Christopher Bowles Email & Phone Number

Bolingbrook, IL, US

Geneva, Illinois, United States

• Prepare and Analyze 44 Monthly Committee Reports for General and Special Revenue Funds
• Create and Design Committee reports with greater detail using BA Analytics
• Create New Processes for Monthly Committee Reports to improve efficiencies
• Prepare, Reconcile, and Analyze monthly tax revenue reports for Chief Financial Officer
• Prepare and Redesign Financial Tables for Yearly Budget Book

Lemont, Illinois, United States

• Prepare and Analyze Division Overhead Report Monthly and Present to Division Management
• Prepare Quarterly Division Cost Center Report in Access and Present to Division Management
• Analyze and Prepare Monthly Overrun report for 175 Project Cost Center Accounts
• Review and Approve Expense Requests for up to 80k
• Prepare Grant Proposal Budgets in Workday Adaptive
• Review and Approve Grant Funding Proposals for Accuracy in Pearl

Wheaton, Illinois

• Prepare Division of Transportation revenue $60 million budget, including project reimbursement
• Prepare account receivables monthly reports for management
• Investigate and contact past due customers for account collections and payment disputes
• Prepare, process, deposit, and archive customer and project invoice payments from electronic, checks, and cash
• Maintain 23 Excel general ledgers and historical trend charts for Motor Fuel Tax, Local Gas Tax, Bonds, Impact Fees, Pre-Paid, and Electronic payment accounts per GAAP, Federal, and State Guidelines
• Reconcile general ledger accounts monthly with ERP Lawson and bank statements

Bolingbrook, IL

• Rewards Financial Analyst
• Collaborated with CRM/Loyalty to design, test, and implement a Top 10 Retail Loyalty Rewards Program
• Extract and prepare Excel based weekly Executive Dashboard reports for upper management
• Communicate with multiple departments for promotional offer preparation
• Extract, prepare, and analyze data from promotional events via CRM tools
• Extract application inventory level from SAP

Warrenville, IL

• Extracted monthly, quarterly, and yearly actual from SAP
• Populated analyst actual and forecast templates for submission to upper management
• Prepared, submitted, and verified journal entries for projects
• Investigated outstanding invoices using Ketera, SAP, and vendor contacts
• Prepared, submitted, and verified monthly, quarterly, and yearly accruals
• Compiled a monthly accrual aging log for variance meetings

Warrenville, IL

• Assist Project Managers with divestment property issues
• Process and pay invoices from projects
• Coordinate with accounting regarding invoice issues, divestment reconciliations, project expenses and annual divestment proceeds
• Coordinate property and leasing contract procedures, settlement statements at closings, and divestment timelines with Real Estate Attorneys
• Close divested properties on a daily basis within SAP
• Prepare divestment schedules for distribution to various business units

Aurora, Illinois

• Assist Accounting team with manufacturing time study
• Interview manufacturing floor management and employees for job functions
• Review end to end process for manufacturing nutrition bars
• Review end to end process for manufacturing nutritional powders
• Prepare statistic and written reports for completed time study

Arlington Heights, IL

• Prepared Small Business Group for paperless transition
• Supported a General Engineering study
• Prepared Trend analysis for efficient Small Business Group monitoring of contractors
• Participated in pre-award survey with a Contractor Administrator

Aurora, IL And Downers Grove, IL

• Followed established schedules and procedures for installing or troubleshooting stereos, amplifiers, speakers and security systems into cars, truck, and boats
• Assisted and maintained the mobile installation center operations by maximizing the productivity of assigned employees
• Provided technical advice and assistance to customers

Greater Chicago Area

• Supervised up to 8 employees to provide quality food, fast service, and cleanliness
• Controlled food costs, waste, and implemented company procedures to budget employee’s time
• Identified, addressed, and resolved problems immediately with employees and customers
• Used written and oral communications skills to evaluate the performance of employees

Bachelor Of Science In Finance, Accounting And Finance, Cumulative G.P.A. 3.70 / 4.00

Computer Science, 4.0

- Cisco CCENT Certified - Python Programming