Controller Resume Examples

Controller Resume Example

Meet Harold, a fictional certified public accountant and controller with 14 years of experience who leads an accounting team of 18 for a $320M manufacturer, cut the close from 12 days to 5, and delivered 6 consecutive clean audits.

Harold Pemberton

(704) 555-0165 ◇ Charlotte, NC

harold.pemberton@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/harold-pemberton ◇ haroldpemberton.com

Objective

Certified public accountant and controller with 14 years in accounting and finance, currently the controller for a $320M manufacturing company with 5 plants, leading an accounting team of 18. Cut the monthly close from 12 business days to 5, delivered 6 consecutive clean audits with 0 material weaknesses, and built the cost accounting system that identified $4.1M in margin improvements. Owns the general ledger, reporting, internal controls, and the relationship with auditors and the bank. Runs accounting as the source of truth for the business, not just the department that closes the books.

Education

M.S. in Accounting, Piedmont Crown University 2010 – 2011

Coursework in Advanced Financial Reporting, Cost Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, and Accounting Information Systems.

B.S. in Accounting and Certified Public Accountant, Catawba Line University and North Carolina State Board of CPA Examiners 2006 – 2010, licensed 2012

Also holds a Certified Management Accountant credential earned in 2016 and completed a manufacturing cost accounting programme in 2019.

Skills

Controllership

Monthly, quarterly, and annual close, financial statement preparation under US GAAP, general ledger ownership, consolidation of multiple entities, revenue recognition, lease and fixed asset accounting, technical accounting research

Controls and Compliance

Internal control design and testing, audit management, tax compliance coordination, bank covenant reporting, policy and procedure authorship, segregation of duties, fraud prevention

Operations and Leadership

Cost accounting and inventory valuation, budgeting and forecasting support, system implementation, process automation, team leadership and development, cross-functional partnership with operations and sales

Tools & Platforms

NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, BlackLine, Excel with Power Query, Power BI, Workiva, Concur, Avalara, Microsoft Teams

Experience

Controller 03/2019 – Present

Piedmont Crown Manufacturing Charlotte, NC

Lead an accounting team of 18 for a $320M manufacturer with 5 plants and 3 legal entities, owning the general ledger, close, reporting, and internal controls.
Cut the monthly close from 12 business days to 5 through close automation in BlackLine, standardised reconciliations, and a redesigned close calendar of 140 tasks.
Delivered 6 consecutive clean audits with 0 material weaknesses and built a cost accounting system that identified $4.1M in margin improvements across 40 product lines.

Assistant Controller 06/2014 – 02/2019

Catawba Line Industries Charlotte, NC

Managed a team of 8 covering general ledger, accounts payable, and fixed assets for a $180M distribution company.
Led the migration from a legacy system to NetSuite over 9 months with 0 close delays and a 30% reduction in manual journal entries.
Built the monthly reporting package used by the board and lenders, cutting preparation time from 6 days to 2.

Senior Auditor 09/2011 – 05/2014

Carolina Crown Public Accountants Charlotte, NC

Led audit fieldwork for 12 manufacturing and distribution clients with revenues from $50M to $600M over 3 years.
Supervised teams of 3 to 5 staff auditors and reviewed about 400 workpapers a year with a 95% first-review acceptance rate.
Identified 8 material control deficiencies across client engagements that were remediated before year end.

Projects

Five-Day Close Programme. Redesigned the close over 12 months with a 140-task calendar, BlackLine automation for 300 account reconciliations, a pre-close cutoff review, and daily close standups, which cut the close from 12 business days to 5, cut post-close adjustments 85%, and freed about 600 team hours a year for analysis.

Cost Accounting System. Built a standard cost system for 5 plants with 40 product lines, activity-based overhead allocation, and monthly variance reporting by plant and product, adopted by operations leaders in a monthly review, which identified $4.1M in margin improvements over 2 years through pricing changes on 12 products and 3 process changes.

