John Harland

Current

• Assistant Controller at Zacks Investment Research

Past

• Treasury Manager at Kehe Food Distributors
• Finance Consultant at Robert Half Finance & Accounting
• Accounting Supervisor at Pregis

• Multiple Positions at Univar Corporation

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Education

• Northern Illinois University
• Miami University
• Rich Central

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Connections

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Industry

Financial Services

John Harland’s Summary

I am an accounting management professional with a broad and extensive experience in general accounting, treasury management, inventory management issues, and office administration. I have a strong background in ERP with specific expertise in SAP and JD Edwards software applications. Experienced in training and in leading productive teams. A dependable team player with an eye for detail.

John Harland’s Specialties:

I have over 15 years of work experience in wholesale chemical and food distribution organizations.

Areas of expertise include:

1. Monthend, quarterly, year end closes.
2. P & L variance analysis
3. Cash forecasting and payables mgt.
4. Credit and collections
5. Inventory cycle counts and analysis.

Over the course of my work history, I have worked extensively with the following ERP and other software systems.

1. JD Edwards and SAP
2. Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access

John Harland’s Experience

• Assistant Controller

  Zacks Investment Research

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Assistant Controller overseeing the treasury, as well as many other accounting related functions.

• Treasury Manager

  Kehe Food Distributors

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  June 2007 — January 2008 (8 months)

  As Treasury Manager, I oversaw such treasury functions as cash forecasting, loan review and compliance, banking relationship management, reviewing of weekly check releases from Accounts Payable, and transferring of funds.
  Additionally, I created a balance sheet template used by the company Controller, to easily assess the compliance of each account to GAAP.

• Finance Consultant

  Robert Half Finance & Accounting

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RHI; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  July 2006 — June 2007 (1 year )

• Accounting Supervisor

  Pregis

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Packaging and Containers industry)

  July 2005 — June 2006 (1 year )

• Multiple Positions

  Univar Corporation

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Chemicals industry)

  April 1990 — June 2005 (15 years 3 months)

  While at Univar (formerly Chemcentral) I performed several positions including, Inventory Control Analyst, Manager of Corporate Programs, and Accounting Manager.

John Harland’s Education

• Northern Illinois University

  MBA , Masters of Business Administration , 2002 — 2004

• Miami University

  BS , Accounting / Finance , 1983 — 1987

• Rich Central

Additional Information

John Harland’s Groups:

The Executive Status Network

•    TUG Network
•    Zacks Investment Research
•    Jackson Wabash: The Experts in Financial Staffing