Michelle A Day
Painesville,OH
Summary
I am seeking a Controller position that accents my long-term accounting experience and excellent skills to streamline company performance and profitability.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Controller & (Interim) Human Resource Manager
Melzer’s Fuel Service, Inc.
Painesville, OH
12.2021 - 03.2024
- Supervised and trained staff of up to five employees
- Maintain daily cash management report
- Oversee the collection, deposit, and reconciliation of bank accounts
- Supervise daily accounts receivable and accounts payable operations
- Collaborate with CFO ensure smooth running of accounting department
- Reviewed, updated, created structured account procedures
- Ensure timely preparation and submission of Excise Refund Returns
- Conduct monthly reconciliations of assigned General Ledger accounts
- Prepare and present regular accounting reports to update CFO on company financial progress
- Prepare for the approval of weekly disbursements
- Filed and signed all necessary documents and returns including weekly disbursements
- Assist in the preparation of monthly financial statements
- Prepare documents for auditors
- Coordinate semi-annual bank exams and assist CFO with running year-end audit
- Ensure compliance with GAAP standards and audit practices
- Travelled to other offices and over see inventory count at our convenience stores
- Set up new employees in payroll system and maintained human resource files
- Reviewed and updated necessary human resource forms including handbooks.
Accountant
Rochling Glastic Composites
South Euclid, OH
06.2013 - 01.2022
- Prepare month-end journal entries and reconciliation reports
- Reconcile and schedule trial balance accounts
- Maintain daily cash management report
- Monthly bank reconciliation reports
- Receive and process accounts payable invoices including verification of purchase orders
- Transmit invoices to customers daily, review accounts receivable weekly and collect on past due invoices with an annual revenue $32m
- Prepare monthly union benefit and pension reports
- Work with customer service to review all customers on credit hold
- Process different types of reports to provide proper information for financial statements
- Work with external auditors
- Expense/cost analysis reports as needed
- Maintain capital project expenses.
Accounts Receivable Manager
TOA Technologies, Inc.
Beachwood, OH
04.2012 - 10.2012
- Calculated and processed invoices for domestic and international customers with annual revenue $80m
- Recorded deposits daily
- Provided customer support services and resolve customer account discrepancies
- Managed service contracts between customers and TOA Technologies
- Reviewed accounts receivable weekly and collect on past due invoices
- Performed special projects as required.
Sr. Accounts Receivable Billing Specialist
GCA Services Group, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
08.2009 - 04.2012
- Calculated and process 600+ invoices for 200 customers with monthly billing revenue estimated at $4.0m
- Provided customer support services and resolve customer account discrepancies
- Managed service contracts between customers and GCA Services Group
- Performed special projects as required
- Streamlined time management invoice process with regional managers which allow the company to bill appropriate fees.
Accounting Manager
American Building Maintenance
Cleveland, OH
12.2006 - 10.2008
- Supervised an accounting and a payroll administrator
- Reviewed and analyzed monthly pro-forma financial statements for $14m/year in revenue
- Prepared monthly and year-end journal entries
- Maintained fixed asset schedules
- Adhered to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) rules and regulations
- Calculated and prepared branch annual budgets and inventory for 160 buildings
- Maintained job budget reports and monthly sales development reports
- Reviewed and analyzed bi-weekly payroll and distributed payroll checks for 1,000 employees
- Performed random payroll related audits
- Prepared monthly benefit reports for three unions (pension, health & welfare, dues, and COPE)
- Maintained legal contracts, sub-contractors contracts, business liability and workers compensation certificates.
Public Accountant
W. J. Franz & Co., CPA’s
Cleveland, OH
02.1993 - 12.2006
- Prepared bank reconciliations, code payables and receivables, and write-up services
- Maintained fixed asset and general ledger schedules
- Prepared all aspects of field work for compilation and review engagements
- Prepared monthly financial statements and related budgets
- Developed and reconciled aforementioned reports, projected budgets and other detailed reports
- Prepared corporate, individual, payroll tax returns and federal, state, local estimated tax payments
- Supervised and trained accounting personnel and assist secretary with computers
- Maintained client third party documents (IE contractual documents) for rental properties.
Education
Computer Programming Certificate RPG III & IV -
Lakeland Community College
Non-degree business graduate courses -
Cleveland State University
Bachelors of Science (Honors) Accounting -
David N. Myers College, formerly Dyke College
Associates Degree (Honors) Accounting -
Bryant & Stratton Business Institute
Skills
- I am efficient in ERP software, MS Office Professional (Excel, Access, Word, Publisher, Power Point) and a number of other software packages due to my knowledge of computer programming
- Financial Controls Implementation
- Balance Sheet Management
- Accounting Management
- Account Reconciliation
- Payroll Processing
- Preparing Financial Statements
- Budget Preparation
- Payment Disbursement
- Audit Preparation
- Financial Statement Review
- Processing Payments
- Procedure Development
- General Ledger Accounting
- Gaap Compliance
- Staff Management
- Statement Reconciliation
- Financial Document Review
- Ap/Ar Invoicing
- Expenditure Review
Certification
Public Notary
Volunteer Interests
- Woodland Cemetery Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, OH, Chairwoman, President, 06/2007, Present
- Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve, Board Member, 10/2021, Present
- Greater Cleveland Cemetery Association, Assistant Treasurer, 01/2022, Present
- Ex-Member, Greater Cleveland Police Officer Memorial Society Grave Marker Project Committee, 2010, 2015
Affiliations
- President of Woodland Cemetery Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio. A nonprofit that I co-founded in 2007 to preserve the history of Woodland Cemetery.
- I have volunteered my time for various Cleveland organizations for 27 years.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Controller & (Interim) Human Resource Manager
Melzer’s Fuel Service, Inc.
12.2021 - 03.2024
Accountant
Rochling Glastic Composites
06.2013 - 01.2022
Accounts Receivable Manager
TOA Technologies, Inc.
04.2012 - 10.2012
Sr. Accounts Receivable Billing Specialist
GCA Services Group, Inc.
08.2009 - 04.2012
Accounting Manager
American Building Maintenance
12.2006 - 10.2008
Public Accountant
W. J. Franz & Co., CPA’s
02.1993 - 12.2006
Computer Programming Certificate RPG III & IV -
Lakeland Community College
Non-degree business graduate courses -
Cleveland State University
Bachelors of Science (Honors) Accounting -
David N. Myers College, formerly Dyke College
Associates Degree (Honors) Accounting -
Bryant & Stratton Business Institute