Todd Aanonsen
Minneapolis
Summary
Experienced accountant with knowledge and experience in multiple areas. Looking for an opportunity to step out of the Controller role. Strong Excel skills with a focus on creating spreadsheets designed to present information in a clear, useful manner.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Controller
Estes Industries, LLC
Penrose
01.2024 - Current
- Supervise Staff Accountant, AP Clerk and Data Analyst. Responsible for all accounting functions as well operation reporting. Utilized Excel to link trail balance data into spreadsheet to streamline the financial statement preparation process. Review cost of goods sold reports to point out areas of variance to notify Operations for review and correction. Send out monthly departmental financials to department managers for review and work with managers on Budget preparation. Prepare statements and supporting documentation for tax preparation.
Assistant Controller
Estes Industries, LLC
Penrose
09.2020 - 12.2023
- Month end close journal entry preparation, bank and other account reconciliations. Researched expenses related to Amazon Vendor Central chargebacks to dramatically reduce those fees. Used Excel to create a report showing current inventory level, customer orders and forecasted sales, along with product orders coming in to highlight areas of product need. Created an excel report to compare individual item sales to forecast and determine success of product launch. Utilized PowerBI to pull data from legacy ERP data tables to report on COGS, sales, inventory, forecast and other business activity.
Controller
Guardian Pewst Solutions, Inc.
Duluth
10.2001 - 04.2020
- Responsible for all aspects of the accounting function including journal entries, account reconciliation, month end close and financial statement preparation. Created budgets and reporting to show actuals vs budget
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting
University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, MN12-1990
Skills
- Month-end closing
- Financial document review
- Preparing financial statements
- Budget preparation
- Excel
- PowerBI
Timeline
Controller
Estes Industries, LLC
01.2024 - Current
Assistant Controller
Estes Industries, LLC
09.2020 - 12.2023
Controller
Guardian Pewst Solutions, Inc.
10.2001 - 04.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting
University of Minnesota - Duluth