Dwayne Howard Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

New York, New York, US

New York, New York, US

Hartford, Connecticut, US

• Manages the P&L for a business unit producing $700M in revenue annually.
• Partner with senior leadership and various operation teams on monthly, quarterly, and annual P&L analysis to better forecast profitability and operating results.
• Prepare monthly operating results, including variance analysis and trends between actuals, budget, and forecast.
• Participate in month-end close activities including the preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations, and income statement.
• Produce adhoc request including revenue analysis, medical spend analysis, SGA analysis, and revenue modeling under several scenarios.

Chicago, IL, US

• Performed daily activities related to the accounts receivable function including importing accounts receivable activity into the subledger, billing customers, applying payments, reporting aged receivables to shop level.
• Performed certain aspects of the cash reconciliation process related to credit card receipts, shop deposits, and corporate deposits, as well as recording the related journal entries.
• Prepared various account reconciliations on a monthly basis to ensure accuracy of closing the company’s books.
• Assisted in the annual budgeting process by working with Potbelly finance department personnel to help set accurate, realistic, store level expense budgets.
• Prepared schedules for quarterly reviews and year-end audit for independent external auditors.
• Participated in monthly meetings to review and discuss financial results, address any issues and generally support the accounting close process.

London, GB

• Prepared and revised schedules for the 10-Q and 10-K filing including: financial statements, footnotes, and MD&A.
• Participate in month-end close activities including the preparation and review of journal entries.
• Prepare and review monthly reconciliations of assigned balance sheet accounts, bank accounts and ensure that the general ledger accounts are reconciled with resolution to reconciling items.
• Prepare and analyze divisional profit and loss statements.
• Prepare schedules for quarterly reviews and year-end audit for independent external auditors. Research issues, clarify information, and prepare supporting data.

• Received and validated all transportation and warehouse invoices.
• Assisted corporate with month-end close activities. Including posting journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Analyzed monthly variances between actual results, current estimate, plan, and prior year. Summarized variances for reporting to upper management.
• Monthly analysis of transportation and warehouse rates, ensuring all transportation and warehouse costs are captured for month-end reporting.
• Ensured all balance sheet accruals are an accurate reflection of outstanding liabilities.

Conducted interviews and made hiring decisions for potential employees.Managed a team of 17 student employees including scheduling, payroll and supervision.Coordinated computer lab activities and troubleshoot problems for patrons.

Bloomington, IL, US

Bloomington, IL, US

Bloomington, IL, US

Normal, IL, US

Performed internal audit functions for nonprofit organization.Monitored and reconciled all ledger balances and created and posted adjusting journal entries.Produced and analyzed financial reports.Assisted with month-end closing procedures.

Advised clients regarding social service resources.Prepared time cards and called employees in regards to payroll.Performed various office tasks such as creating databases, answering phones, filing and copying.

Bachelor Of Arts, Accounting

High School Diploma