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Renton, Washington, United States

Support all aspects of financial accounting at this premier flight training facility, including financial statements and supporting schedules, with oversight of accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, inventory, and fixed assets. Develop and maintain accounting procedures and practices in alignment with US GAAP. Prepare and review ledger entry reconciliations to ensure accurate accounting treatments. Additionally, manage external professional services engagements for the annual… Show more Support all aspects of financial accounting at this premier flight training facility, including financial statements and supporting schedules, with oversight of accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, inventory, and fixed assets. Develop and maintain accounting procedures and practices in alignment with US GAAP. Prepare and review ledger entry reconciliations to ensure accurate accounting treatments. Additionally, manage external professional services engagements for the annual independent review of financial statements. Coordinate the preparation of annual federal tax return filings. Show less

Greater Seattle Area

Consulted on various projects of interest to me, focusing on system implementations, financial system security reviews, Excel worksheet development and modernization, and accounting process development. A notable long-term project involved supporting the Goldman Sachs acquisition of Aptitude Investment Management, where I conducted cut-over analysis of assets and liabilities and supported transition and wrap-up activities.

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for the day-to-day and month-end accounting duties in an environment involving complex revenue recognition and equity considerations. Integrated MS-SQL Server based systems include Dynamics GP ERP accounting software with extensive enhancements, multiple custom databases, and interferes to several external systems. Tools included Dynamics GP, SQL Management Studio, EXCEL, Microsoft Management Reporter, and SmartList Builder.

Greater Seattle Area

Built and led the Accounting department for this start-up internet retailer which specializes in women's handbags and luxury goods. Staffed the department, initiated first-ever big-4 audit and successive years' audits. Developed complex internal and GAAP financial reports. Developed and taught 8 hours of classes for advanced internal EXCEL training. Eventually became the primary forecasting resource as staffing changed.

Managed all accounting systems and critical business systems development, database administration, and application support. Personally architected major business-critical systems, including an automated settlement solution for over $7 million per banking day that saved over a year in development time. Project Manager for key system development projects, including a solution for moving $5 million of loose coin per day into the banking system. Initiated Sarbanes-Oxley documentation and testing… Show more Managed all accounting systems and critical business systems development, database administration, and application support. Personally architected major business-critical systems, including an automated settlement solution for over $7 million per banking day that saved over a year in development time. Project Manager for key system development projects, including a solution for moving $5 million of loose coin per day into the banking system. Initiated Sarbanes-Oxley documentation and testing relative to accounting systems. Show less

Led small to medium-sized accounting departments across diverse industries, including retail, manufacturing, hardware/software turnkey systems, and biomedical.Lecturer at the University of Washington (Seattle), teaching graduate and undergraduate classes in Accounting Information Systems. I designed comprehensive accounting systems for GL/AP/AR, order entry, retail accounting, and developed coursework for my classes on accounting systems.Wrote college-level texts and text… Show more Led small to medium-sized accounting departments across diverse industries, including retail, manufacturing, hardware/software turnkey systems, and biomedical.Lecturer at the University of Washington (Seattle), teaching graduate and undergraduate classes in Accounting Information Systems. I designed comprehensive accounting systems for GL/AP/AR, order entry, retail accounting, and developed coursework for my classes on accounting systems.Wrote college-level texts and text supplements on Accounting Systems and the use of spreadsheet programs for Management and Cost Accounting applications. Show less