Andrew Wright Email & Phone Number

Morrisville, NC

Morrisville, NC

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Morrisville, NC

• Established financial close process.
• Managed and developed accounting staff of 3, including training on excel and financial operations best practices.
• Responsible for accounting, tax, business licenses, financial operations, and cash management.
• Implemented a new ERP system, NetSuite, and acted as system administrator.
• Established and documented processes within and across departments for invoicing, RMA, RTV, et al.

• Accomplishments: Reduced department close schedule by 1 day through process improvement and working with business partners to improve accruals. Increased the quality of reconciliations and financial filing footnotes.
• Review variance analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, audit documentation, and other reports for accuracy.
• Provide input and estimates of the impact of potential new accounting policies for leases.

• Accomplishments: Transitioned both XBRL filing and SEC filing from outside service to internal, saving money and increasing flexibility. Improved processes in the form 11k for benefit plan audits resulting in more.
• Reviewed and edited SEC filings and worked with auditors and internal departments on issues.
• Reviewed new accounting guidance and issued accounting policies.

• Accomplishments: Reduced department close schedule 1.5 days by developing methods to estimate accruals and working with management across the company to change processes.
• Review variance analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, audit documentation, and other reports for accuracy.
• Review accounting policies for new transactions.

• Accomplishments: Helped my staff work on development issues, resulting in promotions for the majority.
• Supervised 3-6 Senior and Staff Accountants and provided developmental feedback.
• Reviewed account reconciliations, variance explanations, and audit documentation prepared by staff.

• Accomplishments: Reduced preparation time for the medical plan audit from 5 months to 2 months by working with external auditors to reduce the number and complexity of audit documentation. Developed Access-based tools.
• Prepared quarterly W2 for Chairman and CEO.
• Managed sensitive P&L lines such as Management Bonus and Medical Expense.
• Mentored Staff Accountants and assisted with… Show more
• Mentored Staff Accountants and assisted with development plans for performance issues. Show less

• Accomplishments: Developed Excel and Access-based tracking tool for freight claims that were previously tracked only in hard copy.
• Reviewed and approved claims against carriers for damaged or lost merchandise.

Developed reporting tools for performance metrics in Freight Payables department.

Mba, Accounting

Bba, Finance

Music

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