ARTHUR R. BOCK, CPA 4 VALLEY VALE DRIVE OLD BRIDGE, NJ 08857 732-754-8610 Artiebock[at]yahoo.com PROFILE: Seasoned accounting executive with more than twenty years diversified public/private accounting and managerial experience including accounting, finance, treasury, taxation and operations. Experience profile includes internal and external reporting, internal controls, strategic and tax planning, team building, profit enhancement, human resources and multi-location operations management.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Ascencea LLC/Affiliated Mortgage Protection LLC, Edison, New Jersey Chief Financial Officer/ Chief Operating Officer (July 2005-August 2009) An Insurance Marketing Organization with sales in excess of 50 Million Dollars. Managed a staff of over 25 employees and 400 insurance sales agents. Prepared and analyzed monthly financial statements for the bank as well as year end reports for outside auditors. Supplied bank with covenants to satisfy loan requirements on a quarterly basis. Worked with investment bankers to gather information for the business plan and to prepare the company for sale. Maintained and procured external relationships with all banking staff, legal counsel and accountants. Managed weekly commission reports to verify that the company was being paid correctly by analyzing excel spreadsheets downloaded from insurance carriers. Developed a system to track the mailing of over 400,000 letters a week to over 30 states, maximizing postal discounts. Worked with our case managers to analyze open requirements on insurance policies to get policies paid.
Fritze KeySpan, Pine Brook, New Jersey Chief Financial Officer/ Chief Operating Officer (November 1998-February 2005) A heating and air conditioning company with sales in excess of 60 Million Dollars. Managed a staff of over 400 employees for KeySpan Energys unregulated New Jersey division. Managed a staff of forty in the financial and administrative areas including payroll, job costing, accounts receivable and payable, inventory, general ledger, budgeting and forecasting. Reduced Insurance Premiums by over 50% by switching from a conventional health plan to a self-funded health plan. Prepared and analyzed financial statements and reports. Maintained and procured external relationships with bank representatives, legal counsel, corporate internal auditors and consultants. Reduced G&A expense through reductions in payroll and insurance premiums. Reduced outstanding receivable through tighter credit and collection procedures and billing practices. Directed the maintenance of general and subsidiary ledgers, payable, receivable, job cost, operating expenses and revenue distribution. Maintained adherence to corporate accounting policies and procedures. Built and developed a cohesive accounting team. Established goals for corporate accounting. Was in charge of all technical accounting. Was responsible for all GAAP matters. Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley compliance through documentation and review of the present policies and procedures with corporate internal auditing staff. Negotiated all union contracts with legal counsel.
Philip Fritze & Sons, Whippany, New Jersey Vice President-Controller (July 1988-November 1998) A heating and air conditioning company with sales in excess of 40 Million Dollars. Managed a staff of thirty in financial and administrative areas including payroll, job costing, accounts receivable and payable, inventory, general ledger, budgets and forecasts. Prepared and analyzed financial statements. Maintained and procured external relationships with bank representatives, legal counsel and accountants. Responsible for accounts receivable and payable, credit and collections, payroll, job costing, general ledger, budgets, forecasts, margin and variance analysis. Designed and implemented a policy and procedure manual. Prepared all tax returns and tax planning. Managed the companys strategic planning and modeling. Maintained books and records for pension and profit sharing plan. Worked closely with the companys owner on a day-to-day basis. Ferro Berdon & Company, CPA's, New York City, New York Audit Supervisor (1981-1988) A medium size public accounting firm with areas of experience in the Manufacturing, Retail, Insurance and Construction industries. Prepared various tax returns and SEC reporting. Certified and reviewed audits, supervising a staff of six. Preparation and reviewed scheduling. Held Client relationships. Issued Financial Statements.
Member: NYSSCPA, AICPA EDUCATION: Queens College, Bachelor of Arts in Accounting Certified Public Accountant, NY State
SKILLS: Timberline, CMAS, Excel, Windows, DOS, Word, Power Point, Quick Books, Pro Systems FX, Tax Act, Lotus and all IBM PC's and mainframes.
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