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Webster, Ny, Us

Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area

- Supporting the Meat & Seafood division

Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area

• Part of broader Beer Marketing Finance team that supports all marketing functions• Helps manage a multi-million dollar marketing budget through month-end close, budgeting and forecasting• Manages 11 different marketing team budgets through monthly meetings and monthly forecast, quarterly forecast, and FY25 plan build processes• Overhauled sponsorship deal forecasting process for more accurate expense recognition• Prepares MoM fluxes, commentary, and data analysis to report to Beer Leadership Team• Utilizes software such as Anaplan, SAP/S4HANA, BPC, Ariba, and Blackline

Rochester, New York, United States

• Functioned as part of Commercial Beer team in the Global Accounting Department • Prepared journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statement commentary for beer entities in accordance with US GAAP ($6.7B in total beer revenue FY22)• Utilized accounting and reporting software such as SAP/S4HANA, BOBJ, Ariba, and Blackline • Member of Global Accounting Training Team that organizes and executes trainings for accounting staff

United States

• Functioned as a part of various audit teams to complete engagements in a timely manner • Audited various types of companies including private, governmental, and not-for-profit companies • Utilized audit software such as Caseware, Excel, and Caseview to analyze and organize data • Managed personal schedule of simultaneous audits based on priority • Communicated heavily with team members and superiors to meet deadlines and solve issues• Part of social committee that organized and planned company wide events for team building

Brooklyn, New York

● Reconciled bank accounts and resolved any discrepancies● Processed bills and vendor invoices using the Bill.com software● Reconciled credit card expenses and ensured proper classification● Utilized NetSuite to process journal entries and produced financial statements● Improved Excel based depreciation schedules by building formulas ● Created monthly location based financial statements and included operational data ● Updated and prepared the monthly Key Performance Indicators report to be more comprehensive and usable internally● Prepared month end close schedules● Tied draft audit back to general ledger ● Prepared monthly draw schedule for loans ● Volume of activity expanded after Series B funding

Brighton, New York

● Completed payroll and insurance carrier audits● Identified and resolved discrepancies using excel and HRIS computer program● Communicated organized results to supervisor via Excel● Gathered invoices to be audited by a team of interns by calling insurance carriers● Worked with a team to troubleshoot and solve internal problems

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting, Finance Minor

Activities and Societies: Student Managed Investment Fund - InterVarsity Christian Fellowship - Geneseo Jazz Ensemble - MacVittie College.

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