•Provide growth and development to direct reports. Work closely with Accounts Receivable team, providing support and guidance.•Oversee month end close, review entries and financial statements by line of business, and provide variance analysis against budget and forecast to Business Unit and Area leadership.•Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, and other departments to provide monthly forecasts and annual budget.•Provide support and analysis to other departments, focusing on key performance metrics, to keep operations efficient and manage expenses.•Complete rate case proformas filed to the state, resulting in an increase to regulated revenue in 2019 and 2021.•Lead several projects at the local and area level, such as Residential and Large Contract Revenue reviews, providing detailed commentary, and analysis regarding multiple city contracts.

•Create and maintain standardized reports such as Closed Restaurants P&L, MTD & YTD Sales and EBITDA, used in the review of monthly financial statements, including additional statements for investor portfolio. •Prepare annual financial statements, working with auditors to answer questions and assigning and reviewing footnote work to the accounting team.•Collaborate with CFO and Controller to create ad hoc reporting to enhance analytics including new/closed restaurant impact and overall company variance analysis YoY.•Assigned to many interim projects and continuously looking for process improvements; found potential risk in property tax accounts resulting in a $100k adjustment and worked on recognizing disposals of fixed assets on annual property tax renditions.•Collaborate with the Creative team to improve processes in more accurate and timely recording of Ecolab rebates resulting in the correct recognition of $20k per quarter. •Supports teams cross functionally by providing ad hoc reporting, mentors new hires, and involved in interview panels for senior level accounting roles.

•Prepare quarterly and annual financial statements for organization with 600-700 employees, 15 accounting department staff. Conduct variance analysis. •Collaborate with auditors to complete quarterly and annual audits by providing procedure walkthroughs, completing a checklist, and responding to questions.•Interview, hire, and oversee four direct reports, providing instructions and delegating tasks.•Participate on company-wide committee to improve quality of processes; initiate quarterly meeting with CFO to communicate company news and updates to finance department.•Collaborate with CFO and controller to complete special projects by utilizing data to display duplicate payments to same dealers, resolving majority of issues and reducing expenses by $200k.

•Oversaw Canada activity, ensuring management statements were accurate and provided monthly commentary.•Translated Canadian management statements to US dollars monthly. Provided variance analysis.•Managed monthly bank, AR, and account reconciliations.•Prepared sales tax returns for various states. •Compiled manual reports for high-level managers, such as rebates the company received from dealers, including Ford, Chrysler, and GM.•Compiled data for real estate and insurance expenses; provided projections to determine annual budgets.

Pinnacle Financial Solutions, P.C. is an accounting firm specializing in tax planning and business consulting for over 30 years for clients in various industries across the United States.Prepare general ledgers, coding, check entries, bank reconciliations, journal entries. Create financial statements, prepare tax returns, process payrolls, train newly hired accountants and interns. Manage 30+ clients.