I am looking to stay in the construction industry. I have over 12 years experience in residential construction working in accounting, job costing, estimating, and with project management.
Thank you.
Wayne E. Bell, Jr.
OBJECTIVE
Accountant and Financial Analyst bringing 15+ years experience and skills in accurate budgeting, detailed cost analysis, and advanced modeling. Specializes in leading diverse groups and handling confidential information.
Specialties:
• Financial Analysis
• Auditing and Compliance • Budgeting
• Variance Analysis • Cost Reduction
• General Ledger Maintenance
FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Controller, Financial Analyst, and Accounting Manager
JOHN WIELAND HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, RALEIGH, NC, 1997 - 2009
($80 Million Division of privately held residential homebuilder)
• Created, tested, and efficiently implemented an automation of the job cost review process that allowed for real-time job cost review, invoice retrieval, and line item accruals. As a result, gross margins improved by over 6% ($40,000/sale) and more than 600 man-hours per month were saved.
• Trained sales, purchasing, estimating, and production teams on how their departments could improve the bottom line that contributed to a 7% increase in Net Income over an 8-year period.
• Conducted quarterly internal audits and worked with outside auditors on yearly audits, while keeping the books clean so zero auditing entries were necessary over the past 3 years.
• Adjusted pricing after detailed product analysis and low margin review revealed pricing shortfalls that resulted in an additional 5% per sale and revenue from 8 sales yielded an additional $280,000 revenue in one year.
• Worked as the subject matter expert for the automation of gross margin projections for all products under construction that saved 4 working days per month, allowed management to have live data to make decisions, improved pricing, and allowed for quicker absorption of inventory.
• Formulated detailed proforma analyses on all future products. Projects in excess of $100 Million were evaluated based on ROA, Profitability and IRR. These accurate analyses ensured capital was invested properly.
• Created detailed cash flow model using 2 years worth of historical data and budgets, and combined this information with current FY trends to project quarterly and yearly cash flow that allowed management to review standing in accordance with bank covenants.
• Led extensive company-wide project aimed at improving efficiencies by uniting a diverse team of project managers, accountants, and designers to create a program that tracked price versus markup variances that renewed focus on ensuring that nothing was added, unless it added value to the product.
• Used advanced PowerPoint presentations to communicate KPIs, profit margins, breakeven, and leverage ratios in a concise and easy to understand manner that helped the Raleigh team understand their effect on the company’s profits and led John Wieland to say the presentations were “The best presentations two years in a row,†and then called for the presentation format to be used in all regions.
• Simultaneously managed AP, maintained high level of customer support, coordinated land development, and conducted year-end audits. These multi-tasking skills allowed for active improvement of customer service while mentoring skills and proactive management of employee concerns kept the team focused on meeting and beating goals.
EDUCATION
BS in Finance and Business Law – UNC CHARLOTTE – Charlotte, North Carolina
Construction Management Technology (Fall 2010) – Wake Technical College – Raleigh, North Carolina
ACTIVITIES
Competitive Sports, Coaching and Mentoring Children, Photography, Gardening, Writing and Drawing, Habitat for Humanity, Camping
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