Jane L. Email & Phone Number

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

• Supervised and trained temporary staff and summer interns
• Team lead for month-end closing activities including journal entries in JDE and HFM
• Key staff member for lift and shift staff from Syracuse NY to Palm Beach Gardens FL
• Wrote desk top procedures for lift and shift move and future training of employees
• Prepared balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepared and submit audit requests and schedules to auditors PWC

Boca Raton, FL

• Preparedmonth-end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliation between five operating systems
• Liaison with payroll department ensuring entries are entered correctly into the accounting system
• Trained contract staff on union reporting when payroll staff was on leave of absence
• Discovered reporting issue for medical and dependent care and worked with vendor to correct report
• Prepared payroll and prepaid IT spending analysis for CFO
• Prepared and provide backup for auditors for interim and year end audit Ensured intercompany entries are balanced

Boca Raton, FL

• Validated top 100 vendors for earned revenue, collections, and vendor reporting
• Discovered error in system reporting due to IT code change resulting in $2 million pick up in revenue
• Built relationships with merchants and vendors bridging the gap between accounting and retail
• Worked closely with vendors to ensure reporting was timely and matched company reporting
• Team lead working with India staff to ensure collections were timely
• Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations with use of Essbase and Cognos

West Palm Beach, FL

• Supervised accounting and accounts payable staff
• Set up accounting procedures to streamline month-end close from three weeks to ten business days by establishing guidelines, setting up recurring journal entries, and eliminating duplicate processes
• Provided clean financial statements and reconciliations to CFO to prepare tax returns
• Liaison to tax accountants on outside partner returns
• Prepared sales and use tax for US and Australia

Deerfield Beach, FL

• Supervised accounts payable and accounts receivable staff
• Compiled 15 financial statements for commercial properties including balance sheet reconciliations
• Organized month-end close and reduced timeframe for close by five business days allowing partners to review financial statements in a more timely fashion
• Performed fixed asset conversion allowing company control of fixed asset resulting in savings of $25K per year rather than having outside consultant perform task
• Managed audit process for partners with E&Y reducing time frame of audit from eight to four weeks leading to savings in audit costs

Boca Raton FL

• Managed accounting staff in four golf clubs and hotel resort traveling to regional sites to review accounting procedures and internal controls
• Performed detailed financial statement reviews for seven operating properties and reported operational results in narrative form each month to the Director of Financial Reporting
• Reduced manual keying errors in the data entry department by mapping an interface between IBS Golf Club System and JD Edwards to automatically transfer daily sales data to the general ledger
• Reviewed each operating property business plan for adherence to company guidelines and recommended changes to ensure each plan was in line with expectations
• Performed sales and use tax self audits resulting in the recovery of approximately $100K in sales tax refunds
• Worked with IT to select new operating systems as well as learn new accounting systems in order to train all accountants

Boca Raton FL

Completed financial statements for North Carolina and Virginia region. Traveled to regional sites to review accounting and control procedures for golf and food and beverage operations resulting in new policies on daily work flow.

Accounting Course Work, Accounting

Upper level course work to sit for CPA exam. Completed couses: Intermediate Accounting 1,2,3 Advanced Accounting Auditing Financial.

Bs Business Economics

As Business Administration, Business

Activities and Societies: Cheerleading

Education record

Education record