April Pitts, Mba Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas

Birmingham, Alabama

• Responsible for monthly close as well as maintenance of all accounting ledgers including monthly review of account reconciliations and journal entries of 100+ accounts for 4 subsidiaries• Preparation and review monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports with revenues of $120 million including 2 broker dealers and 3 subsidiaries• Analyze activity for revenue and expense accruals needed • Provide explanations of variances to CFO monthly• Prepare trial balances for Regulatory Reporting monthly FOCUS filing to FINRA• Oversee and compile reconciliations of 3 Inter-company accounts for monthly settlement with the parent company• Supervise payroll processing of 300+ employees • Work with internal and external audit during year end financial statement audit• Special projects as needed

Birmingham, Al

• Responsible for monthly close as well as maintenance of all accounting ledgers including monthly review of account reconciliations and journal entries of 200+ accounts for 9 subsidiaries• Preparation and review monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports with revenues of $500 million including 2 broker dealers and 7 subsidiaries• Analyze activity for revenue and expense accruals needed • Provide explanations of variances to CEO and CFO monthly• Prepare trial balances for Regulatory Reporting monthly FOCUS filing to FINRA• Oversee and compile reconciliations of 25+ Inter-company accounts for monthly settlement with the parent company• Supervise general accounting processes of $30 million in Fixed Assets and financial reporting of all entities• Supervise payroll processing of 300+ employees • Prepare tax apportionment schedules for the tax reporting group and coordinate with outside tax advisors for filing• Implemented new financial reporting software on time and on budget as well as maintain data integrity for all subsidiaries using the software• Successfully streamlined all financial reports for 9 subsidiaries• Responsible for documenting accounting internal controls to be in compliance with 17a-5 control framework• Onboarding of new acquisitions as related to accounting processes• Work with internal and external audit during year end financial statement audit. Work on personal property tax, sales & use tax, 401k and other various audits• Special projects as needed

Memphis, Tn

• Plans, organizes, assigns, reviews, evaluates, and trains the work of assigned professional support staff• Assists in closing books monthly, quarterly and at year end upon completion of annual audit• Reviews all journal entries related to the acquisition, transfer, depreciation, and disposal of fixed assets and capital projects• Performs internal audits of fixed assets (May make correcting journal entries in assigned areas)• Maintains the various ledger accounts including reconciliation of the general ledger, revenue accounts, expenditures, and cash balances for various branch and departments• Reviews accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations and makes or directs correcting entries• Prepares, maintains control, and is responsible for subsidiary accounting records involving a variety of transactions and accounts• Reviews monthly sales and use tax returns for multiple states as well as related audits• Prepares business licenses, personal property tax and annual reports for 50+ locations nationwide• Prepares Net Capital calculation for monthly reporting to FINRA in accordance with Rule 15c3-1• Prepares quarterly reports for ASC820 (formerly FAS157 -Fair Market Value of securities) reporting disclosure in the financial statements• Posts journal entries to mark securities inventory to market price for financial statement reporting• Provides input into goal setting process for the commission department• Assists in audits of financial statements and varied fiscal reports• Reviews and recommends modifications to accounting systems and procedures• Provides technical support to outside auditors and governmental program auditors• Posts data to various ledgers, registers, journals and logs following established accounting techniques and procedures

Memphis, Tn

• Assisted branch managers and financial advisors in reconciling commission blotters• Worked with IT department on programming changes related to commissions• Posted journal entries to correct payroll for financial advisors• Reconciled commission income for financial statement reporting• Processes all fixed asset invoices for monthly financial reporting using Sage FAS500 • Posted month end closing entries for financial statement reporting

Memphis, Tn

Office Assistant in a parts distribution company for Western Star Trucks. Main duty was customer service and processing parts orders. I also assisted branch manager in preparing monthly reports and other various office duties.

Mba, Business, Concentration Accounting

Bs, Accounting

Associate Degree, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa Honor's Society,Deans List