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• Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations for multiple clients (highest level of complexity).• Review and approve the documented work product (journal entries and reconciliations) of junior staff accountants as assigned.• Ensure compliance with internal controls.• Prepare and post journal entries for multiple clients during a compressed monthly close.• Prepare schedules for auditor.• Prepare and Maintain Capital Lease Schedule

• Month-end closing and financial statement preparation for multiple entities (Non-Profit Corporations) with a high level of complexity• Process monthly bank and balance sheet reconciliations with extensive investments, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, deferrals, accruals, payroll liabilities, and reserves• Develop amortization and depreciation schedules• Budget development assistance and administration• Support community Association Managers (CAM)and Association Board of Directors (BOD) as requested• Work with supporting departments (A/R, A/P, Data, Tax and Investment Teams) on issue resolution

United States

• Analyzed headcount spending, project accounting and provided month end financial reports. • Analyzed and reviewed P&L monthly with managements.• Performed monthly closing process including month-end journal entries, project accounting, and account reconciliation.• Assisted BD controller by providing financial data analysis, planning and forecasting. • Provided project support to product group personnel, including project maintenance, journal entries, reconciliation to GL, and monthly reports.• Performed variance analysis of actual results vs budget, forecast and prior year.• Experience working with various systems (Oracle, SAP BPP E1P Apollo) conversion/UAT/Training/implemented and decommissioned• Developed/enhanced new royalty process and conversion. • Ensured no SOX material weakness or significant deficiency regarding the control associated with the BS reviews and closing process.• Maintained and analyzed reasonable standard costs. • Developed & maintained MS Access databases, manipulate data into formats needed for multiple analyses.• Automated processes by writing Macros on Excel and Access.• Completed special projects requested by managers.• Interfaced with production, warehouse and material management regarding standard issues.• Prepared month-end closing, management reports, and account reconciliation. • Oversaw Oracle 10.7 reports conversion. Converted to MS Access or to Impromptu report format.• Participated in Oracle 11i implementation & completed Oracle 11i training classes.• Assisted & support other Cost Accounting team members in report conversions.• Coordination of Annual Standards Revision Processes.

United States

• Prepared financial report packages which included Gain & Loss analysis report, Monthly Production report and Cost Analysis report, etc.• Eliminated tedious work by creating macros in Excel and Access.• Prepared various month-end entries and used Clarus GL loader (Oracle environment) to load files to general ledger system.• Facilitated data conversion for ADP payroll files to MS Access and converted file format to meet company formats then loaded the file to Clarus GL system.• Maintained company Fixed Assets & Equipment Lease Database on MS Access.• Prepared monthly Depreciation & Amortization entries and ran monthly assets & depreciation report. • Prepared reconciliation to balance assets database with General Ledger. • Developed new Access tables (relationship tables), Queries and Reports on different databases when requested by management. • Prepared various BS/P&L account reconciliation.

United States

• Prepared Bank Reconciliation for major operating accounts.• Interfaced ADP payroll data to DEC/TIMS system and prepare journal entries for payroll accrual.• Prepared financial reports for management.• Reconciled general ledgers for balance sheet accounts.• Developed the company budget.• Prepared lead schedules for external auditors and provided assistance.• Prepared sales tax returns.