Sara Wu, Mba Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Manage a team of four direct reports (3 senior analysts, 1 analyst), and a team of contractors in India. I oversee their operations including monthly close, reporting, reconciliations and any ad hoc issues and process improvements.Manage/oversee the accounting related activities in the North America Zone (the company’s largest zone) for the following areas: - Cash- Intercompany- Leasing- Insurance - Property TaxManage/oversee the accounting related activities for the newly formed Kraft Heinz NotCo Joint Venture including creation of new processes, templates, and being agile to meet the needs of this rapidly growing company.

Chicago, Il, Us

Perform monthly close responsibilities including booking accruals/prepaids in SAP and account reconciliations in BlacklineManage/reconcile the accounting of leases between lease payments and lease contract schedulePrepare the quarterly leasing disclosure for Kraft Heinz’ financial statementManage accounting activities related to property tax for Kraft Heinz’ 80+ facilitiesManage accounting activities related to life insurance plansProjects completed: creating new process for managing the accounting for Kraft Heinz property tax (80+ facilities)

Columbus, Oh, Us

Perform monthly close responsibilities including booking accruals, business credit card expense review, financial statements (profit and loss, balance sheet) review and analysisManage/maintain the company's fixed asset accounting including record keeping, documenting, decision-making, recording depreciation, etc.Manage accounting activities related to property/operating leases including tracking, renewals, monthly rental paymentsManage accounting activities related to wholesale trade spend including tracking and projecting of funding and deductionsRecord keeping of all licenses and permits required for business operations

Manage accounting activities related to project costs for Environmental-related projects and projects in the Martinsville region by Marathon's Pipeline groups and Marathon Petroleum's engineering groupsPerform research and create necessary journal entries and accruals during month-end close and reconciliationsParticipate in periodic field inventory auditsAct as liaison for project leaders and project teams related to cost accounting including budgets, appropriate categorizing of capital vs. expense, and funding.Develop reports and analysis for project teams to help them understand how their project spends are performing against the project budget and how overall spend is performing against yearly budgetsAnalyze variances related to overhead and general costs

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Manage accounting activities for MPC’s domestic crude products at the Texas City Refining Division and the Capline pipeline, the nation’s largest crude pipeline that moves around 1.2M barrels per dayServe at the managerial level (previous accountant was two pay-grades above me) of Marathon Petroleum Supply (a MPC subsidiary that handles foreign vessels): manage vessel schedules, interpret vessel contracts, ensure timely payments of vessel purchases of up to $100M, and manage cash, bank and payable/receivable accounts up to $1BUtilize Solarc RightAngle and SAP to book purchases, sales, and transfers of crude product, process settlements with third party companies of up to $550MM, and reconciling payable and inventory accounts on a daily basisCover desk responsibilities of domestic crude accountants (some a pay-grade above me) during vacation, transition, etc. and managed/taught the job responsibilities of a second crude accounting desk during a 3-month transition period between personnel in addition to performing my existing job responsibilitiesProfessional liaison with 3rd party contacts and business partners (traders, schedulers, planning/risk group, etc.)Excel at performing job responsibilities while completing a 2-year part-time MBA at Bowling Green State University

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Soley managed the suspense account for the Sales Accounting department of up to $1M including creating accrual entries, identifying and resolving issues related to suspense and clearing net entries from the accountManaged 3rd party's purchasing allowances at multiple territories and terminals including asphalt and other finished products including entering data in the terminal system that allows trucking/hauling companies to pull finished products at one or more of Marathon's terminalsPerformed daily and month-end close activities, reconciled the suspense account at month end

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Selected by the MPC Corporate management team as the only personnel to fulfill a temporary assignment requiring immediate demand at one of Marathon’s largest refineries: the Garyville RefineryManaged a significant increase in invoice volumes (a hundred more/day) during the assignment, coinciding with the refinery’s larger of the few yearly turn-arounds (planned shut-down of part of the plant for maintenance)Interfaced with the Contractor Billing group to complete contractor-related invoices including labor, maintenance and materials in SAP and investigated and resolved discrepancies on invoices related to contractors at the refinery

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Handled the ticket and invoice correction of truck delivery errors including product, location, price, and tax changesManaged 3rd party's purchasing allowances at multiple territories and terminals in the Midwest and Southeast regions including entering data in the terminal system that allows trucking/hauling companies to pull finished products at one or more of Marathon's terminalsPerformed daily and month-end close activities

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Worked with the accounting/finance group at the Cargill-Dayton locationReconciled daily pipeline, truck and rail balances of the Corn Syrup division and productsActively engaged in two internal audits: inventory audit and audit of the process of tracking inventory (volume, status, location) at the plant

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

Assisted attorneys and paralegals with copies, filings, screened clients, handled client calls and consultations and interacted with immigrants on a personal level and experienced the everyday workings of an immigration law firm

Input transcript and data information received from Ohio State University applicants into the university’s data system

Madison, Wi, Us

Filed claims, used insurance software to check for missing or invalid information. Required typing skills, basic computer knowledge, and handled machines such copy/fax and interacted with customers

Columbus, Oh, Us

Interacted with customers strengthening my communication skills, patience, time management, money management and learned the importance of taking responsibility for one’s actions. Performed transactions with different methods of payment as well as sales returns and sales discounts

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Professional Program

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration; Accounting

High School Diploma