Christopher Ceccone Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia (Headquarters)

Supervise and train accounts receivable, account payable, and senior accountant staff.Organize and maintain the day to day operation aspects of the finance department.Train finance department staff on various financial policies and procedures to ensure adherence to proper internal controls.Monitor and execute needed transactions for sixteen cash accounts on a daily basis for domestic and foreign entities.Prepare monthly bank reconciliations, supporting balance sheet schedules, and financial statements for four entities with different international currencies.Analyze monthly actual versus budget and explain or correct variances to ensure integrity of internal financial reporting. Perform year end preparation of and assistance with annual audits for all twelve domestic and foreign entities.Adapt and establish accounting systems and processes of the organization for global expansion.Prepare and process semi-monthly payroll for fifty employees using payroll vendor.Serve and assist as direct backup to Director & VP of Finance.

Supervision of cash receipts and payables processes for fifteen nonprofit clients.Reconciliation of monthly bank, merchant, and investment accounts as well as additional month-end compilation work for all clients. Completion of monthly financial statements by established due dates for multiple clients. Maintain detailed Balance Sheet supplemental schedules for assigned clients including but not limited to membership dues deferral schedules. Responsible for monthly chapter rebate reconciliations, processing, and ACH transfers to individual chapters.Preparation of and assistance with annual audits, budget work, and other miscellaneous corporate tasks.Monthly and quarterly management of Grant funds for one client.Serve as direct backup to controller.

Full cycle accounting for four on-site Non-Profit Client Organizations. Cash position reporting, month end reconciliation’s, and additional month-end compilation work to prepare financials for clients.Completed monthly financial statements consistently prior to established due dates. Maintained detailed Balance Sheet supplemental schedules for all assigned clients. Coordinated with client leaders, client staff, and accounting department the year-end preparation of schedules, files, etc. Required for yearly CPA audits. Supervisory responsibilities included training of new staff to use accounting and association database software, reinforcement of the proper company financial processes and procedures, verification that all accounting methods were within GAAP principles. Acted as liaison between accounting department and Board of Directors, and Federal Election Commission reporting for the Political Action Committee.

Acted as business manager/accountant for sixteen retail stores.Duties included bank reconciliation’s, editing, and processing of accounts payable, filing of sales tax for stores in five states, creation of journal entries, and financial reporting analysis.Created various reports on demand to assist controller with monitoring of cash flow, inventory, fixed assets, and other areas of concern.Responsible for accumulation, analyzation, and distribution of payroll data to local, district, and top level managers.

Supervised staff of three in A/R, A/P, G/L, P/R, and H/R functions.Duties included bank reconciliation’s, cash receipts processing, credit and collections, rebate claims, vouchering, check runs, and vendor relations.Performed maintenance of cash-log spreadsheet, running cash flow schedule, and fixed assets ledger.Responsible for end of day data synchronization between corporate locations, preparation and execution of monthly 401K schedules, and analyzation of weekly payroll variances.Assisted controller with budgeting, commissions, some costing analysis, and preparation of financial statements.