Mary Valdes Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Ancenis, Fr

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Global diversified technology and industry business

Plymouth, Michigan, Us

Responsible for creating carve-out Journal Entries and Financial Statement footnotes and financial statements for management in preparation for the Automotive spinoff slated for October 2016.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

•Prepare Total Working Capital analysis, journal entries, minority interest tie out, data load for HFM and other functions on a monthly basis.•Review and approve journal entries submitted by the team, the field and the FP&A team.•Review and approve monthly account reconciliations prepared by the Global Workplace Solutions-General Accounting (GWS) and Power Solutions-General Accounting teams.•Act as liaison for the internal and external audit teams, providing requested information, explanations to questions and setting up meetings between Finance Managers and audit team.•Perform User Acceptance Testing on new systems or fixes implemented by IT.•Create procedure documents related to the GWS and Power Solutions processes.•Act as a Lead and manage other team members

Us

•Prepared and analyzed financial statements for Regency Builders, the home construction company and several related corporations, rental and development partnerships. Analyzed individual jobs, annual filings, oversaw Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions, banking relationships, oversaw payroll, company procedure manual, property tax returns, sales and use tax filings. Served as the liaison to the banks, tax accounting firm and IT firm.•Created written procedures for vendor payments, customer invoicing and job analysis that resulted in recovering over $150,000 in vendor overpayments and under-billed customer charges within the first six months of employment.

Provided accounting services to several small to mid-sized clients in the Milwaukee area. Clients included non-profit, construction, public relations, IT consulting, and Marketing/Advertising.•Established organized Chart of Accounts as a beginning to creating formal financial statements to help the clients understand and become more profitable.•Reviewed monthly activity and provided adjusting entries.•Prepared monthly financials; budgets/forecasts; Personal, Corporate and Not-for-Profit tax returns

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

•Responsible for preparing and analyzing internal and external financial statements, reconciling inter-company accounts, managed Accounts Payable and Payroll functions, and supervised two accounting professionals on the general ledger team. Maintained general ledger systems. Reviewed property, sales and use tax returns.•Implemented PeopleSoft General Ledger and Accounts Payable Software modules.•Key member of teams to convert from in-house inventory software to Beta Systems implemented in 1996, converting from Harris Data general ledger and accounts payable to PeopleSoft, and converting from PeopleSoft Windows-based product to web-based product.•Prepared PeopleSoft general ledger procedures documents as well as training manuals.•Lead over a dozen in-house PeopleSoft general ledger, accounts payable and workflow training classes including associates of all levels.•Managed, evaluated and provided on-the-job training for professional staff members.•Assisted senior management in implementing a $30 million (5%) cost savings initiative.•Assisted various department heads in implementing budgeting and forecasting.•Prepared and submitted monthly regulatory reports as well as Annual Audited Financial Statements to the NYSE and other regulatory agencies.•Provided accounting services to several small to mid-sized clients in the Milwaukee area. Clients included non-profit, construction, public relations, IT consulting, and Marketing/Advertising.•Established organized Chart of Accounts as a beginning to creating formal financial statements to help the clients understand and become more profitable.•Reviewed monthly activity and provided adjusting entries.•Prepared monthly financials; budgets/forecasts; Personal, Corporate and Not-for-Profit tax returns

Bs, Majored In Accounting And Finance

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