SUMMARY

• Supporting Accounting Department including other senior accountants and the Vice President/Controller
• Assisted with the month end process
• Preparing client billings for out of pockets expenses, retainers and closing deals including compiling invoices and communicating with senior banking staff regarding invoice questions
• Entering subsequent payments into Peachtree accounting system
• Reconciling and follow - up on outstanding invoices

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Microsoft Dynamics AX
• Microsoft Navision
• SAP
• Sage 100 (MIP) Fund Accounting Software
• Excel (Power User)
• Sage 500 ERP
• Sage Fixed Assets
• Sx Enterprise System
• Crystal Reporting
• Hyperion Intelligence
• ADP (PayExpert & ProBusiness)
• Financial Force
• Concur Solutions
• Deltek
• AS400
• SalesForce
• Mapics

EXPERIENCE

Financial Consultant 

• Supporting Accounting Department including other senior accountants and the Vice President/Controller

• Assisted with the month end process
• Preparing client billings for out of pockets expenses, retainers and closing deals including compiling invoices and communicating with senior banking staff regarding invoice questions
• Entering subsequent payments into Peachtree accounting system
• Reconciling and follow-up on outstanding invoices
• Assisting with the month end close including preparation of journals (prepaid expenses, deferred revenues, accrued expenses, and allocations), balance sheet reconciliations and expense analyses
• Assisting with the implementation of a new accounting system as required (including user acceptance testing and documentation of procedures)
• Assisting with year-end audit 
• Assisting with ad hoc projects as needed

Confidential

Senior Accountant

• Oversaw Accounts Payable process and assisted with daily treasury activities

• Assisted with the month end process
• Managed fixed asset processing; calculating depreciation, amortization and tax reporting
• Assisted with collection process efforts
• Audited employee expense reports and credit card statements utilizing Concur
• Identified, resolved problems and inconsistencies, also suggested appropriate corrective procedures
• Allocated expenses to multiple entities
• Researched, analyzed and reconciled general ledger accounts
• Prepared supporting schedules for monthly financial statements
• Reviewed and researched information for special projects
• Assisted in preparation of year-end audits
• Assisted with ad hoc reports

Confidential

Senior Accountant 

• Oversaw Accounts Payable process, payroll activity and daily treasury activities

• Coordinated the month end process with Controller
• Assisted with fixed asset processing and reporting
• Assisted with collection process efforts
• Performed customer account analysis on as needed basis and drive resolutions to open issues with the accounts
• Audited employee expense reports and credit card statements utilizing Concur
• Identified, resolved problems and inconsistencies, also suggested appropriate corrective procedures
• Allocated expenses to multiple entities
• Researched, analyzed and reconciled general ledger accounts
• Prepared supporting schedules for monthly financial statements
• Created forecasts
• Reviewed and researched information for special projects
• Assisted in preparation of year-end audits
• Assisted with ad hoc reports

Confidential

Senior Accountant 

• Monitored, updated and ensured the accuracy of inventory

• Organized and conducted physical counts
• Performed, reviewed analytical month-end reporting narratives
• Prepared annual direct and period cost budgets
• Prepared reconciliations for multiple general ledger accounts (Inventory accounts, finished goods, packaged materials and ingredients; Accruals and Prepaids; Stock adjustments; Inventory variances accounts)
• Assisted management in the creation of new reports
• Answered external auditors or management ad-hoc requirements
• Prepared monthly analyses of spending performances in order to find and apply cost saving measures
• Monitored the budget spending of $52.2 Million for warehouses
• Analyzed the inventory movement for 6 warehouses and 30 public warehouses
• Facilitated month end close journal entries
• Assisted with preparation of month-end close and annual audit
• Corporate liaison between warehouse, public warehouse and management
• Prepared monthly inventory reports(adjustments, obsolete/slow moving, unloading/loading performance, excess and storage spending)
• Reviewed and approved invoices and PO requisitions
• Actively participated in inventory control team initiatives to improve risk management procedures

