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Performed various general accounting tasks such as journal entries, account reconciliation, financial statement preparation, and review and coding of vendor invoices. Prepared budget projections. • Helped create a semi-automated SAP report that details profit center revenue and expense variances. This report results in six to ten hours of time savings per quarter.• Helped implement a more accurate and efficient process for entering adjusting journal entries. This results in dozens of hours of time savings over the course of the year.• Generated an idea for more selectively analyzing intercompany trading partner activity, which contributes to a more efficient intercompany reconciliation process.

Engagement at a diversified real estate company: Reviewed and approved staff accountant adjusting journal entries. Reconciled tax ledger balances to GAAP financial ledger balances for selected entities. Evaluated and approved cash draw requests.

Held responsibility for general accounting, budgeting, and re-forecasting. Trained senior accountants. Oversaw lease accounting billing process for specialized and recovery billings. Directed year end property cost recovery billing process.• Streamlined data entry portion of budgeting and re-forecasting process, decreasing staff-preparation hours.• Assisted in semi-automating data entry process for bad debt expense posting, decreasing time of monthly work and making the process more accurate.• Initiated and followed through on creation of base rent variance analysis report, saving staff-preparation time.• Traveled to Chennai, India to help train business partner

Engagement at a real estate investment trust: Analyzed and reconciled tenant billing disputes by working with legal, operations, and accounting staff. Resolved disputes by reading tenant complaints, talking with them, and communicating decisions to them in writing. Engagement at a retailer: Created a semi-automated sales tax payment reporting system for approximately 1,000 stores, resulting in increased accuracy and the ability to more quickly review historical payment transactions. This new process resulted in the speedier return of sales tax overpayments. Trained client staff accountants to use the new payment reporting system. Trained client staff accountants to use higher level Excel functions.Engagement at a gas company: Analyzed and organized inventory records resulting in charge-off of 8,000 to 10,000 unnecessary line items. Verified accuracy of vendor charges against client SAP receipt records.Engagement at a construction chemicals manufacturer: Prepared government census forms for United States parent company. Reconciled and analyzed general ledger accounts. Engagement at a scrap metals processing company: Consolidated income statement and balance sheet preparation for twenty production yards. Reconciled and analyzed intercompany account. Monitored payments during chapter eleven proceedings, ensuring compliance with court order. Prepared fixed asset bookkeeping schedule.Engagement at a retailer: Assisted in audit of real estate-related expenditures. Contributed to redemption of over $200,000 in overpayments. Wrote accounts payable reconciliation procedures document. Trained client personnel in new procedures. Modified payroll close, resulting in more accurate accrued salary and wage account balance and lessening the account’s reconciling time. Assisted company with balance sheet reconciliations for year-end audits.

Mba, Business

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma (Honor Society for Collegiate Schools of Business)

Bachelor Of Arts, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Tau Pi Phi (Business Honorary) Pi Gamma Mu (Social Science Honorary) Intercollegiate Cross Country

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