Polar Materials/Vitro Minerals Work Values

Daily Duties at Polar Materials/Vitro Minerals:

CFO/Controller responsible for all accounting, finance and reporting functions. Cash Management is a challenge due to the financial growth they are experiencing. In charge of all accounting systems, budgeting, internal controls, tax planning, human resources and OSHA Safety director. Polar Materials Had 8 people who reported to me in the corporate office and one person in each of our 2 manufacturing plants. Vitro Minerals was a startup company and I developed all the accounts payable, billing, accounts receivable, inventory, and payroll systems, as well as, human resources and OSHA Safety plan. There was one other person in the corporate office and one person in the manufacturing plant that I supervised, therefore I had to process a lot of transactions myself. I was very detail oriented and hands on at Vitro Minerals due to it being a start up company. Our President, Joseph Keating, was out of town in customers offices 90% of the time when I worked with him at Polar Materials and Vitro Minerals, I therefore did everything else or supervised everything else that a company does except for the direct sales to customers. I worked with the insurance companies, bankers, leasing and all governmental communications. I designed every accounting system, trained every accounting employee, I prepared every budget, Managed the cash, ran every payroll, ran every check run. I performed the monthly closing entries and prepared the monthly financial statements. I explained the budget to actual and prior year variances to the President and the Board of Directors. I performed cost accounting on every product so the President would know the margins on every sale of every product to every customer. I prepared schedules which showed the volume of sales that each customers were purchasing each month and warned him when a particular customer increased or decreased their buying vs. their normal buying pattern. I would let him know about any product returns or quality complaints from the customers so he could make immediate changes at the plant to correct the product quality. The President consulted me and we made every major business decision together over the 14 years. Every hiring and firing decision, every growth or decrease in headcount we made together.

What they like about Polar Materials/Vitro Minerals:

Working for a company with an emphasis on social values and helping society is a clear and important priority for you - a critical factor in who you choose to work for. In contrast to other factors, you place an organization's reputation for fairness and concern for the community above most other aspects of the company. As you search for a new job opportunity, it is usually possible to find out if the company is involved in the community and/or if it is addressing problems and issues in society. Pay special attention to non-profit organizations and those specifically involved in social action. Moreover, speaking with current and former employees should enlighten you to perceptions of the fairness of the company's leaders and the treatment of employees.

Tags

Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics, Audit experience, Cash Planner, Budgets and monthly anaysis, Acquisition Due Diligence, Acquisition integration, Month End Close Quickly, Year End Close Quickly, Tax Planning, Tax Return Preparation, Speadsheet design expert, Invoices quickly sent, Strong Internal Accountng Controls, Banking and Finance Interaction, Venture Capital Interaction, Prepare Business plans, Human Resource Department Functions, OSHA Safety Trainer and Leader, Excel, Word

Skills

Month end close, Year End Close, Cash Management, Budgeting, Audit Control, Tax Planning and Return Preparation, Spreadsheet design, Excel and Word for 25 + years, Get along with others, Hard Worker who can work overtime, Strong on design of internal controls, Train Workers well, Good Manager, Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics and others software, Human Resource Manager skills, OSHA Safety Training and Control, Excellent Verbal skills, Acquisition due diligence and integration, Work with Bankers and Insurance Companies

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