• Maintains & oversees all accounting processes and procedures in a timely manner for a variety of small business owners in varying industries.• Counsels owners to explain different business structures providing recommendations for their industry, size, and risk; communicating IRS rules & procedures to ensure compliance with federal regulation as well as state & local regulations. Compliance & calculation of payment for various Federal, State & local agencies taxes for multiple states.• Analysis of each type of business, establishment of accounting policies & procedures based on their industry and workflow. Set up the company file, chart of accounts, business processes & workflows. Work with individual owners to meet their needs, supporting their timeframes & requirements. Learning & working with any other software or systems they use.• Compliance to GAAP & IRS rules & updates, while ethically creating accounting solutions for real world situations. • Manages staff to ensure timely reporting of financial information to small business owners as well as training on different software & processes.• Create & maintain secure systems for management of a client files.• Sales & Debt Analysis and recommendations. Ad hoc reporting & analysis. • Year End Close, Month End Close, Reporting, 1099’s, Payroll, Bank Reconciliations, Sales Tax, Currency Exchange Calculations, Depreciation of assets, Profit Models, AP/AR, files maintenance.• Partners with external tax professionals for tax reporting & to limit tax liability.

Experience in Real Estate Accounting, Partnership Holdings, Leases, Condo Compliance, Evictions, Renovations.

In Addition to providing Accounting Services listed above:• Revamped the Accounting systems.• Sales Channels Analysis• Forecasting• Inventory Analysis • Created a brand-new company QB File, that was reflective of data in the old file, while maintaining continuity with financials.• Improved processes & reporting.• Pandemic Loans, forgiveness, SBA Loans, Employee Earned Income Credit.• Improved Security Protocols• Team Training

• Perform all accounting functions.• Created and Maintain Web Site: www.KierceContracting.com• Manage Domains & Web Hosting.• Create, Manage & Monitor Web Presence.• Create & Manage Print Advertising.• Create direct mail promotional materials as well as other promotions.• Permits and Local Compliance

• Established financial status by developing & implementing systems for collecting, analyzing, verifying & reporting financial information. Confirmed financial status by monitoring revenue & expenses; coordinating the collection, consolidation and evaluation of financial data; preparing special reports.• Instituted & oversaw the time and expense procedure for all employees, created procedures for auditing T&E, working with employees on variance resolution and compliance with internal/external limits and procedures. Created controls & systems for billable expense, tracking & charging clients for related T&E. Ensure that all expenses are in compliance with GSA rules, IRS rules and client contracts. Created methods within COGS for tracking and accounting for different types of client contracts.• Tracked invoicing against external limits, creating tracking methods and reporting procedures to ensure compliance with client contracts. Communication with the project management team to eliminate overruns.• Responsible for bi-weekly payroll, overseeing pay rates for both hourly & salaried employees, expense reimbursements, bonuses, subcontractors, guaranteed distribution, & shareholder distribution, loan repayments, multi-state payroll taxes, as well as all employee benefit withholdings: health, dental, vision, FSA, 401K, personal time off. Responsible for all related accounting entries. Liaison between employees and external payroll company. Compliance with Federal & State regulations. Processed Payroll within ADP / Worforce Now.• Prepare accurate account reconciliations, consolidation, financial statements & analysis. Explain trends and variances in sales & expenses comparing cash vs. accrual-based reporting.• Prepared weekly Cash Flow Analysis & Simple Forecasting.• Prepared year end close. Auditing & reconciling the balance sheet & income statement accounts to internal & external statements.

• Bank Reconciliations, Credit Card Reconciliations, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll Entries, Generating Financial Statements.• Cash Flow, Sales, Job Costing & Debt Analysis, Reporting & Recommendations.• Commission calculation, Schedules, Reporting & Payment.• Create annual budget reports and provide ongoing analysis of actual versus budget.• Process and audit more complex vendor invoices for payment, exchange rate issues, customer invoices and employee loans & reimbursement.• Processing Payroll. Reviewing & working with outsourced payroll company’s transactions for accurate payroll reporting & payment.• Responsible for monthly close process, reviewing all supporting reconciliations and reports.• Year End Balance Sheet Review. Reconcile and prepare supporting schedules for all balance sheet accounts, including but not limited to Cash, Prepaids, Customer Deposits, Fixed Assets, Receivables, Payables, Accruals, Loans & Lines of Credit, Due to/From, and Owner’s Equity Accounts. • Profit & Loss Year End Review. Review income, analyze and if necessary adjust invoicing to proper period & adjust for Customer Deposits & Bad Debt. Review COGS, analyze and report on any issues with products or work performed. Review Expenses. Tie out Payroll to Quarterly & Year end Reports.• Manage chart of accounts, items, customers, vendors, and general journal entries.• Calculate, File & Pay MA Sales Tax, & MA Business Filings & Company registrations.• Generate & file 1099's.• Translation of Business Actions into Accounting Entries within the confines of QuickBooks.• Create procedures for various accounting tasks and processes.• Work with external CPA firm on quarterly and year end audits

Analyzed and reported data for the Marketing and Sales Depts.• Generated Monthly Sales Reports: • Generated Sales Commissions: calculated commissions as well as bonuses based on individual contracts, worked with HR department to create payout statements.• Created and maintained budgets for the Marketing & Sales Departs. Analyzed specific account activity and made recommendations. • Utilized Reserve Accounts to record expenses to the G/L. Tracked actual data comparing to reserves monitoring excesses or shortfalls. Made adj. and/or recommendations to Dept Mgrs to ensure actual would fall within expectations. Maintained balances on the reserve accounts. • Monitored Prepaid Commission accounts. Ensured that the term of contracts and monthly payouts were accurate. Researched old deals for accuracy as well as amortized new contracts and tied out balances to the G/L.• Worked with the accounting departnassisting in month end entries and account reconciliation.

• Generated Financial Statements.• Reconciled A/P, A/R, Inter-company transfer accounts, cash.• Analyzed unadjusted trial balance and reclassified transactions to properly record activity.• Calculated and Posted Accruals.• Bank Reconciliations. • Timely closing of the A/P, A/R, Inventory and Order Entry Modules.• Analysis and Reporting needed monthly for lenders, Auditors, Management, and Sales Staff.• Accounts Receivable: Cash Receipts, Cash Flow Analysis, Maintaining Customer Accounts, Issuing & Restricting Credit, and Invoicing. Interacting with the Sales Department and Customer Service to maintain customer accounts, and release shipments in a timely manor while minimizing past due payments problems.• Worked with various auditors to compile accurate statements for tax reporting.

• Typed up Proposals in the Word processing lab (don't knock it, I am a excellent typist now!!) • Marking Department responding to RFP from State & City governments.

• Researched companies for possible sale or purchase.• Created proposals promoting opportunities for acquisition or divestiture in various industries.• Surveyed officers of companies across the country seeking information on merger and acquisition activities and /or plans.

• Coordinated the lease process for telephone equipment leases.• Bundled individual leases for bank financing & personal investment.• Administered monthly billing & collection cycles, accounts receivable & accounts payable.• Filed legal documents with appropriate agencies.