Catherine Covington, Cpa Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Covelso is a business advisory and accountancy firm specializing in optimizing start-up and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) with the full spectrum of finance and accountancy services, enabling SMEs to significantly improve internal finance functions/controls with increased profitability and alleviated resource requirements. To achieve this, we improve financial statement timelines and accuracy with streamlined processes and systems. We also introduce, establish and optimize financial charts, maintain the accuracy of accounts receivable and accounts payable to optimize the cash position and deliver detailed financial inventory with reliable tracking.We specialize in software companies, professional services companies, and landscape companies. Some of our recent achievements are:> Established QB payroll with integrated TSheets for a consulting firm, delivering capacity for payroll employees, accounted for pay and costs and user-friendly, simplistic and digitalized processes.> Partnered with the President of a tech device firm to create a high-performing accounting function with proficient use of QBO, accurate charts of accounts and rigorous inventory tracking, supporting the business to upscale sales with a positive cash flow and a live understanding of costs.> Transformed accounts receivable for a pet care company with heavily reduced administration times and costs by cleansing customer billing/payments data, eliminating unnecessary A/R detail in QB and delivering processes for recording sales and A/R in QB at summary level.

Austin, Texas Area

VUV Analytics, Inc. is an Austin, Texas based company pioneering the widespread use of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light in laboratory scale analytical instrumentation.I joined the start-up business during a time of financial transformation to provide overall finance process, systems and operations expertise to allow the business to streamline, scale up and maximize profitability. I own and optimize finance, accounting, HR, purchasing, cost accounting, inventory management and logistics across the business. I also introduce, develop and implement scalable finance infrastructure that utilizes the existing resources alongside modernized tools. > Promoted to VP of Finance & Administration in recognition of major overall business contribution.> Joined during a period of major growth, to plan and deliver a 4-month overdue audit following the business securing private investment and bank credit to upscale and expand operations, while also reshaping and auditing the financial inventory to deliver the mandated audit within limited timescales.> Migrated Excel processes to FishBowl to further enhance QuickBooks, integrated streamlined digital processes driving an increase of 250% in inventory parts and 300% in balance sheets within 5 years.

Austin, Texas Area

During my time with Alen, I oversaw and monitored the financial and accounting activities across the company, with a key focus on reviewing legacy processes and systems, introducing cutting-edge solutions and optimizing operations. Some key facets of this role were to identify major operations and financial procedural weaknesses and skills shortages, presenting detailed reports to senior management, securing business sign-off to implement solutions and reshaping the overall finance environment. > Championed the use of QuickBooks and established meticulous support schedules for all balance sheet accounts.> Facilitated the expansion into the Chinese market by reshaping accounting, operations, customer service and dealer operations, allowing the business to grow revenue by almost 200% and net income by 500%. > Recognized by Amazon for the fastest product category fulfillment time over a 3-year period, growing from 14,000 packages in year 1 to 24,000 packages in year 3.> Replaced QuickBooks with NetSuite ERP system to achieve savings of $50k by utilizing internal resources rather than contracted third parties for most elements of the implementation.> Improved inventory accuracy by maximizing communication between the front and back end systems, providing real-time, customizable and user-focused reporting with projected savings of $10k per annum. > Designed a custom manufacturing process that reduced material costs by 20%, enabling the company to provide a unique product offering with a 50% increase in sales within following customization.> Transformed overall finance and accounting functions with accurate real-time data and a motivated, highly skilled team, leading to a 90%+ reduction in cash posting and 50% less fraud and chargebacks.

◼️ Finance Controller: Alen Corporation: 2008 to 2011◼️ Finance Controller: Teravicta Technologies: 2003 to 2008◼️ Senior Staff Accountant: Jones Energy: 2002 to 2003◼️ Senior Director of Finance: Times N Systems: 2000 to 2002◼️ Finance Controller: NlynxSystems: 1999 to 2000◼️ Senior Management Consultant: Management Resources: 1998 to 1999◼️ Audit Manager: Frank, Rimerman & Co. CPAs: 1992 to 1998◼️ Accountant: Kaiser Electronics: 1989 to 1991

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting And Business/Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Business (Major), Computer Science (Minor)