Manius Martial
Manchester
Summary
Experienced Staff Accountant with over a decade in accounting and finance, specializing in process optimization and intercompany payment systems. Successfully led initiatives that enhanced reporting efficiency by 20% through BOT/AI projects. Skilled in data interpretation and predictive modeling, contributing to data-driven decision-making and improved business outcomes. Proficient in SQL and Excel, with a strong focus on strategic thinking and problem-solving.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Founder & CEO
La Main LLC
Manchester
03.2023 - Current
- Formulated and executed comprehensive business plan for company launch.
- Analyzed consumer trends data to inform product offerings and services.
Staff Accountant/Analyst/Project Admin & Co-Lead Multicultural BRD (D&I)
Eversource Energy Service Company
Berlin
05.2023 - 10.2025
- Facilitates various employees, Inventory, and Accounts Payables initiatives while ensuring adherence to established accounting standards and goals through efficient implementation of changes to underlying accounting policies, procedures, systems, processes, and workflows.
- Supports all accounting functions with a focus on intercompany payments, enhancing financial accuracy.
- Maintains a strong project administration emphasis, interfacing daily with operations and production teams to drive continuous improvement and develop strategic business processes.
- Executes project administration responsibilities, providing authorized employees with appropriate system access for designated project threshold levels.
- Evaluates intercompany payables and receivables with treasury for the timely resolution of monthly intercompany billing discrepancies.
- Streamlines day-to-day accounting processes in collaboration with the BOT/RPA IT team for enhanced efficiency.
- Proposes and implements effective financial initiatives, ensuring follow-up for successful execution.
- Conducts daily, monthly, and quarterly audits and KPIs through reconciliation of inventory, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.
- Enhances operational efficiencies through the implementation of BOT/AI projects aimed at tracking materials billed/returned/held.
- Coordinates and monitors invoices and materials stored across various locations.
- Collaborates with supply chain and project stakeholders to perform administrative duties related to analyzing work orders, invoices, and associated contracts for transmission and distribution projects.
- Designs and implements BOT/AI projects to enhance daily reporting requirements, leveraging macro, SQL, and Python scripts in partnership with AI orchestrators/developers/Architect.
Staff Accountant & Co-Lead Multicultural BRD (D&I)
Eversource Energy Service Company
Berlin
05.2017 - 05.2023
- Facilitates various real estate initiatives while ensuring adherence to accounting policies, procedures, systems, processes, and workflows to meet established standards and objectives effectively.
- Supports all plant accounting functions with a strong focus on timely work order closeouts.
- Engages with operations and production teams daily to foster continuous improvement and develop impactful business strategies and process enhancements.
- Assists Investment Planning with the oversight of Distribution, Transmission, Substations, and General Plant assets planning while facilitating the movement of work orders from CWIP.
- Hosts weekly meetings with Investment Planning to review and discuss CWIP-related topics, enhancing transparency and collaboration.
- Conducts bi-weekly meetings with Investment Planning - Transmission to expedite the closure of high-value transmission work orders, utilizing automation where feasible.
- Provides Investment Planning with timely CWIP information as required and delivers detailed quarterly CWIP reports to aid in moving work orders in-service.
- Facilitates the implementation of responses to Yearly Internal Audit reports regarding open work orders in collaboration with Investment Planning.
- Oversees Standard Close Work Orders related to Account 106, ensuring year-end balances are accurately reflected.
- Enhances internal reporting by developing job aids and delivering training sessions to the accounting team.
- Collaborates with third-party programming resources to refine and enhance current journal entry processes.
Financial Design & Design Contractor - E-Richards
Eversource Energy Service Company
Berlin
11.2016 - 05.2017
- Facilitates various accounting and finance initiatives, ensuring compliance with established accounting standards and effective implementation of changes to underlying policies, procedures, systems, processes, and workflows.
- Employs strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills to assess situations, draw conclusions, and act decisively, demonstrating resourcefulness in anticipating, defining, and implementing solutions.
- Collaborates with budget analysts to ensure the completeness and accuracy of default labor allocations for over 8,000 employees.
- Aids in maintaining configuration tables within the Workforce system, contributing to optimal operational efficiency.
- Contributes to the preparation of specialized reports and internal data request responses to meet information needs.
- Ensures that accounting requests comply with Eversource Energy's financial policies and Power Plan accounting practices.
- Executes advanced Excel functions and templates to generate large data files for production uploads under tight deadlines.
- Partners with project managers to devise and implement strategies that meet deadlines and achieve short- and long-term goals.
SAP Analyst - SAP Projects Contractor - Randstad
Philips Lighting Company
Somerset
08.2014 - 10.2016
- Collaborates with department heads to create and maintain corporate KPIs, DRM, SOR, and ad hoc request performance analyses utilizing macros and MS Access while processing reporting for Order to Delivery (O2D) through selling, shipping, and billing services.
- Coordinates closely with data leads and analytics teams in plants to maximize database utilization and improve forecasting reporting capabilities.
- Develops forecasts for manufacturing goods, analyzing financial data from US BANK and GL accounts while reconciling quotas to ensure financial accuracy.
- Manages efforts to cleanse, organize, and continuously update master data, ensuring data integrity within the system.
- Improves reliability of KPIs and metrics, achieving a 20% increase in Efficiency Ratings (ER) and Service Order Rates (SOR).
- Creates SQL-VBA solutions to enhance data reporting for the ERP system, facilitating smarter business decisions.
