Heather Lanier Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co

Duties: Review & update cash daily- update with actuals, estimated incoming & outgoing funds, coordinate with the accounts payable manager & others on the accounting team, outstanding checks & projected revenue, etc. Created a daily outstanding check list. Send revenue charts mid-month to department heads. Reconciliations: Cash, Fixed Assets, payroll accrual, etc. Book journal entries: some cash entries, payroll, fixed assets, WIP, etc Set-up fixed assets in new system- Sage. Meet with department heads to go over financials after close. Work with team member to submit financial detail for 13 departments into Cognos system for Raymond to review monthly, quarterly & year end- including tracking backlog, orders received & invoiced, employee headcount, etc Assist with the annual audit & year end reporting to Raymond. Assist CFO & team member on forecasting 3 times a year. Submit quarterly reporting to Toyota on BMIS system. Create adhoc reports as needed for accounting & other departments. Help team members with excel, accounting questions & ways to improve processes. Performs other duties as assigned. Went through Toyota Leadership Program in 2022 with selected individuals of Welch.

Aurora, Co

Senior Manager, Accounting (SEP 21' to DEC21')Manager, Accounting & Finance (MAY 19' to SEP 21')Senior Accountant (AUG 18' to MAY 19')Duties: Overall responsibility for the accounting function, including the conduct & management of period-end closing processes, as well as the oversight of CPCs general ledger & subsidiary ledgers. Guides & supervises accounting staff & provides constructive feedback on performance. Collaboratively works with direct reports to establish department & individual goals. Holds primary responsibility for CPC’s revenue cycle: revenue recognition, invoicing, receivables & collections. Works with various departments to ensure everything is captured correctly: the contract management team, project managers & core lab team, to name a few. Performs & provides managerial oversight of key account reconciliations: bank, fixed assets, depreciation, prepaid, deferred revenue, accrued expenses, etc. Oversees CPC’s disbursement cycle: payroll processing & related taxes, accounts payable, employee expenses, 1099s & processing ACHs & Wires. Continually revises policies, procedures, internal controls & segregation of duties to ensure efficiency. Defines & maintains CPC’s chart of account structure & provides support to the organization regarding the appropriate use of accounts. Assists with the annual audit process, works with the appropriate team members & addresses auditor requests. Trains employees on how to use Zoho Expense to report their employee expenses; as well as assist & help them with any accounting related questions. Interacts with senior management, team members as well as outside service providers & collaborators. Coordinates the business insurance renewal process for CPC’s insurance policies. Create adhoc reports as needed for accounting & other departments. Help team members with excel, accounting questions & ways to improve processes. Worked with Director of Finance on creating the forecast. Performs other duties as assigned.

Denver, Co

Partnership Accounting Duties: Worked with 60 partnerships (50 affordable properties & 10 conventional properties); Reconciled cash daily; Collaborated with the team to do month end; Journal Entries; Prepared ACH’s for loan payments/sent to treasury to process/once processed sent all documents to team member who processed loan payments in the debt module; Prepared ACH’s for monthly payment to outside partner/sent to AP to process; Monthly Distributions- Ran distribution query & analysis/sent file out to Real Estate Accountants to review & they would send money to our office/I would take this money to then pay loans off or funds would be sent to the partners; Monthly Standards entries/review & reconcile; Partnership Bill- reviewed to see if that partnership had enough cash/coded bill/got approvals/send to AP to pay; Yearly Audits; Year End Surplus Cash- pay fees based on partnership agreement, loans & then pay partners remainder; Organized files on the server & paper files; Created/revamped processes & procedures; Created/revamped excel spreadsheets; Worked with the team; Took on special projects.Corporate Accounting Duties: Reconciled all corporate cash transactions daily; Coordinated with team to ensure all corporate cash entries were entered (I would enter correcting entries if needed); Twice a year sent a list of outstanding checks that hadn’t cleared to the AP team to investigate; Quarterly do the cash flux analysis; Monthly reconciled the payroll accounts; Helped the AP team with reviewing expenses in COUPA; Created/revamped processes & procedures; Created/revamped excel spreadsheets; Worked with the team; Took on special projects.

Centennial, Co

Senior Accountant/Asst Controller (MAR 14' to OCT 17')General Ledger Accountant (OCT 12' to MAR 14')Duties: Managed 2 employees; Worked with 75 corporate stores; Created the daily cash mgmt. report; Entered payables- Rent/CAM, advertising, real & personal property (adjust escrows), partnerships, monthly & misc. bills; Booked recurring entries, weekly payroll entry, monthly payroll accrual entry & various journal entries; Bank recons; A/R Comparison- GL to POS; Reviewed prepaid accounts/make entries; Reviewed/recorded store to store merchandise transfers; Reviewed/reconciled corporate inventory, supply catalog items & store inventories that were taken; Reported monthly taxes for 6 states, 1 partnership & mobile glass company; Sales tax recon; Reconciled advertising GL accounts; Monthly Mgmt. Fees; Reviewed P-Card Purchases/make entry (credit card purchases for all store managers & VP’s at Corporate); Reviewed specific GL accounts; Collaborated with the team to do month end & monthly financial review; Worked with the Controller to prep the financials prior to review; Set-up new stores: merchant #’s, sales/business licenses; Collaborated with the team to do year end & yearly financial review; Created/revamped processes & procedures; Created/revamped excel spreadsheets; Vendor maintenance- gathered W-9’s & sent out 1099’s yearly; Worked closely with the team, Controller & CFO to get daily tasks completed; Took on special projects.-Employee of the Week JUL 14'

Littleton, Co

Duties: Maintained cash; performed payroll for corporate (approx 30 employees), performed payroll for Louisiana (approx 60 employees) & later trained/transitioned to another accountant; invoiced customers; made collections calls; entered & depreciated fixed assets; collaborated with the team to do month end & monthly financial review; helped create monthly binders for 7 companies; EFT’d/Wired a variety of funds; booked journal entries; maintained account & bank reconciliations; helped out with annual audit; worked closely with the Asst Controller, Controller & CFO to get daily tasks completed; & took on special projects.

Centennial, Co

Staff Accountant (OCT 07’ to JUL 10'); Junior Accountant (DEC 06’ to OCT 07’)Duties: Worked with approx 150 franchises & corporate stores; monthly sales audit; invoiced franchisees (created approx 300 invoices per month); made collection calls; answered franchisee & other staff's questions; entered & depreciated fixed assets; collaborated with the team to do month end; EFT’d a variety of funds; booked journal entries; maintained account & bank reconciliations; maintained small P&L statements; took on special projects; reported taxes for 3 states; helped with payables; helped out with annual audit; compiled financials & recs into one binder for review by Owner/Partners.

Westminster, Co

Marketing Duties: Made flyers for upcoming events; maintained activities calendar; promoted student involvement; did all other necessary requirements. Finance Duties: Balanced checkbook; budgeted money for capital improvements; purchased items; transferred data from Microsoft Excel to Microsoft Money; other financial activities.

Centennial, Co

Duties: Up selling/suggestive selling; cash handling; polished customer services skills; sold tickets, refreshments, and food; cleaned theater and concession stand area.-Customer Service Star DEC 04'-Employee of the Month NOV 03'

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Business Administration/Accounting

Activities and Societies: Sigma Beta Delta- International Honor Society-Summa Cum Laude -Graduate of the Term/Valedictorian -President’s.

Education record

Activities and Societies: AVID- Advanced Via Individual Determination-On the Honor Roll throughout High School. -Presented AVID.