Christopher Shoemaker Email & Phone Number

Renton, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

Newcastle, Washingon

Greater Seattle Area

• Provide monthly invoices and analysis for payroll for 1,500 employees. Streamlined process by creating templates which saved 2 hours per month.
• Create and report monthly accruals and in depth analysis for domestic and international accounts through Oracle Accounting and PeopleSoft to leadership and Amazon counterparts.
• Performed month-end/year-end close, accounting and budget variances, and reconciled general ledger balance sheet accounts. Assisted management to resolve variances.
• Assisted in setting up new budget variance reports for reporting to Managers and Directors.
• Helped to implement PeopleSoft 9.2 from PeopleSoft 8.4.

Renton, WA

• Provide key accounting guidance for major non-fully integrated subsidiaries. Review balance sheet and Income statements.
• Responsible for variety of financial activities related to accounts receivable, accounts payable, and other accrued liabilities.
• Variance Analytics, compare month over month, quarterly, and yearly analysis for liabilities through the Cognos system. Also, report out analytics to higher management and auditors.
• In charge of monthly activities including internal statements review, and intercompany out of balance reports
• Responsible for performing multiple financial schedules that are reported to corporate on a quarterly, and annual basis. Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities and receivables and Related Parties.

Renton, WA

• Financial accounting: conduct monthly GL recon of domestic and international accounts regarding value added tax (VAT), property taxes in domestic campuses, and cost of sales. At end of the month consolidate financial.
• Accounts receivable: communicating with domestic and international customers, processing invoices in SAP, end of the month close, analyzing revenue recognition in SAP, and reviewing and updating current process to lean.
• Lean Focal: Lead process improvements and time savings through the Obeya board. Meet with the team (International and Flight Services accounting) on a bi-weekly basis to go over projects, Obeya board and our team's.

Renton, WA

• Performed Payroll Controls ACH Balancing and Reconciliation which consists of pulling reports and queries from Vista Plus and HRMS, then analyzing the data before ACH funds are released to the bank with zero escapes.
• Conducted frequent payroll Sox audits and internal control audits including check stock, online adjustment, and weekly sniffer audits to ensure internal controls are to standard. Supported, created, and presented.
• Improved process infrastructure by updating process documents and creating a cross training environment by having each department share systems or programs to improve process efficiency by more than 10 percent.
• Received exceeds expectations or met expectations in all business goals and objectives performance measures for 2013.

Greater Seattle Area

• Processed accounts payable invoices. Help create a tracking sheet and batch processing to speed up the invoice process by more than 25%.
• Reconciled and maintained multiple accounts payable accounts at month end and quarter end, then researched and tracked up to 50 open items to ensure sufficient detail to support account balances due.

• Audited business’s payroll records to ensure sure it complies with WACs and RCWs.
• Analyzed income statements, balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and federal tax returns.
• Initiated tax collections, helped small businesses comply with Washington State payroll reporting standards.
• Was awarded compliance staff member of the quarter two times for collecting over one million dollars in back taxes and overdue compliance reports.

• Helped small businesses comply with Washington State excise tax law (WACs and RCWs), advise small business owners on how to file excise tax returns and understand revenue recognition regulations, and initiate tax.
• Awarded revenue agent of the quarter for collecting 100% of compliance reports and overdue taxes in quarter two of 2010.

• Applied a new software (Expentia) program which helped in increasing department productivity and reduce errors by 15% as a payroll analyst.
• Reviewed payroll output, balancing of earnings, deductions and taxes for expatriates.
• Processed and reviewed Accounts Payable invoices for payment. Improved invoice process by more than 10 percent by creating a batch process.

• Reviewed, analyzed and reconciled utilities and inventory accounts, researched up to 100 open items on a daily basis; coordinated with other departments to prevent or resolve overdue accounts. Assisted with recurring.
• Conducted Sarbanes Oxley testing procedure 404 to ensure completeness and authorization of accounts.
• Preparation of financial statements and balance sheets on a quarterly basis with the Oracle software.

Fort Lewis, WA

• Leader of up to seven soldiers. First unit to operate Stryker (prototype for medium Brigade Warfare) vehicles.
• Deployed for ten months to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Trained, supervised, and developed personnel for real world missions.
• Responsible for over $4,000,000 of equipment.
• Awarded solider and Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) of the month on five separate occasions.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

Associate'S Degree, Business