Seth Cullen

Elements International Group, LLC. - Rockwall, TX (Jan. 2014 – Present)

Position: Business & Financial Analyst

• Personally drove a successful Epicor E10 implementation from concept to Go-Live.
• Analyze all aspects and areas of the business to create more efficient and streamlined work environments.
• Designed infrastructure for implementing a new Epicor E10 ERP system. Fiber optic lines for optimal bandwidth, new server & domain with cloud backup, Wi-Fi inside 170,000 Sq. Ft. warehouse, Hand Held scanning devices, and more.
• Converting the company’s current old outdated ERP system into the new Epicor ERP system using Epicor's DMT tools.
• Creating financial income statements and balance sheets by mapping GL codes utilizing Epicor Excel Connect.
• Created monthly, quarterly, and annual sales reports by various categories to drive sales.
• Streamlined time consuming and highly manual processes to try and eliminate manual error and save time.
• Identified operational processes inefficiencies and provided necessary improvements.
• Monitored and analyzed key performers such as top 10 product sales items.
• Provided robust modeling and reporting to facilitate executive level decision making.
• Measured company’s overall market performance compared to the rest of the industry. This helped show regions of where extra sales could be achieved.

Texas NovaChem Corp DBA Warehouse-Pro Inc. - Rockwall, TX (Jun. 2013 – Jan. 2014)

Position: Operations & Financial Analyst

• Analyze manifest of liquidation product from different companies and purchase at low cost. Negotiated several points off MSRP by communicating directly with liquidation companies.
• Track purchases, BOLs, and delivery of inventory and input it into data base.
• Analyze product selling price, shelf life, and profit and revenue along with other variables.
• Monitor shipping cost and how that is measured against each sale.
• Prepare monthly P&L’s and journal entry for Warehouse-Pro division of the company.

Tavistock Restaurants LLC. - Emeryville, CA (Apr. 2006 – Jun. 2013)

Position: Accounting Supervisor/Accounting Systems Administrator/Conversion specialist (Jun. 2012 – Jun. 2013)

• Supervised and directed staff with the accounting functions listed below under my previous two positions at Tavistock.
• Managed 5 staff accountants, 2 junior accountants, accounting duties for 6 regional managers, and 44 restaurant GMs.
• Accounting system administrator for: Lawson, Velocity, ROSnet, NetChef, and Enterprise Manager.
• Prepared annual financials and balance sheets, and worked as liaison with the annual auditors.
• Worked with setting up budgets and allocated G&A accordingly.
• Implemented new spread sheets and controls to easily reconcile and analyze cash and costs.
• Continuous evaluation of processes for efficiency and control while maintain deadlines.
• Conversion specialist: POS mapping, GL mapping, converting data from old accounting system to Lawson, bank setup, credit card merchant setup, trained GM’s on accounting requirements.
• Helped build and manage a $50 million in sales company to now over $255 million in Sales.

Position: Senior Staff Accountant/Some IT and Lease Administrator duties (Dec. 2008 – May 2012)

• Maintained all accounting functions listed below under my staff accounting position plus more.
• Managed 4 staff accountants, 1 junior accountant, and the accounting duties for 44 restaurant GMs.
• Controlled six separate companies; each composed of many different restaurant concepts. 44 total.
• Directly involved in the five separate Year End tax audits.
• Compiled monthly income statements and analyzed them with restaurant managers and senior team.
• IT system administrator for Lawson and Velocity. Built the Asset Module in Lawson so that when AP enters a capital expenditure it automatically computes and posts the accurate depreciation to the General Ledger.
• Crystal Report expert for building new reports such as income statements, 12 month trailing reports, consolidated sales reports, balance sheets, check and invoice detail reports, etc.
• Processed monthly and quarterly sales tax across multiple states.
• Found $270K due back to company. Over paid % rent, double payments, landlords miscalculating rental increases, property tax reassessments, bank fees waived, and more.

Position: Staff Accountant (Apr. 2006 – Dec. 2008)

• Directly managed accounting for 24 locations; and prepared monthly financial statements.
• Calculated monthly and quarterly California sales tax forms and submitted on a timely basis.
• Calculated both state and federal excise tax for the breweries in Indianapolis and California.
• Calculated and composed the monthly landlord sales letters and percentage rent payments.
• Audited landlord leases making sure CAM, base rent, and percentage rent were accurately calculated.
• Found over $300K of percentage rent overpayments within my first three months of employment.
• Maintained all capital expenditures and fixed assets in the GL. Also calculated depreciation figures and posted necessary journal entries. Maintained book cost for auditors as well.
• Processed, filed, and paid personal property tax, real property tax, and business taxes yearly.
• Reconciled all balance sheet accounts such as general fund/petty cash (money in safe), bank accounts vs. bank statements, prepaid accounts, accrual accounts, credit card merchant accounts, and other various GL accounts.
• Created product usage spread sheet to track usage at unit level. Used for negotiating competitive prices on top 25 cost items.
• Met several deadlines each month while maintaining clean and professional work environment.
• Regularly introduced new procedures, and spread sheets to streamline work load processes.

IL Fornaio (America) Corp - Corte Madera, CA (May 2000 – Apr. 2006)

Position: Accounts Payable Manager/Staff Accountant (Aug. 2001 – Apr. 2006)

• Directly managed AP functions, subordinates, and Unit Accountants for 29 locations.
• Reconciled AP to the General Ledger with over four million dollars every month.
• Printed 900 checks biweekly, and maintained cash flow of over $2,500,000 each check run.
• Made adjustments to prepaid expenses. (accruals/journal entries)
• Maintained base rent, percentage rent, utilities, and other operating expenses for 29 locations.
• Saved the company over $350,000. Completed by pursuing and researching personal projects.
• Helped implement and install new Paybase Bottomline check writing software.
• Audited landlord leases making sure CAM, base rent, and % rent were accurately calculated.
• Implemented a food tracking spread sheet to track top 30 food items purchased every week.

Position: Accounts payable specialist (May 2000 – Aug. 2001)

• Processed invoice payments, data entry, vendor calls, cutting checks, and setting up new vendors.
• Met the deadlines for biweekly check runs, for posting batches, and posting month end.