• Manage a team of three accounting professionals, prioritizing training, collaboration, and drive to implement improvements and help shorten the monthly close process from 7 to 5 days. Team members have consistently been able to take on increased responsibilities• Prepared and posted journal entries required to generate accurate financials in accordance with GAAP, such as claims legal reserve, inventory and cogs, retail purchasing, repair & maintenance entries, admin and shop manager bonuses, property tax, expense accruals and review of journal entries related to revenue, payroll, accounts receivable, various expenses and accounts payable• Collaborate with management, FP&A, Operations, and the Field team to provide recommendations to improve month end processes, financial controls, forecasting and general analytics

• Perform monthly financial variance analysis, including research, documentation, and communication of account fluctuations• Experience obtaining and analyzing data from ERP and database management systems• Preparing entries related to AR, AP, prepaids and various expense accounts

• Executed integrated audits for Charlotte and Central Ohio clients in various industries, including Informational Analytics, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, and Food & Consumer Products• Performed and reviewed audit procedures in accordance with GAAP and IFRS standards over various financial statement accounts, from SOX control testing and substantive procedures• Participation in several acquisitions and one restructuring project. Responsibilities included assistance with due diligence, financial analyses surrounding valuation model and inputs, and procedures over the opening balance sheet and control implementation regarding testing controls around a large, unusual complex acquisition

• Tested SOX controls, conducted quarterly and year-end audit procedures • Implemented walkthrough flowcharts over complex revenue transactions from start to finish through collaboration with client, worked to monitor and provide feedback on controls to be compliant with SOX

Worked with QuickBooks and helped initiate orders from start to finish, from creating invoices, recording accounts payable, pulling parts from the warehouse to package, printing packing slips and labels, shipping orders, recording accounts receivable and filing paperwork. Interned May-August 2015, December 2015, May-August 2016, December 2016, and May-August 2017.

Proficient in Excel Skills used in everyday businessWorked on Cash control procedures, Financial Statement Tie-Outs, and prepared workpapers