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Bryant, Ar, Us

Little Rock, Ar, Us

• Served as key team member in four-day financial close process, including expense variance analysis for corporate accounting. Worked with numerous business owners including fleet management, real estate, IT, external vendors and others.• Worked with corporate accounting along with other accounting areas, business owners and external vendors to go from a five-day close process to a four-day close. This resulted in more timely reporting for executive team.• Prepared journal entries to accurately reflect the monthly recognition of expenses, per application of US GAAP principles.• Maintained, reconciled, and analyzed balance sheet schedules. Investigated irregularities/reconciling items and corrected on a timely basis to meet the standards set by internal auditors.• Maintained files for monthly amortizations for prepaid expenses.• Worked with external auditors such as PWC and internal Windstream auditors during quarterly and year-end financial audits.• Consistently and accurately met deadlines for routine job duties.• Implemented process improvements for prepaid expense process by taking proactive approach with business owners to report new expense contracts. These changes resulted in timely amortization of monthly expense to avoid catch-up entries in subsequent months.• Mentored and trained less experienced team members.• Performed various special projects as needed.

Little Rock, Ar, Us

• Calculated journal entries for multiple entities, implementing new and streamlined processes.• Provided day-to-day cash operation support for various online banking systems, monitoring cash flow and ensuring funds available for large settlements.• Maintained, reconciled and analyzed balance sheet schedules, including bank statements and high volume intercompany accounts, delivering clear and concise view of company’s financial position.• Researched and prepared variance analysis and monthly financial reporting, receiving approval from Senior Finance Manager.• Prepared quarterly and annual statutory financial reporting as required by each state and National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), keeping licenses up-to-date and ensuring timely delivery of documentation.• Documented and submitted state-mandated regulatory filings for 9 states, maintaining compliance and ability to do business in states of license. • Worked with independent auditors during year-end financial audit and provided necessary information to evaluate effectiveness of internal controls, ensuring compliance with applicable federal regulations.• Collaborated with Senior Finance Manager and passed periodic examinations by insurance department examiners, verifying entity's financial statement and corporate conduct and meeting compliance with department laws, rules and regulations. • Worked directly with internal and external customers with system migrations, new reporting methods and process improvement, enabling ease of transition, smooth close process and reaching monthly time goals.

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• Implemented payroll processing for New York and Nashville dedicated call centers, creating production within deadline, maintaining payments and delivering customer satisfaction.• Computed accounts payable for New York and North Little Rock centers, paying invoices consistently and accurately.• Billed accounts receivable for New York and North Little Rock centers and worked with clients, ensuring timely receipt of payment for optimum cash flow.• Maintained and reconciled balance sheet schedules including bank statements, providing clean and accurate financials and supporting Chief Financial Officer and other executives in decision making.• Prepared consolidated financial reporting and monthly revenue / profit matrix for sales staff, communicating project status and profitability.

Little Rock, Ar, Us

• Supervised accounts payable.• Assisted in yearly budgeting process.