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Financial Controller résumé example, in the Harvard design
A controller who came up through audit and cost accounting, told in close days, margin found and controls closed.
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Garrett Pemberton — Financial Controller, CPA CMA
Grand Rapids, MI
Controller with fifteen years in manufacturing finance, four of them running accounting for a
40M maker across four plants. Rebuilt standard costing for 4,800 parts and exposed .1M of hidden margin.
Experience
Financial Controller, Halloway Machine Works · June 2021 – present
Accounting for a 40M manufacturer across four plants, with a team of eleven.
- Leads close, accounts receivable, accounts payable and cost accounting for four plants, with a team of eleven and two direct managers.
- Took the monthly close from fourteen days to five by moving intercompany eliminations into the ERP and retiring 26 spreadsheet handoffs.
- Rebuilt standard costing for 4,800 part numbers, exposing .1M of margin absorbed into one overhead pool and repricing 340 loss-making items.
- Ran the SOX readiness program ahead of a planned listing, documenting 71 key controls and closing all six significant deficiencies within two cycles.
- Renegotiated the borrowing base after tightening inventory reporting, releasing $6M of additional revolver capacity.
Assistant Controller, Vandermeer Plastics Group · January 2018 – May 2021
- Consolidated four legacy ledgers onto one ERP instance on schedule, retiring
80k a year of maintenance on the systems replaced.
- Introduced a weekly cash forecast that held forecast error under 3% for eight consecutive quarters.
- Built the plant-level income statement pack that the operations directors still run their weekly reviews from.
Accounting Manager, Vandermeer Plastics Group · September 2015 – December 2017
- Managed a team of four through the close, cutting post-close adjusting entries from 31 a month to seven.
- Implemented the fixed asset module for 6,200 assets, correcting $940k misstated under the prior manual schedule.
Audit Senior, Ketteridge & Voss LLP · August 2011 – August 2015
- Led fieldwork on eleven middle-market manufacturing clients with revenue from $40M to $600M.
- Trained 14 associates on the firm inventory observation methodology across three busy seasons.
Education
- B.A. Accounting · Michigan State University · August 2007 – May 2011
Skills
- Controllership: US GAAP, Month-end close, Consolidations, Standard costing, Internal controls, External audit management
- Planning and capital: Annual budget, Cash forecasting, Borrowing base reporting, Capital expenditure approval, Pricing analysis
- Systems: NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Hyperion, BlackLine, Power BI, Excel
Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) — Michigan Board of Accountancy
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA) — Institute of Management Accountants