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Cranberry Township, Pa, Us

Cranberry Township, Pa, Us

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Callery, Pennsylvania, Us

Callery, Pennsylvania, Us

Callery, Pennsylvania, Us

Callery, Pennsylvania, Us

Deliver senior leadership for all accounting activities including financial statement preparation, general ledger, cost accounting, payroll, AP, AR, forecast and budgeting, tax compliance, and various special analysis. Hold concurrent responsibility for both managing and directing all accounting and HR activities, including employee benefit administration for all of East Coast Operations. Key Contributions:• Created and implemented an accounting infrastructure, developed budgets, KPI reporting, database management policies, and other internal controls. This includes establishing SOPs to enable managers to cut costs within their departments, on average, by 10% or more.• Decreased Month End Close processes by three days through the design and implementation of multiple Excel-based activities, including bank reconciliations, expense analysis, inventory valuation, and payroll.• Developed an Aged Inventory process to track and review slow-moving or stranded raw and finished goods. Manage all aspects of the project on a bi-monthly basis.• Pioneered a new payroll system for East and West Coast Operations that increased accuracy and reduced administrative costs by 20% each month. • Compile and present monthly financial presentations for the Chairman, CEO, and VPs of key departments based on financial results.• Present monthly Supply/Demand forecast to project ingredient ordering needs, production planning, and revenue trends. Manage all activity of project on a monthly basis.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Supported internal control functions by conducting timely audits of rental, remarketing, leasing, commercial truck and car sales locations. Prepared sales and use taxes and quarterly tax returns. Calculated sales commissions for payroll. Completed monthly accruals and journal entries. Key Contributions:• Spearheaded efforts to implement new budget and forecast software that enhanced financial controls and reporting when compared to historical figures. • Implemented process for Sales and Use Tax reporting

Rogers, Ar, Us

Managed monthly GL account reconciliations; processed and reconciled a wide variety of accounting documents, such as invoices, departmental billings, employee reimbursements, cash receipts, vendor statements, and journal vouchers. Prepared payroll and quarterly tax returns. Reviewed work of accounting team. Maintained various grant and donation activities for the organization. Lead contact for external auditors. Key Contributions:• Maintained a working knowledge of company procedures and protocols to uncover any weaknesses or opportunities for operations and set goals for controllable activities to maintain profitability.• Led annual year-end activities, in collaboration with external auditors, to solve audit issues and proactively support operations, marketing, and contract management. • Supported, trained, and mentored new employees to orientate them with company policy and procedures and to ensure long-term success. • Led activities to create and implement new budget and forecast software that enhanced financial controls and reporting when compared to historical figures.• Audited billing records and successfully collected over $170,000 for services previously denied through State funded programs.

Supervised and review assigned work for A/R staff. Researched and processed all A/P functions for 16 divisions of non-profit organization. Prepared and filed quarterly and yearly multi-state tax returns. Worked with CFO to prepare monthly/yearly budgets and P&L forecasts. Calculated yearly allocations for all programs and departments. Key Contributions: Created several formula based Excel schedules for payroll and billing departments. This helped both departments to detect duplicate and unnecessary entries, assisted A/R with billing efficiency, and helped calculate figures for Board of Directors by showing trends, strengths, and weaknesses. Acted as point of contact for external auditors.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Supervised, reviewed assignments, and directed activities for staff accountants, car sales and fleet leasing clerks. Prepared month/year end journal entries and close. Analyzed payroll reports as well as calculated sales commissions. Processed A/P and analyzed on statistical variances. Worked with group controller to forecast budgets for all aspects of rental division, fleet leasing, and commercial truck departments. Prepared annual and monthly direct costing, P&L, and operating expense schedules as well as reported on variances. Maintained Sales Tax records. Key Contributions: Received two Exceptional Achievement Awards for demonstrating outstanding accounting practices and presenting numerous cost savings ideas. These awards are only given out to 5% of the employees around the world within the company.  Decreased expenditures by up to 35% by researching various vendor prices and standardizing purchasing procedures. Created a monthly training program and step by step guide that assisted rental car branch employees in reducing debt while still increasing customer service and branch revenue.  Led all quarterly internal audits for over 250 car rental locations in the Pittsburgh, PA and Washington D.C. areas

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics

Accounting And Business/Management