David Cooper, CPA

- Assisted in the implementation through post go-live support of WMS (SnapFulFil) with AX 2009. - Served as the financial solution lead in the design and configuration of global ERP implementation of Infor M3. - Coordinated design and configuration of financial solution with both internal and external stakeholders. - Collaborated across disciplines to achieve process design that would allow for the appropriate desired outputs of an operational process while also providing the appropriate financial transaction. - Defined accounting rules and exceptions to provide assurance that financial transactions are in compliance with GAAP. - Led adoption of new integrated processes and procedures within the finance solution; ensuring that the new processes were best practices for PING needs and would enhance efficiencies. - Led daily standup of internal and external members of the project to assist in the closure of the design phase of the ERP implementation. - Led integration testing, user acceptance testing and documentation of training materials for all financial processes and integrations. - Integrations between Infor's M3 and Vertex, Bank of America, PING lockbox provider, PING home grown online payment portal, and OCR software Ephesoft.

- Managed end-to-end inventory process - from vehicle acquisition to vehicle repair - and provided analysis of company performance by collecting, interpreting and presenting key reports to management. - Responsible for coordinating the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of month, quarter and year end close responsibilities for inventory related accounting tasks including journal entries, reconciliations and roll-forwards. - Responsible for establishing and updating standard costs by individual IRCs and updating standard to actual at month end . - Monitored inventory accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness. - Assisted internal and external audit teams with various inventory related audit requests and assurance that inventory accounting processes were compliant with GAAP and appropriate process improvements were enacted consistently across IRCs. - Provided supervision and guidance to a staff of 3 on their day to day activities, technical inventory accounting guidance as well as aiding in personal and professional growth. - Basic SQL understanding.

- Ensured timely external financial reporting across 10 global business units by communicating and coordinating with global controllers and third-party bookkeepers. - Executed the division’s consolidations process, including posting of consolidating entries, preparation and distribution of consolidating financials, and preparation and submission of various deliverables required by the Corporate external reporting team. - Maintained an effective system of internal controls by performing monthly and quarterly internal controls reviews and on-going internal controls monitoring. - Provided technical accounting expertise for all global business units of the division. - Documented the division's transition to ASC 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers by analyzing existing contracts and revenue recognition practices, assessing required changes, and documenting the division's adoption of the new standard. - Validated the accuracy of external reporting through several monthly financial analyses and consultation with global business unit controllers to understand financial performance and trends. - Served as the primary contact for internal and external audit partners, managing the accuracy and timeliness of the preparation and delivery of audit support documentation.

- Develop an audit plan and lead quarterly audit of inventory. - Standardized and automated inventory costing process, and reduced total hours in process by 88% (200 man hours down to 24). - Established a document to forecast of the profitability of a product over its life cycle. Worked with cross-functional teams to keep projects on target by looking at elasticity of pricing and identifying opportunities to reduce cost. - Prepared annual budgets for all revenue generating departments. - Prepared and presented month and year to date financial results with executive management, presentation included budget to actual comparison as well as forecast of the remaining period. - Developed reports and metrics that allow company to define target costs on future products in order to maximize profitability - Established and documented process flow instructions for all responsibilities and processes managed by the operations accounting team. - Responsible for managing and developing two senior accountants.

Barrett, Honors College Graduate Summa Cum Laude