Internal Control Framework. Documented and tested 90 key controls across 8 cycles, remediated 14 gaps including segregation of duties in purchasing, and built a quarterly self-assessment process for 5 plant controllers, which delivered 6 consecutive clean audits with 0 material weaknesses and cut audit fees 15%.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Member of a state CPA society, serving on the manufacturing industry committee since 2020.
Volunteer treasurer for a youth sports nonprofit with a $600K annual budget.
Restore vintage motorcycles, completing about 1 project a year.

Leadership

Lead an accounting team of 18 through 4 managers, with 5 promotions and 0 regretted attrition in 3 years.
Present monthly results to the chief financial officer and quarterly to the board audit committee.
Serve as the primary contact for external auditors, tax advisors, and the lending bank.

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Assistant Controller Resume Example

Meet Ingrid, a fictional certified public accountant and assistant controller with 9 years of experience who manages a team of 7 at a $150M software company and led revenue recognition compliance across 400 contracts with 0 audit adjustments.

Ingrid Solheim

(612) 555-0128 ◇ Minneapolis, MN

ingrid.solheim@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/ingrid-solheim ◇ ingridsolheim.com

Objective

Certified public accountant and assistant controller with 9 years in accounting, currently the assistant controller for a $150M software company, managing a team of 7 across general ledger, revenue, and accounts payable. Owns the monthly close completed in 6 business days, led the adoption of the current revenue recognition standard across 400 customer contracts with 0 audit adjustments, and cut accounts payable processing cost 40% through automation. Steps in for the controller on audits, board reporting, and system decisions. Builds accounting processes that survive growth, turnover, and the auditors.

Education

B.S. in Accounting, North Star Crown University 2012 – 2016

Coursework in Intermediate and Advanced Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, Accounting Information Systems, and Business Law.

Certified Public Accountant, Minnesota Board of Accountancy 2018

Also completed a software revenue recognition course in 2020 and a NetSuite administrator certification in 2022.

Skills

Accounting Operations

Monthly close management, general ledger and reconciliations, revenue recognition for software and subscriptions, accounts payable and expense management, fixed assets and prepaids, intercompany accounting, financial statement preparation

Controls and Audit

Audit preparation and coordination, internal control documentation, account reconciliation review, policy authorship, sales tax and compliance coordination, equity and stock compensation accounting

Systems and Team

ERP administration and configuration, process automation, close software, team supervision and training, cross-functional work with sales operations and finance planning, documentation

Tools & Platforms

NetSuite, FloQast, Bill.com, Expensify, Salesforce, Excel, Power BI, Carta, Avalara, Microsoft Teams

Experience

Assistant Controller 01/2022 – Present

North Star Crown Software Minneapolis, MN

Manage a team of 7 across general ledger, revenue, and accounts payable for a $150M software company, owning a monthly close completed in 6 business days.
Led revenue recognition compliance across 400 customer contracts with a 5-step review process, delivering 0 audit adjustments across 4 annual audits.
Cut accounts payable processing cost 40% and cut invoice cycle time from 14 days to 4 by implementing Bill.com and a 3-way match with purchasing.

Accounting Manager 07/2019 – 12/2021

Mississippi Line Technologies St. Paul, MN

Managed 4 accountants covering general ledger and revenue for a $60M software company through 2.5 years of 40% annual growth.
Implemented FloQast and cut the close from 10 business days to 6 with 100% of 180 reconciliations reviewed before close.
Prepared the accounting workstream for a $40M funding round, delivering 3 years of audited financials with 0 restatements.

Audit Senior 09/2016 – 06/2019

Twin Cities Crown Accountants Minneapolis, MN

Led fieldwork on 10 technology and services audit clients with revenues from $20M to $300M over 3 years.
Supervised 2 to 4 staff per engagement and reviewed about 350 workpapers a year.
Promoted to senior after 24 months, 1 year ahead of the standard track.

Projects

Revenue Recognition Review Process. Built a 5-step contract review process with a checklist for 12 common contract terms, a Salesforce-to-NetSuite handoff, and a monthly revenue waterfall reconciliation across 400 contracts, trained 3 accountants and 8 sales operations staff on it, which delivered 0 audit adjustments across 4 audits and cut revenue close tasks from 4 days to 1.

