Staff Accountant
CurrentEngaged in development of annual operating budget, monthly financial reporting, and weekly trend analysis. Managed and balanced intercompany transactions. Prepared, automated, and recorded monthly accruals, payroll adjustments, prepaid cost allocations, and reclassifications. Corresponded with customers, vendors, and investors to provide accurate and timely reports.➢ Collaborated with Finance department heads and cost center owners to create annual budgets. Included both conservative and aggressive P&L models, cash flow projections, and ad-hoc analyses. Projects presented in both summarized and detailed forms to VPs, CFO, and company Presidents.➢ Assisted in moving $15M company from cash to GAAP accounting after merger. Maintained balance sheets with short-term and long-term deferred revenue and COGS release schedules. Created and proposed amended budgets reflecting new accounting method and revised sales forecasts.➢ Provided monthly commentary to bridge budget to actual. Examined opportunities to eliminate variances with operations and loss prevention team leads. Improved profitability and data integrity by pro-actively reducing daily bad debt across stores nationwide.➢ Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for multiple entities include a 501(c)(3) organization. Participated in annual audit preparations and reviews. Gathered balance sheet data for quarterly bank financials. Assisted with government filings.➢ Improved efficiency of $50M+ operations cash account, leading to more accurate daily KPI numbers. Uncovered and resolved $15k monthly cash flow shortage from vendor by implementing three-way matching process. Developed relationship with vendor to ensure process was corrected in the future.➢ Led weekly marketing/finance budget meetings. Noted unexpected expenses/loss of revenues to upper management. Cultivated business acumen within marketing team through straight-forward expense/revenue reporting.