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Ed Messina

Ed Messina

Controller at Davis-Standard

Mystic, Connecticut, United StatesAccounting
Company
Davis-Standard
Title
Controller
Seniority
Manager
Department
Master Finance
Location
Mystic, Connecticut, United States
Industry
Accounting

Experience

Controller

Davis-Standard

Present

Controller

Schulz Group, Power Systems by Timken · Connecticut, United States

•Lead a team of four in accounting for month-end closes, delivering financial presentations to the General Manager and Corporate Team. •Collaborate with departmental management to assess organizational structures and develop best practices that reduce waste and enhance productivity. •Prepare the annual budget and manage monthly forecasting models to support operational scheduling. •Partner with the General Manager and Plant Manager to create, analyze, and implement the annual budget. •Establish departmental budgets to control expenditures and minimize waste. •Oversee capital project spending across the three North East locations, managing an average of $1.5 million in annual CAPEX projects. •Supervise Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Financial Statements for all locations. •Manage nuclear inventory with a strategic three-year plan aimed at achieving a 40% reduction.

Controller

Saft · North Haven, Connecticut, United States

•Manage the accounting team for all monthly closes with follow-up financial presentations to the general manager (GM) and parent company in France • Collaborate GM and department managers to develop, analyze, and execute the budget for 2023 • Create standard operating procedures and documents companywide to implement best practices for customer credit review, purchase order requests, and monthly reconciliations • Implement a forecasting model to improve the accuracy of our monthly sales, orders, and backlog • Standardize reports and dashboards, for example expected daily sales and late orders, for internal and external shareholders • Review all invoicing and accounts payables functions • Oversee the credit department, in North Haven, while also mentoring other sites on our standard operating procedures • Implement Lean Management Principals and Kaizen within the North Haven office

Finance Manager

Tilcon Connecticut, Inc. · Connecticut, United States

Managing the monthly financial close and month end reporting • Implementing standard weekly reports for Project Managers and Executive Team to help forecast the remainder of calendar year • Direct monthly meetings with Project Managers and Accounting Team to review all jobs to ensure performance standards are met • Working directly with the Manager of Construction to optimize the bidding process for 2021 for the numbers to flow accurately into Tableau • Increasing efficiencies via implementing standard operating procedures and developing an organizational chart booklet which contains structured team responsibilities

Financial Consultant Assistant

GULISH & ASSOCIATES, INC · Shelton, Connecticut, United States

• Working with CFP's to complete estate and retirement plans • Implementing standard operating procedures company wide to reduce errors and improve efficiencies • Presenting to client’s and families their financial plans • Was a key contributor to transitioning to a new broker dealer

Business Analyst

OR&L · Branford, CT

•Assisting CFO and finance team with monthly closing and reporting process •Designing and developing management reports and dashboards for senior executives •Analyze job profitability and provide analytical support to finance and property management teams •Implementing a purchasing program company wide to improve purchasing controls and job management

Jr. Accountant

CellMark · Fairfield County, CT

•Assist the VP of Accounting and Controllers with month, trimester, and annual closings for auditors and upper management • Audit period ending financial statements to ensure revenues and expenses are allocated to the correct accounts and periods •Reconcile CellMark's and its subsidiaries' bank and payroll statements to assure cash flow for every month

Staff Accountant

Hoffman Landscapes, Inc. · Wilton, CT 06897

•Assisting the CFO with daily functions such as analyzing financial statements and supporting with company forecasting •Auditing our month end records for percent complete to assure proper revenues and expenses are recorded •Reconcile our bank and payroll statements to assure cash flow for every month •Creating company controls to manage inventory and insuring protocols are in place for the entire company •Work with CEO and CFO to develop, analyze, and execute budgets for the entire company while evaluating prior budgets •Reviewing all capital expenditures by assessing future benefits, necessity, and alternatives while exploring all financing options.

Education

Quinnipiac University

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Quinnipiac University

Bachelor's Degree, Accounting

Notre Dame of Fairfield

Notre Dame of Fairfield

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