Accounts Payable Automation. Implemented Bill.com with approval workflows for 60 approvers, a 3-way match with purchasing for 2,000 invoices a month, and vendor portal onboarding for 300 vendors, which cut processing cost 40%, cut invoice cycle time from 14 days to 4, and captured $180K a year in early payment discounts.

Funding Round Accounting Workstream. Led the accounting side of a $40M funding round at a previous employer, delivering 3 years of audited financials, a 90-item due diligence request list within 3 weeks, and a rebuilt equity ledger in Carta, which closed with 0 restatements and 0 accounting-related findings in diligence.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Member of a state CPA society, mentoring about 3 exam candidates a year.
Volunteer bookkeeper for a community theatre with a $250K annual budget.
Cross-country ski about 30 days a season and volunteer at 2 races a year.

Leadership

Lead a team of 7 with hiring, reviews, and a training plan, with 3 promotions in 3 years.
Act as controller during absences and present the monthly close package to the chief financial officer.
Own the NetSuite administration roadmap and chair a monthly systems meeting with 5 department leads.

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Document Controller Resume Example

Meet Rashida, a fictional lead document controller with 8 years on engineering and construction projects who manages 14,000 controlled documents for a $1.2B expansion with a 100% audit pass rate.

Rashida Bello

(281) 555-0175 ◇ Houston, TX

rashida.bello@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/rashida-bello ◇ rashidabello.com

Objective

Document controller with 8 years on engineering and construction projects, currently the lead document controller for a $1.2B petrochemical expansion with 14,000 controlled documents and 40 contractors. Holds a 100% audit pass rate across 9 client and regulatory audits, cut document turnaround from 12 days to 4, and built the numbering and transmittal system used across 6 projects. Manages a team of 4 and processes about 1,800 transmittals a year with a 0.3% error rate. Keeps every revision traceable, every approval recorded, and every contractor working from the current drawing.

Education

B.S. in Business Administration, Information Management, Gulf Coast Crown University 2013 – 2017

Coursework in Records Management, Database Systems, Project Management, Business Process Analysis, and Technical Writing.

Certified Document Controller and Aconex Certified Professional, Institute of Certified Records Managers and Oracle 2019 – 2021

Also completed an ISO 9001 internal auditor course in 2020 and a project controls fundamentals course in 2022.

Skills

Document Control

Document numbering and metadata standards, revision and version control, transmittal management, distribution matrices, controlled document registers, drawing and specification control, as-built and handover documentation

Compliance and Quality

ISO 9001 documentation requirements, audit preparation and response, procedure authorship, records retention and archiving, contractor document compliance, quality management system support

Systems and Coordination

Electronic document management system administration, workflow configuration, reporting on document status and overdue reviews, contractor onboarding, training, coordination with engineering and project controls

Tools & Platforms

Aconex, Procore, SharePoint, Documentum, Bluebeam, Excel with Power Query, Power BI, Adobe Acrobat, Primavera P6 basics, Microsoft Teams

Experience

Lead Document Controller 02/2021 – Present

Gulf Coast Crown Engineering and Construction Houston, TX

Lead document control for a $1.2B petrochemical expansion with 14,000 controlled documents, 40 contractors, and 600 project users, managing a team of 4.
Hold a 100% pass rate across 9 client and regulatory audits and process about 1,800 transmittals a year with a 0.3% error rate.
Cut document review turnaround from 12 days to 4 through Aconex workflow redesign and a weekly overdue report to 15 discipline leads.

Document Controller 08/2017 – 01/2021

Bayou City Line Contractors Pasadena, TX

Controlled documents for 3 concurrent industrial projects worth $400M combined with about 6,000 documents and 20 subcontractors.
Built the numbering and transmittal standard adopted across 6 company projects, cutting document setup time for new projects 60%.
Delivered handover documentation packages for 3 projects with 100% of 4,500 as-built documents accepted by clients on first submission.

Document Control Intern 01/2017 – 05/2017

Bayou City Line Contractors Pasadena, TX

Scanned, indexed, and registered 5,000 legacy project documents during a 5-month internship with a 99.5% metadata accuracy rate.
Built an Excel register with 30 fields that became the template for 2 active projects.
Received a full-time offer at the end of the 5-month internship based on the register.

