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- Monitor the financial performance of various funds and departments within the City, including comparing actual activity to budget expectations and facilitating conversations with department representatives when the need for additional information arises.- Assist with the biennial budget process, including communication with necessary City stakeholders to develop an accurate expectation for budgeted accounts.- Develop monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts based on historical data to better inform financial decision making at the fund and department level.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Projects included assisting the Chief Financial Officer of a local private company with documentation around various accounting positions, including revenue recognition and software development costs.

Responsibilities included identifying key audit issues and communicating with audit team leadership, researching and developing audit plans for technical accounting and auditing issues, managing individual and team deliverables for timely completion and identifying and resolving inefficiencies in the audit process. Additional responsibilities included designing and performing tests of controls and other SOX documentation, as well as frequently communicating with client personnel to discuss ongoing issues and/or status of the audit, preparing audit documentation for assigned significant accounting areas (including documenting discussions with National Office) and performing detailed reviews of work completed by audit staff. Areas of audit expertise include software revenue recognition, provision for income tax and internal controls.

Seattle, Wa

Responsibilities included filling the audit senior role when needed, auditing complex significant accounting sections (including revenue, unearned revenue, legal contingencies and income tax), researching and preparing memos regarding technical accounting and auditing issues (specifically, software revenue recognition issues), performing high-level and detailed analysis’ and evaluating reasons for fluctuations and meeting with executive client personnel with minimal supervision. Additional responsibilities included managing both audit assistants and interns, continual development of client relationships, preparing audit planning documentation, performing quarterly reviews, performing test of controls and other SOX documentation and detail reviews of work performed by lower-level staff and interns.

Seattle, Wa

Responsibilities included auditing significant accounting processes (revenue, unearned revenue, and legal contingencies), understanding and documenting accounting processes, performing test of controls and other SOX documentation and performing inventory observations.

Master Of Arts In Public Management

Master'S Degree, Accounting

Bba, Accounting