- Identifies risks using US Bank data and manages the implementation of solutions focused on optimizing financial processes.
- Conducts training sessions on Excel, Macros, and SAP reporting for team members.
- Analyzes project standards, procedures, and financial accounts to monitor risks, issues, and changes effectively.
- Maintains various ERP tools in Excel, Access, and VB, overseeing weekly and month-end reporting and configurations as a super user in SAP.
- Migrates data and revises company structure blueprints to enhance organizational clarity and operational efficiency.
- Develops comprehensive records for banks, customers, vendors, profit and cost centers, and GL accounts while analyzing project effectiveness.
Business Analyst - SAP Project-Microsoft dynamics Contractor - Randstad
DC Entertainment, A Warner Bros Company
New York
07.2013 - 07.2014
- Performed thorough evaluations of work quality with available staff for orders and purchases, ensuring operational efficiency.
- Developed operational strategies to separate duties within the system for improved controls and security.
- Crafted a pricing strategy for distribution sales, resulting in a 5% improvement in overall pricing efficiency by implementing naming and variant conventions.
- Executed blueprint strategies for daily tasks while redesigning the migration of financial data through long-term planning.
AIS/Accounting SAP Consultant Contractor -
Rakuten LinkShare
New York
05.2012 - 05.2013
- Assisted in overseeing SAP project timelines, cost budgets, and milestone achievements per project plans, ensuring project management efficiency.
- Prepared bank data for acuity validation prior to the creation of house bank data, improving accuracy.
- Developed and supervised SAP Support functions, including the management of cost and profit centers for individual entities.
- Created AP&AR records for merchants and vendors in SAP, enhancing transaction efficiency.
- Acquired a comprehensive understanding of SAP's customizing toolset, including the Implementation Management Guide (IMG).
- Streamlined accounting procedures, significantly enhancing efficiency compared to the previous accounting system.
- Facilitated global forecasting within SAP for better visibility and analysis, improving business forecasting accuracy.
- Boosted marketing and sales efforts by developing a robust financial plan for acquisition, leading to increased company efficiency within a 6-month period.
- Provided training and support to accounting departments on day-to-day tasks, including data entry, reconciliation, and month-end reporting.
- Assisted in posting financial transactions including FI, FA, AP, AR, and GL, and managed data migration from ACCPAC to SAP.
- Conducted billing audits, created credit and debit memos, processed invoices electronically, and assisted with document reversals for prompt posting.
- Ensured compliance with SOX, US GAAP, and IFRS regulations in financial reporting and processing.
- Managed various functionalities within AP&AR including Automatic Payment Programs, Manual Payments, House Bank procedures, and Cash Management operations.
- Conducted requirements workshops, designed solutions, and prepared functional specifications for business needs.
Education
MBA - Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Keller Graduate School of Management
New York, NY12.2016
B. Bus - Business Administration
DeVry
New York06.2011
Skills
- Data analysis and financial analysis
- Project management and administration
- Business planning and development
- Accounting standards and compliance
- Performance management and benchmarking
- Process improvement and innovation
- Strategic development and thinking
- Effective communication skills
- Team collaboration and leadership
- Problem solving and adaptability
- Cross-functional teamwork and engagement
- Contract negotiation and management
- Entrepreneurial mindset and innovation
- Ethics, integrity, and governance
- Goal setting and achievement strategies
- Start-up operations and board collaboration
- Policies, procedures, and reporting development
Certification
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certified
Computer Applications
- ERP - VARIOUS ORACLE
- Automation Anywhere
- POWER BI, MACRO
- Maximo
- SQL
- Azure
- Python
- SAP EPM ,MM, BPC, BO,
- SAP FI/CO (GL, AA, AP, AR, FSCM)
- SAP PP/QM,SD,PS
- SAP PS
- SAP HANA, Helios-A01
Volunteer Experience
Member of GHAS Advisory Board
Extracurricular Activities
Founder & CEO of La Main LLC, Manchester, CT, 03/01/23, Present
Industry Lines
- Accounting
- Utilities
- Real Estate
- Manufacturing
- Books/ Comics
- Commercial & Online AD
- Retail
- Fashion
- Education
Areas Of Practice
- Accounting
- Supply chain
- Operation
- Fixed Assets
Languages
English
Full Professional
Accomplishments
BOT AI PROCESSES IMPROVEMENT
Affiliations
VOLUNTEER SALVATION ARMY OF GREATER HARTFORD
Timeline
Staff Accountant/Analyst/Project Admin & Co-Lead Multicultural BRD (D&I)
Eversource Energy Service Company
05.2023 - 10.2025
Founder & CEO
La Main LLC
03.2023 - Current
Staff Accountant & Co-Lead Multicultural BRD (D&I)
Eversource Energy Service Company
05.2017 - 05.2023
Financial Design & Design Contractor - E-Richards
Eversource Energy Service Company
11.2016 - 05.2017
SAP Analyst - SAP Projects Contractor - Randstad
Philips Lighting Company
08.2014 - 10.2016
Business Analyst - SAP Project-Microsoft dynamics Contractor - Randstad
DC Entertainment, A Warner Bros Company
07.2013 - 07.2014
AIS/Accounting SAP Consultant Contractor -
Rakuten LinkShare
05.2012 - 05.2013
MBA - Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Keller Graduate School of Management
B. Bus - Business Administration
DeVry