Projects

Aconex Workflow Redesign. Rebuilt the review and approval workflows for 12 document types across 15 disciplines with defined durations, automatic escalation, and a weekly overdue report to discipline leads, trained 600 users through 20 sessions and a 25-page guide, which cut review turnaround from 12 days to 4 and cut overdue reviews from about 400 to under 30 at any time.

Company Document Control Standard. Wrote a document numbering, metadata, and transmittal standard with 8 procedures and 15 templates, piloted on 2 projects and rolled out to 6, which cut new project document setup time 60%, standardised reporting across projects, and passed an ISO 9001 surveillance audit with 0 findings on document control.

Project Handover Documentation. Managed the handover package for a $180M project with 4,500 as-built drawings, 900 vendor data books, and 200 certificates, using a 40-item checklist per system and a 3-stage review with the client, which was accepted in full on first submission and completed 3 weeks before the contractual deadline.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Member of a records and information management association chapter, presenting about once a year.
Volunteer archivist for a community history society, digitising about 2,000 documents a year.
Play in a recreational netball league, about 20 matches a season.

Leadership

Lead a document control team of 4 with work allocation, training, and quality checks on about 1,800 transmittals a year.
Trained 600 project users and 40 contractor document controllers on Aconex and the project standard.
Report document status and audit readiness to the project manager weekly and to the client monthly.

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Financial Controller Resume Example

Meet Gavin, a fictional financial controller with 12 years of experience who leads a 22-person team for a $500M healthcare services company, cut forecast variance from 8% to 2%, and released $14M in working capital.

Gavin Thornbury

(303) 555-0157 ◇ Denver, CO

gavin.thornbury@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/gavin-thornbury ◇ gavinthornbury.com

Objective

Financial controller with 12 years in finance and accounting, currently the financial controller for a $500M multi-site healthcare services company with 30 clinics, leading a finance and accounting team of 22. Owns financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and treasury, cut forecast variance from 8% to 2%, delivered 5 clean audits, and led a working capital programme that released $14M in cash. Partners with the chief executive and operations leaders on pricing, site economics, and acquisitions, having integrated 6 acquired practices. Treats the numbers as a tool for running the business better, not just a record of what happened.

Education

M.B.A. in Finance, Front Range Crown University 2015 – 2017

Part-time programme completed while working. Coursework in Corporate Finance, Financial Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Managerial Accounting.

B.S. in Accounting and Certified Public Accountant, Rocky Mountain Line University and Colorado State Board of Accountancy 2009 – 2013, licensed 2015

Also holds a Chartered Global Management Accountant designation earned in 2019 and completed a healthcare finance programme in 2021.

Skills

Financial Control

Financial reporting under US GAAP, close and consolidation across 30 sites, budgeting and rolling forecasts, treasury and cash management, working capital management, internal controls and audit, tax coordination

Business Partnership

Site-level profitability analysis, pricing and payer contract economics, capital investment appraisal, acquisition due diligence and integration, board and lender reporting, key performance indicator design

Leadership and Systems

Finance team leadership and structure, finance system implementation, process improvement and automation, executive communication, risk management, covenant and debt management

Tools & Platforms

Sage Intacct, Workday Adaptive Planning, BlackLine, Power BI, Excel, Kyriba, Epic revenue cycle reports, Bill.com, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce

Experience

Financial Controller 05/2020 – Present

Front Range Crown Health Partners Denver, CO

Lead a finance and accounting team of 22 for a $500M healthcare services company with 30 clinics, owning reporting, budgeting, forecasting, treasury, and controls.
Cut forecast variance from 8% to 2% through a driver-based rolling forecast in Workday Adaptive Planning and delivered 5 consecutive clean audits.
Led a working capital programme that released $14M in cash through receivables, payables, and inventory changes, and integrated 6 acquired practices worth $90M in revenue.

