Palmer

Vice President - Finance & Accounting
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Vice President - Finance & Accounting

Jim Myers & Sons, Inc. (JMS)
2024.04-Current(a year)
2 years 9 months (1 year 2 months)

Director of Finance And Accounting

Jim Myers & Sons, Inc. (JMS)
2022.10-2024.04(2 years)
(1 year 7 months)

Finance Operations Manager

Jim Myers & Sons, Inc. (JMS)
2022.09-2022.10(2 months)
- Responsible for providing real time, accurate project financials - Working capital strategy - Technical matters, including the application of ASC 606 - Budgeting, forecasting, and operations strategy - Controls implementation - Financial reporting

Internal Audit - Global Projects Accounting Leader

Honeywell
2022.02-2022.09(8 months)
1 year 1 month • Accounting and Finance leader of the Projects SWAT Team; directing and advising on a company-wide initiative to improve controls, processes, and revenue recognition related to HON project revenues • Worked with various businesses to hone controls and decisions made around current revenue recognition approach. This included significant research and interpretation of ASC606 and other technical guidance in developing standardized norms. • In tandem with project managers, developed a centralized framework, specific to Honeywell’s project business to standardize the audit group’s approach and technical scope. • Traveled to business sites to better understand current financial challenges and areas of improvement specific to the difficulties encountered in their project-based revenue streams. Met with site leaders and stakeholders and developed process improvement plan. • Developed scoping and testing approach with SEC investigations group and Fraud and Forensics teams to offer expertise on accounting and finance processes in the area of project revenues. • Significant experience in the overall project estimation process, levels of approval, requirements of PMs, resource & cost-loaded scheduling, project KPIs. • Reviewing GAAP external reporting qualifications and advising management on best practices and industry norms.

Internal Audit Senior

Honeywell
2021.09-2022.02(6 months)
• Worked with and lead teams performing audits and assessments of controls, processes and financial records. • Extensive experience in auditing of controls in the scope of SOX404. • Promoted to projects leadership role 6 months after joining the company.

Senior Associate

Grant Thornton LLP (US)
2020.08-2021.09(a year)
2 years 10 months (1 year 2 months) • Scoped and designed audit tests for clients of various sizes (revenues:$100M - $2B) across many industries, including: manufacturing, consulting services, construction and real estate, healthcare, biotechnology, logistics, and others. • Experience in JV equity agreements, draw-based cash flows, liquidated damages, projects KPIs (i.e. SPI, CPI,) change orders, and personnel management. • Significant project accounting experience in engineering and construction/real estate, understanding the application of ASC606 to accounting records and revenue recognition. Reviewed system outputs from SAP, Great Plains, JMS, Oracle, PFW, and other software(s) related to accounting records • Significant experience in complex areas such as revenue recognition, leasing activities, tax provision, impairment considerations, purchase price allocation and purchase accounting, and other specific financial reporting requirements. • Significant experience in white paper/memo writing, documenting the understanding, rationale, and application of highly subjective or complex business, finance, or accounting issues. • Worked in an advisory capacity with other GT business lines with experience in quarter restatements and ASC 842/606 implementation projects, including multiple element arrangements, large service-based project contracts, embedded lease analysis, and others. • Regularly led teams of 2-5 and communicated responsibilities, reviewed work, mentored, and coached. • Extensive experience with data analysis, extraction, and presentation through the Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, etc.), Tableau, & IDEA

Associate

Grant Thornton LLP (US)
2018.12-2020.07(2 years)
(1 year 8 months)

Educational experience

University of South Carolina

Master of Accountancy, Accounting
2017.01-2018.01(a year)

University of South Carolina Upstate

Accounting
2013.01-2017.01(4 years)
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