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Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

• Lead and manage all aspects of finance, accounting, and human resources, for a fast-paced, high growth, international luxury real estate auction company.
• Transformed accounting practices by implementing GAAP based financial reporting and monthly close process to provide consistent, accurate, and timely financial reporting, allowing for better business decisions and.
• Manage treasury functions including cash management and debt covenant compliance.
• Work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and technology to assist with pricing, KPI's, forecasting, budgeting, and people management.
• Work with executive team to develop and maintain a fun and cohesive company culture, resulting in improved recruiting, hiring, and employee retention.

Austin, TX

• Managed foreign and domestic payroll, customer invoicing and collections, accounts payable, and monthly close process, including review of monthly activity prepared by accounting department and review of consolidation.
• Lead and managed company financial compliance including preparation of annual financial statements, preparation of monthly bank compliance reports, all accounting activity for the company including the monthly close.
• Worked cross-functionally with FP&A team by assisting with cash management and forecasting, budget to actual variance analysis, cost analysis and forecasting, and preparing due diligence requests.
• Exercised technical accounting knowledge and research skills, consulting with external advisers as needed, to provide recommendations on technical accounting and reporting matters, foreign tax compliance, foreign and.
• Prepared all GAAP and non-GAAP financial reporting for timely presentation to executive management.

• Prepared annual budget and monthly forecasting for management, including analyzing variances to budget, forecast, and prior year, and provided management recommendations for operational changes to prevent future.
• Managed foreign and domestic accounting teams across multiple business units and consolidated information for division management.
• Developed revised processes and controls to assist with successful transition to centralized accounting model while maintaining SOX compliance.

• Managed teams on quarterly and annual filings for a variety of public and private clients including those in manufacturing, software, construction, and semiconductor industries.
• Expanded technical knowledge over IFRS accounting rules through developing procedures and checklists for audit, as well as performing and reviewing testwork on clients reporting in IFRS.
• Assisted on special projects including acquisitions, restatements, and SOX compliance consulting.

• Utilized critical thinking skills and applied technical knowledge of audit and accounting rules including US GAAP, US GAAS, and ICOFR to create audit procedures, perform control and substantive testwork, articulate.
• Assisted on special projects including acquisitions, debt filings, and go-private transactions.

Mpa, Accounting

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting

Activities and Societies: Delta Sigma Pi

Bba, Accounting