Pearland, Texas, United States
A highly skilled and results-oriented accounting professional with extensive experience in financial reporting, tax compliance, intercompany accounting, and process automation across diverse industries, including energy, finance, and corporate accounting. Expertise in GAAP, multi-entity reconciliations, CapEx/OpEx budgeting, and variance analysis, with a focus on optimizing financial operations, ensuring compliance, and driving strategic decision-making. Proficient in ERP systems such as QuickBooks, Lawson, and Blackline, along with advanced Excel automation, to streamline workflows, reduce inefficiencies, and deliver data-driven insights that enhance financial accuracy and operational efficiency. Adept at managing complex financial transactions in fast-paced, high-pressure environments while collaborating with senior leadership, auditors, and cross-functional teams to achieve corporate objectives. Committed to leveraging financial expertise to support business success, with a strong focus on continuous process improvement, regulatory compliance, and strategic financial planning. Open to opportunities in corporate accounting, financial analysis, and senior accounting roles. Let’s connect!
• Executed comprehensive accounting functions to maintain the general ledger in strict compliance with GAAP and company policies, ensuring accurate recording and reconciliation of fixed assets, debt, inter company transactions, and all related journal entries. • Accelerated the monthly close process by 20%, effectively organizing internal deadlines, preparing balance sheet reconciliations, recording cash application journal entries, and analyzing large data sets within a rigorous six-day accounting close cycle. • Collaborated cross-functionally with internal departments and external vendors to maintain up-to-date records of fixed assets and debt, resolve discrepancies, and ensure the accuracy of amortization, depreciation, and other financial transactions. • Enhanced reporting efficiency by 30% by preparing and delivering detailed financial analyses, reconciliations, and audit reports to management and external auditors, identifying key trends, and recommending process improvements for greater accuracy. • Managed multiple high-pressure projects while adhering to strict deadlines, resolving system errors related to fixed assets and debt, and performing additional accounting tasks as needed to support departmental objectives.
• Managed financial reconciliation for over 3,600 projects across 110 entities monthly, compiling open work order schedules to align actual project costs and overhead with budgeted figures, ensuring financial accuracy and compliance. • Automated financial data processing using Excel macros, extracting and formatting key accounting data from ERP systems, cuts manual processing time by 40%, and increases reporting efficiency for open work order schedules. • Conducted variance analysis for 120+ entities, investigating fluctuations of over 3% in monthly depreciation summaries, while maintaining 100% accuracy in Accumulated Depreciation reports for Terminals, Products, and CO₂ accounts. • Led financial planning and variance analysis for over 130 entities, compiling and summarizing CapEx and OpEx overhead expenditures by project, comparing financial figures and ratios across periods, and conducting gain/loss reconciliations to support strategic decision-making. • Streamlined financial reporting and audit processes, preparing and delivering monthly closing packages using Lawson, Smart Office, and Adobe, facilitating audits through Blackline, and overseeing the monthly opening and closing of AFEs. • Enhanced team efficiency and software adoption, introducing Adobe Acrobat DC to accounting leadership, securing approval for company-wide implementation, and training colleagues both in-person and virtually to ensure seamless integration.
• Spearheaded the preparation and filing of over 500 complex tax returns annually, including 1065, 1120, and 1040 forms, ensuring 100% compliance with federal, state, and local tax regulations for individuals, corporations, and multi-entity businesses across more than 10 states. • Expertly navigated complex U.S. And international tax regulations, proactively identifying tax-saving opportunities, while managing timely tax filings, reducing penalties, and enhancing financial efficiency for diverse clients. • Maintained impeccable financial accuracy, executing 100% error-free general ledger reconciliations, journal entries, and corporate financial statement preparations, contributing to a 30% improvement in audit readiness and reporting efficiency. • Optimized financial management processes, leveraging QuickBooks and advanced accounting systems to compile and analyze balance sheets, draft high-quality financial statements, and prepare precise tax records for strategic decision-making. • Provided high-impact client consultation and resolution, engaging directly with taxpayers and beneficiary representatives to resolve tax concerns, streamline case data management, and expedite proceedings with unmatched efficiency.