• Perform daily sales posting, maintain sales and margin reports, and research inventory discrepancies• Perform all month-end closing accounting activities• Maintain general ledger accounts and prepare journal entries for accruals and reclassifications• Review account reconciliations, identify resulting risks and opportunities, including follow up of required adjustments• Perform month-end financial analyses, identify trends and monthly run rates, and explain expense variances• Provide ad-hock and KPI reports to controller and field finance managers• Create and maintain standard work instructions (SWI) to promote efficiency in the finance department• Trained staff accountants and new team members in accounting functions• Oversee staff accountants, review and approve journal entries, and serve as a resource for all other accounting functions• Worked closely with external audit team and supported them with reports and documentation as needed

• Compile, adjust and evaluate various accruals to ensure their accuracy• Prepare journal entries, reconcile and analyze general ledgers• Prepare fluctuation analysis of monthly operating results• Identify process improvements to support the regional accounting function• Evaluate accounting standardization processes and make recommendations• Calculate payments to regulatory authorities• Assist with corporate and audit requests as requested

• Monitored and analyzed G/L accounts to ensure accurate financial information is presented to management• Updated monthly account reconciliations in support of ending asset and liability balances• Compiled, adjusted, and evaluated various accruals to ensure their accuracy• Prepared revenue and expenses variance analysis of monthly operating reports• Prepared various financial reports for management review• Posted monthly adjusting journal entries

Processed hundreds of sales orders and posted cash receipts daily in Great PlainsGenerated agent commission reports and processed their cash disbursements for parent and subsidiary companiesProcessed Wire transfers, Credit Card and large volume of ACH payments in multiple bank accountsResearched, reviewed and responded to many inquires from other company departments via TMS and emailPerformed cash reconciliations using Excel V-lookup and pivot tablesReviewed and checked the accuracy of the daily batches from other AR staffTrained and mentored new staff in Great Plains functions, batch posting procedures, and ACH daily processing as needed

Performed all accounts payable functions for the museumCompiled financial statements monthly in accordance with FAS 117Assisted the management in budget preparation for museum expenses

Conducted cost analysis and revenue variances of various programs and departmentsPrepared flexible budgets and forecasting reports