James Pignone

Experience

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  Disneyland

  Jan 1978 - Mar 1981

  Cost Accountant

  I performed internal audits of maintenance projects that involved reviewing original planning phases, cost in progress, estimated cost to completion, reviewed the budget to actual, and wrote final reports that highlighted any deviations to the original plan, changes in plans, and recommended corrections to improve job and cost projections for the next project.

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  Wrather Corporation

  Mar 1981 - Apr 1982

  Budget Director for Construction

  Director of the construction budget that put the Howard Hughes flying boat into a domed facility next to the Queen Mary ship in Long Beach. This job included reporting to the Board of Directors the budget to actual, the estimated cost to completion, and whether the job was on track to be completed on time and within the budget.

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  Datapoint U.S.A., Inc.

  May 1982 - Jul 1985

  Customer Service Manager

  I was in charge of six customer service employees that tracked assets, collected receivables, and worked on a database project that DataPoint implemented.

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  WR Grace

  Aug 1985 - Feb 1986

  Assistant Store Manager-The Broadway

  I was in direct charge of all non-soft goods employees in the store, produced monthly budgets, did all financial planning on a monthly basis, and responsible for all accounts payable in the facility.

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  CSEA

  Apr 1986 - Sept 2015

  General Ledger Manager

  Oversee all operations involving fund accounting, Monthly analysis of expenses to budgets for all funds and departments, and all aspects of financial reporting.

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  JP Consults for Accounting Operations

  Sept 2015 - now

  Semi Retired
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  JimmyPs Travel

  Jul 2019 - now

  Travel Planner & Agent

  Let’s Vacation and Make Memories