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Columbia, Maryland, United States

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Science and Medicine Group (SMG) supports companies seeking to commercialize the rapidly changing marketplace at the intersection of science, medicine, and technology. SMG clients, including some of the top Fortune 500 companies in the world, use SMG's business intelligence, market research, publications, and media / marketing platforms to grow their.

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Manager with Grant Thornton’s (GT) Financial Management Advisory Service Team providing financial management services to GT’s growing Public Sector client base. Responsible for project management of financial management engagements for Public Sector clients. Also, serviced Commercial Sector clients on financial management engagements. Primary clients.

Alexandria, VA

• Lead Consultant on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Quality Control engagement providing and managing the accounting and audit liaison/support services to the NCUA Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
• Facilitated delivery of requested audit PBCs. Including oversight of PBC list, working with the external auditors regarding PBC submission, quality control review of PBCs prior to delivery to the external auditors, and.
• Managed and performed the compilation of the annual financial statement tie-out and support binders.
• Assisted in the preparation and review of financial statements to ensure compliance with FASB and FASAB generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requirements
• Served as an audit resource for NCUA Management to address auditor questions and develop appropriate responses, including drafting position papers and white papers for management.
• Researched FASB and FASAB guidance as necessary to ensure transactions posted to the general ledger were compliant with the applicable regulatory guidance and communicated updates and the applicable impact on each of.

Arlington, VA

• Surescripts operates the largest health information network that connects the diverse and expansive community of care partners, including pharmacies, providers, benefit managers, and health information exchanges..
• Overseeing and executing all accounting activity related to the full revenue cycle including contract review, pricing, billing, collections, revenue recognition, deferred revenue, vendor incentives, and cost of sales
• Prepared monthly revenue analysis including trends, fluctuations, and reserves
• Managed the preparation, analysis, and reconciliation of all related balance sheet accounts
• Prepared monthly variance analysis (actual vs. actual, actual vs. budget)
• Managed collections of accounts receivable towards targeted DSO

Bethesda, MD

Senior consultant in the financial consulting practice of Bethesda Financial Group. Areas of focus include consolidation matters, revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, XBRL tagging, system implementations, SOX compliance, and other financial reporting matters. Clients included – MyEyeDr; Advanced Bioscience Laboratories; Intersections, Inc..

Alexandria, VA

Apr 2011 - Jun 2013Acting Chief Accounting Officer Alternative Paths Training School (APTS)APTS is a private non-profit educational, vocational and behavioral consultation program for students and adults with developmental and other disabilities. Areas of responsibility included oversight and management of the fiscal year-end review readiness process.

Reston, VA

• Directed the corporate accounting and internal reporting for one of the largest independent program management, operational services, and product providers to Federal, State, and Local Governments. Reported directly to.
• Deltek/CostPoint Implementation Team – worked with a team to implement CostPoint. Included assisting staff on the use of CostPoint, coordinating and overseeing the processing of parallel closes, and updating Sarbanes.
• Divestiture Accounting Team – coordinated and monitored the accounting transactions associated with the divestiture of the company’s Enterprise Systems segment. Served as the main point of contact to the purchasing.

Reston, VA

• Directed the daily accounting operations in the North American region for one of the largest international independent providers of business infrastructure software. Managed a team of 10 - 14 staff with five direct.
• Transition Team – Working with a team to transition webMethods’ policies and procedures to Software AG’s. This includes but is not limited to: Identify, align and assign work duties and responsibilities to members of.

Washington D.C.

• Directed the daily work activities of the Accounting Sections (Corporate Consolidation/General Ledger, Energy Accounting, Non-Utility Accounting, and Financial Systems Admin). Manage a team of 22 staff with 4 direct.
• Closing Committee – To evaluate the Finance Department’s closing schedule. Objective was to stream line current procedures/processes in order to achieve a timelier month end close. Resulted in the reduction of the.
• Financial Reports Review Committee – To automate and standardize all of the company’s external and internal GAAP financial statements. Objective was to provide more timely and useful financial statements. Achieved 60.
• PeopleSoft Upgrade Committee – Accounting Lead working with a committee of internal and external members to upgrade PeopleSoft version 7.02 to version 8.8. Upgrade was implemented on schedule and within budget.

Alexandria, VA

Monitored and directed the accounting treatment for all general ledger transactions related to the balance sheet. Responsible for monthly, quarterly and year end closing process; account analysis and monthly variance reporting. Worked with Financial Analyst to research and accurately report financial performance to the markets. Participated and assisted.

Bethesda, MD

Provided a full range of services including assurance, tax and other business consulting advice to privately held companies and not-for-profit organizations. Responsible for all aspects of planning, supervising and executing multiple audits and other assurance engagements.