Director of Financial Reporting 08/2016 – 04/2020

Rocky Mountain Line Hospitality Denver, CO

Led financial reporting for a $350M hospitality company with 45 properties and a team of 9.
Cut the consolidated close from 15 business days to 7 and built a property-level profitability model used by 45 general managers.
Managed the reporting for a $120M refinancing with 0 lender findings and a covenant package delivered 5 days early each quarter.

Senior Financial Analyst and Audit Associate 09/2013 – 07/2016

Rocky Mountain Line Hospitality and Colorado Crown Accountants Denver, CO

Spent 2 years in public accounting auditing 8 hospitality and healthcare clients before moving to industry.
Built the annual budget model for 45 properties as a senior financial analyst, cutting budget cycle time from 10 weeks to 6.
Promoted to director of financial reporting after 12 months in industry based on the budget model.

Projects

Working Capital Programme. Led a 15-month programme across receivables, payables, and supplies with a denial management process cutting days sales outstanding from 52 to 38, payment term renegotiation with 40 vendors, and a supplies inventory reduction at 30 clinics, which released $14M in cash and cut the revolving credit balance to 0.

Driver-Based Rolling Forecast. Replaced an annual budget with a 12-month rolling forecast in Workday Adaptive Planning built on 20 operational drivers per clinic including visits, payer mix, and staffing, reviewed monthly with 30 clinic directors, which cut forecast variance from 8% to 2% and cut the annual planning cycle from 12 weeks to 4.

Acquisition Integration Playbook. Built a 90-day finance integration playbook covering chart of accounts mapping, system migration, controls, and reporting, applied to 6 acquired practices with $90M in combined revenue, which brought every acquisition onto the consolidated close within 60 days and identified $2.3M in synergy savings.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Board treasurer for a community health nonprofit with a $3M annual budget since 2021.
Member of a healthcare financial management association chapter, presenting about once a year.
Backcountry ski about 20 days a season and volunteer with an avalanche education programme.

Leadership

Lead a finance and accounting team of 22 through 5 managers, with 7 promotions and under 10% attrition over 5 years.
Present monthly results and forecasts to the chief executive officer and quarterly to the board and lenders.
Serve on the executive leadership team and chair the capital investment committee reviewing about $20M in projects a year.

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Project Controller Resume Example

Meet Marcelo, a fictional project controller with 9 years in project controls who owns cost, forecasting, and change management for a $750M transit programme and holds forecast accuracy within 3% of final cost.

Marcelo Duarte

(602) 555-0113 ◇ Phoenix, AZ

marcelo.duarte@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/marcelo-duarte ◇ marceloduarte.com

Objective

Project controller with 9 years in project controls and finance on capital construction and infrastructure projects, currently the project controller for a $750M transit expansion programme with 12 contracts and 3 years to completion. Owns cost control, forecasting, change management, and earned value reporting for the programme, holds a forecast accuracy within 3% of final cost across 8 completed projects worth $900M, and cut the monthly cost report cycle from 15 days to 6. Manages a controls team of 5. Gives the project manager a forecast they can defend to the board before the month ends, not after.

Education

B.S. in Construction Management, Sonoran Crown University 2012 – 2016

Coursework in Construction Cost Estimating, Project Scheduling, Construction Accounting, Contracts and Risk, and Engineering Economics.

Certified Cost Professional and Project Management Professional, AACE International and Project Management Institute 2020 – 2022

Also holds an Earned Value Professional certification earned in 2021 and completed a Primavera P6 advanced course in 2019.

Skills

Project Controls

Cost control and forecasting, estimate at completion analysis, earned value management, change order and trend management, cash flow forecasting, contingency and risk reserve management, cost and schedule integration

Reporting and Analysis

Monthly cost reports and dashboards, variance analysis, work breakdown structure and cost coding, contractor invoice validation, claims and dispute support, audit support, funding and grant reporting

Systems and Coordination

Project controls system configuration, integration of cost, schedule, and accounting data, contractor and owner coordination, team leadership, procedure authorship, training

Tools & Platforms

Primavera P6, Oracle Unifier, EcoSys, Procore, Excel with Power Query, Power BI, SAP, Aconex, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Teams

Experience

Project Controller 01/2022 – Present

Sonoran Crown Transit Authority Phoenix, AZ

Own cost control, forecasting, change management, and earned value reporting for a $750M transit expansion programme with 12 contracts, 8 contractors, and a controls team of 5.
Cut the monthly cost report cycle from 15 days to 6 through an EcoSys implementation integrating cost, schedule, and SAP accounting data with automated variance reports.
Processed 320 change orders worth $48M with a 100% traceability record in 2 federal grant audits and kept contingency drawdown within plan at 40% complete.

