Financial Accountant/analyst Resume
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NY
SUMMARY
- A results oriented & focused professional with comprehensive knowledge.
- Experience in financial accounting and analysis in firms of varying sizes. The last sixteen years in the same company.
- Experience in preparing monthly financial statements by collecting data; analyzing and investigating variances; summarizing data, information and trends.
- Skilled in presenting accounting and finance issues to all levels of management in a comprehensible manner.
- Skilled in generating all spreadsheets used by outside auditors to prepare Federal and State Tax returns.
- Demonstrated expertise in financial analysis/planning, budgeting and process analysis.
- Experienced preparing State Sales and Use Tax, Local Tax and Payroll Tax Returns.
- Proficient in Excel, Opera, M3 and several in - house systems.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- General Ledger
- Balance Sheet
- Accounts Payable/Receivable
- All Financial Statements
- Excel Spreadsheets
- Budgeting
- Tax Handling
- Management Reporting
- Financial Planning and Analysis
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, NY
Financial Accountant/Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Total responsibility for all accounting, budgeting and analysis functions.
- Prepared spreadsheets for outside auditors and assisted in due diligence audits.
- Prepared all monthly financial statements and collecteted; analyzed and investigated data variances; prepared budgets and developed forecasts.
- Reconsiled all financial reports and bank statements.
- Responded to accounting/finance inquires by gathering, analyzing, summarizing and interpreting data.
- Prepared all State Sale Use Tax, County Rent Tax and Payroll Tax returns.
- Complied with state, federal and local tax filing requirements by researching regulations; adhering to requirements; advising management on required action and assembled data for annual tax filing.
- Negotiated tax settlement with the State of New York and had assessment reduced by $45,000.
- Conserved company resources by implementing automated accounting system to replace manual system.
- Create, prepare and maintain extensive Excel spreadsheets to generate appropriate journal entries from raw data related to lodging, restaurant and lounge activities.
- Re-design of system allowed for reduction by half of time allotted to accounting functions.
- Generated extensive management accounting and analysis reports using Excel.
- Assisted in implementation of M3 accounting system for newly acquired property.
Confidential, Bellmore, NY
Financial Account Manager
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for sales and comparative analysis of various mortgage rates and offerings.
- Acted as liaison with several banks and lenders.
Confidential, New York, NY
Finance Manager
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for financial analysis and budgeting for $160 million operation.
- Managed Balance Sheet accruals as well as the Royalty, Accounts Payable, Cash, Inventory, Cost and Tax Departments.
- Dramatically improved both inventory control and the accuracy of cost of goods sold calculations by developing new on-line system reports and Excel spreadsheets
- Was able to reduce annual staffing costs by $40,000 by creating and implementing inventory reports.
- Reduced time needed to prepare semi-annual royalty statements by over 40 hours by re-engineering process.
- Re-negotiated payment schedules during short cash period that allowed average payable age to increase to 153 days from a normal of 40 days, while protecting vendor relationships.
- Reviewed a previously negotiated tax settlement with the State of New York and had assessment reduced by $80,000.
- Decentralized budgeting process by fully involving the division heads
- Responsible for reviewing financial results and generating reports to explain variances and trends.
- Prepared all state Sales and Use Tax and City Rent Tax returns.
- Generated all spreadsheets used by outside auditors to prepare Federal and State Income Tax returns.