Charles Kendall

518 Cambridge Street

Allston, Massachusetts
617-686-7339
ckdc9b98@westpost.net

OBJECTIVE
I am interested in keeping active in the working environment while sharing my ex
perience base with others just getting established in their
7/2009 - Present Real Estate Rental Agent, Boston Realty Associates, Boston, M
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4/6/1991 - Present Partner, Chez Bella Salon, Allston, Ma
7/2006 - 5/2008 Owner, Bronzage, Bromfield Street, Boston, Ma. A Full servic
e salon and tanning business.
7/1999 - 6/2006 Financial Services Manager, Bechtel Infrastructure, Boston, M
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I handled financial reporting for the Management Consultant to the Central Arter
y/Third Harbor Tunnel Project; managed the Joint Venture books of Bechtel/Parson
s Brinckerhoff; supervised the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Manag
ement and Government Audits Supervisors. I was responsible for the cash forecast
ing, and general financial management of the Joint Venture. Oversight included c
onstant interfacing with 21 major sub consultants to the joint venture and the o
verall review of each of their contracts.
Additional responsibilities included oversight of audits in progress and the pri
mary contact for local, state and federal audit agencies on a regular basis, gen
eral ledger maintenance and oversight of all financial month-end and year end re
porting to the partners.
The asset inventory and bar coding system as well as expense reporting and regul
ar monitoring of the project vehicle fleet expenses was also one of my duties.
7/1987 - 6/1999 Senior Project Accountant. Bechtel Infrastructure, Boston, M
assachusetts.
Full cycle Accounts Payable including check runs, journal entry preparation, acc
ount reconciliations and coding. Maintain and create vendor files, purchase orde
rs and calculations including taxes, discounts and bill backs. Proficient with c
ontract reviews. I proactively managed sales tax exemption certificates. I Manag
ed an increase in workload through workplace and personal organization, time man
agement, concentration and motivation. Identified and implemented process effici
encies. Office administration coverage including general office functions, openi
ng mail, answering phones, and providing administrative support for other manage
rs.

3/1986 - 7/1987 Assistant Project Accounting Manager, Lehrer/McGovern/Bovis,

Inc., New York, NY
Project coordination and conversion of Construction Management Information Sys
tem prime computer system; trained all project accountants on the computer proce
ssing requirements and financial milestone management.
6/1985 - 3/1986 Project Accountant, Lehrer/McGovern Bovis, Inc., New York, NY
Responsible for assigned projects including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, St
atue of Liberty and the Statue of Liberty Museum, Liberty Island. Set up initial
cost estimates, created requisitioning procedures, prepared monthly and annual
projections and reviewed monthly cost ledgers, reports, and budgets with assigne
d project management. I requisitioned owners in accordance with contract terms a
nd coordinated consultant invoicing and payments.

1/1985 - 6/1985 Accounts Payable Staff Accountant, New England Medical Center
, Boston, Ma.
I coordinated the daily invoice balance report for the Hospital MEDITECH Syste
m from manual batch logs. Maintained and adjusted purchase order files, payable
files and coordinated vendor debit memos and vendor credits. I maintained the ac
tivity reports, validation reporting, cash disbursement schedule and monthly rec
onciliation to the general ledger. Initiated cost recovery measures by seeking v
astly overlooked vendor credits.
7/1984 - 1/1985 Consultant/Accountant, Robert Half Account Temps, Boston, Ma.
I completed activities at various companies on an on-call basis. Tasks include
d working with deferred revenues, reconciliation of general ledger accounts, ban
k statements, rewriting Mutual Funds, Creation of Trial Balances, Income Stateme
nts, and performing amortizations. Work for Robert Half completed while attendin
g school full time.
7/1979 - 6/1984 Affiliate Accounting Coordinator, Badger America, Cambridge,
Ma.
I coordinated the invoicing and receipt of international invoices for the comp
any as well as having had an active role in the accounts receivable and payables
functions. I also reviewed and prepared for payment employee expense reporting
.
7/1974 - 6/1979 Engineering Aide, Badger America, Cambridge, Ma
Assisted engineers in the packaging of engineering bid packages, drawing dupli
cation, all copying needs and document distribution company-wide.
MBA - Regis University, 9/1997 to 5/1999, Denver, Colorado
Some Additional Skills: Excel/Word, Fin Mgmt, Gov Contract Auditing, Oracle, Ti
mberline, Proj Mgmt.
Real Estate Salesperson - July 2009
Notary Public - Commission Expires 02/10/2017
United States Coast Guard 1969-1973 Honorable Discharge