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Boise, Idaho, United States

Managed the development of project accounting functionality, integrations, and reporting in D365 for Finance and Operations. Co-captained a technical team of 20 (accounting, IT (internal and offshore), and partner resources) that managed code development, bug fixes, code promotion, package development/deployment, system maintenance, and upgrades in one D365 F&O cloud production environment, 3 cloud test environments, and 20-25 cloud-hosted dev environments. Correlated those environments with TEST and PROD environments of 3 other major applications.• Coordinated all internal and external (Microsoft) matters as we matured into an “evergreen” update cadence• Headed Workday integration development (Project IDs, HR framework, resource and prevailing wage rates)• Supported financial integrations of complex, phased site migrations to custom operations/billing platform• Planned consolidated WIP reporting strategy• Architected proposal for provisional electronic daily work report (eDWR) with workflow

Boise, Idaho, United States

Led the accounting and finance team and personally performed detailed work on 2 major ERP/financial systems implementations—Microsoft AX 2012 (2015-2018; $3M budget; acting PM) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (2019-2020; $4M budget). Migrated a total of 120 legal entities from 6 financial platforms and created 35 integrations with an interdisciplinary, geographically dispersed team of 40+ internal experts and assistance from external partners. Prior to 2015, consolidated the financial reporting of a major acquisition, spearheaded the adoption of OnBase (Enterprise Content Management) with the CIO, and independently integrated a French-Canadian acquisition.• Implemented all core modules plus project accounting, HR, cash management (ISV), and reporting (ISV).• Re-engineered business processes (requirements reviews, best practices; verification of application capabilities)• Wrote, reviewed, and/or approved functional design documents (FDDs)• Developed cross-functional testing methodology & partnered with QA to standardize regression testing in ADO• Helped design and maintain 65 SOX-compliant custom security roles• Created training documentation (e.g. UAT/upgrade testing, AP workflow)• Drafted and executed comprehensive, auditable system cut-over plans (11 workstreams, 300+ steps)• Maintained licensing for enterprise applications• Led development of AP workflow solution in OnBase and its integration with the financial system• Co-solutioned project accounting architecture (7 applications, 20 integrations)• Assisted in development of cloud-based electronic Daily Work Report (eDWR) for project accounting• Instituted company protocols for foreign currency and implemented associated system functionality• Established complex intercompany eliminations methodology to facilitate reporting• Interfaced daily as needed with PMO, HR, QA, and Content Management• Interviewed key applicants and assisted in their onboarding

Boise, Idaho, United States

Supervised a staff of 4 AP clerks and 4 general ledger accountants and was responsible for related hiring. Coordinated with a decentralized AR billing staff. Managed monthly, quarterly, and annual processes including review of AJEs, reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, P&L variance analyses, and budgeting. Prepared analyses included in the 10-Q/K and proved and cross-referenced the 10-Q/K filings. Managed external audit requests. Maintained financial and management reports. Developed procedures for intercompany AR/AP eliminations. Managed 1099 training and compliance. Partnered with IT to develop custom transportation software and custom budget software.

Boise, Idaho, United States

Started as Corporate Accountant. Assumed additional responsibilities of accounting for 3 hazardous waste disposal sites. Typical duties included analyzing data and entering associated AJEs (e.g. unbilled revenue, deferred revenue, payroll, intercompany eliminations, ZBA, credit cards, restricted cash and investments, imputed interest, PTO, 401(k), medical IBNR, etc.), reconciling bank accounts and petty cash, generating monthly management and financial reports, analyzing budget-to-actual variances/trends, and filing with government agencies (e.g. sales and use tax, unclaimed property). Accounted for approximately 1,200 fixed assets and helped establish processes for proper documentation of capital expenditure approval and fixed asset disposal. Assisted in special projects such as audits of pricing addendums.

Boise, Idaho, United States

Performed general ledger accounting for a telecommunications client. Duties included recording daily journal entries, reconciling credit card transactions, reconciling balance sheet accounts for 9 divisions, analyzing operating expenses and explaining budget-to-actual variances, preparing audit lead schedules, research/documentation of historical data to support divestiture of assets.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Assisted in the preparation of S-4 filings for exchange offers (e.g. audited financials, documented EBITDA analysis, proved and cross-referenced exchange offers). Due diligence experience included reconstruction of revenue flow for a major internet search engine and audit of venture capital investment partnership funds.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Assisted on year-end and 401(k) audits in the high-tech, software, and higher-education industries. Principally responsible for detail testing and for documentation of testing in the audit plans.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States