• Provide financial advice in strategic decision making• Manage, motivate, and review work of 7 +/- staff (including not limited to, bookkeeper, sales team, and finance manager).• All aspects of Human Resources, Payroll, and Budgeting.• Provide training to new and existing staff as needed.• Assigns duties and examines work for exactness, neatness and conformance to policies and procedures.• File all state and bank reporting requirements.• Motivates and engages team to achieve top level effort.• Set up accounting system.

Managed, directed and review work of the accounting staff;(payroll, accounts payable, recording of revenue and expenses, balance sheet reconciliations, fixed asset activity, and inventory). Ensure accurate and timely close process. Ensure that procedures are in line with SOX requirements. Produce financial statements and ad hos financial reports.Implemented efficiencies to the close process that allowed for extensive review of the revenue and expenses, while involving the department managers.

Financial reporting, ad hoc reporting, supervise GL Accountant, and technical accounting. Monitor close and reconciliation process to ensure they are completed timely and accurately. Complete assigned reconciliation in a timely manner. Program administrator for p-cards. Other duties as assigned by management.

Cash reconciliation, ensuring overhead costs are charged to the correct departments, and financial reporting.

Corporate Accounting Supervisor • Supervise 3+/- staff accountants; responsible for ensuring accurate processing of journal entries for companies fixed asset, manufacturing and real estate lease transactions according to company policy and GAAP. • Perform employee evaluations, guidance, training and motivating. • Prepare financial statements consisting of balance sheet and cash flow. • Assist with ensuring timely and accurate period-end close process. • Manage property and use/sales tax accounts• Process various journal entries. • Analysis and reconcile general ledger accounts not limited to the asset roll-forward, restaurant impairment analysis. • Assist with preparing 10Q, 10K, and other SEC filings. • Projects as assigned by Controller and/or CFO such as the FMV analysis of current real estate leases. • Including responsibilities of the senior staff accountant. Sr. Staff Account • Prepare and enter journal entries for the amortization of financing lease obligations and straight-line rent entries as it relates to financing obligations. • Analyze general ledger accounts; straight-line rent, gift card liability, credit and debit card fee liability, construction accounts receivable, and inventories. • Completed projects as assigned by V.P. Controller and Accounting Manager. • Prepare documentation for the invoicing of construction costs per lease contracts. • Assist internal auditor with Sox documentationLead Restaurant Accountant• Completed same duties as Restaurant Accountant. • Trained all new employees for Restaurant Accounting department. • Assisted supervisor with reviewing journal entries, authorizing timesheets, reporting and answering questions to upper–management and running department meetings. • Prepared documentation for internal controls for revenue and inventories, as it pertains to SOX.