
Rosedale, Maryland
06.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Private Equity Group of two dental lab locations, manufacturing crowns, implants, and denture products for dentist offices.
- Partner with the President and VP of Finance to prepare monthly financial results, inventory controls and audits, bank and account reconciliation, control lab expenditures, and implement operational improvements to reduce expenditures and improve EBITDA in a merger and acquisition environment.
- Prepare monthly financials and balance sheet account reconciliations.
- System conversion from QuickBooks to NetSuite and migrating from the WASP inventory system to the Zimbus tower and cabinet system reduces inventory carrying costs.
Plant Controller
Bitumar USA, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland
09.2009 - 06.2023
- Company Overview: Private Tank Farm MFG of asphalt and industrial coating 24/7 operation
- Partner with plant manager and operations team to understand variance explanations, monthly financial results, and prepare annual operating budget to include labor, capital projects and plant expenditures
- Initiated close out $12-million capital project permits to file and re-cooped $90K security bond from Anne Arundel County to build 36 rail car spots and 3 new 25,000-ton capacity tanks
- Reduced real estate property taxes by 45% after researching tax records and discovering discrepancies over property lines between Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County
- Create $10-million annual plant budget and report monthly P/L explanations to international HQ
- Participating in JDE system program conversion to create a real time perpetual inventory
- Reconcile tank inventories for twenty-two types of liquid products and eight raw materials – monthly inventories valued at $17M - $40M and troubleshoot system interface issues
- Continuous process improvements to inventory satellite systems and physical inventory counts to ensure accurate valuation of average cost inventory, work with annual public accounting firm and auditor engagements annually
- Private Tank Farm MFG of asphalt and industrial coating 24/7 operation
Accounting Manager
AMPORTS, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL
04.2003 - 09.2009
- Company Overview: Automotive service industry at five seaport locations in U.S.A
- Hired to implement new general ledger account structure and ADP timekeeping system to develop a better way to track revenue and labor of 500+ employees
- Created weekly flash report for general managers to determine customer profitability of operations
- Relocated to Maryland to improve financial profitability of failing Dundalk terminal; Audited 8 automobile mfg
- Contracts and recuperated $450K unrecorded revenue
- Recommended to relocated June 2007 to prepare financial reporting for two terminals: total 200+ employees, annual revenue of 18 million, servicing 107,000 vehicles
- Submit and review financial data and accuracy of profit (loss) statements for two terminals along with reforecast of budget projections twice a year
- Manage and train staff of 7 account coordinators and 1 payroll and human resource administrator
- Automotive service industry at five seaport locations in U.S.A
Cost/Inventory/Logistics Manager
Liz Claiborne Shoes
Jacksonville, FL
05.1996 - 04.2003
- Company Overview: Private Importer ladies footwear -Inventory 15M both brand and private label divisions
- Collaborated with department leaders and cross-functional teams to analyze, improve, and implement new ERP technology
- Manage supply chain for all inventory purchases of $35 - $40 million dollars annually
- Prepare product standard costs to evaluate profit margins and purchase price variances
- Private Label Division - prepared monthly financial statements, cash flow projections and maintained all account receivable and account payable subsidiary records including royalty’s due quarterly
- Negotiate and implement 500K logistic contracts for all overseas merchandise
- Analyze and track all transportation costs associated with inbound containers and air shipments
- Filed insurance claims for damaged or stolen cargo against carrier and company’s insurance
- Assess Harmonized Tariff Schedule (H.T.S.) duty rates and provided to agent and broker for customs clearance in following countries: China, Italy, Spain and Brazil
- Extensive knowledge of purchase order processing, transportation (air & ocean international freight) and warehouse operations
- Participate, audit and reconcile annual physical inventory at warehouse
- Hired, trained and manage staff of three accountants
- Private Importer ladies footwear -Inventory 15M both brand and private label divisions
Cost Accounting Manager
Cluett, Peabody & Co, inc.
Atlanta, GA
01.1987 - 05.1996
- Company Overview: Apparel manufacturer and importer of men’s dress shirts and neckwear
- Developed and managed creation of bill of material and standard costs for Arrow Dress and Sport Shirt merchandise lines consisting of over 2,000 styles per season
- Reported standard cost variances to senior management
- Maintained accuracy of inventory reports for fabric consumption, work in progress and finish stock for monthly accounting close for 3 domestic manufacturing plants AL, GA, and 807 production overseas (company original owned 11 USA manufacturing plants prior to restructure)
- Prepared job costs benefit estimates and forecasts comparisons for raw materials supplies and finished product purchases
- Working with both Sales and Merchandise departments to project profit margins
- Developed profitability by product line to give visibility of species of product line performance and realign product line focuses on highly profitable business segments and eliminating poor performers driving future product innovation and product sourcing in various countries
- Apparel manufacturer and importer of men’s dress shirts and neckwear
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Phoenix
Arizona City, AZ11-2019
Some College (No Degree) - CRT.BMT.Tranport
Anne Arundle Community College
Arnold, MD12-2010
Applied Associates Science - Accounting
Hudson Valley
Troy, New York12-1986
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Planning and organization
- Analytical skills
- Communication
- Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel, and Word
- Annual Operating Budgets
- Tracking capital spending to budget
- JD Edwards
- Great Plains
- QuickBooks
- NetSuite
- Paylocity Payroll
- US GAAP proficiency
- Accounts payable and receivable approvals
- Intercompany transactions
- Monthly Financial P&L and B/S with explanations
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Financial Controller
Friendship Dental Laboratoires
06.2023 - Current
Plant Controller
Bitumar USA, Inc.
09.2009 - 06.2023
Accounting Manager
AMPORTS, Inc.
04.2003 - 09.2009
Cost/Inventory/Logistics Manager
Liz Claiborne Shoes
05.1996 - 04.2003
Cost Accounting Manager
Cluett, Peabody & Co, inc.
01.1987 - 05.1996
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Phoenix
Some College (No Degree) - CRT.BMT.Tranport
Anne Arundle Community College
Applied Associates Science - Accounting
Hudson Valley
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