Gregory Chirpich

Experience

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  Cedar Creek Properties, Inc

  Sept 1989 - Nov 2006

  Controller

  Hands-on controller for a 4,300 acre mixed use real estate development working closely with President, managers and accounting staff generating meaningful reports resulting from efficient practices. Implemented One World and ACCPAC accounting, Hyperion reporting, and Paradox database software. Communicator and problem-solver. - Identified $1.3 million cost savings strategy during contract negotiations - Interfaced with bank officers regarding project/loan performance - Proposed expanded product line to increase sales and reduce costs - Identified cost savings on association subsidies - Initiated changes improving morale, attitude and performance - Built accounting department for real estate development, construction, sales and property management Show less

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  Douthit, Frets, Rouse, Gentile & Rhodes

  Sept 2007 - Aug 2013

  VP Of Finance and Administration

  Lead accountant for growing, fast paced, entrepreneurial, law firm. Created production reports monitoring attorney billings. Mastered ProLaw and Quickbooks software while updating accounting of multiple entities investment entities. Stabilized staff turnover and substantially improved staff morale and productivity. Selected new network and phone systems. Coordinated new office construction and facilities move.

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  Scarbrough International, Ltd.

  Sept 2014 - Dec 2018

  Controller

  Financial statement preparation, account reconciliation, payroll, landlord relations/contract administration, new processes and software. Made new system/accounting software operational (from PCS Express to McLeod, from QuestaWeb to CargoWise and from McLeod to CargoWise), adopted MS Teams, adapted and change processes re internal controls and paperless back office. Forensic accounting.