Erina Kemp Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

Greater San Diego Area

• Responsible for managing the month-end closing process, preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts from the general ledger, and preparing month-end reports.• Examine a variety of financial statements and documents for completeness, accuracy and conformance with accounting requirements, and preparing projections of accounting data to show effects of proposed changes on income and financial condition.• Reconcile and research complex and high-risk accounts from the general ledger.• Assist with the preparation of quarter-end closings.• Assist in the preparation of financial statements in compliance with accounting guidelines and US GAAP, as well as in the preparation of working papers for quarterly and annual audits as well as SEC reporting.• Deal with new and/or complex accounting of company initiatives or structural changes.• Analyze data and create monthly and ad hoc reports.

Greater San Diego Area

• Responsible for managing the month-end closing process, preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts from the general ledger, and preparing month-end reports.• Examine a variety of financial statements and documents for completeness, accuracy and conformance with accounting requirements, and preparing projections of accounting data to show effects of proposed changes on income and financial condition.• Reconcile and research complex and high-risk accounts from the general ledger.• Assist with the preparation of quarter-end closings.• Assist in the preparation of financial statements in compliance with accounting guidelines and US GAAP, as well as in the preparation of working papers for quarterly and annual audits as well as SEC reporting.• Deal with new and/or complex accounting of company initiatives or structural changes.• Analyze data and create monthly and ad hoc reports.

Greater San Diego Area

• Administration and review of prime contracts, subcontracts, Teaming Agreements (TA), and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA).• Review Requests for Proposals (RFP) for pricing terms and conditions, modifications, deliverables, submissions and invoice approval.• Coordinate employee benefits, participate in recruiting activities, including career fairs, and process bi-weekly payroll.• Prepare monthly customer billings, and review monthly accounts payable and receivable transactions for accuracy.

Greater San Diego Area

• Responsible for the financial systems, procedures, and controls for the local business unit; full autonomy for establishing provisions and reserve balances, warranty, obsolescence and contingent liabilities.• Prepared monthly financial reports including comparative and historical analysis of trends and costs, estimated and realized revenues, and related data; full charge of all internal and external reporting requirements, liability and reserve positions, without supervision.• Presented unit results at monthly staff meeting and prepared monthly management reporting of unit results to staff and area management.• Provided monthly cost and variance analysis for inventory, job costing, labor and overhead.• Directed annual physical inventory and annual standard cost setting.• Prepared and filed property and sales & use tax returns.• Prepared audit schedules and liaised with corporate office and external agencies.• Maintained sub-ledger integrity for all accounting areas; cost accounting and inventory, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, contract proposal pricing, regulatory compliance, and general accounting.• Co-sponsored the Shipping Process Improvement Team in mapping process flow, identified weaknesses, and proposed an investment solution to improve a very inefficient process; the investment was secured based on a very well written savings justification document that was used as a model of how to present findings and gain management support for a solution.• Modified and developed streamlined methods of financial reporting formats and metrics to support the Managing Director and Business Area Directors in their management roles.• Supervised and directed the activities of two accounting support personnel.

Greater San Diego Area

• Responsible for the financial systems, procedures, and controls for the local business unit; expanded level of signature authority and given greater level of autonomy for staff planning and decision making.• Prepared monthly financial reports including comparative and historical analysis of trends and costs, estimated and realized revenues, and related data.• Assumed full ownership and responsibility for the presentation of unit results at monthly staff meeting.• Provided monthly cost and variance analysis for inventory, job costing, labor and overhead.• Directed annual physical inventory and participated in annual standard cost setting.• Prepared and filed property and sales & use tax returns.• Prepared audit schedules and liaised with corporate office and external agencies.• Maintained sub-ledger integrity for all accounting areas; cost accounting and inventory, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, contract proposal pricing, regulatory compliance, and general accounting.• Participated in company initiatives and liaised with other departments to effect process changes that optimized the company’s administrative labor resources.• Managed the interdepartmental systems, Sales Order booking guidelines, Inventory Control, Job and Purchasing processes, to ensure the company’s objectives were accomplished.• Supervised and directed the activities of two accounting support personnel.

Greater San Diego Area

• Responsible for the consolidated global Service Business Division monthly reporting, for the service projects business area; a highly skilled reliability maintenance program, primarily serving the industrial after-market bearing customers around the world.• Monitored quality of service revenues and volumes and participated in quarterly forecasting and annual business planning.• Maintained the Service Business policies and instructions regarding service projects, ensuring proper accounting controls were in place, communicated to the global units, and periodically reviewed and followed up as required.• Acting Controller for new Ventures business unit, created for the development of decision support software for the reliability maintenance industry; responsible for analysis of monthly expenses, including income and reserves, for proper statement of financial position.• Provided financial support to service business solutions team for deployment of the field service tracking systems, including all instructions for invoicing, job costing and reporting requirements.

Greater San Diego Area

• Responsible for the financial systems, procedures, and controls for the local business unit; expanded level of signature authority.• Prepared monthly financial reports including comparative and historical analysis of trends and costs, estimated and realized revenues, and related data.• Provided monthly cost and variance analysis for inventory, job costing, labor and overhead.• Directed annual physical inventory and participated in annual standard cost setting.• Prepared audit schedules and liaised with corporate office and external agencies.• Maintained sub-ledger integrity for all accounting areas; cost accounting and inventory, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, contract proposal pricing, regulatory compliance, and general accounting.• Assigned month end tasks to ensure business activities were expressed as required for financial reporting purposes.• Defined accountability for AP, AR and Payroll functions, established training and development activities, and created back up schemes for critical processes.

Greater San Diego Area

• Implemented financial systems, procedures, and controls for the local business unit.• Performed month end closing, account reconciliation, and financial reporting.• Maintained general ledger providing accurate records of assets, liabilities, and financial transactions.• Supervised and directed the activities of two accounting support personnel.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting