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Portland, Oregon, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

Portland, Or, Us

New York, Us

Oversee team of 3 and manage month-end close process for several legal entities, including an Amsterdam company. Assist with foreign currency adjustments, prepare documents in response to audit/tax notices, liaison with insurance broker.- Review Profit &Loss and Balance Sheet statements prior to closing. Research and resolve questionable transactions and unexpected variances, particularly with effects of foreign currency realized gain/loss transactions.- Main liaison with E&Y in coordinating client prepared documents for 2015 tax return.- Manage daily cash, review weekly cash forecast, approve all disbursements, review A/R weekly.- Manage month-end close process ensuring on-time completion with aggressive schedule and reporting to the parent company. - Address various state audit notices and state tax filings/compliance issues.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Recorded revenue for entire company, $550M annually. Worked closely with business units (25) in performing intensive monthly analytical reviews of the P&L for accuracy and completion. Accounting liaison for $120M Portland hub to Seattle Corporate office. Assured local compliance with corporate accounting policies. Assisted regional management with project analysis, department budgets and forecasts, as well as research variance analysis. -Increased accuracy of Work In Process (WIP) report, significantly reducing monthly swings in revenue by establishing reporting procedures and review. -Met monthly with 25 business unit directors to provide financial analysis, review project estimates and verify/validate projections.-Participated in the implementation and testing of Viewpoint software: designed and executed user acceptance testing, report testing, and recommending fixes.-Month end close coordination, reviewed and posted journal entries; balance sheet reconciliations.-Reconciled Job Cost Sub-ledger to General ledger, researched and resolved differences between systems and coordinated with IT to resolve.-Improved accuracy in external reporting for Insurance programs. Enrolled, tracked and reported required information for third-party Owner/Contractor Controlled Insurance Programs.-Trained project managers on and facilitated the preparation of ‘Estimates to Complete’ on major construction projects, forecasting revenue.- Budget preparation and monthly variance analysis.-Participated on regional management team to provide accounting & financial guidance.

Portland, Or, Us

Created Project Reconciliation analysis for measuring profit margin on individual projects and rolled out to firm in partnership with Operations Director. Improved standard pricing templates and streamlined process for estimating work. Other responsibilities included reviewing monthly financial statements and preparing financial reporting & analysis package for President; coordinating annual review with external auditors; managing accounting staff.

Us

Responsible for revenue booked for Health Services division totaling $90M. Reviewed contract language & pricing for clarity and accuracy. Designed and implemented process to track clients' volume and ensure correct proper revenue recognition, increasing revenue by 15% over time.Prepared budget and performed variance analysis, recording expense accruals and designing revenue forecasting model. Completed quarterly financial reports for executive management. Managed Senior Accountant. Responsible for recording and reviewing booked revenue for division, totaling $90,000,000.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Served as team lead on development and implementation of new data warehouse system. Prepared monthly financial statement analyses for executive management, including presentations for Board of Directors.

Tampa, Florida, Us