Andre Eubanks Email & Phone Number

Burbank, California, Us

• Brought accounting in-house from outsourced vendor and served as implementation lead on GL and Payables solutions.• Developed structure of finance department, wrote job descriptions and hired staff.• Managed the daily operations of the AP, AR, Cash Management and General Ledger functions.• Led month end close process, including review and approval of month end journal entries and accruals, and prepared periodic financial statements.• Established internal controls for approval workflows, facilitation of payment and 3rd party systems. • Managed staff of 8 made up of 3 AP and 5 GL personnel and managed performance and provided ongoing training.• Assist with collection and submission of year end PBC requests.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

• Oversaw and managed all functions of the accounting department including AP, AR, cash management and close cycles.• Developed and improved account reconciliation formats to enhance visibility for potential correction for all balance sheet accounts.• Established internal controls for approval workflows and ERP user entitlements. • Managed staff of 8 and managed performance, provided ongoing training, and coached on GAAP and best practice standards. • Assess current processes and procedures, document each process with workflow and key controls as needed, and make recommendations for improvements.

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Responsible for management of consolidated financial reporting over the balance sheet, cash flow & intercompany functions and preparation of internal financial reports.• Detailed analysis of account balances, investigating & understanding fluctuations and ensuring account balance accuracy in multiple currencies.• Resolving account balance differences, including posting correcting journal entries and management of variance analysis. • Communicate with regional controllers internationally to explain/resolve material variances and system issues.• Primary contact for quarterly audit requests, both internal and external.• Assist Director with adhoc projects for the senior leadership team.

• Oversaw all aspects of accounting including AP, AR, Cash Control and Fixed Assets for all 4 brands of the company, including Canada.• Developed and maintained various KPI dashboards to simplify and enhance internal reporting.• Prepared annual budgets and quarterly forecast• Coordinate month end close and prepare consolidated financial statements.• Manage hedging of foreign currencies and facilitate purchase and sale of forward contracts.• Developed and implemented new processes and procedures to enhance the workflow of the organization.• Approve check runs, ACH payments, and treasury management including daily cash flow and foreign exchange currency hedges.• Periodic preparation of various quarterly and annual filings for sales tax, payroll and 1099s.• Work with external CPAs for annual financial audit and consolidated financial statement review.• Manage and mentor a staff of three accountants responsible for the daily A/P, A/R, Treasury and Reporting functions.

Controller 11/2014-03/2015• Responsible for all accounting, financial and cash management items for the Advanced Oxidation Process division, with revenues in excess of $12M.• Human Resources activities including but not limited to, onboarding new employees, processing terminations in ADP.• Manage 401K, medical, dental, COBRA and vision insurance policies.• Payroll processing including timecard audits and maintaining employee records in ADP.• Assist with preparation of various quarterly and annual filings for sales tax and payroll.• Generate and distribute 1099s for vendors and contractors.• Managed the audit process and with external auditors including preparation of PBC schedules.• Developed policies and procedures for how accounting department interacts with customers, vendors and sales team.Accounting Manager 12/2013-11/2014• Manage and mentor a staff of three accountants responsible for the daily A/P, A/R and billing functions. • Responsible for closing individual sub-modules and preparing multi-currency bank reconciliations and assist with preparation of monthly reporting package.• Perform financial analyses on business units and total company results.

Long Beach, Ca, Us

• Managed staff of six for the day-to-day operations of cashiering, accounts receivable, interest distribution, general ledger and various bank reconciliations.• Approved ACH/check disbursements, A/R analysis, aging, collections, journal entries, fund reconciliations and write-offs.• Approved processing of Cash Posting Orders and oversaw the reconciliation of the Bank of CSU for distribution to campuses.• Prepared quarterly $75M investment roll forward schedule and distributed interest earnings to participants.• Reviewed departmental policies, procedures, and practices to ensure efficiency, internal controls and quality customer service were at optimal levels.• Calculate and distribute quarterly lottery allocation and ensure fund expenditures are used appropriately.• Performed implementation of Accounts Receivable/Billing module within PeopleSoft and developed operational procedures for day-to-day tasks.• Coordinated collection of documents to provide external auditors for Interim and year-end audits.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Accounting Supervisor 06/2009 – 12/2012 • Managed staff of six and performed review and approval of all journal entries and account analysis.• Coordinated with A/P, Treasury and other internal groups to ensure all transactions were posted correctly in a timely manner for month end close. • Served as GL administrator for the Wells Fargo Corporate Card program which served over 500 cardholders and averaged $10M monthly over 77,000 transactions.• Performed full implementation of 37,000 assets during PeopleSoft Fixed Assets module upgrade and developed policies and procedures for daily operations. • Accommodated external auditors’ requests during quarterly reviews and year-end audits.Senior Accountant 03/2008 - 06/2009• Recorded US side of various intercompany transactions, including trade, loan and interest activity.• Performed quarterly analysis of critical accrual schedules including unrecorded liabilities, legal, audit, tax and other miscellaneous item.• Month end Journal Entries and Account Reconciliations.• Reconciled and uploaded financial statements from affiliate entities.

Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Jp

• Conduct thorough, in-depth analysis of various GL accounts related to transportation claims.• Responsible for supporting and coordinating financial analysis projects and statistical studies. • Running billing and other financial reports, balancing to the general ledger, processing billing re-classes, and reconciling financial reports to various accounting/financial systems.• Monthly account status meeting with team to identify carrier collection issues and provide recommendations on resolution.• Initiated creation of GL Reconciliation Procedure manual.• General ledger account reconciliations, Prepares inter company journal vouchers for claims activity. • Devised a system to create a journal entry report that segregated potential items for reclassification.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Run monthly consolidated financial statements for 3 entities.• Review coding of invoices for each of the assigned properties• Review and establish cost centers relating to Capital Expenditures at the property level.• Prepare month end Capital accruals.• Established and implemented a system for tracking assets.• Prepare and file required state and federal returns and reports.• Prepare journal entries to record various Depletion, Accretion and Amortization.• Calculate allocation of expenses and accruals of each entity, based on production results of each property.• Perform variance analysis after close and researched items that met the materiality threshold.• Served as the Insurance Administrator, managing all policies and coordinating the renewal process.

Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Jp

• Proactively prepare Journal Entries to reclassify invoices posted to invalid Department/Project codes.• Managed Fixed Asset capitalization and depreciation through creation of purchase orders and thorough analysis of invoices processed. • Analyze Fixed Assets Depreciation reports for accuracy and consistency.• Maintain telecommunications database to track the spending and identify trends to assist in budgeting and forecasting processes.

• Processed approximately 900 invoices for payment each month, which entails coding, and entering in an in-house system.• Conduct a thorough analysis of the invoices to ensure that we are being billed properly, and contact vendor for any discrepancies we may have.• Record and allocate any refunds or credits that are received from the vendors.• Prepare month end accruals and journal entries.• Devised and maintained a telecommunications database to track the spending and performed an analysis to identify trends, and make budgetary adjustments.• Established a reporting system to track cellular usage of over 1,400 cellular phones, and provided such information to upper management on a quarterly basis.• Created a database to link personal communications devices to each employee, using employee numbers to accurately track company assets.• Created a Purchase Order Balance report that provided the current balance of the active purchase orders within the organization.• Assisted with invoice processing, which primarily entailed coding.• Reconciled timesheets with vendor invoices.• Conducted account analysis on a regular basis to pinpoint any anomalies that may cause a significant variance to the budget• Served as back up to perform other miscellaneous financial tasks such as processing credits, preparing journal entries and account reconciliation.