Ralph J Carrafiello, CPA

Controllership & Finance leader with extensive experience in three statement financial reporting preparation, including month-end and year-end closing journal entries, Treasury Management, Payroll, A/R, AP, and providing comprehensive financial insights and root cause analysis.

Active license Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Florida with an Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance.

Adept at managing complex financial analyses, forecasting models, and risk assessments, with expertise in developing and communicating financial insights to all levels. Demonstrated leadership and project management skills, spearheading successful acquisition projects, and managing concurrent parallel financials during accounting platform transitions. Consistently provide valuable insights into financial performance trends and informing strategic decision-making, with a proven track record of driving targeted profit goals.

• Certified Public Accountant - New Jersey (Inactive)
• Certified Public Accountant - Florida (Active)

● NBS - Oversaw all aspects of accounting and finance operations, including the execution of the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process, and financial statement preparation and analysis in compliance with U.S. GAAP standards, enabling the timely delivery of accurate financial information to key stakeholders. Directed and responsible for A/R, AP, Payroll, Inventory and tax filings.

● NBS - Effectively managed all treasury functions, including ACH wire transfers, deposits, and cash flow forecasting, ensuring adequate liquidity to support the entity's ongoing operations and strategic initiatives as well as implemented Payroll and management bi-weekly pay.

● Verizon - I built a completely integrated financial model to capture all costs associated with a $500 million Marketing group at Verizon as well as shared Google Sheets for the Marketing team to view their monthly third party expenses.

● Verizon - Served as a subject matter expert (SME) for the implementation of SAP and the Purchase Order functionality.

● NBS - I Spearheaded the successful acquisition of a CLEC by skillfully navigating a rigorous due diligence process that involved audits of the prior two year Income Statements and three years of balance sheets, ensuring that all supporting and reconciling schedules were delivered to outside auditors in a timely and accurate manner.

● NBS - Demonstrated exceptional leadership and project management skills during the transition of the accounting platform to MS Great Plains by managing concurrent parallel financials for several periods, ensuring uninterrupted financial reporting and minimal disruption to business operations.

● NBS - Implemented robust processes to validate tax reporting from VERTEX output to filings, resulting in a significant reduction in the companies Tax liability remittance gap, effectively mitigating the company's financial risk.

● EY - helped develop a new model to report cost containment that created more transparency into expenses.

● EY - developed budgeting templates used for the firm's annual planning cycle.

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Florida Institute of CPA's