PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Financial Controller

Confidential - Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Perform the activities of the corporate accounting department for the accurate and timely dissemination of financial management reports including, but not limited to, internal and external monthly financial statements, annual audits and budgets.
• Banking and cash management along wif semi-annual physical inventory reconciliations.
• Complete the quarter and year-end payroll closing including federal and state reports.
• Assure corporate income tax compliance for the accurate and timely completion of all corporate income tax returns.
• Maintain systems and controls to verify the integrity of all systems, processes and data.
• Provide oversight and leadership to others wifin the accounting/finance department.
• Respond to CFO wif accurate and timely work to facilitate their financial needs.
• Participate in a wide variety of special projects and compile a variety of special reports.

Contract Accountant

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Responsibilities:

• Working in contractor role wifin the company’s revenue functions
• Assist wif month close process via recurring entries, reporting, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Oversee monthly contract write offs and billing reclasses
• Responsible for various controls based NFCM reporting tasks
• Involved wif ad hoc projects as assigned
• Other duties include intercompany billing, bad debt reserve summaries, KPI reporting, and assisting wif audit requests

Accounting Supervisor

Confidential, Irving, TX

Responsibilities:

• Managed the month end close process, financial statement preparation and operational reporting for an international plastics distribution company headquartered in Irving, TX
• Operational field reporting for forty-five stores located in twenty states as well as Canada
• Acted as lead accounting contact for all stores and responsible for review of all reporting packages
• Other duties included intercompany accounting, bank covenant reporting, variance analysis, balance sheet and cash reconciliations, ad hoc reporting, and audit assistance
• Main ERP system used was JD Edwards EnterpriseOne while utilizing Hyperion, Excel, and Access
• Most common Excel functionality included vlookups, sumif, pivot tables, as well as macros

Finance Manager

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Manager of small FP&A department (overseeing three accountants) for an international manufacturer and seller of out-of-home entertainment games and products
• Month end close responsibilities included recurring entries, fixed asset accounting, sales versus cost of sales analysis, intercompany balancing, as well as both P&L and balance sheet reviews
• Other monthly as well as annual tasks consisted of sales and use tax returns, quarterly payroll filings, unemployment insurance tax, business tax filings, franchise tax, and state set up filings
• Managed the entire payroll and benefits process from timecards, benefit enrollments and changes, payroll reporting and reconciliation, to posting all payroll expenses
• Main GL and reporting system was NetSuite which was fully linked wif their Avalara tax system
• Most common Excel functionality included vlookups, sumif, pivot tables, as well as macros

Confidential

Accounting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed two staff level accountants that performed the same duties as listed below for a team portfolio that included twenty-five multi-family properties across five states
• Additional duties included budgeting, acclimating newly acquired properties to the company GL system, and being the main contact for owners
• Accounting oversight of fifteen multi-family properties across seven states
• Month end closing procedures, financial statement preparation, balance sheet reconciliations, and internal management reporting

Senior Accountant

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all fixed asset accounting and reporting
• Acted as mini-controller for twelve vocational schools across five states
• Property tax duties which included personal property valuations, filings, and reconciliations
• Capital lease accounting including the creation of amortization schedules and asset accounting wif these leases
• Participated heavily in monthly revenue recognition process
• Main ERP system used was Great Plains while relying on Excel and Access for most reporting functions

Sr Staff Accountant

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Journal entries (accruals, expense allocations, inter-company transactions, and reclasses)
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Capitalization, disposal and transfer of fixed assets wif company’s FAS system
• Assisted wif various types of payroll analysis such as summarization reports for federal and state taxes, reconciling the company’s general ledger to ADP reports, and creating accrual journal entries to post estimated tax payments
• Creation and implementation of depreciation schedules and report structures (via reporting trees along wif row & column layouts created in FRx Professional system)
• GL account coding for high volume of vendor invoices
• Assisted wif creating inter control procedures for SOX compliance
• Used both Excel and Access extensively along wif EPICOR and Frx Professional as the main GL and query systems

Contract Accountant

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for accounting as well as financial reporting for various deals, wif each deal consisting of several legal entities
• Accounting consisted of typical general ledger responsibilities ranging from close procedures to recurring journal entries and eventually the completion of account reconciliations
• Every entity requires its own set of financials along wif various analyses which includes variance, trend, and cost analysis
• Ultimately, every entity requires its own tax package. These packages included summarized detail of all revenue and operating expense activity for the entire year
• Supply documents and ad hoc summaries to internal and external auditors
• Used Excel extensively along using PeopleSoft as one of our main reporting tools