Claudio Espinal, Cpa Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

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New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

• As Financial Controller, I forged strategic financial partnerships and collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to ensure precise and timely financial information and business insights.
• Being the inaugural accounting hire at Nanit, I spearheaded the development of the global accounting team and its infrastructure.
• I navigated the company's switch from TriNet PEO to Justworks PEO, realizing over $45K in savings on service fees in the first year alone.
• Tasked with establishing the foundational annual departmental budgeting and quarterly re-forecasting processes, I took the initiative to create and implement these critical financial planning tools.
• Led the implementation and transition to Oracle NetSuite ERP from QuickBooks, enhancing our financial systems' efficiency and enabling rapid growth.
• Began my tenure as Director of Accounting and was then awarded a promotion to Financial Controller after proactively taking on increasing levels of responsibility.

New York, New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

• In this role, I headed the accounting team's daily operations, including staff development and cross-department collaboration.
• Through reallocating resources and aligning operations to meet individual strengths, I created a stronger internal control environment and a more comprehensive and robust internal control process.
• I led an assessment of cross-functional accounting processes that exposed multiple flaws which initially led to materially misstated revenue and COGS.
• By redeveloping the accounts payable function and implementing streamlined initiatives, I cut working time by 50%+.
• I spearheaded the complete digitization of the A/P and A/R functions, which cut paper waste by 95%+ while boosting overall efficiency.
• This again is an instance where I was onboarded as a Senior Accountant and then quickly promoted to Accounting Manager after I continued undertaking larger scopes of leadership and accountability.

Greater New York City Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

• As an analytical leader, I played a vital role in the timely processing of month-end close accounting procedures for employment costs, compensation, and payroll, including reconciliations, roll-forward schedules, and.
• I implemented monthly reporting of taxable fringe that improved the accuracy and efficiency of reporting fringe benefits for 800+ employees within the NY and LA offices.
• I audited NY and LA internal controls related to financial systems and network security as required by Sarbanes-Oxley 404.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Key member of a 6-person accounting/finance team responsible for all monthly closing duties and preparation and analysis of financial statements.
• Prepare bank reconciliations for Kaplan’s two main tuition cash accounts.
• Coordinate with several departments to track and monitor fixed and capital assets during the transition from classroom to online courses.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Accountant for the ESPN Zone flagship location in Times Square.
• Prepare daily and weekly revenue, labor, and cost of sales reports.
• Responsible for all month-end duties, inventory auditing, and preparation of the Annual Operating Plan.
• Managed accounting/cash team of 6 employees.
• Processed all Accounts Payable invoices in SAP for the Times Square location.
• Recognized as top staff accountant across the country due to work ethic and reliability and chosen to consolidate and analyze all site's financial statements to report to the executive operating committee.

B.A., Economics

Double Minor in Business Administration and Film Studies

B.S., Double Major In Public Accounting And Business, Management And Finance, 3.98 Gpa