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Hampton, New Hampshire, United States

Contributes to the accuracy and effectiveness of the company's financial reporting and control. Responsible for supporting month-end close processes, performing balance sheet reconciliations, managing cash flow forecasting, participating in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), conducting variance analysis, and leading business process reengineering initiatives.Responsibilities include:* Financial Reporting and Month-End Close: Assist in preparing accurate monthly financial statements by participating in month-end close processes. This includes journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations.* Balance Sheet Reconciliation: Perform regular, detailed reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts to ensure their accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.* Cash Flow Management: Prepare cash flow forecasts and manage cash flow daily. Identify trends and provide insights for improving cash management.* FP&A and Variance Analysis: Support the FP&A processes by contributing to budgeting, forecasting, and conducting variance analysis to understand differences between actuals and forecasts.* Business Process Reengineering: Lead or contribute to initiatives aimed at improving financial processes and systems to increase efficiency and reduce errors.* General Ledger Management: Maintain the integrity of the general ledger by ensuring all financial transactions are accounted for accurately and in a timely manner.* Accounts Payable: Support the accounts payable process, including invoice processing, payment disbursements, and vendor communications.* Taxation and Governance: Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal tax filings and regulations. Assist in the development and maintenance of internal controls to support financial and governance requirements.* Additional Responsibilities: May include supporting accounts receivable, payroll, fixed asset management, and participating in audits (internal and external).

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Served as the accounts payable manager and sole specialist, processing all vendor invoices, payment requests and reimbursements full cycle. Responsibilities included:• Process invoices and payment requests, performing the data entry, posting to general ledger and sending payments• Verify the validity of payments being requested• Request and document approvals for payments• Maintain and setup vendor accounts• Communication with vendors and diligence to resolve accounting discrepancies and balance accounts• Track recurring invoices to ensure all payments are made• Document, track, calculate and process payments for the job costing of payroll weekly and of health insurance and client-billable expenses monthly• Digital filing of invoices with their approvals and proofs of payment

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Operations leader focusing on improving efficiency, expanding business and maintaining vendor relationships. Responsibilities included:• Oversight and management of operational roles, policies, and procedures for 300+ employees and 20 corporate staff• Analysis of business operations procedures, providing and implementing improvements for increased efficiency• Perform competitor rate surveys for market analysis• Point of contact for 50+ third-party vendors, sending and receiving communications and maintaining accounts and relationships• Diligence and support in setting up new third-party services at 35+ business locations, as well as transitioning to new customer-facing equipment, testing and working with vendors until properly functioning• Procurement of uniforms and supplies for 300+ employees, as well as tracking their usage and predicting necessities through data modeling• Create, modify, and maintain daily financial report templates and other forms used in day-to-day operations at 35+ sites, adding automation where possible• Tracking and accounting of 500+ sales per month and commissions from third-party resellers to both audit and analyze for parameter adjustments• On-call 24/7 to resolve any issues or interruptions of phone, internet, utilities, and vendor services essential to commercial operation• Research and test new products for improved efficiency and workflow• Facilitate and take notes at weekly department directors’ meetings• Routine verification and updating of publicly displayed business information on third-party websites and apps• Maintain company website and brochure, updating when information changes, fixing errors, and adding functionality such as an online job application and a customer feedback form with submissions directed to appropriate people• Monitor and reply to customer feedback from our website and others• Provide basic IT support both in the corporate office and commercial facilities

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Execute the full cycle of accounting for the receivables department in relation to monthly-paying customers. Perform the audit and data entry of daily financial reports for a portfolio of business locations. Responsibilities included:• Audit daily financial reports and deposits for several business locations• Data entry of revenues and discounts used from daily reports• Manage and setup customer accounts and track their standings• Communicate with customers to collect due payments and balance accounts• Generate monthly invoices and send them to customers in a timely manner• Manage customers’ automatic payments, updating information when needed and stopping withdrawals when the customer cancels their service• Diligence to resolve accounting discrepancies• Create instructions with screenshots for AR procedures

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Commercial site manager of 500 space parking garage under a high-end luxury apartment complex in the busy Seaport District of Boston. Responsibilities included:• Oversight of daily operations and maintenance• Leadership and personnel management for about 20 employees, including staff scheduling, training and performance evaluations• Provide a high level of customer service to maintain relationships with both customers and the client (property management)• Audit shift reports and revenues from employees, reconcile any discrepancies• Compile daily consolidated financial reports, send them to corporate accounting in a timely fashion and make daily deposits at the bank• On-call 24/7 for any issues that hinder business operations

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

Account management at collections agency.• Telephone communications• Debt repayment planning• Documentation of all customer contact

Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Retail sales specialist for technology/business machines department.• Provided exceptional customer service while finding technology solutions to meet customers' needs• Ensure Tech department achieves key metrics, including profitable sales• Stay current on new technologies, products and services• Flexibility to help with other store tasks as needed, such as cashier, merchandising, stocking shelves.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Assist with web development project to redesign company website.• Provide suggestions for web design of updated website• Implement new website design segments

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

Software development on US Navy maintenance software assigned via work requests from clients.Responsibilities included:• Fix reported bugs in their software.• Add requested features to their software.• Update graphical user interface to use new interface API.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Software development and quality assurance for parking equipment and management software. Responsibilities included:• Update software to be used with a new DBMS.• Write a new graphical user interface for their software.• Fix bugs in current software.• Optimize code for performance.

Beverly, Massachusetts, United States

Provide technical support to customers using proprietary productivity software used for simultaneous work collaboration by multiple users (later bought by Microsoft). Responsibilities included:• Resolve issues received from customers through e-mail and phone calls.• Document new solutions to issues.• Escalate issued that couldn't be solved by existing solutions.