Luke A Kinney, Cpa, Sfg1, Nasm Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

• Reported monthly financial information during TSA periods for sales of Planters Peanuts to Hormel and the Natural Cheese business to Lactalis. • Collaborated with FPA and IT to ensure proper rollout of new Management Reporting tool for Kraft Heinz’s International Zone.• Supported the business in management reporting application decommission• Provided corporate governance for KraftHeinz's Oracle financial applications• Streamlined cash flow reconciliation process between external and internal reporting• Assisted transaction consultants on M&A deals to ensure proper financial representation of KraftHeinz

New York, Ny, Us

• Global Consolidations Data Relationship Management (DRM) Data Steward and HFM Administrator for TIAA’s newly formed asset manager, Nuveen.• Successfully automated the request intake process to update metadata and subledger mappings for the Nuveen's PeopleSoft and HFM environments to eliminate 0.5FTE.• Completed user acceptance testing and data validation sign-offs for various Go-Live iterations of our DRM, PeopleSoft, and HFM environments as they pertained to the consolidation effort.• Managed the metadata for 3 subledgers, how they relate, and what updates in DRM are required to accept and translate the source data into consolidated financials.• Managed Nuveen, LLC’s 3 chart of accounts and legal entity hierarchies. Closely involved with the mechanics of consolidation of entities in the HFM application.• Performed data validations from source to target to ensure mapping logic in Oracle Data Management was behaving as intended.

New York, Ny, Us

• Utilized various SQL, VBA, nVision, and SmartView tools to query and refresh data to ensure users have access to the most up-to-date data for analysis; functions supported: Controllership, FP&A, Fund Accounting, and Human Resources • Supported the controllership in the General Ledger integration and close acceleration project between Nuveen and our parent organization to help streamline the accounting and reporting process.• Managed the General Ledger mappings between Nuveen and TIAA’s chart of accounts to ensure management, statutory and FINRA reporting are in accordance with applicable requirements.• Performed testing and maintenance of Nuveen’s PeopleSoft 9.2 environment and servers to guarantee integrity of data.

Toronto, On, Ca

Corporate Governance & Account Reconciliation Support – Utilities, New York, NY• Executed the central governance function for the client and assisted in the transition of personnel from a burdensome manual account reconciliation submission process to the implementation of the compliance tool Cadency by Trintech. Activities included performing completeness checks to ensure all account owners were completing, certifying, and submitting account reconciliations by the respective due dates and communicating any constraints to client leadership. Volume of completeness checks varied but could be as high as ~100 reconciliations. Items investigated and documented for completeness checks included background account information, reconcilers/reviewers, SAP to subledger variances, resolutions to variances, supporting documentation, etc.• Completed account reconciliations on behalf of the client in order to maintain control over the submission and approval process. My team significantly reduced the amount of risk on the balance sheet and the turnaround time for account reconciliations 3-4 weeks to 2 weeks on average without compromising quality.• Performed corporate governance reporting for the client in their PP&E accounting group to ensure control over the month-end reconciliation process. Acted as the liaison between PP&E leadership and the client's corporate governance function to ensure ~1,700 accounts were reconciled and completed on time and to the quality standard set forth by their quality assurance function.Data Visualization – Insurance, Chicago, IL• Developed data visualization dashboards for insurance client using Tableau Desktop to improve the transparency of quarterly development in reserves. Collaborated and worked closely with the Chief Actuary, his Chief of Staff, the CFO, and KPMG leadership to understand the technical aspect of insurance data and transform it into visually informative dashboards.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Reconciled SAP subledger of approximately 1,300 engineering programs as well as $2.5M of cost type invoices subject to DCAA audit on a monthly basis. • Analyzed and submitted the 2012 Aerospace R&D Federal Tax Credit by using various analytical tools to determine eligible and ineligible costs. • Prepared and submitted the 2012 DCAA Incurred Cost Submission for all government funded programs to ensure transparency of federal spending within Honeywell. • Managed revaluation of over $100M of inventory for 2 Aerospace sites. Activities included: project scoping, timeline & milestones, initial data preparation, delegation of deliverables, and PMO functions between accounting and finance.

Troy, Michigan, Us

• Processed defaulted federal student loans for Michigan Guaranty Agency• Worked with borrowers to instate repayment plans and promote default rehabilitation• Skiptraced borrowers to learn of their whereabouts and financial situation• Resolved uncollectible accounts with the use of wage garnishments and collection agencies

Master Of Accountancy, Accountancy

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Accounting, Spanish

International Business, International Relations

High School Diploma