• As part of the Accounting Special Projects Group, work in a highly diverse role assisting all levels of leadership with dynamic project involvement throughout the Wonderful Company Portfolio, which include 50+ diverse US legal entities under such as FIJI Water, Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds, Wonderful Halos, Teleflora, POM Wonderful, and JUSTIN and Landmark Wines.• Projects change regularly due to the needs of the business, and may include but are not limited to planning and conducting both financial and operational audits, documenting accounting processes and policies, due diligence, accounting process evaluations, assessing operational efficiency, contractual and financial compliance, identifying business risks, business process reviews, ad hoc financial analysis, evaluating internal controls, and fraud investigation and prevention. o Selected Projects:ASC 606 – Revenue From Contracts With Customers Compliance. In preparation of ASC 606 effective date of January 1, 2019, work with key personnel, to identify and understand all revenue streams, contracts, performance obligations, prices, and variable considerations for each business unit. Document our understanding of the revenue process and identify areas that may impact revenue recognition due to ASC 606.Deferred Compensation Process Improvement Work with key personnel of all businesses, to research and document understanding of current deferred compensation contribution/distribution process for all businesses. Identify and propose areas of improvement to all levels of management, and implement changes, reducing costs and man employee hours.Concur Expense Analysis Using Concur, build data sets to analyze patterns of spend on travel and expense reimbursement. Using this analysis, work with key personnel of businesses to identify and improve on decreasing spends due to error, reducing risk of fraud.

• Perform financial statement and compliance audits, ensuring Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) compliance for State and Local Government, Tribal, Airport, and Higher Education industry clients, with clients ranging from $200 thousand to $14 billion in annual revenues.• Lead audit teams from planning to completion of engagements, being the main contact for partners, managers, staff, and clients, ensuring deadlines and budgets are met. Train and mentor staff, reviewing work-papers and providing guidance.• Identify and assess risks of material misstatement of financial reports due to fraud; assess internal controls and ensure controls are effectively designed and implemented.• Design and perform substantive tests to determine the reasonableness of financial statements; design and perform Single Audit tests in compliance with OMB A-133/Uniform Guidance.• Articulated audit findings, risks and recommendations to upper management and clients through written and oral presentations.Achievements• Early promotion to Senior Associate after 2 years, normally a 3-year process. • Millennial Video Contest Winner - one of five millennial Associates selected firm wide by the Managing Partner and invited to speak on a panel at the Annual Partner Retreat, discussing challenges the firm faces with the Millennial Generation.• Staff Council – elected by staff and peers to be one of four members to represent the office to discuss ideas and solutions regarding issues impacting the office with the management team.

• Review and research bank reports, customer account records including but not limited to bank statements, deposit items, issued checks, incoming and outgoing wire records, monetary instrument records, ACH credit and debit, loan documentation as well as other related transactions to detect suspicious activity that may involve potential money laundering, terrorist financing or other illegal activities.• Analyze accounts to identify suspicious activities. Conclusions should be supported by collection of data from website research, branch correspondence such as EDD profiles and Call Reports, and queries to customers.• Prepare a Suspicious Activity Report if activities warrant a filing, or a waiver if not necessary.