Spencer A. Smith Email & Phone Number

Bellingham, Wa, Us

Bellingham, Washington, United States

Grays Harbor Area, Wa

Supported financial operations for six receiving stations: • Prepared monthly operations financial reports, including limited cost analysis. • Facilitated and oversaw month-end closing. • Analyzed volume and rate spend variances for discussion with managers and corporate office. • Collaborated with managers to create annual budgets plus monthly rolling forecasts. • Created budgeting tools, and provided training to managers on how to maximize their utility. • Developed and created financial reports and other tools for financial analysis.Supported financial operations of manufacturing plant: • Prepared recurring and non-recurring journal entries during month-end close. • Facilitated and oversaw month-end closing. • Participated in development of annual budget and monthly rolling forecast. • Maintained all balance sheet accounts. • Prepared all quarterly balance sheet account reconciliations. • Performed ad hoc projects as requested (e.g., developed and integrated IT inventories using Maximo to increase efficacy of existing processes; developed user-specific financial reports). • Developed, drafted, and helped finalize accounting SOPs.Trained plant colleagues and receiving station staff on accounting processes (e.g., budgeting methodologies, financial system functionalities), and Excel functionality and usage.

Greater Seattle Area

Portland, Oregon

Member of rollout team for Serenic Navigator ERP finance system (July 2011 - July 2014). My primary role was to help support international country office finance teams in seven countries, plus U.S. and Scotland headquarters.Reviewed and analyzed monthly financial transactions: • Reviewed country offices' ledger for completeness and reasonableness of month close. • Reviewed grant fund transactions for coding, budget, and compliance integrity (donor, GAAP). • Analyzed and reconciled balance sheet accounts (including inter-company accounts). • Communicated daily with international staff not accustomed to working in U.S. GAAP.Assisted with month-end close by preparing journal entries, and allocating costs.Drafted and helped formalize International Finance SOPs.Collaborated with other departments and headquarters, and allocated costs to funds pursuant to GAAP and donor regulations.Worked with international country office finance staff to improve grant fund cash management.Supported country offices and headquarters with grant and financial audits.Volunteered and participated in working groups to improve International Finance procedures.

Portland, Oregon

Responsible for month close activities (Bindery). / Job cost audits and allocations, and variance analysis (Bindery). / Project cost accounting / special projects (Publishing).

Pacific Northwest

I was a Wildlife Research Technician for the following Research Projects:• Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) day-time nesting ecology in secondary and old-growth forests, Cascade mountains, Oregon.• Agricultural practices on breeding success and survival of gray-tailed voles (Microtus canicaudus) in Willamette Valley, Oregon.• Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) breeding ecology and success in northwestern California.• Greater Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) and waterfowl breeding ecology and nesting success at Malheur N.W.R., Oregon.• Foraging ecology and behavior, and nest-site selection of secondary cavity-nesting birds in Tillamook State Forest, Oregon.• Agricultural practices on waterfowl nest-site selection and breeding success in prairie potholes, Alberta, Canada.• Gull, tern, and cormorant predation on salmonids in mid-Columbia river.• Vascular plant community assessments in Pacific Northwest and Canada wetlands and forests.

North America

From 2001-present, primarily as an autodidact, I have studied hexapods (insects), arachnids (spiders mostly), fungi, and other elements of our natural world. Enjoying our natural world, and sharing my love of it with others who have any level of interest, has been an avocation of mine these many years.“A joy shared is a joy doubled”. - Goethe

Bethesda, Maryland

Project cost: BvA reports and variance analysis. / Compliance with internal and project cost controls. / Developed and led monthly cost control and target WIP meetings. / Assessed subcontractor WIP requisitions to field conditions, and prepared monthly requisitions to owners.‬‬

Alexandria, Virginia

Financial Accounting: GL responsibility through trial balance including adjusting entries and other working papers in support of financial statements. / Quarterly GL account analysis and reconciliations.Revenue Accounting: Cost plus billings and revenue recognition.Subsidiary start-up: One of three selected (major responsibility was payroll).‬‬

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting

Bachelor’S Degree, Wildlife Science, Summa Cum Laude