Robin Higginbotham Email & Phone Number

Reno, Nv, Us

Greater Reno Area

Reno, Nevada, United States

Review Certificates of Insurance and related documents for compliance. Communicate with property managers, tenants, vendors, leasing staff, and insurance companies regarding discrepancies. Maintain PIF log, setup jobs and enter estimates into Job Cost, posting entries Assist Corporate Assistant Controller with accounting projects and duties.in process of training employee to assist with COI compliance on processes such as quarterly updating of AM Best ratings, reviewing and responding to property managers, construction, insurance brokers, and vendors regarding insurance compliance.

Reno, Nevada Area

Attend monthly board meetings of local chapter, offer input to agenda items during meetings, speak to students and staff at universities colleges within the chapter's region. Current role, as Treasurer, prepare monthly treasurer report and submit for monthly board approval. Prepare and file annual IMA report and IRS F990. As prior role of secretary, recorded minutes of meeting, prepared and distributed final copy of minutes.

Reno, Nevada, United States

Prepared journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations. Participated in monthly inventory counts. Filed CTRs and 945/1042 tax deposits. Performed Revenue Audit work as needed for both Sands Regency and Gold Dust West.

Reno, Nevada, United States

Prepared bank reconciliations. Researched and prepared analysis on credit card fee variance. Assisted accounting staff.

Supervise approximately 5 staff accountants. Will coordinate workloads and write up performance reviews. Mentor growth of staff.Continue efforts to improve effectiveness at accountant level as well as working with management team to improve efficiency throughout office. Work with other departmental managers / directors toward mutually beneficial processes, for those procedures in other departments that impact accounting.

Will be working with management team on various projects as they crop up. Will be working with hotel controller on putting out financials. Continue to work with team members and management to improve efficiencies.

Reno, Nevada

Responibilities include preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and tax returns associated with Hotel division. Also, will be working on various projects as requested by management.

Reno, Nevada Area

Responsible for reconciling bank accounts, journal entries, reconciliations, and various analysis work for the hotel, F&B, and retail departments. Also prepare room tax and sales/use tax returns. Spent time overseeing accounting of Engineering department and fixed assets. As move into 2016, will become more involved with accounting for Eldorado Reno's non-gaming revenue departments as result of merging operations.

Due to staffing changes, Boomtown needed me to focus more attention to accounting. This lead to the change of my title. I do monthly review of journal entries, reconciliations, revenue audit recaps and tax returns. I supervise staff accountants. Since the sale of our property in June 2012, am now responsible for maintaining COA and financial statements.In March 2011, I was also the Interim Manager of Finance, overseeing above listed duties as well as supervising accounting clerks and the Cage/Count Team. I approved check requests, contracts, tax returns. Also performed quarterly IT SOX compliance review for system user access.

Assist DOF with annual budget process, including SEC and statistical budget, Do monthly stats/trends, weekly FTE report. Responsible for property taxes. Assigned special projects i.e. GAAP accounting procedure, ROI. Attended Pinnacle Entertainment's DOF conference in 2004, assisting our property's DOF. Assisted accounting staff at sister property in Lake Charles, LA with grand opening in May 2005. Assisted/consulted accounting dept at Lake Charles, LA property in March 2006. In 2007 wrote up memo following accounting research regarding sale of property to Cabela's and other related transactions. Monthly accounting duties include: accrued accounts payable, prepaids, slip/fall reserve.

Accounted for following: prepaids, long term debt, fixed assets, inventories, accounts payable, selected corporate journal entries. Did 10Q and 10K (property level) reports to be submitted to corporate. Responsible for license fees (Gaming, Health Dept, Business), Sales/Use tax returns, Real/Personal property tax. Coordinated conversion from in-house fixed asset system to Infinium fixed asset system.