Confidential

Senior Corporate Accountant 

• Maintained consultants billable hours

• Managed Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables
• Facilitated over 100 project engagements
• Maintained a portfolio containing key information about projects such as key deliverables, issues, risks, start date, end date, progress against plan, etc.
• Oversaw collections; collected over $1 MM in bad debt this year
• Created and managed several analysis
• Administered biweekly payroll
• Assisted with preparation of month-end close and annual audit
• Coordinated the preparation of financial statements and reports
• Assisted with budgeting and forecasting for multiple programs
• Created and maintained daily product flash reports
• Managed multiple queries
• Assisted with due diligence support
• Managed merchant invoicing
• Reconciled multiple general ledger accounts

Confidential

Senior Financial Analyst 

• Accountable for creating, monitoring, and analyzing a $120 MM annual budget and monthly forecasting

• Prepared and reviewed balance sheet account reconciliations, appropriated recognition of expense and intercompany receivables
• Initiated and implemented process improvements across departments and multiple entities
• Coordinated with purchasing and sales to monitor vendor and customer rebates, including assessing the contract requirements, calculated the rebate and assessed the adequacy of the reserve.
• Prepared and reviewed monthly journal entries and supporting documentation for purposes of monthly closing process
• Analyzed and reconciled general ledger accounts
• Developed, monitored and reviewed internal control procedures surrounding routine and non-routine account transactions
• Created, analyzed and distributed daily financial flash reports results to upper management
• Backed up for payroll processing
• Developed and analyzed key metrics and data to identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiencies
• Coordinated with product development to identify slow moving and obsolete inventory, determine the appropriate remediation steps, calculated the related costs and assessed the adequacy of the recorded reserve
• Administered physical inventory preparation
• Administered physical inventory preparation
• Investigated issues per management requests and communicate collected information
• Provided due diligence and acquisition analysis support
• Assisted external auditors with quarterly and year-end audits
• Contributed ideas and innovations to improve upon existing systems, work processes and procedures, which affects month-end financial close, account analysis preparation, and financial reporting (5S CI-Continuous Improvement)

Confidential

Senior Accountant

• Managed all receivable activities: Cash and check deposits; credit cards; stock transfers; and ACH withdrawals

• Supervised four staff members in the cash application process
• Administered the calculating, posting, verifying and typing duties to obtain and record financial data for use in maintaining accounting and statistical records
• Analyzed and reconciled general ledger accounts
• Trained and assisted in reconciling bank statements
• Prepared supporting schedules for general ledger
• Prepared journal entries
• Implemented Day School billing process
• Assisted in accounts payable process
• Assisted in month-end closings and year-end audits
• Performed general ledger maintenance
• Contributed ideas and innovations to improve upon existing systems, work processes and procedures, which affected month-end financial close, account analysis preparation, and financial reporting (Six Sigma)
• Supported management through ad hoc data collecting, reporting, analysis and special projects

Confidential

Senior Accountant

• Administered duties related to fund and insurance trust accounting

• Administered accounts receivables and payables tasks
• Arranged and directed AP/AR support staffs’ duties
• Processed Broker commissions bi-weekly
• Established and maintained operating procedures
• Analyzed and reconciled general ledger accounts
• Maintained bank reconciliations
• Prepared supporting schedules for general ledger
• Prepared journal entries and posted to general ledger
• Allocated and accrued expenses for multiple entities
• Assisted in month-end closings
• Prepared financial statements for association and affiliates
• Performed general ledger maintenance
• Prepared departmental budgets and forecasts
• Handled several million dollars in governmental training grants
• Coordinated schedules, activities and reports with other departments including annual year-end audit
• Prepared a variety of 1099 and sales tax forms
• Maintained financial records for other associations
• Trained staff on new accounting packages and procedures
• Liaison to outside data consultant for system maintenance
• Performed network administrator/troubleshooter duties