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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

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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