Senior Project Controls Specialist 07/2018 – 12/2021

Salt River Line Constructors Tempe, AZ

Ran cost control and forecasting for 5 completed water and highway projects worth $600M with final costs within 3% of forecasts issued at 50% complete.
Built the earned value reporting system adopted across 15 company projects, cutting report preparation from 5 days to 1.
Supported 2 claims totalling $18M with cost and schedule analysis that recovered $14M in settlement.

Project Controls Analyst 06/2016 – 06/2018

Salt River Line Constructors Tempe, AZ

Maintained cost reports and schedules for 3 projects worth $300M, validating about 150 contractor invoices a month.
Built a change order log and trend process that cut unapproved change exposure from $4M to under $500K on a $180M project.
Promoted to senior specialist after 24 months based on the change management work.

Projects

Integrated Cost Management System. Led the implementation of EcoSys for a $750M programme over 8 months, integrating 12 contract budgets, Primavera P6 schedules, and SAP actuals with a 400-code work breakdown structure and 15 automated reports, which cut the monthly cost report cycle from 15 days to 6 and eliminated 3 manual reconciliation spreadsheets.

Change and Trend Management Process. Built a change management process with a trend log, a 10-day review cycle, a 5-person change board, and a monthly exposure report, applied to 320 change orders worth $48M, which delivered 100% traceability in 2 federal audits and cut average change order approval time from 60 days to 25.

Claims Analysis Support. Prepared cost and schedule analysis for 2 contractor claims totalling $18M at a previous employer, building a time impact analysis on 4 delay events and a cost reconciliation of 2,000 line items, which supported a $14M settlement and a 6-week resolution instead of litigation.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Member of a cost engineering association section, presenting at 2 regional conferences since 2022.
Volunteer construction cost advisor for a housing nonprofit, reviewing about 4 project budgets a year.
Play in a competitive soccer league, about 30 matches a year.

Leadership

Lead a project controls team of 5 with work allocation, training, and review of all monthly reports.
Present the programme cost forecast and contingency status to the executive director and board monthly.
Trained 25 project managers and engineers on the change management process and cost reporting.

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Corporate Controller Resume Example

Meet Yuki, a fictional certified public accountant and corporate controller with 16 years of experience who leads a global accounting organisation of 85 for a $1.8B public company with 24 consecutive on-time filings and 0 restatements.

Yuki Tanaka

(415) 555-0192 ◇ San Francisco, CA

yuki.tanaka@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/yuki-tanaka ◇ yukitanaka.com

Objective

Certified public accountant and corporate controller with 16 years in accounting, currently the corporate controller for a $1.8B publicly traded technology company with operations in 14 countries, leading a global accounting organisation of 85. Owns SEC reporting, consolidation, technical accounting, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, has filed 24 consecutive quarterly and annual reports on time with 0 restatements, cut the consolidated close from 9 business days to 4, and led the accounting integration of 5 acquisitions worth $900M. Runs a controllership that the audit committee, the auditors, and the business all trust.

Education

M.S. in Accountancy, Golden Gate Crown University 2008 – 2009

Coursework in Advanced Financial Reporting, International Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, and Financial Statement Analysis.

B.S. in Business Administration, Accounting, and Certified Public Accountant, Bay Line University and California Board of Accountancy 2004 – 2008, licensed 2010

Also completed an executive leadership programme in 2020 and holds a Chartered Global Management Accountant designation earned in 2016.

