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Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Financial advisor to small businesses in various industries, helping them bridge the gap between financial goals and operational challenges.

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States

Jacksonville, Florida

Responsible for the daily activities of the Finance Department- (All AP, AR, Treasury/Credit Card Management and Vendor Management).Responsible for Revenue Cycle Management of four clinics. Responsible for the preparation, review and integrity of monthly financial reporting packages for multiple divisions and subsidiaries.Responsible for the preparation of the budget and quarterly forecast and ensuring that all expenses are within budget. Placed new policies in place for expense management.Manager of two Direct Reports; responsible for reviewing their monthly work, including account reconciliations, bank reconciliations, reoccuring journal entries and various ad hoc entries and projects. Serve as a point of contact for all auditors and tax preparers.Built out policies and procedures for all areas of the department. Software Used: Intacct, Bill.com, Power Bi, Advanced Excel

Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Responsible for the preparation, integrity and review of financial reporting packages sent to the Corporate headquarters (Zurich, Switzerland) monthly. Directly responsible for the intercompany balances of 3 business units.Served as a leader and a point of contact for all 14 local Business Unit representatives, as well as international units, for any intercompany inquiries. Responsible for properly translating FX differences and truing up any amounts for balances in other denominations. Alongside the IT Controller, helped prepare the budget for IT, including meeting with cost center owners, analyzing year over year trends and ensuring successful upload into the system.Responsible for the review and presentation of the IT departments (18 cost centers) monthly financial statements, including variance analysis, forecast updates based on trends and answering follow up questions. Reviewed monthly accruals for IT, including review of all prepaid contracts. Ensured that all IT invoices are correctly coded to prepaid accounts and expensed when appropriate. Responsible for the monthly allocation of the total IT costs to the 14 business units and uploading the costs and forecasts into Hyperion for proper reporting. Actively involved in the company wide process improvement initiative (Raise the Bar).Helped successfully transition the American headquarters in 2014 from New York while working in the MFRP (Monthly Financial Reporting Package)/Intercompany group. Manager of one Direct Report (Staff Accountant); responsible for reviewing their monthly work, including account reconciliations, reoccuring journal entries and various ad hoc entries and projects. Directly responsible for their career development, including yearly goals and reviews. Software Used: Oracle Financials, Peoplesoft, Hyperion, Advanced Excel

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Managed the Davis College of Business Facebook, Twitter and Linked In pages. Worked as a direct assistant to the Graduate Admissions Counselor.

Jacksonville, Fl

Keyed all invoices, including accounts receivable, payables and commissions. Responsible for weekly reports, aging(including following up on over due invoices) and commission reports. Mailed all invoices, requested insurance certificates, kept files organized and completed any other tasks as assigned by management.

Newport News, Va

Worked on time share engagements with upper level management, prepared workpapers and helped with other tasks as needed.

Worked with owner of company to prepare monthly journal entries through Quickbooks. Kept up with COGS and inventory via excel.

Suffolk, Va

Started off as a clerk which included: verifing information from customers, ringing orders up and keeping an organized front end. Became a CPhT(Certified Pharmacy Technician) in 2009, and then worked along side the pharmacist. Responsibilities as a CPhT included: inputting customer information, counting out pills, keeping medications stocked and organized.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.7 Out Of 4.0

Bsba, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Zeta Tau Alpha Accounting Club