Joel Stell, Cpa, Mba Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

In this consultant position, I am supporting the M&A integration activities related to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's acquisition of Juniper, executing month-end and quarter-end close processes, and leading system enhancements and optimizations for Juniper’s new reporting tool, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), among other responsibilities.• Support M&A integration activities related to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's acquisition of Juniper by providing ad hoc financial information and coordinating key deliverables.• Execute month-end and quarter-end close processes, including foreign currency hedge accounting, lease accounting, and trial balance uploads, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.• Assist in system enhancements and optimizations for Juniper’s new reporting tool, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), post-implementation in Q3’23.• Compile and deliver quarterly enterprise project updates to the Corporate Controllership team, facilitating informed decision-making.• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Treasury, Finance, Technical Accounting, Intercompany, Tax, and Juniper's shared service center in India, to ensure seamless financial operations.• Manage personal deliverables against project milestones, maintaining proactive communication to prevent delays and ensure successful project outcomes.

New York, Us

Oversaw multifaceted accounting projects and tasks, which include managing an offshore team, upgrading lease accounting systems, directing market trend analysis calls, reviewing earnouts, and integrating acquisition data into consolidated financial statements.• Directed six market trend analysis calls as the presenter's manager by steering discussions, examining financial metrics, addressing queries from accounting departments to enhance market insight, and providing constructive feedback• Led a team to implement our finance and operating lease accounting from Excel to Visual Lease for over 400 leases, significantly improving accuracy, operational efficiency, and adherence to accounting standards.• Co-managed a 40-person offshore team as a second-level reviewer, overseeing journal entries and work papers, including Right-of-Use (ROU) and lease liability, acquisitions prepaid expenses, non-controlling Interest (NCI), intercompany transactions, and accrued liabilities, ensuring accuracy and compliance with financial standards.• Analyzed and reviewed earnout calculations for acquisitions to ensure compliance with contractual terms, including assessing performance metrics and financial thresholds to determine the contingent liability and payment schedule.• Conducted a comprehensive review and analysis of journal entries to accurately consolidate an acquisition entity’s trial balance into Workday, ensuring adherence to GAAP standards.• Complied detailed financial metrics for the debt covenant to ensure adherence to all terms and conditions, safeguarding the company’s credit standing and financial health• Prepared a purchase accounting journal entry and acquisition memo by reviewing the acquisition contract.

New York, New York, Us

Directly managed a team of three while building out the consolidation monthly and quarterly analysis and review process after implementation into a new accounting system (Workday).• Took ownership of the consolidation closing process by implementing a periodic deliverables calendar that improved team efficiency by reducing our monthly close by four days.• Led SOX compliance testing by training the team on updating controls and testing files and collaborating with cross-departmental teams to decipher responsibilities and what to test – the result was that we finished a quarter despite revamped SOX controls.• Trained team on P&L and roll forward analysis to identify issues and complete divisional follow-ups.• Worked with senior management to implement an updated inventory policy by identifying gaps in divisions’ analysis – I delegated this analysis successfully to a direct report a few months later.• Taught the team advanced Excel formulas to include in their analysis which contributed to the 4-day reduction in our closing process.• Prepared the Statement of Stockholder’s Equity, EPS, and Share Roll forward analysis.• Served as a mentor and resource to direct reports.

New York, Ny, Us

Co-managed seven divisions’ consolidation process to prepare accurate financial statements and notes. • Monitored and analyzed financial data from seven different accounting teams to produce consolidated financial statements that facilitated executive-level decision-making.• Analyzed intercompany transactions to ensure proper elimination of intercompany balances upon consolidation.• Analyzed the monthly, quarterly and annual balance sheet, income statement and cash flow submissions including account reconciliations and variance analyses.• Reviewed the quarterly US and international financial reporting packages from each business segment.• Managed the global US GAAP chart of accounts, corporate allocations and Oracle-based rules to support the company’s financial reporting objectives.• Facilitated the Match and Vimeo Spin-off by preparing analyses of Match’s financials for the S-4, and assisted in the preparation of footnotes for the subsequent 10-K filing.• Assisted in the preparation of IAC’s, ANGI’s and Vimeo’s quarterly earnings press release, Form 10-Q and Form 10-K, including preparation of notes to the financial statements and related analyses.• Performed continuous assessment of the consolidation close process and implemented accounting controls to improve consistency and accuracy of the reported results.

New York, New York, Us

Co-managed month-end close of the general ledger, supervised accounts payable process, managed accounts receivable, recorded and analyzed financial data, and ensured compliance with internal control policies and procedures while also contributing to the development of new policies.• Managed the month end close of general ledger including preparation of monthly journal entries, financial statements and management reports including P&L and Balance Sheet.• Recorded, analyzed and verified balance sheet, revenue and expense components for substantiation and explanation of variances.• Assured compliance with the internal control policies and procedures and participated in the development of new policies.• Oversaw accounting of capital expenditure including depreciation, asset retirement obligations and impairment testing.• Managed AR – tracking & recalculating amounts due as well as following up with third parties for resolution.• Supervised the AP process, including reviewing vendor contracts, approving invoices & coordinating timely payment.

New York, Ny, Us

Prepared Rockstar's P&L on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, analyzing accounts, performed period close activities, prepared journal entries, and compiled a monthly reporting package with variance explanations.• Prepared Rockstar’s monthly, quarterly, and annual P&L, ensuring all reporting is accurate, timely, in line with company policies, best practices and US GAAP.• Provided timely explanations of variances between actual results and forecasts/budgetsand direct management attention to corrective action where necessary.• Analyzed balance sheet and P&L, including monthly reconciliations of cash, loans, accrued expenses, license fees, royalty fees, fixed assets, prepaids, revenue and other miscellaneous accounts.• Updated fixed asset depreciation schedules monthly and recorded journal entries for depreciation expense.• Participated in USGAAP/SEC/Peer Company research and corporate policy setting, including implementing a deferred revenue recognition policy regarding online currency associated with our games.• Ensured that all journal entries and schedules were adequately documented and reviewed with appropriate sign-offs in the monthly key control checklist.• Prepared requested documents and schedules from internal controls and external public accounting auditors to ensure annual financial results are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

New York, Ny, Us

Supported global consolidation process, compiled financial statements, prepared sections of the MD&A and segment disclosures, prepared monthly management book and prepared quarterly transaction memos.• Managed the global consolidation process and compiled consolidated financial statements, including analysis of results and resolutions of differences to budget/guidance and answered any executive inquiries about the financial results.• Prepared sections of the MD&A and segment disclosures of 10-Q/K with appropriate support.• Managed the monthly management book, which was distributed to executive management and the board.• Reviewed inventory reconciliation prepared by operations team to ensure accuracy of inventory and revenue records.• Liaised with the Investor Relations, Treasury and Legal functions (i.e. support earnings documents, analyst presentation materials, BOD presentations, etc.).• Prepared the quarterly transaction memo and log summarizing each transaction over 100K and the related technical accounting treatment.• Managed sections of the Audit Committee communications and support quarterly.

New York, Ny, Us

Family Business

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, Strategy, Business Analytics

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Accounting