Skills

Corporate Controllership

SEC reporting including 10-K and 10-Q filings, global consolidation across 14 countries and 30 entities, technical accounting under US GAAP, revenue recognition for software and hardware, stock compensation, income tax accounting coordination, disclosure committee leadership

Controls and Governance

Sarbanes-Oxley programme ownership, internal control design and remediation, audit committee reporting, external audit management, accounting policy authorship, whistleblower and investigation support, enterprise risk input

Transformation and Leadership

Global organisation design, shared services and centre of excellence build, ERP and close system transformation, acquisition accounting and integration, talent development, executive and board communication

Tools & Platforms

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Workiva, BlackLine, OneStream, Excel, Power BI, Coupa, Equity Edge, AuditBoard, Microsoft Teams

Experience

Corporate Controller 04/2019 – Present

Golden Gate Crown Technologies San Francisco, CA

Lead a global accounting organisation of 85 across 14 countries for a $1.8B publicly traded technology company, owning SEC reporting, consolidation, technical accounting, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Filed 24 consecutive quarterly and annual reports on time with 0 restatements and 0 material weaknesses, and cut the consolidated close from 9 business days to 4.
Led the accounting integration of 5 acquisitions worth $900M with purchase accounting completed within 60 days of each close, and built a shared services centre that cut accounting cost per transaction 35%.

Assistant Corporate Controller 06/2014 – 03/2019

Bay Line Networks San Jose, CA

Managed SEC reporting and technical accounting for a $900M public company with a team of 20 and 20 filings with 0 comment letters.
Led the adoption of the new revenue recognition and lease standards across 2,000 contracts and 60 leases with 0 audit adjustments.
Implemented Workiva and BlackLine, cutting filing preparation time 40% and automating 600 reconciliations.

Audit Senior Manager 09/2009 – 05/2014

Pacific Crown Public Accountants San Francisco, CA

Led audits of 6 public technology companies with revenues from $200M to $3B over 5 years, managing teams of up to 15.
Managed 2 initial public offering audits and 4 acquisition-related audits with 0 SEC comment letters on accounting matters.
Promoted to senior manager in 5 years, 1 year ahead of the standard track.

Projects

Global Close Transformation. Led a 2-year programme moving 30 entities onto a single Oracle Fusion instance and OneStream consolidation, standardising 250 close tasks, and automating 1,200 reconciliations in BlackLine, which cut the consolidated close from 9 business days to 4 and cut audit fees 12% through improved evidence.

Accounting Shared Services Centre. Designed and built a shared services centre of 30 staff covering accounts payable, payroll accounting, and intercompany for 14 countries, migrating 40 processes over 14 months with a documented control for each, which cut accounting cost per transaction 35% and raised on-time processing to 99%.

Acquisition Accounting Programme. Built an acquisition accounting playbook with a 90-day plan, valuation coordination, opening balance sheet review, and a control integration checklist, applied to 5 acquisitions worth $900M, which completed purchase accounting within 60 days of each close and passed every related audit with 0 adjustments.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Audit committee member for a nonprofit hospital foundation with $200M in assets since 2020.
Speaker at 4 financial executive conferences on close transformation and acquisition accounting.
Practise kendo and compete in about 3 tournaments a year since 2015.

Leadership

Lead a global accounting organisation of 85 through 8 directors, with a succession plan for every director role.
Present quarterly to the board audit committee and chair the disclosure committee of 10 executives.
Sponsor a finance rotation programme that has developed 20 early-career accountants since 2020.

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Accounting Controller Resume Example

Meet Bernard, a fictional certified public accountant and accounting controller with 11 years of experience who leads a 14-person team for a 65-location restaurant group and cut accounts payable cost per invoice 45%.

Bernard Okonkwo

(972) 555-0118 ◇ Dallas, TX

bernard.okonkwo@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/bernard-okonkwo ◇ bernardokonkwo.com

Objective

Certified public accountant and accounting controller with 11 years in accounting, currently the accounting controller for a $240M restaurant group with 65 locations, leading an accounting team of 14 across general ledger, accounts payable, payroll accounting, and fixed assets. Owns the accounting operations and close, cut the close from 10 business days to 4, cut accounts payable cost per invoice 45% across 12,000 invoices a month, and delivered 4 clean audits with 0 adjustments over $25,000. Runs accounting operations like a production line: measured, standardised, and improved every month.

