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Tempe, Az, Us

Scottsdale, Az

• Assist businesses with their daily accounting needs.• Advise and assist in completing special finance and accounting projects.

Scottsdale, Az

• Coordinate and perform a wide variety of month-end closing tasks including planning and communicating timing of close, reconciliation and review of high risk and high volume accounts, analyzing significant variances, and creating financials. Reduced the monthly close cycle from 20 days to 5 days. • Organize and lead monthly meetings with Purchasing, Accounts Payable, and Controllership departments to work on process improvements and prioritize upcoming tasks.• Project Manager for implementation of NetSuite, a new ERP system. Organized and coordinated a quick and intense two-month implementation with subject matter experts within the Company, as well as with our implementation consultants. Once implemented, act as NetSuite Administrator and train new users, provide access/change roles, and resolve system issues. • Act as NetSuite ‘champion’ when other systems are implemented such as Concur (T&E system), and UltiPro (HR system).• Assist and lead numerous ‘special projects’ including creating new Purchasing Policy and providing training with new system, implementing tracking and accounting for Internally Developed Software, hiring Staff Accountant, formalizing Payroll Journal Entries, and following up on tax notices.• Coordinate annual year-end audit information requests from external auditors, as well as quarterly requests with tax auditors.

Tempe, Az

• Led Sarbanes-Oxley process by coordinating walkthroughs and testing, reviewing all documentation, and working with process owners to remediate deficiencies. • Coordinated new business opportunities by setting up and facilitating initial meetings, reviewing documentation for internal control and SOX related impact, and providing guidance and input on internal control related issues.• Coordinated information requests to external auditors.

• Through communication with process owners, updated internal controls documentation on over 15 different business processes some of which included Inventory, Vendor Allowances, Accounts Payable, Capital Markets, Treasury, Stock Based Compensation, Fixed Assets, Self Insurance, Capital Leases, and Prepaid Expense & Accrued Liabilities.• Tested and monitored Sarbanes-Oxley compliance of these different business processes.• Analyzed internal control effectiveness, recommended and implemented enhancements to the internal control process.• Coordinated testing of internal controls and supplied support to the independent accountants. • Reported ongoing results to business process owners, Director, and Controller. • Managed temporary staff person’s daily tasks, and reviewed all work products.• Led implementation of a new Sarbanes-Oxley and internal controls documentation and monitoring software.

• Served as lead senior auditor on clients in various industries including Sports Entertainment, National Car Dealership, Technology Outsourcing, Retail, and Manufacturing. • Regularly prioritized and managed simultaneous projects and supervised multiple audit staff members. • Prepared audit file with individualized testing strategy based on discussions with partner, manager, and client.• Determined timeline of audit based on client deadline and availability of partner, manager, and audit staff.• Educated audit staff on the fundamentals of auditing and the Grant Thornton methodology.• Reviewed audit staff work.• Documented internal control processes, and assessed risk.• Communicated issues and findings with partner, manager, and client.• Prepared formal comment letter which included value-added suggestions for business management and operations identified during the course of the audit. • Ensured financials were prepared in accordance with firm policies and GAAP.

• Served a mixture of public and private clients in various industries including Pharmaceutical, Technology, Consumer Products, Energy, Public Sector, and Healthcare. • Coordinated planning discussions with partner and manager. • Communicated issues and findings to partner and manager. • Determined with manager the timing of audit activities and staff assignments.• Drafted audit program guides for manager approval.• Performed and supervises performance of all audit procedures.• Determines that all audit working papers have been prepared in accordance with firm policies and properly reviewed.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Swimming

High School