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Tigard, Oregon, United States

* Assist Controller and General Accountant with preparation of monthly financials, reports, budgets, and audits. At month-end close prepare journal entries and reconcile payroll in the GL.* Enter all payroll transactions into the GL, audit the payroll team, and assist with payroll tasks as needed.* Administrate sales territory assignments and budgets. Calculate commissions at month end.* Prepare annual 1099 reports using multiple sources of information, file online, and distribute forms.

Beaverton, Oregon

 Reconcile postage inventory in SAP and Navision each month. Over $2million monthly via meters and permits. Reconcile Balance Sheet accounts each month: Inventory, Postage Recoup, Accounts Payable, and AP Accrual. Prepare monthly accruals for missing vendor expenses. Analyze cost center variances, and explain differences. Identify issues on 50% of all weekly temp labor invoices (4000+rows in Excel) and resolve them. Create SAP upload files for vendor invoices with direct expenses, adding project codes and validating accuracy. Generate and manage purchase requisitions for certain expenses, from approvals to posting goods receipts. Provide backup for the monthly customer billing of various legal and printing services provided to our clients.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Prepared monthly closing journal entries that included accruals, re-classifications, and reserves.• Analyzed inventory transactions and how they related to reserves such as for returns, excess fabric, and warranty, and built complex journal entries for month end close.• Reconciled GL inventory accounts, and prepared detailed Purchase Price Variance analysis each month.• Continuous improvement projects: Standardized IPE format to document the process to complete the specific task; Streamlined sales return analysis process; Analyzed warranty reserve data and assisted with decisions to modify the reserve amount.

Portland, Oregon Area

... at Columbia Sportswear HeadquartersVerifying invoices for customs fees and freight charges of imported goods.Data entry into SAP of vendor invoices and downpayments.Matching freight charges against PO line items.Researching problem invoices, then working with logistics and customs broker to resolve.Updating excel spreadsheets manually to track vendor activity.

Portland, Oregon

• Provided excellent customer service and software support for all of SBI Software’s Accounting Modules: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Banking, and General Ledger. Advocated for users’ needs.• Triaged incoming accounting issues, starting with defining the problem, then identifying the root cause. • Regularly analyzed GL, AP and AR data using SQL, with frequent modifications to system-generated records.• Collaborated with software developers to resolve bugs and design new software enhancements.• Wrote specifications for custom reports and provided guidance to junior developers for successful completion.• Tested all modifications (code, reports, screens) to ensure product quality and resolution of issues.• Setup accounting modules for new customers (convert, train, process docs) and managed enhancement projects.

Senior Software Engineer (2003 to 2004)Software Engineer (1996 to 1998) Resolved over 40 solution requests (SRs), some on multiple platforms. Developed corrections to existing programs to resolve software bugs submitted by customers.

• Provided technical support to clients via phone and internet for accounting software issues. Resolved technical and application problems with software users and IT departments. Provided training on the proper use of the software. • As technical expert, worked with customers to provide root-cause analysis of software problems, wrote concise reports for software development, wrote test scripts to recreate errors and to verify patches prior to release.

• Provided highly technical content expertise and problem solving in large enterprise environments, ensuring client satisfaction through training and resolution of critical software issues.• Developed and implemented file conversions, system modifications, interfaces, validation programs, screen changes, reports and procedure documentation.The last two major assignments as a Technical Software Consultant were:Intel Corporation; Hillsboro, Oregon (The Angle Project) October 1994 to April 1996• Provided product and technical expertise during the design, build and test phases of a major GL conversion project. • Designed, coded, tested, documented and supported validation programs for journal entries interfacing to the GL. • Developed SR solutions, applied all code changes, and migrated all changes from test to production environments. • Documented procedures for technical and application processes.Torrance Memorial Medical Center; Torrance, California January through October 1994• Installed Millennium applications: GL 3.0, API, POI, FA, CP and Tools: ViewPrint, PCLink, SDT, and BTP. • Developed conversion programs for the GL Master File, GL Balance History, GL Journal History, AP Vendors, AP Voucher History and Fixed Assets Master File (designed, coded, tested, verified). • Performed file conversions and verifications, installed and debugged GL and AP enhancements, and modified the creation of the AP to GL interface file.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs)

Minor