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Developed new invoicing system and internal controls, increasing billing efficiencies by ~30%. • Assist senior leadership team in implementing strategic business plans and new initiatives based on client trends, competitor review and cost reduction analysis. • Built and maintaining financial models to assist with allocating resources and forecasting cash/investment needs. • Improved outdated financial management system by creative, revising and documenting accounting policies and procedures. • Full cycle accounting including A/P, A/R, bank and general ledger reconciliation, payroll and preparation of monthly financial statements.

• Partnered with C-level executives to develop annual operating plans and identify risks • Created detailed headcount forecasts and compensation/salary plans to control employee expenses, saving ~ $300K+ in company expense annually. • Delivered comprehensive financial forecasts, incorporating historic and current business data. • Reconciliation of banks, balance sheet accounts including month-end closing and reporting • Built reporting tools and forecast models to monitor and predict Forecast vs. Actual cash flow and working capital. • Collaborated with executive management team to increase operating profit margin from ~15% to over ~25%. • Staying up to date on industry changes and current accounting laws to ensure proper implementation of changes in a timely manner. • Reduced Accounts Receivable days outstanding by 70%. • Monthly, Quarterly and Annual preparation and filing of appropriate taxes. • Serve as a liaison to external auditing firms and taking ownership of our companies views on accounting matters.

• Streamlined the analytical reporting of statistical data in order to appraise operating results in terms of profitability, performance against budget and other matters bearing on operating effectiveness of the organization. • Incorporated better processes and procedures to ensure achievement of passing on annual audit while ensuring we remained compliant with GAAP • Responsible for the performance evaluations, training, motivation, counseling and disciplining of accounting staff. • Bi-weekly payroll processing. • Coordinate efforts and information requirements with other Department Managers to insure accurate financial reporting and with the preparation of their respective annual budgets. • Review monthly bank and balance sheet reconciliations for accuracy.

• Monitor and analyze expenses for validity of account balances, accruals and financial statement impact. • Made recommendations and implemented process improvement to support the departmental growth. • Established and executed strategic direction of the accounting department. • Work closely with Accounting and Operations to ensure transactions aligned with company budgets and policies. • Ensuring Accounting was compliant with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and established policies • Participate in Financial Statement preparation and analyzes, Budget and Variance issues and Forecasting. • Full charge Payroll responsible for entering, validating, submitting and reconciling bi-weekly payroll.