Jane Kaiser, Cpa (Inactive) Email & Phone Number

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Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Duluth, Mn

Responsible for month-end and year end closes as well as financial statements and reporting to the Owners and Board of Directors. Supervised the Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Vault functions. Prepared cash flow projections and cash reporting in a business with tight cash flows at certain times of the year. Worked to computerize manual systems for better record keeping.

Park City, Utah

Managed day-to-day accounting for 9 corporations; several of them subsidiaries, one parent company and one which was the parent company of Deer Valley ski area. Prepared month-end financial statements and explanations of significant transactions each month for management. Managed upgrade to Great Plains Accounting system. Prepared year-end audit work papers and worked with outside auditors. Prepared supporting tax workpapers needed for preparation of consolidated tax returns.

Draper, Ut

Minneapolis, Mn

Responsible for month-end, quarter-end and year-end closes.Reconciled cash accounts with hundreds of thousands of small transactions to funds held in trustManaged daily banking transfers and transactionsUpdated month-end reporting packet for management and board membersResponsible for A/R, A/P, General Ledger review and ad-hoc reporting.

Responsible for parent company books of a publicly traded company for month-end, quarter-end and year-end closes.Reviewed general ledger for accuracy.Worked with external auditors to provide workpapers and explanations for their questions.Set up system to accurately record inventory purchases and sales. Reconciled to the general ledger on a monthly basis.Reconciled inventory from international subsidiaries to consolidated financial statements.Monitored inventory levels to determine when additional inventory should be purchased.Reconciled multi-currency intercompany accounts.Performed purchasing duties for parent company.Reviewed Payroll and Payroll Tax ReturnsProvided tax information for preparation of international tax returns by CPA firm.

• Calculated monthly reserves for bad debt, contract discounts and credentialing.• Developed meaningful monthly reporting of accounts receivable data for analysis.• Worked with new A/R system to get reports needed to record monthly journal entries and prepare reports for management.• Month-end and Account Reconciliations.

• Participated in month-end close, year-end close, account reconciliations, preparation of workpapers for auditors.• Reconciled “stand-alone” database of donations to general ledger, set up a system to prepare reconcilations on a monthly basis in the future and compiled list of suggestions for improving processes on both sides. • Reconciled A/R subsidiary ledger to general ledger and adjusted Allowance for Doubtful Accounts as necessary.• Assisted with the integration of an acquired company’s accounting system and processes into the acquiring company’s accounting system and processes. • Documented month-end close and account reconcilations performed by employees of an acquired company.• Cleaned up problem account reconciliations and put together new processes for month end and year end that reduced the amount of work and the possibilities of clerical errors.• Financial analysis of daily, monthly and quarterly revenue trends, inventory levels and sales costs.• Performed testing of internal controls to meet Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

• Responsible for month-end and year-end close activities as well as year-end planning.• Developed processes to prepare a regular system of monthly account reconcilations.• Reconciled several accounts that had not been reconciled in many years.• Worked with external auditors by providing requested documentation, answering questions pertaining to accounting processes, procedures and historical transactions.• Tracked job costs and prepared invoicing to customers.• Prepared payroll for 70+ employees as well as payroll tax returns and tax deposits.• Ad-hoc financial analysis as requested by management.• Supervised Accounts Payable and Payroll processes

Analyzed prospective real estate investments (§42, Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties) by preparing Excel spreadsheet models. Estimated future cash flows, tax attributes and various rates of return over a 15 year period. Set up systems to analyze financial data on investments in §42 properties on a regular basis. Prepared narrative of operating results of properties/investments to management and other investors. Performed general partner duties in two equity pools of §42 investments and communicated with limited partners.

Prepared federal income tax returns for a consolidated group of 40 real estate corporations (commercial and industrial real estate).Prepared multi-state tax returns and quarterly estimated tax payments.Reconciled and documented book/tax differences

B.A., Accounting

B.A, Accounting

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