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Sterling, Virginia, United States

Responsible for the Accounting Department’s day-to-day operation, including:- Responsible for proper General Ledger management, month-end closing and balance sheet reconciliations.- Responsible for proactive identification and resolution of any issues or reconciling items related to general ledger balance sheet accounts.- Involved in financial audit process.- Assists the accounting management team with the identification and analysis of any inefficiencies or inconsistencies with financial performance.- Assists department leadership with financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting for their departments.- Communicates any errors related to client billing, accounting, and financial reporting immediately.- Assist with reporting and collection of receivables.- Guide billing team in system and work improvement efforts to increase productivity.- Responsible of AP processing, reporting, and related tax requirements (i.e.1099s, W-8, etc.)- Guide AP team in system and work improvement efforts to increase productivity including improved controls and automation for banking transactions.- Liaison with parent company on banking initiatives, relationship management, and opportunities for process efficiencies.- Works with controller, immediate team, and peer group as applicable.

Danbury, Ct

Accounting Operationso Management of the timely and accurate application of over $3.6B in incoming global cash receipts on an annual basiso Management of unapplied and unidentified funds across more than 20 bank accounts in multiple currencieso Management of a global client receivable portfolio consisting of over 600 clients with overall receivable balances of approximately $150-$250Mo Management of an ongoing third-party receivable portfolio consisting of over 1,000 vendors with overall receivable balances of greater than $15Mo Negotiate aged receivable settlements with suppliers, brokers, clients and customers. o Management, review and resolution of reconciling or aged items for over 30 general ledger account reconciliations and related sub-ledger balances.o Treasury and Cash Management responsibilities, including managing key bank relationshipso Manage global currency requirements, exposure, and regulatory complianceo Manage disbursements to 146 countries and 46 currencies, annual spend of over $3 billiono Manage multi-currency receipts for North America, EMEA, and APAC across multiple product streams Accomplishments o Project management skills, including leading the project track for the integration of the Cartus EMEA business functions into a single global center of excellence for cash applications and collections.o Developed various process improvements, including automations to incoming bank feeds that made the process more efficient and requiring less headcount.o Utilized robotics process automation to develop and implement process improvements, including application of cash to AR subledger, and preparing/recording of journal entries for Oracle processing.o Development of performance metrics used to statistically measure the performance of the Cash Applications, Accounts Receivable, and Treasury analysts.o Process mapping and job aids created for all key accounting processes.

Financial Controlso Management and coordination (including all design and testing) of organization’s Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, partnering with organization’s outside audit firm.o Responsible for the completion of over 50 financial/operational tests to ensure SOX compliance, including all corporate finance and accounting functions.o Development, maintenance, and administration of global accounting policies, procedures, and standards, including controls around balance sheet account reconciliations, journal entries, write-offs, global disbursements, and other accounting functions.o Coordination of various internal audit reviews, as well as audits of external vendors and third parties utilized by the organization.o Management of organization's SSAE18 SOC 1 control report, including writing of narrative, coordination of testing between the business and our external audit firm, and final review/issuance of the report.o Client audit function including the review of client/third party audit scoping, coordination, direction, analysis, and disposition of audit findings.o Ownership of organizational fraud awareness reviews, evaluation of risk profiles by accounting function, implementation of preventative, detective, and corrective controls as well as led numerous fraud investigations.o Created employee security profiles which drive all systems access, as well as the review and approval procedures for all profiles and profile updates, based on segregation of duties and least privileged access.

Danbury, Ct

Danbury, Ct

Danbury, Ct

Danbury, Ct

Danbury, Ct

M.B.A., Accounting Specialization

B.B.A., Marketing