Education

B.B.A. in Accounting, Trinity River Crown University 2010 – 2014

Coursework in Intermediate and Advanced Accounting, Cost Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, and Accounting Information Systems.

Certified Public Accountant, Texas State Board of Public Accountancy 2016

Also completed a lean accounting course in 2019, a restaurant finance programme in 2021, and a Microsoft Dynamics 365 finance certification in 2022.

Skills

Accounting Operations

Close management across multi-unit operations, general ledger and reconciliations, accounts payable and vendor management, payroll accounting and tip reporting, fixed assets and lease accounting, sales and cash reconciliation, inventory accounting

Controls and Reporting

Internal controls for cash-intensive operations, audit management, financial statement preparation, unit-level profit and loss reporting, sales tax compliance, policy and procedure authorship, fraud detection

Process and Leadership

Process standardisation and automation, key performance indicators for accounting operations, system implementation, team leadership and training, partnership with operations and finance planning, vendor negotiation

Tools & Platforms

Microsoft Dynamics 365, Restaurant365, BlackLine, Bill.com, Paylocity, Excel with Power Query, Power BI, Toast point of sale reports, Avalara, Microsoft Teams

Experience

Accounting Controller 02/2021 – Present

Trinity River Crown Restaurant Group Dallas, TX

Lead an accounting team of 14 for a $240M restaurant group with 65 locations, owning general ledger, accounts payable, payroll accounting, fixed assets, and the monthly close.
Cut the close from 10 business days to 4 and delivered 4 clean audits with 0 adjustments over $25,000 through standardised reconciliations and a daily sales and cash control.
Cut accounts payable cost per invoice 45% across 12,000 invoices a month through Restaurant365 automation and vendor electronic invoicing with 95% of vendors.

Accounting Manager 05/2017 – 01/2021

Lone Star Line Hospitality Fort Worth, TX

Managed 6 accountants covering general ledger and accounts payable for a $120M hotel and restaurant company with 20 properties.
Built a daily cash reconciliation process across 20 properties that identified $140K in cash handling losses and cut variances 80%.
Led the migration to Microsoft Dynamics 365 over 8 months with 0 close delays and a 25% reduction in manual entries.

Senior Accountant and Staff Auditor 08/2014 – 04/2017

Lone Star Line Hospitality and Dallas Crown Accountants Fort Worth, TX

Spent 18 months in public accounting on 6 hospitality audit clients before moving to industry as a senior accountant.
Owned the fixed asset and lease accounting for 20 properties with 1,200 assets and 0 audit findings.
Promoted to accounting manager after 14 months in industry based on the fixed asset cleanup.

Projects

Accounts Payable Transformation. Implemented Restaurant365 invoice capture and approval workflows for 65 locations, onboarded 95% of 900 vendors to electronic invoicing, and built a 3-way match for food and beverage purchases, which cut cost per invoice 45% across 12,000 invoices a month, cut late payment fees to 0, and captured $210K a year in early payment discounts.

Four-Day Close. Redesigned the close with a 120-task calendar, BlackLine reconciliations for 800 accounts, a daily sales and cash control feeding the ledger from Toast, and a close standup with 4 team leads, which cut the close from 10 business days to 4 and gave 65 general managers a unit profit and loss by day 5.

Daily Cash Control. Built a daily cash reconciliation at a previous employer comparing point of sale, deposits, and bank data across 20 properties with exception alerts to general managers, which identified $140K in cash handling losses in the first year, cut unexplained variances 80%, and supported 2 successful loss investigations.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Member of a state CPA society, serving on the hospitality industry committee since 2022.
Volunteer finance committee member for a food bank with an $8M annual budget.
Play in a recreational basketball league, about 30 games a year.

Leadership

Lead an accounting team of 14 through 4 team leads, with 4 promotions and under 10% attrition in 4 years.
Present monthly results to the chief financial officer and train 65 general managers on reading unit profit and loss reports.
Own the accounting operations dashboard of 15 metrics reviewed weekly with the team and monthly with the executive team.

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