Nathan Castillo, Cpa Email & Phone Number

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Everett, Washington

• Manage and perform the month-end general ledger closing process and financial statement preparation in accordance with GAAP. • Compile and analyze financial information. • Ensure detailed accounting documentation is compiled and maintained in support of relevant audit, legal, and regulatory requirements.• Prepare standard and ad-hoc reports and analyze and make recommendations to support business operations.• Manage annual audit program with company’s external auditors from scheduling through issuance of audited financial statements.• Manage and prepare the annual budget and maintain a rolling forecast.• Monitor cash balances and cash forecast; manage banking relationship with providers.• Maintain fixed asset records and associated depreciation schedules.• Analyze and recommend capital expenditures.• Manage international branch accounting activities.• Support the viability and negotiations of international partnership opportunities through financial modeling. • Manage the accounting and human resources team members in daily and month-end procedures. Provide leadership, direction, and support to team members.• Manage company IT third party service provider and software applications including accounting and ERP systems. Make recommendations to enhance the stability of the current IT structure.• Analyze, streamline, and adapt existing accounting processes, policies, and procedures in partnership with other financial and business leaders in response to company growth and for continuous process improvement.

Everett

• Manage and perform the month-end general ledger closing process and financial statement preparation in accordance with GAAP. • Compile and analyze financial information. • Ensure detailed accounting documentation is compiled and maintained in support of relevant audit, legal, and regulatory requirements.• Prepare standard and ad-hoc reports and analyze and make recommendations to support business operations.• Manage annual audit program with company’s external auditors from scheduling through issuance of audited financial statements.• Manage and prepare the annual budget and maintain a rolling forecast.• Monitor cash balances and cash forecast; manage banking relationship with providers.• Maintain fixed asset records and associated depreciation schedules.• Analyze and recommend capital expenditures.• Manage international branch accounting activities.• Support the viability and negotiations of international partnership opportunities through financial modeling. • Manage the accounting and human resources team members in daily and month-end procedures. Provide leadership, direction, and support to team members.• Manage company IT third party service provider and software applications including accounting and ERP systems. Make recommendations to enhance the stability of the current IT structure.• Analyze, streamline, and adapt existing accounting processes, policies, and procedures in partnership with other financial and business leaders in response to company growth and for continuous process improvement.

Everett, Wa

Bellevue, Wa

• Manage the month-end close process, create and post journal entries, and review journal entries prepared by others. • Perform and review general ledger account reconciliations.• Perform variance analysis to identify, investigate, and explain large variances. • Mange the accounting software (Infinium).• Manage eight direct reports (1 Senior Accountant, 1 Freight Payables Supervisor, 5 Accounts Payables, and 1 Accounts Receivable Staff) and one indirect report (1 Freight Payable Staff).• Within first month of employment, identified an overpayment of taxes and adjusted the procedure to correct the current and futures taxes amounting to $22k annually.• Identified and aided in requesting refund of $208k royalty overpayment. The annual benefit of correctly calculating future royalty payments is estimated to be a cost savings of around $60K annually.• While managing Accounts Payable department initiated the following cost saving projects: o Increased payables float time. o Worked to reduce the number of duplicate vendors which reduced all costs associated with printing and processing checks. o Initiated a project to improve 1099 processing. o Increased Early Payment Discounts Taken o Identified & help implement software to enable ACH payments to vendors/employees

• Manage the month-end close process, create and post journal entries, and review journal entries prepared by others. • Perform variance analysis to identify, investigate, and explain large variances. • Perform general ledger account reconciliations.• Assumed a leadership role communicating with the CFO while covering manager’s maternity leave with only two and a half months of company experience. • Created reports which allowed account level detail to be available.• Created process improvements to help reduce month-end processing time.• Created a process to match current revenue with current expenses.

• Maintained the general ledger (journal entries, account additions, report writing).• Performed variance analysis to identify, investigate, and explain large variances. • Performed and reviewed general ledger account reconciliations.• Managed two direct reports (staff level).• Perform ad hoc projects as needed.• Promoted from Senior Accountant to General Ledger Supervisor within 13 months of employment.• Accepted additional duties which involved working with the Director of Accounting to complete the month-end close, while the Accounting Manager covered an Accounts Payable manager vacancy for 6+ months.• Accepted additional duties & trained new staff accountant due to turnover.• Proposed & created new general ledger accounts to enhance the ability to track marketing spending.• Lead five Sarbanes Oxley review teams as well as presented findings to the top 8 Executives of Kenworth.

• Performed variance analysis to identify, investigate, and explain large variances. • Performed general ledger account reconciliations.• Employment terminated as a result of re-organization.

• Month-end close responsibilities (journal entries, balancing Inter-company accounts).• Performed variance analysis to identify, investigate, and explain large variances. • Prepared financial reports.• Implemented process improvements that resulted in reducing month-end processing time from 15 to 5 days.• Created a process to allow for balancing a complicated Inter-company general ledger account.• Submitted a $15,000 profit protection plan.• Employment terminated as a result of re-organization.

Bs Accounting, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Society of Student Accountants

Transfer, General