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Whitesboro, Tx, Us

Arlington, Tx, Us

Support operational activities, working closely with various departments including Land Acquisition and Development, Accounting, Purchasing, Construction, and Sales to ensure accounting accuracy for Fort Worth, Midland, Odessa, and Oklahoma City.• Meet monthly with the Land Development Project Managers to review budgeted and actual expenditures, ensuring expenditures are properly recorded in over 70 different build sites containing multiple phases.• Review and approve land development budget changes as needed, ensuring cost allocations are accurate.• Prepare cash flow analysis for all land potential purchases to determine feasibility.• Maintain accounting for land purchase earnest money, and due diligence expenditures.• Responsible for coordinating month end closing processes, working closely with corporate accounting.• File monthly gross receipts tax for homes closed (sold) in Las Cruces, New Mexico.• Review monthly Income Statement and Balance Sheet, reporting results of operations to various division departments.• Calculate monthly property tax accrual, for land/home inventory and provide all supporting information for annual tax dispute, coordinating with 3rd party tax service.• Manage Accounts Payable team of seven associates, processing over 370k invoices annually.• Review over 2k sales contracts annually for completeness, and calculate gross margin for Division CFO approval.• Created weekly flash reporting to aide Division CFO with sales forecasting.• Train Staff Accountant and monitor development performance.

Chicago, Il, Us

Work closely with operations management, along with the corporate finance and accounting teams to manage all financial aspects of the National Claims Center with annual revenue of $200 million.• Successfully managed transition of accounting functions to third party outsourcing company.• Maintain $30 million of client receivables with 95% of aged balances less than 60 days outstanding.• Create ad hoc reporting as well as operational dashboards to monitor primary business activities.• Review P&L variances and communicate opportunities to the management team.• Work with operations management to develop annual operating budget and update forecasts quarterly.• Maintain data integrity of claims processing software and manage activities related to the General Ledger.• Review all accounting entries related to revenue recognition, doubtful accounts, receivables, etc., in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.• Manage a team of five local and ten offshore associates.• Responsible for coordinating month end closing processes.• Provide responses and supporting data to all audit inquiries, internal and external.• Perform competitive bid process on material vendors to confirm favorable pricing.• Provide weekly financial updates and discuss operational issues with the Senior Leadership team.• Maintain a strong control environment for all financial aspects, in accordance with Sarbanes Oxley.• Establish Internal Auditing team to monitor all aspects of operational transactions and report findings.

Responsible for providing accounting support to seven Regional Distribution Centers, Merchandise Accounts Payable Team, and Service/Repair Centers• Manage nine degreed accountants and an Accounts Payable Supervisor, overseeing a clerical staff of fourteen.• Create and/or supervise annual budget preparation and monthly forecast updates.• Ensure corporate financial statements are accurate for all areas of Distribution and Service/Repair Centers.• Review and discuss monthly budget to actual SG&A variances with VP and Controller, Supply Chain CXO, and functional area VPs.• Participate in quarterly Sarbanes-Oxley disclosure meetings to discuss financial statements, reserves, and other significant items.• Provide accounting support and guidance to the Merchandising Department for inventory valuation.• Participate in the preparation of management pay plans and annual bonus calculations.• Maintain departmental environment dedicated to continuous process improvement.• Determine proper accounting treatment of non-routine financial transactions.• Prepare ad hoc schedules for management analysis and review.• Member of RadioShack CEO Council.