Greater Phoenix Area
Senior-level accountant with 20 years of varied experiences working in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments • Experience in monthly reporting, accounting analysis and systems including Lawson, Oracle, JD Edwards, SAP and HFM. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong attention to detail. • Increasingly responsible roles in financial analysis and reporting. • Leadership experience with Process improvements, Sarbanes-Oxley, and employee training and supervision.
• Manage over 20,000 fixed assets with net book value of approximately $60 million in over 300 locations. • Perform revenue recognition analysis and entries for warranty liability and deferred revenue • Manage asset dispositions for closed stores • Match cash proceeds to asset retirements. • Perform mass asset additions for new stores • Reconcile fixed assets • Reconcile deferred revenue and warranty liability • Defer and recognize revenue related to warranty sales • Integrate store acquisitions into fixed assets • Perform roll forward of fixed asset balances and match new assets to general ledger balances • Adhere to strict month end close deadlines. • Successfully meet all work deadlines while working remotely • Review invoices for assets meeting capitalization requirements • Perform expense account review • Calculate estimates of asset values and depreciation for new stores. Work with actuaries for new store asset valuations • Maintained capital lease liability schedules and assisted transition to ASC 842
• Review and approve vouchers, billings, credit memos and journal entries • Responsible for fixed assets, valued over $11 million • Performed a fixed asset audit, resting in the disposal of $2.6 million in assets no longer in service. • Audit lead for annual inventory count • Perform monthly reconciliation of multiple general ledger accounts. • Perform daily management and reconciliation of cash activity • Prepare and process manual journal entries • Calculate and initiate monthly commission payments for sales representatives • Review, approve and fund weekly employee payroll. • Presented audit findings and process improvement recommendations to senior leadership.
• Responsible for all general ledger accounting Entries • Monthly close of general ledger • Maintain fixed asset records, depreciate fixed assets and add new fixed assets. • Reconcile all general ledger accounts. • Maintain cost of goods sold detail and determine when revenue recognition is necessary • Created detailed reports and records for external auditors • Performed analysis of monthly revenue and expense totals • Provided significant assistance to transition when company was purchased • Mentored and assisted junior accountant • Provided detailed reconciliations of customer and vendor account balances • Maintained all financial records, both hard copy and online. • Performed frequent ad hoc analysis and reporting requests • Created and posted invoices for customers and vendors • Record cash receipts and disbursements • Prepared annual revenue and expense budget.
Responsible for accounting entries, analysis and month end close for medium sized newspaper site Reconcile cash receipts, prepaid and accounts receivable accounts Reconciliation and reporting of capital expenditures Improved cash reconciliation process Perform quarterly inventory audits and reconciliation Prepare and distribute monthly financial statements Perform quarterly newspaper carrier returns audits Prepare weekly analysis and reconciliation of newsprint expenses Perform weekly reconciliation of newspaper fliers and inserts vs billing Analyze and approve the monthly reporting of newsprint, newspaper inserts and inventories Prepare and process multiple accrual and correcting journal entries Calculate and file sales & use taxes Track and accrued for property tax Calculate and adjust for required bad debt reserve Forecast expenses for sales tax, property tax and bad debt Perform monthly expense variance analysis Work for multiple newspaper sites in the west region Point of contact for audit inquiries related to revenue and cash
Reconciled accounts receivable and accrual accounts on the balance sheet. Reported month end financial results using Hyperion. Prepared and processed multiple month end journal entries. Reviewed journal entries prepared by offshore personnel Prepared and presented training using Power Point Prepared detailed desk procedures describing tasks and responsibilities. Trained offshore personnel and assisted in the transition to a global financial services center. Provided support for tax department during annual tax preparation Provided a monthly analysis of the profit and loss statement Prepared a monthly high level balance sheet review for director Prepared and presented a monthly balance sheet variance analysis for CFO Maintained and updated monthly recurring journal entries. Acted as the relationship manager for CFO Assisted with acquisition of new title companies Assisted management with ad hoc research requests. Prepared and reviewed month end financial statements Created financial reports for management Answered questions from and assisted offshore personnel.