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Tampa, Fl, Us

Tampa, Fl, Us

Temple Terrace, Florida, United States

 Train and develop small business owners to establish, and maintain accuracy and reporting for month-end.. Audit company books, accounts receivable and accounts payable to ensure accuracy per SOX Compliance. Complete Payroll, Reemployment, Sales & Use Tax, Property Tax and Self-Employment Tax reports. Prepare tax returns for individuals, sole proprietors, partnerships, Limited Liability Companies (LLC’s), and S-Corporations.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

Temple Terrace, Florida, United States

Florida, United States

SME for program support for Edward Jones

Tampa, Florida, United States

• Contributed to the design, roll-out and governance of financial solutions.• Assists in setting business and information architecture standards for Finance.• Settled and operated necessary forums and frameworks to establish and govern policies and starts for global Finance processes.• Participated in assessing and incorporating changing business, regulatory and market information needs into finance processes and applications.

Temple Terrace, Florida, United States

Finance Management  Conduct and prepare business presentations; including but not limited to financial, risk reports and analysis of data to 9 business clients, partners, and executives. Collaborate with external Bottlers with system improvement initiatives, key financial impacts, and period close analysis related to equipment service. Subject Matter Expert for Equipment Control Settlement team activities, billing, and audit that provides support to US and Canada Independent Sales & Distribution Companies, Business Partners, and their internal departments. Implement process improvements and regulatory changes for risk management compliance. Train and develop key team internal/external team members for sufficient capture of revenue and resources.

Brandon, Florida, United States

 Subject Matter Expert for Equipment Control placement activities/alignments. Supervise settlement team (local and abroad) that provides support to multiple Distribution Centers, Business Partners, and other internal departments. Develop and Implement departmental process improvement procedures while advising others on procedures. Coordinate with mulitple data sources to consolidate information ensuring the integrity of the financial information housed within the financial databases. Reconcile data as needed, complete period end processes and analyze accrual balances to ensure appropriate allocation. Coordinates and organizes resources and people in an efficient and effective way to accomplish larger company strategies, transitions and team goals Perform ad hoc data analysis and make recommendations to improve organizational structures and operational drivers pertaining to equipment master data. Prepare presentations, including financial reports and analysis of data. Support P&L, GL, and period close analysis related to cold drink equipment service billing. Selected candiate to ensure seemliness of transition from internal to external partners.

Brandon, Fl

 Supervise settlement team (local and abroad) that provides support to multiple Distribution Centers, Business Partners, and other internal departments. Develop and Implement departmental process improvement procedures while advising others on procedures. Coordinates and organizes resources and people in an efficient and effective way to accomplish larger company strategies, transitions and team goals Design and generate performance management tools to evaluate individual and team performances. Develop, maintain and enhance job aids and tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the equipment control team.  Selected candiate to ensure seemliness of transition from internal to external partners.

 Prepare and coordinate account analyses, journal entries, and reconciliations for month-end general accounting close for multiple divisions. Provide support for Corporate Tax Dept in Atlanta tax audits and provide assistance on audit matters. Transition tax information during company consolidatations, transfers, purchases, and sales. Ensure compliance with GAAP, Standard Accounting Manual, and other Company policies and procedures. Developd and Implement departmental process improvement procedures while advising other on procedures. Maintained and processed 4k license returns company wide.

 Maintenance of $350K portfolio consisting of large national chain accounts and high-volume private-owned franchises-both US/CA Provide preventative strategies to collaborate with Collections, Sales, Management and customers to prevent monthly write-offs. Identify and communicate improvement opportunities to Sales, Management Teams and customers to correct on invoice pricing and operational issues. Interact across multiple levels of the business to ensure the accuracy, timeliness and excellent customer service. Validate and process Journal Voucher’s to clear customer accounts to the correct subsidiary ledger. Team Leader and development of others.

Brandon, Florida, United States

 Setup, monitor, and updated rebate accruals for Customer Marketing Agreements and payments. Validated accounts information thru Analytical Sales Reporting (ASR), SAP, and Vistex to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

Associate'S Degree, Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services