Oversee daily transactions, including accounts payable/receivable, general ledger and bank reconciliations.Participate in regular tax audits and payroll.Prepare budgeting reports and forecast revenues.Manage month-end and year-end closing.Monitor the daily performance of the accounting department.Provide guidance of special projects verifing treatment is in accordance with GAAP

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Responsible for all reconciliations related to the purchase and financing of fixed assets including incentive Receivables and Lender Payables. Recognized for developing analysis reports (Titles Analysis and Salvage Analysis reports) providing Management more visibility to accrual balances and opportunities to manage equity.

Mergers/ AcquisitionsResponsible for integrating high profile business to business relationships into the new Office Depot Accouinting system following the merger of Office Depot and Office Max. Created accruals and dashboard analysis reports allowing Sales to more appropriately manage budgets. Recognized for developing desktop procedures and identifying accrual opportunities for Property Accounting departments.

Responsible for Supervising the Balance Sheet Accounting team and Fixed Assets team within a multi-business unit, shared services environment.• Recognized for developing new journal control reports allowing Senior Management more visibility to P/L impact planning.• Provided leadership to an international audit of fixed assets increasing accountability to managing accruals for depreciation expense.• Increased balance sheet reconciliation completion by approximately 40% by restructuring g/l account assignments and implementing new functionality within the Blackline reconciliation system.

Business Planning and Analysis, Port St. Lucie FloridaResponsible for providing leadership to developing work-plans, labor models and other strategic analytical planning tools that allows business managers to budget and appropriately drive results. Participate in Daily Production Review meetings with Senior Management to identify revenue goals, recommend corrective action and identify opportunities for improvement. Also performs monthly presentations of budget models and other analysis reports summarizing operation results.• Recognized for developing new labor plan analysis techniques utilizing advanced excel functionality allowing for automated updates and quicker response time to business managers.

Provided leadership to the Shared Services Commissions Accounting operation for domestic and international Tour and Corporate business, with accountability for hiring, evaluating performance, contracts compliance and monthly close tasks, encompassing multi-unit journal entries, reconciliations, budget/forecast analysis, and maintaining B2B Customer Support systems. Recognized for resolving goals by collaborating and leading team meetings with various cross functional department heads including Sales, Operations, Audit, and Legal to identify and implement controls to maintain customer and vendor relationships. • Received corporate recognition for eliminating over 100K in potential regulatory fines by developing and implementing the Patriot Act OFAC Compliance program and an International Unclaimed Property compliance program for the entire organization• Eliminated approximately $525K per quarter of out of period adjustments by creating vendor specific forecast/ compliance reports and automated flux analysis spreadsheets utilizing new data warehouse technology and advanced excel functionality• Primary contact to provide financial and product expertise to Sales & Marketing, I.T. and Legal team to assist devise contracts and maintain working relationships with high profile International and Domestic vendors• Saved over 60K in reprocessing costs by defining and implementing new payment controls and collaborating with A/P to implement a new and improved accrual offset procedure within Peoplesoft the GL system. • Instrumental contributor for integrating Enterprise airport business into Alamo and National Car rental system to facilitate merger/acquisition• Successfully facilitated company move from Florida to Tulsa to complete purchase agreement and transition to new Company ownership. Transition included building two accounting departments from scratch and implementing training solutions to accommodate new general ledger and rental system

Liaised with Audit Manager and Senior Management to support Risk Assessment procedures and ensureing timely execution of audit engagements in accordance with Internal Audit plan. Assisted Audit Manager determine audit programs, dash board reports, and other customized requirements. Special Projects • Regularly identified contract interpretation issues within Airport Concessions agreements, and cost reduction opportunities within operational audits of airport locations;• Fostered consensus through well planned field management interviews and team meetings• Recognized for designing and documenting a contracts audit template used to ensure all field locations are graded with similar criteria• Strategically identified concession fee opportunities and reported to Senior Audit Manager; • Entrusted with high profile confidential special projects

Manager, Cash Accounting, Minneapolis Minnesota/ Boca Raton Florida (1994 to 2002)Managed a team of highly skilled staff accountants with responsibility for the accounting of all Operating, Depository, and Disbursement bank accounts, Cash Flow, Unclaimed Property; audited and approved wire transfers; letters of credit, Sales & Use tax payments, and theft/fraud analysis. Established and maintain vendor relationship to ensure timely execution for movement of funds and optimal pricing opportunities including International banks, Armored Car Services, Foreign Exchange Service providers, etc.) • Primary contact for providing banking product expertise to maximize cash control efficiency and revenue opportunities (ie PositivePay, Lockbox, Micr coding, ACH sweeps)• Decreased annual bank fees by $60K+ by consolidating 134 accounts into 15 • Eliminated $180k per year in administrative cost by identifying and implementing new cutting edge bank reconciliation software that linked directly into corporate accounting infrastructure.• Decreased oversees mail cost by more than 35% by creating and implementing an online cash handling reporting system for the entire European operation.