1. Alvin William Bretz III
116 Brackett Street
Swansea, Illinois 62226
(618) 971-1777
abretz06@yahoo.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Sher Group October 2015-April 2016
Primary Responsibilities
• Preparation of client financial reviews
• Working with vendor to obtain solution for clients
• Calculation collection and processing of quarterly fees
• Accounts payable/receivable
Wells Fargo Advisors (K-Force ) October 2013-April 2015
Primary Responsibilities
• Process outgoing and incoming Alternative Investments
• Process daily reporting to management
• Answering call from branches regarding procedures and policies
• Handled the more complex and escalated issues
• Training and leading team on processing and procedures
TIAA-CREF (Aerotek Inc.) August 2010-April 2013
Primary Responsibilities
• Create and issue Monthly Client Accounting Reports
• Process all Client Checks and invoices
• Input new accounts
• Maintain database
• System Testing
• Client Conversion
• Annual Tax reporting
Sears Inc
Primary Responsibilities October 1988-March 2013
• Sales of large appliances
• Sales of Maintenance contracts
• Customer follow up and lead development
US BANK INC June 2006 to December 2007
St Louis, Missouri
Financial Analyst/Accountant
Primary Responsibilities
• Perform month end close and reconciliation for multiple business units sing
advanced VBA techniques to steamline and automate process.
• Analysis of revenue and expenses via Hyperion Essbase
• Analysis of capital expenditures compared to plan
• Responsible for year end budget for multiple business lines
2. Alvin William Bretz III
116 Brackett Street
Swansea, Illinois 62226
(618) 971-1777
abretz06@yahoo.com
• Team lead on database development and receivable automation project upload
to Lawson to reduce cost and streamline payment process .
• Identified key cost drivers to be reduced via capital expenditures
• Implemented new volume database to streamline reporting process
• Developed database to more accurately account for temporary staffing
• Team member on standardizing monthly business reviews
• Process and analyze receivables for multiple business lines
• Provided training to personnel regarding the new expense tracking database
• Analysis and create monthly business review for several business lines, which
included variance commentary, unit cost, trend analysis, risk and opportunities
to upper management
• Assist with month end consolidations and accruals
Sungard Wealth Management March 2000 to June 2006
(FKA Union Planters Trust Operations
Belleville, Illinois
Lead Fee Processor
Primary Responsibilities
• Processing and analysis of trust fees for multiple institutions
• Development of databases used for statement and receivables processing and
tracking for client organizations.
• Ad hoc reporting via MS Query and SQL databases primarily into Excel for
further analysis.
• Provide direction to staff regarding complex fee structures and client requests
• Test all system upgrade and beta testing
• Member of conversion team assisting with institution conversion and system
enhancements
Bank of America (FKA NationsBank, and June 1985- January 2000
Boatmen’s Bank)
St Louis Missouri
Sales Assistant /Brokerage Operations
Primary Responsibilities
• Process equity and fixed income trades on behalf of client
• Work closely with brokerage operations to obtain any margin and additional
paperwork requirements
• Developed Client seminars and sale leads for assigned brokers
• Market monitoring for clients and brokers
• Securities processing including research, reorganizations, corporate actions and
safekeeping
EDUCATION
Webster University
3. Alvin William Bretz III
116 Brackett Street
Swansea, Illinois 62226
(618) 971-1777
abretz06@yahoo.com
St Louis Missouri
MBA- Finance
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville Illinois
BSBA- Economics/ Marketing
Belleville Area College
Belleville Illinois
Associates of Science –Accounting
SKILLS
Microsoft Word, Advanced Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint,
Crystal Software, SQL, VBA, Hyperion, PeopleSoft , Adobe ,Sharepoint