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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Manage financial accounting of a construction company while leading and developing a finance team.• Reviews/research accounting processes, evaluates effectiveness/efficiency, and implements improvements.• Ownership of all general ledger account reconciliations.• Prepare monthly financial statements, forecasts, and budgets.• Manage and facilitate disbursement activities; ensure accurate and timely processing of accounts payable, payroll, purchase orders, expense reports, and cash control.• Implement cost-saving financial measures resulting in a 95% reduction in accounting errors.• Develop and implement financial IT systems (ProCore and NetSuite) resulting in improved efficiency and accuracy of all project cost analysis.• Responsible for journal entries including maintaining standard schedules such as Prepaids/Depreciation/Amortization with a strong understanding of accrual versus cash basis journal entries.• Prepare monthly job cost reconciliations and corrections.• Coordination of external audits and tax filings.• Reconcile and maintain investment information for all fund investments including accruals and distributions.• Approve invoices for payment initiated by accounts payable associates as they process payables to ensure timelines and compliance with corporate and budgetary policies.• Effectively complete the timely reconciliation of all assigned bank statements along with research and resolving outstanding items.

Dunwoody, Georgia, United States

Provide consulting accounting services for mid-sized AEC firms who use Deltek Ajera. Services include: implementing outside payroll service reconciliations, producing monthly unaudited financial statements, utilizing percent complete revenue recognition models, organizing financial mappings, and creating custom financial widgets for multiple audiences.

Dunwoody, Ga

• Provided timely monthly comprehensive financial reports for 3 companies to principals and department managers• Reconciled all ledger accounts, produced job costing reports, recognized revenue for all projects, and maintained balance sheet schedules.• Implemented a complex revenue recognition method system for over 100 employees, into a simple, effective process that enabled the firm to double in size in 4 years.• SME for firm’s accounting software (Ajera); identified skill or knowledge gaps and developed training content to address needs.• Successfully collaborated with HR Team to deliver onboarding and trainings to 40 new team members in 3 separate corporate mergers.• Used Camtasia, PowerPoint, and Internal LMS to modernize complex accounting procedures into user-friendly interfaces.• Designed and rolled out a marketing data platform that communicates vital business development metrics to executives and marketing team.• Built clear, concise reports for cash-flow, cost-profit, and forecasting analysis.• Led, coached, and developed team members, conduct training evaluations, and ensure engaging training experiences.

Norcross, Ga

• Implemented a streamlined client invoicing system that efficiently processed a high volume of complex invoices, POs, and work orders. • Detected and prepared process improvements that simplified reporting and improved team efficiency.• Team lead who partnered with clients to ensure seamless billing operations.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Provided support for a prestigious interior design firm’s cross-functional platform for client invoicing, AP, payroll, project setups, and reporting.• Built interactive reports to pull compensation studies, audit data, and financial information.

Dunwoody, Ga

• Team lead of finance team that revolved 2 $30 Million lines of credit to fund over $75 Million in loans per month.• Developed reconciliation workbooks and procedures that streamlined QuickBooks bookkeeping processes and delivered accurate financials.• Created a vast library of training materials including the employee guidebook, accounting procedures, loan document checklists, rate table workbooks, and a software user guide.

Dunwoody, Ga

• Taught engaging collegiate level English Composition and American Literature courses – class sizes of 30.• Developed + facilitated simple, effective lesson plans.• Established innovative evaluation criteria that helped students develop strong written and analytical skills.

Master Of Science - Instructional Design

Master Of Arts - Ma, English

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English