Kristen Vanderpool Cpa, Cga Email & Phone Number

Highland Falls, Ny, Us

New York, New York, Us

New York, New York, Us

Tinybeans (ASX: TNY, OTCQX: TNYYF) engages 28 million Millennial and Gen Z parents every month through the #1 most trusted private photo sharing app and the #1 local and national website dedicated to fun things to do with your kids.Team lead for full cycle accounting processes and financial analysis for corporations in North America and Australia. Responsible for AR and AP across multiple subsidiaries, including invoicing and collections for multiple revenue streams: Direct Ad Sales, Affiliate, Programmatic and App income. Completes monthly revenue recognition using Salesforce, Apple, Google, PayPal and Stripe. Finalizes monthly accruals/deferrals, account recs and expense analysis. In charge of payroll processing using Deel (Australia and Canada) and Just Works (USA), including employee benefits and 401k contributions. Extensive use of Excel and Google Sheets in supporting ad-hoc requests, process improvement initiatives, and providing detailed financial data analysis and reporting. Committed to financial integrity and efficiency, with a strong capability in streamlining complex financial processes.Key Successes: Reduced month end close time by 28.6% by implementing automations, macros, and improved spreadsheet management, resulting in a decrease from 14 days to 10 business days.Achieved a 72% reduction in receivables over 120 days old and reduced total accounts receivable by 30.2% within 12 months, improving overall collections and reducing long-term overdue debt.

New York, Ny, Us

Lead accountant providing support for month-end closing, reconciliations, and invoicing. Assisted junior accounts in accounting and finance tasks. Completed ad-hoc reconciliations, adjustments, and requests for documentation during the conversion from QuickBooks to NetSuite.At Tegus: (Sept-Nov) Maintained billing and discount data for thousands of expert research calls. At month end, invoiced over 500+ clients by correcting, converting, and uploading to NetSuite. Also completed billing adjustments and provided account historical information to the sales teams and external clients.Key Successes:Updated the billing process to incorporate more complex formulas and use Power Query within Box and Google sheets. This helped improve the speed and accuracy of processing thousands of records in preparation for upload to NetSuite.

Red Deer, Alberta, Ca

Involved in preparing and reviewing financial statements (monthly and annual), including inventory margin/expense analysis, accruals, journal entries and regulatory filings. Wide variety of exposure to retail food, pharmacy, convenience, and fuel.Also provided training and support for AR/AP processes and worked on audit functions such as reconciling accounts, investigating variances, reviewing capital projects with senior leaders, and collaborating with external auditors.Key Successes:Assisted with the digitalization of internal accounting processes and procedures, including automations. This increased financial process efficiency and saved the retail thousands of dollars per year in paper use, printing, storage, and internal mail deliveries across Central Alberta. Developed advanced spreadsheet projects and dashboards for senior team leaders. These tools were used to analyze financial and non-financial KPI's and other key metrics. Advanced skills in Excel were recognized company-wide for their effectiveness.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Prepared bookkeeping, financial statements, and taxes for a variety of businesses.Completed AgriStability and AgriInvest applications for large farm clients. These applications provided production and crop insurance to protect agriculture businesses from devastating losses. On average it took 40+ hours to complete a single application and required effective communication with clients, analytical skills, and strong attention to detail. Key Success: In 2014, was awarded a prize for being the first accountant to fully complete and submit an AgriStability application.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

• Completed complex AgriStability and AgriInvest applications, which provide production and crop insurance for farm operations.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Key Successes:Recovered over $150,000 from overdue accounts in a four-month period.Learned how to complete reconciliations and settlements in JD Edwards, despite having no previous experience with the software.• Reconciled retail/franchise business accounts to keep them current and ensure timely collections or payment of delinquent transactions.• Contacted retail clients to clarify reconciliation and payment issues. • Provided coverage for various positions in Accounts Receivable.

Key SuccessesImplemented new software packages, which provided improved efficiency, useful feedback, and quality control for businesses (e.g. MS SharePoint and LimeSurvey)• Provided technical support and coordinated with other contractors in the development of a support department for EyeXperts.

• On call to assist with and diagnose computer problems for various clients.• Built computers, set up networks, and provided retail customer support for clientele of NobleIT.

Key Successes:Learned to use optical medical equipment.Improved personal pre-screening times from 15+minutes to 10 minutes.Used the knowledge gained at this position to help provide better service as a consultant.• Handled patient care including reception, booking, billing and phone calls.• Conducted optical pre-screening on patients.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Key SuccessesDeveloped and implemented a functional help desk from scratch in less than 6 months• First point of contact for phone and email tech support for over 40 schools and corporate locations.• Maintained help desk software and ticket open/close requests.• Assisted internal clients with basic software and O/S issues, via phone, email or remote desktop.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Worked with retail stores and vendors on trouble tickets for computer, network or phone line issues.• Ran overnight accounting processes for the Finance Team.• Monitored servers on the nightshift to ensure continuity of service and relay any crashes or problems to Network/Server Analysts.

Cpa, Cga

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Admin Accounting (Applied)

Diploma Business Administration, Accounting

Mcse And A+ Course