Beth Schmitz Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Manage and coordinate monthly close of portfolio in 4 days• Create and implement processes to improve monthly activities• Extensive balance sheet account maintenance and analysis including capital expenditures and all other fixed assets, intercompany billing, annual leave, bad debt, sales tax• Work extensively with AP to ensure accurate coding of vendor invoices• Coordinate yearly issuance of 1099s• Issue reporting surrounding portfolio CapEx spend and analysis, global debtors, weekly and month cash flow forecasts, vendor spend• Reconcile and enter payroll and benefits, reallocate costs to appropriate portfolios• Work with global tax team to provide third party companies with accurate and timely information related to tax preparation• Touch-point with yearly audit team – coordinate and monitor all requests• Train, review work, and knowledge share with staff accounting team• Monitor Dunn & Bradstreet reporting• Banking duties including setting up new users, coordinating with treasury implementation of new services, review and approve wires and ACHs• Maintain relationships across the business units to ensure accurate reporting

Chicago, Illinois, Us

My role with Signal as Accounting Manager requires that I issue accurate monthly financial statements. A team mindset and collaboration to provide meaningful reporting for executives and board members is essential for accurate budgeting and forecasting. I report to the Controller but also work regularly with the CFO and VP of FP&A. • Compile, review, and issue consolidated monthly financial statements • Create/edit financial reports as needed in Intacct • Update monthly deck for the Board • Provide monthly revenue and expense documents for bank • Various departmental tasks as needed

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Managed hourly and fixed fee billing to the clients as well as updated weekly aging reports and followed up on past due invoices• Received, recorded, and issued payments for accounts payable including employee expense reports• Reviewed and monitored hours and budgets on consulting projects• Day-to-day journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, end of month reporting, and tracking of employee PTO accruals• Collaborated and assisted on various projects for reporting on time, budgets, revenue, and spending on an as-needed basis• Trained new employees in the time management system and on expense report submission• Compiled and issued yearly 1099s, assisted with PBC lists for yearly review/audit• Member of the team which transitioned company to Intacct, a cloud based financial management suite, from QuickBooks• Initiated the company’s participation in the Chase Corporate Challenge in 2013 and continued participation in the following years

Chicago, Il, Us

Managed the daily needs of 10-12 not-for-profit associations. I was one of many team members (accounting, marketing, sales, education, events) who served each client to help ensure success and growth. • Issued complete monthly financial statements – Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, General Ledger, as well as journal entries and supporting documents• Distributed and uploaded completed yearly budget templates • Assisted and led yearly audits/reviews• Reviewed staff-level monthly financial packets• Trained and delegated responsibilities to interns• Compiled and issued yearly 1099s

Chicago, Il, Us

Bachelor Of Science, Commerce, Accounting

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