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BAE Systems Ship Repair is the leading U.S. non-nuclear ship repair, modernization conversion and overhaul company. With more than 3,000 experienced project managers and trades people boasting millions of man-hours of proven success in drydock and pierside repairs on both U.S. coasts and Hawaii. BAE offers state-of-the-art ship repair craft shops and fabrication facilities; mobile work teams with six drydocks (4,000 to 60,000 tons; over 1,000 feet), one graving dock; 12 repair berths. Accounting Manager IIResponsible for accounting functions: Cash Receipts, Fixed Assets, GL and financial reporting.•Responsible for month-end closing, preparation monthly financial statements for 5 locations and 350 Balance Sheet Reconciliations. Prepare and submit Monthly Reporting Packages and monitor and reconcile rate variances, P&L reconciliation.•Support and oversee the completion of internal and external audits, including tax work supporting packages.•Support and oversee the completion of monthly compliance self-testing.•Support and test accounting system implementations•Provide accounting support to the 5 locations.•Responsible for the accounting staff, 4 Sr. Accountants, 2 Accountants, 1 Payroll ClerkSr. Accountant for BAE Systems Ship Repair, Norfolk.•Prepare balance sheet and income statements, including monthly reporting package.•Assist in consolidation and other accounting reports including schedules•Month-end close process•Fixed asset accounting and auditing•Monitor and review procedural controls•Self-Assessment Internal Control Audits•Balance sheet account reconciliations and analysis•Maintain monthly journal entries

Responsibilities included preparing annual budgets and quarterly rolling forecasts for 35 divisions totaling $70M. •Provided management reporting and analysis emphasizing historical results, budgets, forecasts and trends. •Performed actual to budget variance analysis while highlighting risks and making recommendations that were accurate, insightful, and that supported management's decision making. •Performed period close activities, which included accruals, prepaid journal entries, compiled information and assisted with DCAA audits, and various other support functions.

Financial Professional for Corporate ITS. Responsibilities included preparing budgets for six divisions totaling $17M. •Prepared financial information for each division on a periodic basis and report the finding to division managers. •Prepared the periodic close for 18 divisions. In support of the periodic close I reconciled and accrued various expenses accounts.•Monitored and maintaned consultant costs for all corporate IT divisions.•Approved all accounts payable for six divsions

Associate Staff Accountant Corporate Accounts Payable and Payroll. Responsibilities included all general ledger reconciliations related to AP and Payroll. •Responsible for 1099 reporting, Board of Director Payments, data base administrator and performance reporting. •Worked with internal and external auditors to provide support information i.e. DCAA. •Tested and updated process procedures related to company policy and SOX 404 policy.