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Houston, Tx, Us

Pasadena, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas, United States

• Oversee day-to-day accounting functions including supervising accounts payable, staff accountants and analysts.• Reviewed daily and monthly journal entries and account reconciliations.• Managed treasury and cash management, banking relation.• Monitored and prepared monthly, quarterly, and long-term forecasting and annual budgeting.• Established cross training within the department and standard operating procedures.• Identified opportunities to automate routine tasks and implemented best practices within the department.

Sugar Land, Texas

• Managed Account Payables and invoice approval functions to ensure timely payment of invoices.• Ensured alignment of monthly financial reports and statements for closing process• Performed and reviewed the company’s monthly and yearly closing which includes creating and inputting journal entries, accruals, reclasses and account reconciliations.• Prepared and manage analyses for balance sheet and income statement accounts.• Assisted in the annual audit process as well as the sales and use tax audits while preparing requested materials and schedules.• Analyzed P&L variances, partner with operational leaders to define drivers, initiate action plans for improvement and control.• Reviewed and justified expense reports and other expenditures.• Supported the annual budget and long-term plan processes.• Analyzed functional areas to improve efficiency and effectiveness within the department.

Sugar Land, Texas

• Supervised accounts payable, accounting personnel and associated functions while streamlining efficiency of the processes involved.• Performed specific quantitative and qualitative analyses (economic and financial) in support of the evaluation of M&A opportunities.• Provided sales, payroll & financial data for quarterly estimated tax payments.• Prepared management reports and assisted with completion of the financial reporting packages in compliance with official guidelines and requirements.• Collaborated with external financial and bank auditors to facilitate various audits.• Assisted in sales tax audits and helped reduce tax liabilities, prepared schedules for annual audits.• Performed various Ad-hoc analysis and projects as assigned.

Sugar Land, Texas

• Collaborated directly with supervisor and partner with key stakeholders in cross-functional teams to coordinate efforts in researching, addressing, and resolving payment disputes and apply new processes to avoid further discrepancies.• Interfaced with sales management, sales operations, and finance team to review and analyze data monthly to improve the A/R processes in place.• Prompt reconciliation of vendor A/R, and identification and resolution of disputed or unauthorized deductions• Prepared GL account reconciliations and/or oversee the preparation within the team.• Identified opportunities to control costs and reduce expenses.• Prepared monthly journal entries and assisted in month-end and year-end closing process.• Assisted with property tax and business license filings.

Houston, Texas

• Reviewed repair & maintenance charges for capital expenditures and reclassify as needed.• Maintained and managed capital expenditures files and documentation• Overseed and coordinated monthly gain/loss estimates for multiple closing stores for the Real Estate department.• Recorded acquisitions and dispositions of all the capital expenditures.• Administered FA abandonments, transfers, sales, & retirements• Participated in monthly close process to ensure all journal entries, accruals, and adjusting entries were processed for the month.• Analyzed monthly budget to actual reports for various cost centers and researched to explain variances and mitigating opportunities. • Recorded deferred acquisition cost, deferred rent expenses, deferred lease legal costs, and other amortizations.• Able to articulate financial results and variance explanations to upper management.• Worked closely with internal and external auditors and provide corrective support (SOX compliance)• Development and implementation of Fixed Assets policies and procedures

Houston, Texas

• Assisted the CFO in the daily, weekly, and monthly accounting functions.• Prepared and analyzed financial statements for 45-50 Physicians, and interface with business owners.• Prepared monthly and quarterly accounting reports and accompanying analyses.• Analyzed monthly financial data and made sure all monthly activity were recorded and reconciled.• Prepared and reviewed journal entries, account analysis, variance analysis, balance sheets, income statements, reclassifications, inter-company, and adjustments• Recorded all company cash transactions and prepared bank reconciliations, GL account reconciliations and payroll reconciliations.• Responded to inquiries from facilities regarding various financial information.• Identified and communicated accounting compliance issues and discrepancies.• Administered employee and physician’s payroll and benefits tracking

• Supported CFO and Controller with projects including end of month closing statements for 14 divisions.• Organized and formulated comprehensive business / financial forecasts, reports, and profit-margin analysis.• Managed monthly bank / account reconciliations to ensure accuracy.• Assured proper documentation of financial data generated was identified for information management, controlled, defined, processed, completed, and consistent with company accounting policies.• Developed and refined financial policies and procedures.• Prepared and reviewed monthly billings, receivable aging reports, balance sheets, cash flows, trial balances, P&L statements, accruals, variance analysis, and income statements.• Continued to drive process improvements and assist in both internal / external audits.• Recorded daily sales reports for 8 different locations to evaluate performance trends.• Conducted companywide inventory reporting, cycle counts, and physical inventory analysis.• Overseed financial operating activities for catering revenue and expenses

Houston, Texas

• Conducted, posted, and reconciled monthly catering and delivery revenues and expenses.• Organized weekly and monthly Yield Analysis• Prepared and posted daily journal entries to general ledger.• Analyzed monthly sales for variations.• Reviewed and reconciliation of month end closing.• Tracked and maintained company’s accruals & inter-company reconciliations.• Ensured timely customer billings and collection of payments for all outstanding invoices.

Houston, Texas

Prepared personal income tax returns. Responded to inquiries from the IRS and other tax authorities.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Leadership

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Accounting