Shane Byrd Email & Phone Number

Mount Holly, Nc, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Prepare and consolidate the budget for 18 companies spanning 11 countries and 3 continents with over $500 million in revenue. Budget completed at the GL detail level for over 100 cost centers with more than 2,000 employees.• Utilize Microsoft SQL Server database that holds SAP and internal application data to gather information for periodic and ad hoc reports. Also, script written in SQL to produce reports used in SSRS and Tableau to automate reporting presentation• Created Excel template used to track the percentage of complete for professional service projects and responsible for determining revenue recognition. Template includes a dashboard that provides financial results by month, YTD, project to date, resource, and manager.• Design and manage Access databases used to automate processes for SAP. Examples include A/R, A/P, and journal entry imports.• Implemented forecasting process that utilizes 3, 6, and 12 month trends to project future performance. Trending assigned by G/L account based on the nature of the transactions the account tracks.• Worked directly with COO and CFO to address a high-profile customer where the company was loosing money. Within 6 months our efforts turned a 40% loss per month into a 15% gain.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

1300 Baxter St, Suite 235, Charlotte, Nc, 28204

• Oversaw cash, accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable, lines of credit, payroll, internal controls, and human resources• Administered the 401(k) plan and ensured compliance with applicable laws• Supported $4 million business through analytics, growth strategies, vendor relations, and customer relations• Wrote policies and developed internal controls for: cash, inventory, procurement, delivery, time submissions, and billing• Helped clean up 1 year of inadequately managed financial information• Used quarterly results to build a cost model that: determined the loaded cost of each engineer and extrapolated the results of various percentages of utilization, calculated the amount of sales needed for each salesperson to pay for themselves, and used the cost model to build an interactive income statement that provided a method for measuring the impact of the cost factors.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Business partner and financial support for 80 units and 7 district managers across 4 states with approximately $30 million in total revenue• Managed 4 employees and oversaw the following functions: accounts receivable, accounts payable, monthly financial close, GAAP and IFRS compliance, payroll for over 500 employees, internal controls, internal audit, and corporate compliance• Promoted business growth by discussing strategies to produce better financial results, communicated with clients to provide explanations of needed financial adjustments, supported initiatives to negotiate higher product prices and decrease labor costs, completed quarterly forecasts, prepared the annual budget, and completed several audits of dining units• Modified the close process which significantly decreased the time needed to close while increasing the timeliness of financial analytics• Reduced by 50% the time required to complete weekly payroll by utilizing paperless initiatives• Trained an employee to complete internal control reviews. Her participation in the audit process led to her nomination as the district support employee of the year.• Created solutions to provide better payroll analytics and help unit managers flex their labor

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Provided support for over 110 cafes nationwide and over 10 corporate overhead accounts• Ensured all financials were prepared accurately and timely while verifying all entries were made in accordance with IFRS and GAAP• Researched and reported on variances to plan and differences between unit expectations and actual results• Completed a monthly detailed review of all balance sheet accounts• Interpreted client contracts and ensured unit compliance with financial agreements• Established and maintained great relationships with unit managers and district managers• Elected by my peers to participate in the “Guiding Coalition”. The coalition is a group of 7 accountants that meet with management to review upcoming changes, give feedback on those changes and promote the needs of my peers.• Created a spreadsheet and database to streamline the monthly correction of over 100 statistical entries. The database decreased processing time by 2.5 hours per month.• Authored a 45 page manual to aid cafeterias in their weekly closing procedures and processes• Managed and streamlined the reconciliation of over 3,000 balance sheet accounts related to vacation, holiday, and sick accruals

• Aided in preparing tax returns for privately held partnerships, C corporations, S corporations, and trusts• Calculated the LIFO value of vehicle inventory for several dealerships

• Participated in the audit of clients within the manufacturing, automotive and healthcare industries• Responsible for auditing cash, accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable, and employee labor records• Reviewed, tested and documented internal controls, debt covenants and legal matters• Named “Champion” of IDEA for the Charlotte office (software tool designed to extend auditing and analytical capabilities, detect fraud and meet documentation standards)• Awarded “Blocks” for my efforts related to learning and teaching IDEA and awarded for my work ethic

• Designed and implemented an Access database that analyzed and reported upon the information related to around 500 employees• 0Aided in the restructure of the chart of accounts for all 8 companies

• Organize, sum and reconcile receipts to daily sales reports• Supply advanced excel automated solutions to tedious accounting processes• Troubleshoot and maintain computers in the member computing lab

Masters, Accounting With Concentration In Information Systems

Bachelors, Accounting