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Pinellas County Fl

Prepare Capital Project and Monthly Service Contractor Billings to Pinellas County Waste Management. Support Sr. Project Management team members reconciling project costs and reimbursement with County officials. Prepare month-end financial statements and related schedules for Covanta Projects subsidiary.

Provide accounting support for (5) VA facilities. Including bank reconciliations, daily cash activity, fixed assets reporting, GL account reconciliation, accrual JE’s, and supporting schedules for month-end financial reporting pkg. Prepared payroll (Paychex) posting into GL and coordinated annual workers compensation audit.

Palm Harbor, Fl

Directly supervise and responsible for payroll, accounts payable and all other financial reporting of the organization. Prepare financial statements and provide support for annual budget and audit. Month-end process included reconciliation of general operating, payroll, investments and resident trust funds. Prepared required journal entries, fixed asset accounting and maintained contract entrance fee schedules and refund tracking.

St. Petersburg, Fl

Specialize in pharmaceutical billing, weekly revenue reporting, ad hoc analysis, journal entry creation, SG&A variance analysis, and monthly/quarterly contract reconciliations. Developed advanced Lawson queries to expand and improve contract reporting. Provided support in integration of Access/Excel based contract reporting system to web based platform (Sales Force.com.). Support included development, data validation and revenue reporting for all new and existing business.

Odessa, Fl

Provide accounting and tax planning support to small to medium sized business organizations. Emphasis is placed on tax savings and growth acceleration. Services include: financial systems review, accounting software recommendations, financial reporting standards, budget preparation, lease analysis, fixed asset requirements, staff training, and tax return preparation.Organized processes and procedures to support 40% reduction in month end close from 5 to 3 days by installing and training accounting staff on new QuickBooks accounting solution.Teamed with external auditors to document prepared by client audit work papers resulting in successful bank loan re-financing and lower audit fees. Developed clearly defined position results descriptions for accounting staff through work measurement analysis.

St. Petersburg, Fl

Coordinated and directed efforts of financial planning team and appropriate business partners to provide a balanced exit strategy for excess inventory ($50M annual) through company’s four Retail Outlets and Liquidation Division. Directed financial management functions including preparation of monthly/quarterly financial statements, financial forecasts, and budgets. Oversaw general accounting functions, including AR/AP, account reconciliation, cash management and variance reporting. Administered, and evaluated new applications for corporate ERP solution and management performance software for division. Interacted with the Executive management and reported to VP Finance and Administration.Developed database for on-line inventory tracking system for HSN Liquidation Division resulting in a 67% increase in customer and sales of $600K.Provided definition and design requirements for automated hand held inventory tracking solution resulting in savings of 10,000 man hours of receiving and processing labor ($150K annual savings).Implemented employee shrinkage awareness program and internal controls to reduce inventory shrinkage by 25% below retail industry standard of 2%.

St. Petersburg, Fl

Planned, directed and accounted for all inventory ($200M) activity for parent company and related subsidiaries. Managed month end close and reconciliation process ensuring compliance with GAAP and established deadlines. Accountability included: receipts, physical movement, warehouse transfers, and physical adjustments. Determined and maintained appropriate cost accounting for capitalizable costs added to inventory. Coordinated efforts of merchants, fulfillment personnel and planners to establish appropriate metrics to properly establish inventory reserves and valuations. Liaison to independent auditors on all inventory matters during annual and quarterly audits. Built and led teams in carrying out special projects.Directed several IS conversions to increase accuracy and reduce time for financial recording and reporting for all inventory.Created company policies and procedures governing the movement of $200M inventory between national fulfillment centers.Reduce customer Health and Beauty returns 28% by implementing new packaging program which provided cosmetic samples to customer in lieu of complete skin care kit. ($300K annual savings).

St. Petersburg, Fl

Financial management of holding company and related subsidiaries including budget preparation, monitoring financial reporting, financial analysis and supporting executive management in special projects and business analysis. Increased productivity levels by providing key contributions toward automation of account reconciliation processes.

Hauppauge, Ny

Supervised general accounting staff of four. Prepared financial reports, developed budgets, and performed variance analysis in accordance with business plan. Compiled periodic financial reporting packages for senior management. Established accounting policies, procedures and monitored compliance of company’s internal controls. Managed company cash flow and acted as a liaison to banks, lending institutions and independent auditors.

Dix Hills, Ny

Audited Department of Defense overhead rates for strategic vendors

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting, 3.0

Cpa Examinations, Accounting, Passed All Parts

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (A.A.S.), Microsoft Certified Office Specialist, 4.0