Perform accounting and financial analysis for a Non-For-Profit Organization specializing in Job Training, and tattoo removal of former gang members and/or ex-incarcerated men or women. Complete heavy monthly close duties, including journal entries, account reconciliation and analysis, and prepare budget for grant applications.- Manage A/P and A/R departments, Maintain cash activity flow approval of transfers between bank accounts. - Reconcile cash, amortize prepaids, sales tax payable reconcile, A/R tie out to the Aging, Calculate Commission payouts.- Monthly Accruals, Sales Tax Calculations and submitting the tax returns.- Prepare Allocation for insurance breakdown between businesses and departments. - Maintaining Inventory schedules/balances for the businesses.- Creating schedules for our financial and compliance audits including allowance for doubtful-accounts, and fixed asset depreciation schedules.- Prepare Invoicing for Grants on Governmental programs.

Perform sales and use tax, personal property tax, and accounting for the nation’s largest party rental supplier ($300 million). Complete heavy monthly close duties under tight deadlines, including journal entries, account reconciliation. - Calculate and submit monthly, quarterly, annual sales and use tax returns for multiple states. - Reconcile cash, amortize prepaids, sales tax payable reconcile and perform cash projections analysis.- Accrue and maintain Interest and Debt Schedules/Reconciliations. - Perform AR analytical analysis in comparison with each location’s AR aging.- Prepare Personal Property tax filings for multiple states and city/counties. Submit city and county business licenses.- Support and assist regularly on income tax preparation request.- Coordinate with various local and state agencies on sales tax, personal property tax audits.

Perform accounting and financial analysis for a division of the nation’s largest sunglasses and reader glasses wholesaler ($400 million). Complete heavy monthly close duties under tight deadlines, including journal entries, account reconciliation and analysis, financial ratios and metrics, budgeting, and forecasting. - Reconcile cash, amortize prepaids, accrue customer rebates, record sales dilution, and record return reserve and analyze for adequacy. Analyze capex for covenant reporting. - Assist in preparation of multicompany, multicurrency consolidated financial statements, including intercompany eliminations.- Update and calculate Fixed Assets and Depreciation GL Accounts. Provide Inter-company elimination entries. Prepare monthly royalty schedules. - Prepare IS/CF/BS budget with related drivers for Year 2008 at department, company, and consolidated levels. Perform monthly updates to forecast.- Prepare Sales/Use, Personal Property tax returns for multiple states and city/counties- Support annual Ernst &Young audit and assist regularly with due diligence requests.

Senior Staff, December 2001 – September 2006- Prepared Federal & State Income Tax Returns for Individuals, Partnerships, C-Corporations, S-Corporations, and Non-for-Profit. Assigned and reviewed returns from staff.- Performed Financial/Compliance Audits under GAAP and the Department of Education Title IV.- Provide tax analysis and future tax planning for individuals and Businesses. Prepared other tax returns such as sales/use tax, personal property tax returns. - Correspond with the IRS and the other tax agencies on client’s behalf on audit issues, and compliance issues. - Provide tax analysis and future tax planning for individuals and Businesses. Prepared other tax returns such as sales/use tax, personal property tax returns