BAHJAT KALANDOS

6684 S. Wilson Drive

Chandler, AZ 85249
(480) 883-8858 Home
(480) 278-2455 Cell
bahjatkalandos@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVES: Looking for Controller Position as a long-term relationship, getting involved with all aspects of
the business, providing hands on with attention to details, hard working, honesty and loyalty, ready to go
additional mile for the employees & customers, and get the positive results.

EDUCATION:
• Master of Business Administration with concentration in accounting (MBA). Academy of Economic
Studies. Bucharest, Romania, 1980.
(Evaluated and Accredited by: International Education Research Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, 1994)

• B.A. Accountancy & Business Administration. College of Economics & Administration. Al

Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, 1976.
(Evaluated and Accredited by: International Education Research Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, 1994)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• SES, INC. – PHOENIX, AZ 2005 – Present

ACCOUNTING MANAGER/CONTROLLER: Management of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable,
Cash Flow, Payroll, Insurance, Business Planning, and Development, and all other accounting functions
including Month end closing process, through year end financials using QuickBooks Pro.

• Process Accounts Receivable functions and ensures that all shipments to customers have been
invoiced both timely and accurately. Applying checks received to customers’ accounts. Credit
evaluations and Collections. Remote Capture Checks Processing.
• Process Accounts Payable functions by matching invoices with purchase orders, and posting vendors
invoices in to the system. Process weekly check runs, and mails them out in a timely manner.
• Process month end closing, bank accounts reconciliation’s, and prepare detailed monthly financial
analysis of financial statement to determine present and future performance, identify trends and
recommend improvements accordingly. Work directly with CPA firm for tax returns process.
• Prepare & Pay multi cities monthly contracting Sale Tax Returns. Coordinate insurance, Worker’s
comp., and Sales tax annual audits with external auditors.
• System and network administrator, Website Master, provide technical support to coworkers.

• SAN DIEGO PALLETS – CHULA VISTA, CA 1997 – 2004

ACCOUNTING MANAGER/CONTROLLER: Management of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Fixed
Assets, Cash Flow, Inventory Evaluation, Payroll (Pay Net), Insurance and all other accounting functions
including Month end closing process, Bank account reconciliation and year end financials; Proficient with
Peachtree complete for windows/multi users network version. Troubleshooting, correcting software errors
and system integrity check. Supervised and trained 5 people.

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 • Oversee/Process Accounts Receivable functions and ensures that all shipments to customers have
been invoiced both timely and accurately. Oversee applying checks received to customers’ accounts.
Credit evaluations and Collections.
• Oversee/Process Accounts Payable functions by matching quantities and prices of invoices with
purchase orders, checkout expense reports, and posting vendors invoices in to the system.
• Oversee/Process weekly check runs, sign checks, and mail them out in a timely manner.
• Oversee weekly payroll processed by payroll agency and posting to general ledger.
• Process month end closing, bank accounts reconciliation’s, and prepare detailed monthly financial
analysis of financial statement to determine present and future performance, identify trends and
recommend improvements accordingly.
• Work directly with CPA; Process year end adjusting entries and Year end closing books.
• Negotiate renewal of several contracts and saved tens of thousands of dollars.
• Coordinate insurance, Worker’s comp., and Sales tax annual audits with external auditors.
• System and network administrator, provide needed help & technical support to coworkers.

• CONTRACT ASSIGNMENTS, SAN DIEGO, CA 1995 – 1997

ACCOUNTING and AUDITING: Performed different accounting assignments for several companies in Accounts
Payables, Accounts Receivables, Inventory, General Ledger, and Bank accounts reconciliation using
different Software and Computerized Accounting Systems (Peachtree, Quick books, AS 36, AS 400, ACC
PAC Plus, MAS 90/200).

• INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE - BAGHDAD, IRAQ 1981 – 1994

ACCOUNTING/AUDITING DEPT MANAGER: Planned, Organized, Administered and supervised the accounting,
Auditing, financial record keeping, and reporting activities, trained and supervised 15 people.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
• Multitask oriented with the ability to set priorities effectively.
• Good listener, follow directions, eager to learn new concepts.
• Makes things happen, works well under pressure, follow-through projects.
• Responsible, problem solver, detail oriented with a sense of urgency, can see the big picture.
• Capable of making hard decisions and not afraid of making critical judgments, when the occasion arises,
always tempered in a constructive manner.
• Possess excellent communications skills with the ability to interact with all levels of management,
strong ability to run the team, provide directions.
• Computers, Network, Hardware, MS Office 2007, Peachtree, Quick Books, Acc Pac, MAS 90/200.

REFERENCES:
• Available upon request.