John Gennaro

Experience

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  Richard B. Soscia, CPA, PC

  Jun 1991 - Sept 1992

  Staff Accountant

  Prepare financial statements (audit, review and compile). Prepare and file payroll and sales tax returns. Prepare corporate and individual tax returns. Involved in the selection and installation of tax preparation software that resulted in more efficient and accurate tax returns.Assisted clients with the installation and conversion of various computerized and manual general ledger packages streamlining the audit process and saving our clients time and money.

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  Chalk & Vermilion Fine Arts

  Sept 1992 - Apr 1996

  Accounting Manager

  Managed a group of staff accountants.Initiate and establish auditing and organizational guidelines for the largest fine art publishing company in the country. Reported daily cash flow analysis to the Controller and made recommendations on investments. Review and issue quarterly financial statements to Citibank maintaining a $10 million line of credit. Calculated monthly inventory valuations. Prepare monthly budget, artist profit and loss statements and provide a detailed variance analysis. Prepared a $5 million damage calculation using present and future values presented in an Artist arbitration hearing.Modernized our inventory tracking through automation giving instant and accurate inventory availability to the sales staff significantly improving our relationship with our clients.Redesigned and integrated our financial reports into our general ledger software resulting in more timely and accurate reporting. Show less

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  Wilder Richman Management Corp

  Apr 1996 - Oct 2001

  Corporate Controller

  Successfully converted 80 individual companies on a DOS based general ledger software system to a consolidated windows based Timberline software general ledger system resulting in more efficient and accurate financial reporting. Restructured the accounting department creating a team environment making more of a cohesive unit resulting in increased moral, higher production and more precise financial reporting.Implemented a monthly training program that encouraged independent thinking and constantly improved our ability to service our clients.Developed and implemented a new electronic accounts payable process that enabled us to take advantage of vendor discounts resulting in significant bottom line savings. Implemented an electronic monthly financial reporting system, which provides instantaneous financial information to our owners, investors and field managers. Streamlined the audit process through automation of necessary schedules. Show less

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  Sirva

  Oct 2001 - now

  Responsible for our customer transformation initiative globally moving from transaction focused to customer experience focus• Lead over 250 direct and indirect employees in the US, Canada, Poland and India• Implemented a 24/7 Global Service Team using omni-channel technology to support our customers in the moment• Implemented a workforce management team and a productivity model for use to forecast staffing requirements by client and location and align with the P&L• Manage a group of process redesign experts from across the organization and channeled their expertise to ensure a customer experience focus and deadlines are met• Work with clients and customers to capture feedback on how we can continuously improve our customer experience approach• Partner with key stakeholders to ensure alignment and business readiness for all process improvement and changes Show less • Coordinate with stakeholders and project managers to ensure interdependencies are identified and timelines are in sync• Monthly review of the projects risk assessment to ensure appropriate risks have been identified and action plans for mitigating controls are outlined where applicable• Business lead of the retired our global legacy application and business processes and recognizing over $3 million dollars in overhead, maintenance and redundancy costs savings• Insourced India contract of 260 employees and recognized $1 million in savings• Responsible for the implementation of the imaging initiative and have recognized $1.5 million dollar cost savings going from paper to imaging• Responsible for the implementation of a new government budget obligation tool to offer a full service relocation product to the US Government• Executive sponsor of the project to consolidate our international household goods operations from Ft Wayne to Scottsdale with an annual saving of $750K• Implemented a new online portal to support our lump sum customers and recognize $250K in referral revenue annually• Lead an initiative to successfully collect $1.1 million in delinquent destination Real Estate Referrals Show less • Responsible for the management of the customer initiations process, appraisal review process and real estate disposition departments• Created in-depth capacity models to ensure volumes match capacity• Implemented a plan to increase the service levels and salvage a $3 million dollar account• Revamped the $30 million service delivery budget and presented 3 different scenarios using different organizational structures with the potential of saving $5 million dollars through department consolidations• Lead a team of cross functional associates and developed, budgeted and presented a new 'model office' design using Microsoft CRM, dual monitors and telephony that will create efficiencies, increase customer service and provide a tool for capacity measurements and quality Show less Financial leader with full responsibility for the management of cash disbursements, treasury, invoice processing and vendor management.• Responsible for the processing of 300,000 invoices and the disbursement of $4 billion annually• Consolidated the accounting functions in four regional offices in New York, Chicago, Connecticut and Texas into one team in Phoenix Arizona eliminating redundancies and reducing the FTE's required from over 60 to 30• Heavily involved in the acquisition of a competitor including the development, training and implementation to move the accounting function from Dallas to Phoenix• Retired our old accounting software, Smart Stream and converted to Oracle• Lead an initiative to increase the use of electronic funds transfer to our customers and suppliers Increase the usage from 6% of total disbursement to 35% in one year saving the Company $200,000 in processing fees• Implemented a direct invoice interface process with our top suppliers creating a single point of entry and eliminating one FTE Show less

  • Vice President Operations

    Dec 2015 - now

  • Vice President, Process & System Management

    Dec 2006 - Dec 2015

  • Vice President Client Services

    Jun 2006 - Dec 2006

  • Director of Accounting Operations

    Oct 2001 - Jun 2006