Consulting engagements in several industries including: Construction, E-commerce, Event Services, Legal Firms, Medical Practice, Real Estate Development and Management, SaaS, and Start Ups with high growthAssist as interim stuff and projects including:Creating policies and procedures, audit support and creating work papers, COA setup and cleanup, accounting system implementations, balance sheet reconciliations, cash forecasting, MD&A preparation, P&L variance analysis, HR support, recruiting for accounting department, creating training videos, assist in benefits renewal process, setting up third party time tracking systems, creating corporate policies and handbooks, workers compensation audits, acquisitions, and assist management with selling their business.

Industries served:SaaSPre-Revenue StartupsTrucking/TransportConstructionAdvertising AgencyBreweryVehicle Repossession

• Manage year end audit• Manage month end close• Prepare monthly reporting package for our investors• Prepare monthly consolidated and entity level financial statement using International Accounting Standards• Prepare construction loan draws and review supporting documents• Prioritize payables weekly to ensure expenses are paid timely and process check runs• Assist is setting up new entities• Coordinate with escrow when closing on properties and wiring funds• Daily cash monitoring for over 20 bank accounts• Primary liaison with bank contacts• Balance sheet reconciliation review and preparation• Sales and use and property tax payments (file as needed)• General office management • Train and develop staff and establish clear roles and responsibilities• Manage HR and payroll functions to include processing new hires, employee onboarding, creating HR policies (uniform, electronic, phone stipends, auto allowances etc.) setting up time keeping system, processing bi-weekly payroll for 40 employees across two entities, processing expense reimbursements and bonuses, and primary liaison with our PEO. • Ad hoc projects such as: create filing system for overhead and vendor invoices, converting check payments to ACH, opening bank accounts for new entities, setting up positive pay, create procedures for accounting tasks, implement reporting software to generate custom accounting reports, organize company accounting files, create an accounting department roles and responsibility list and delegate responsibilities, create jobs and standard cost codes, establish office guidelines during COVID-19 pandemic, assist in transitioning employees to remote work.

• Managed month end close• Prepared monthly loan covenant reporting• Prepared borrowing base certificate and draw on funds as needed• Prioritized payables weekly to ensure no liens are filed and overhead expenses are paid timely• Managed cash flow by prioritizing payables paid via check and credit card• Primary liaison during bank conversion• Trained staff and establish clear roles and responsibilities• Assisted in converting files to cloud storage• Prepared and analyzed monthly work in progress schedule• Ad hoc projects such as: create filing system for overhead and vendor invoices, convert accounting files to digit files, converting overhead payments to direct debits, converting bank accounts, setting up positive pay, create procedures for accounting tasks, work with consultants to generate custom accounting reports, organize company accounting files, create an accounting department roles and responsibility list and delegate responsibilities, create bidding template for True Line Railing to use when bidding jobs to ensure bids include sufficient profit margins, standard cost codes and reports.

• Managed monthly close process to include revenue, P&L review, payroll and bonus accruals. • Worked with location level AR clerks to ensure timely collections• Prepared and reviewed balance sheet and cash reconciliations.• Reviewed daily cash flow and prioritized invoices for payment.• Prepared and issued 1099’s• Provided accounts payable with weekly check run budget as well as review invoices to ensure timely payment and prioritize vendors.• Reviewed and executed weekly payroll for 1,000+ employees• Ad Hoc projects such as: accounting system conversion (Quickbooks to NetSuite), AP system conversion (Quickbooks to Concur), implement internal controls, consolidating vendor list, and implementing company-wide policies for payroll and employee onboarding.

• Worked with location general managers and finance director to calculate monthly sales bonus accruals.• Oversaw accounts receivable department and reviewed bad debt to ensure proper reserves are recorded. • Reviewed profit and loss statements (consolidated and per store) to identify and explain variances to budget and prior period.• Calculated monthly interest and PIK accruals on loans and assisted in preparing weekly cash reporting package for lending bank.• Prepared budget for specific line items such as rent, CAM, and property taxes for all locations.• Reconciled corporate credit cards and recorded transactions to general ledger.• Primary liaison with auditors. Provided samples and work papers.• Supervised staff accountant and oversee treasury accountant.• Ad Hoc projects such as: forensic accounting which led to $1M insurance payment, balance sheet clean up that resulted in $375k in security deposits refunded, unclaimed property research and claiming, bank fee and service analysis resulting in $2k per month savings, petty cash compliance, and implementation of internal controls over credit card management, funding and recording.

•Managed monthly close process including overseeing all accounts/ledgers to ensure compliance with GAAP and preparation of journal entries, intercompany transactions and balance sheet account reconciliations. •Prepared and reviewed profit and loss statements (consolidated and per store) and identify, explain, and correct variances when needed.•Prepared franchise operations financial statements, as well as consolidated corporate financial statements.•Calculated bonuses for stores managers based on P&Ls.•Reviewed inventory reconciliations to the general ledger on a monthly basis and to physical inventory counts on a weekly basis•Supervised accounts payable and receivable for franchise operations, and oversee corporate accounts payable and receivable. Perform monthly accounts payable vendor statement reconciliation.•Created and implemented procedures for petty cash usage, supply orders, and store bank deposits. Established tracking and reporting for petty cash and store bank deposits. Order banking supplies for stores.•Managed the in-house loan/line of credit program for franchise operations including calculation of weekly interest, billing, collections, tracking of outstanding balances, analyzing the adequacy of inventory collateral, calculating / analyzing debt-to-equity ratios, and disbursing funds. Created and implemented all procedures for the program.•Reviewed multi-state sales tax returns.•Managed interim and year-end audit with external auditors. •Maintained financial records for seven real estate entities including accounting for revenue and expenses, funding of purchases, and preparation of loan documents (service as notary). •Performed month-end close and prepare financial statements including intercompany transactions. •Prepared bank and account reconciliations.•Managed tenants including billing and collection of rent/CAM, CAM reconciliation, sending notices, and handling all tenant issues.

• Responsible for daily cash management for $100M+. Primary contact for banking relationships.• Delivered daily management reports detailing daily/weekly cash flows and prepared monthly cash forecast tracking actual to plan.• Prepared daily cash journal entries and quarterly accruals, as well as monthly bank and GL reconciliations.• Increased efficiencies by creating intercompany entry templates and creating standard journal entry descriptions. • Assisted finance team in preparing budget for one of the largest line item expenses. • Presented financial analysis during monthly analytics meetings for various accounts. Analysis included comparing actual results to the planned budget and explaining favorable/unfavorable variances, identifying cyclical trends and detecting errors or unforeseen expenses.• Performed accounting and reporting for National Sales Conferences related to four broker dealers.• Maintained escheatment files and performed due diligence on outstanding checks. Worked with manager to claim unclaimed funds from various states. • Assisted in numerous special projects such as setting up bank accounts for in-house payroll processing, creating process flows for new programs, and creating/documenting procedures.• Trained accounting interns and treasury associates and supervised their progress on delegated assignments.

• Prepared and posted month-end and year-end journal entries for all aspects of loan accounting, such as loan amortization and applications of debt service payments, in a timely manner to meet financial reporting deadlines.• Reconciled notes receivable, loan amortization and equity accounts by analyzing the general ledger to ensure that all activity was accurately recorded in the appropriate period and made adjustments as necessary.• Delivered monthly management reports that conveyed recent loan activity such as new note issuances, loan restructures reclassifications and payments.