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• Manage all finance and accounting operations to ensure the timeliness and accuracy of the financial statements.
• Manage month and year end close
• Work with external auditors throughout the year to complete annual audit
• Manage all tax related compliance
• Manage daily cash position and lines of credit for multiple companies
• Financial Analysis of monthly results, capital investments and trends

Fargo, North Dakota, US

• Responsible for all financial activities and reporting for restaurant franchisee with 32 locations and multiple legal entities.
• Evaluated and implemented NetSuite
• Transitioned banking and 401k to Bell Bank
• Centralized Accounts Payable by moving check writing out of restaurants and then implemented AP automation solution
• Reorganized office structure to create standard processes and create efficiencies, added 9 restaurants with zero FTE additions
• Moved 3 staff roles from office in Aberdeen, SD to Fargo, ND

Duluth, MN, US

Perform complex financial analysis for business plans, mergers and acquisitions, and other large capital expenditures.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Manage GL Accounting team, have 6-9 direct reports and 20-40 indirect reports
• Oversee all GL accounting activities performed by FSS in the US for 20+ functions and 10+ BU’s, over 3,000 balance sheet accounts
• Responsible for creating and managing the budgets of the various GL accounting teams, expense and revenue budget of 5M.
• Responsible for design of GL team to build out infrastructure and to centralize common processes
• Oversaw transition of 17 employees into GL Accounting team from 7 functions and work from 6 additional functions
• Led setup of accounting structure and billing process setup of new center in Bangalore, India

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Manage Admin section of CFR, responsible for the financial reporting/analysis/commentary for the Cargill Inc. Admin ledger(3) and reconciliation of 1,000+ balance sheet accounts
• Responsible for the oversight of the Pension/Postretirement accounting for the US plans and completion of the Global footnote and main contact with actuaries, benefit obligation of 5-7B, plan assets of 4-5B.
• Implemented process to settle inter-company cash between different ERP’s without having to wire cash between external bank accounts
• Was part of team that set up a centralized process for ownership of intellectual property and royalty management
• Oversaw Cargill Foundation accounting and annual audit
• Coordinate both US and global functional budget process, US 500M-1B, Global 1-1.5B.

• Manage staff of 7 salaried employees
• Lead weekly meetings with team
• Review and analysis of monthly P&L and balance sheet for all 100+ restaurants with revenue of 1-6 million per restaurant
• Preparation of various reports for senior staff
• Review and approve restaurant expenses to be capitalized
• Responsible for maintaining accuracy of all company assets and figuring monthly depreciation and disposal figures

Orlando, FL, US

• Lead accountant in charge of acquisition of another restaurant business
• Managed staff of 4 salaried employees
• Review and analysis of monthly financial statements for 40+ restaurants
• Responsible for maintaining accuracy of all company assets and figuring monthly depreciation and disposal figures.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Responsible for the maintenance, reconciliation, and analysis of all the payroll general ledger accounts.Responsible for proper payment and correcting records of hourly and then salaried team members.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Accounting

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