Financial Accountant/Analyst Resume NY - Hire IT People

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

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.