James Munro, Cpa Email & Phone Number

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Oxnard, California, United States

Paso Robles, California, United States

Multi-Entity Nationwide provider of outsourced operations for telecommunication and renewable energy networks.• Prepare accounting related entries to numerous high volume registers • Provide monthly reconciliations of all assigned balance sheet accounts• Provide GAAP guidance to other staff accountants and update the Controller• Maintain accrual reports and amortization schedules• Process electronic vendor payments• Perform monthly credit card reconciliations• Support in the month-end period close• Interface and assist accounting team in resolving problems, GL coding questions, and make process improvements. Job costing• Software: NetSuite (Advanced access), Sales Force, MS Excel (Vlookup, Index, Match, Pivot Tables, SumIF, IndexMatch, Vlookup)Create a schedule that includes billing, revenue and expense recognition.Prepare & import journal entries. Gather data on actual vs estimated performanceRe-reconciled and annualized many balance sheet reconciliations to be audit-ready. Self-taught NetSuite. Now leading the implementation of an automated A/P solution, Tipalti. Documenting new month-end closing tasks with checklists and steps. Month-end closing tasks including reconciliations.Design and maintain financial reporting templates.Provide documentation support to external accountants for tax preparation and the financial audit.Research, propose and implement the application of GAAP with long-term construction contracts that contain: power purchase agreements, fixed assets, capital leases, inventory, service revenues, warranties and maintenance obligations 20 years into the future.

Santa Barbara County

Major Clients: Bragg Health Foods Inc., Teeccino, TrackR Inc., Planned Parenthood, Fielding Graduate University, Gluck Construction, Taipan Architectural Salvage. • Bookkeeping• Financial Statement compilation and review• Create employee manuals• Advise management on staffing needs• Learn advanced cloud-based reporting platforms, create report templates and educate staff on template use• Reconciliation of all GL accounts including those with large volume of daily complex activity • ERP and Accounting Software setup/ update/ troubleshoot/ migration• Create new prepaid expense and loan amortization schedules • Troubleshoot accounting issues with domestic and international electronic payment systems• Document, develop and advise accounting processes for internal use and external financial audits • Advise management staff regarding the regulations associated with non-profit higher education• Software used: Sage100 Manufacturing, Ellucian, Microsoft Excel 2016, Microsoft Word 2016, Microsoft Dynamics, QuickBooks 2016 (Premier, Accountant, and Online), and various other reporting platforms, Epicor ERP.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Hedge Fund who managed $90M• Post all trades and recognize the related unrealized and realized gains/losses• Coordinate the month-end and quarter-end closing• Produce monthly financial statements• Reconcile all GL accounts monthly• Monitor the cash balances in multiple currencies• Maintain contact with all domestic and international fund managers• Proud to have reconciled 3 years of payables and receivables, a project that two predecessors could not accomplish• Proud to have corrected multiple processes, charts of accounts, and financial statements• Software: Peachtree 2014/ Sage 50, MS Excel 2013, MS Word 2013, ADP Run

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Ability to perform duties of every position within the Finance Dept. (GL/AP/AR/PR)• Coordinated month-end and year-end closings with other departments• Reconciled all asset & liability accounts, including investments, fixed assets, and restricted funds• Prepared journal entries• Approved tax returns including Forms 990, BOE-401-A, 571-L and other information returns• Managed financial reporting in accordance with GAAP, government regulations and University policies • Served as the main backup for every employee in the Finance department including the CFO• Proud to have led the implementation of eChecks, a customized software addition which allowed ACH payments to employees and students for expense reimbursement and student loans. It required new bank agreements, technical planning with the computer programmers, process developing, testing, release phase planning, and post-release debugging. • Software: Ellucian Datatel, Raisers Edge, MS Excel 2010, MS Word 2010, MS PowerPoint 2016, ADP Workforce Now.Fielding is an accredited higher education 501(c)(3) using fund accounting, an annual budget of $25M and averaged 250 full-time employees.

Public accounting firm that averaged 15 employees• Prepared income tax returns, financial statement audits, and compilations for individuals, S-Corps, C-Corps, LLCs, Non-Profits.• Software: Lacerte Tax, CCH ProSystem fx Engagement & Tax, MS Excel 2003, MS Word 2003

Goleta, California

Accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank and credit card reconciliations. Responsible for tracking PP&E, budget, and per diem reimbursements. Payroll via Paychex. Desktop support.

* Delivered and trained others in the linen delivery service within many districts. Balanced A/R and daily trip sheets.

Vehicle repair estimates, greeting customers, inspections, and selling the

San Francisco Bay Area

* Trained a team of programmers to develop a Proxy program using PERL.

Santa Clara, California

Coffee, Register, daily deposits, inventory control, daily sales summaries, making espresso drinks.

Bachelors Degree; Associates, Business Economics W/ Accounting

Continued on to complete UCSB's CPA review course and earned my CPA license in 2010. License #110909

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Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega Aptos & Santa Cruz

Education record

Activities and Societies: My interest in computer programming flourished.