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St. Louis, MO, US

Support Revenue accounting team, prepare account reconciliations, contract analysis, billing, reporting and revenue recognition

Carrollton, Texas, US

• Oversaw month-end closing duties, such as reviewing cost center coding, deferred billing, and liquidated damages. Prepared journal entries for re-class of coding errors and deferred billing to revenue, bad debt, bank.
• Saved company $450,000 by determining duplicated credit memos issued to franchisees.
• Prepared reporting as special projects for upper management to identify trends and understanding revenue expectancy.
• Created franchise opening fee schedules in Excel to recognize revenue, per GAAP timetable.

Houston, Texas, US

• HALLIBURTON (Energy Service Company), Carrollton, Texas 2014 to 2015Led and maintained $120,000,000 budget for two product service lines. Performed extensive analysis on technology R&D spending and conducted monthly.
• Spearheaded annual planning process with two divisions and ensured Hyperion updated appropriately with correct values.
• Ensured assets were capitalized in a timely manner according to the GAAP regulations.
• Performed month-end closing duties, such as reviewing cost-center spending and project spending, recorded accruals, and made re-class entries.

Richardson, Texas, US

• Prepared monthly entries, month end closing entries, and various account reconciliations for various Business Units.
• Reconciled payroll reconciliations from October to December for year-end close.
• Researched un-reconciled items for year-end close.

Lewisville, TX, US

• Prepared monthly closing entries and various account reconciliations for Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine and Baltimore Sun. Managed Trade Accounting/Barter Accounting for 14 Business Units.
• Prepared six months of bank statements for 4 different bank accounts in 4 months.
• Streamlined trade accounting process for 14 Business Units.

Greater Chicago Area, IL, US

• Maintained corporate U.S. general ledger, internal and external financial reporting, inter-company accounting, managed royalties, and remotely managed outsourced relationships. Implemented, reviewed, and presented.
• Oversaw outsourced team in India and trained remotely, and wrote SOP for job descriptions, development plans, and coaching, resulting in improvement of effectiveness by 75%.
• Collected $3,000,000 of past-due receivables from Mexico affiliate past due for two years in six months and reduced collectables to 45 days.
• Reconciled three plan years two weeks ahead of schedule for employee payroll deductions for employee stock options from multiple payroll systems against plan administer, saving company $150,000.

Plano, TX, US

Maintained general ledger for both beverage and confection companies, and prepared and analyzed account reconciliations. Performed monthly activities, including, but not limited to, recurring entries, month-end entries, and Hyperion reporting. Served as key resource in transition to shared business services and retained as on-site expert. Trained.

LK

Consolidated ten Manhattan projects with monthly reporting to Japanese home office.