Work with Controller on weekly forecasting, volume and invoice adjustment reporting. Daily review and approval of dealer payments and approval of financial adjustments for arbitration cases.▪ Deep dive into body shop processes looking for possible revenue leakage. Monthly margin review by VIN of body shop revenue and expense. Research anomalies and report to the Controller.▪ Found revenue leakage in the arbitration process. Working with the Controller and Arbitration manager to develop a new process in order to stop the leakage.

Responsible for accurate diamond count and research of discrepancies, merchandising, cash handling, and customer service.

• Supervise a team of four Payable Specialists• Facilitate processing of approximately 10,000 invoices per month• Obtain approvals according to DOA• General ledger coding, journal entries, account reconciliations• Maintain vendor accounts• Issue annual 1099-MISC to eligible vendors• Review expense report submissions for adherence to company policy, and review general ledger coding• Process weekly check runs• Research and resolve vendor balance discrepanciesAccomplishments:Streamlined processing of multiple location invoices by developing spreadsheets that allocate charges and are pre-coded for ease of entry into the system.

• Supervised the Accounts Receivable Specialist.• Orchestrated the management of cash application and thereby managed DSO.• Performed credit reviews, order releases from credit hold and collection of past due funds.• Prepared and enter all month-end journal entries related to bank activity, intercompany transactions, prepaid amortizations, and other entries as needed. • Ran iStatement financials in Excel and reconciled to AS400 reports. • Consolidated BS & P/L of domestic and Canadian entities for quarterly reporting. • Prepared monthly rolling cash report for parent company in Germany. • Created and distributed annual budgets, estimates, monthly and quarterly financial packages.• Developed and maintained MS Excel budget files. Compiled budget figures from numerous sources and transformed it into an easy to read, logical format. • Transferred budget into German parent company forms. Helped prepare budget presentations. • Championed the preparation of sales tax returns and account reconciliations. Accomplishments:Streamlined the distribution of financial packages resulting in a four to five hour time saving. Improved communication with other departments resulting in quicker resolution of customer deductions by providing the information ahead of time to Accounts Receivable.

Prepare personal Federal Income Taxes including Sch C, Sch E, EIC, Child Care, etc.

• Month-end journal entries for deferred revenue, fixed assets, and intercompany transactions• Processed accounts payable for two companies• Championed the monitoring of project profitability through diligent preparation of time analysis reports, identification of potential overages and scheduled meetings with department managers to mitigate losses. • Prepared accurate and timely client invoices. • Instrumental in Sales and Use tax filing. Assisted with 1099 Misc form preparation for awards and contest winners. • Conducted research and authored reports of initial findings for system requirements definition. Accomplishments:Shrunk client billing time, thereby increasing cash flow.Organized manual billing of monthly fees for website access into a more manageable system which reduced the number of missed fees and free access to the company’s paid children’s website.

• Execute all duties related to reconciling accounts and analyzing financials for monthly cash flow package owners. • Oversaw a portfolio of 40 tenant accounts in a downtown Milwaukee office building. • Delivered revenue assurance by accurately and timely processing tenant statements. • Analyzed vendor invoices to ensure accurate contract pricing. Rapidly resolved invoice and pricing issues. • Prepared month-end accrual entries in accordance with the matching principle.• Calculated annual escalations and created construction invoices based on contract terms. • Accounts receivable and accounts payable processing as well as collections.Accomplishments:Maintained core duties while simultaneously helping run the office efficiently during a month long leave by the receptionist. Enhanced invoice review process with controls to catch incorrect pricing, reducing payments to vendors for amounts billed over contracted pricing.

• Provided contract and revenue assurance before closing out projects through billing and payment review in accordance with contract terms.• Provided compliance with Government standards by processing monthly DBE reports and D.O.T. completion forms• Processed incoming/out-going lien waivers, research/process misc. subcontractor invoices for payment • Created accurate contract specific invoices, follow-up tracking and collection of outstanding invoices to facilitate cash flowAccomplishments:Implemented a team process for reviewing subcontractor invoices to ensure payments were not made for amounts billed in excess of actual work completed.Instrumental in organizing document gathering for auditors during the bankruptcy process.