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Norfolk, Virginia, Us

*Manage all accounting processes, financial reporting, payroll and employee benefits.*Private club with yachting, sailing, tennis, fitness center, swimming, restaurants and banquet services.

Valhalla, Ny, Us

• Complete financial preparation and analysis for an insurance brokerage region in the Midwest with $76M in sales.• Prepare all journal entries such as: accruals, allocations, deferred rent, lease abandonments, prepaid expenses, payroll, deferred revenue and correcting entries. Responsible for consolidations of certain schedules for all 8 regions in the company, such as notes payable, deferred rent and lease abandonments.• Provide analysis for the region’s leadership and the corporate office in NY every month. This includes trends, to budget variances, quarter to quarter/year over year analysis and reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts.• Responsible for the financial integrity of the region's GL after acquisitions. Starting from the acquisition date and through the period of conversion to USI's software systems. I have successfully worked through 3 acquisitions which represented $19.6M additional gross revenue per year for the region.

•Responsible for accuracy & compliance of financials for 5 ledgers comprising the Mobile Water business in North America. Encompassing $177MM in sales per year.•Lead four accountants in day to day duties, month-end closing, ledger consolidations, intercompany tie-outs and reporting and responsible for 180 account reconciliations completed monthly and quarterly.•Manage construction-in-progress projects: Set up, track and report on average of 60 projects covering over $10M per year.•Liaison with operations and senior finance managers; providing accounting technical guidance and assistance on company policy.•Manage AP team of eight: Review, guide and improved all processes and reporting as needed.•Work closely with corporate controllership group in terms of data requests, Federal and State tax data reporting, policy implementations, cross business schedules for closing ledgers, Sarbanes-Oxley issues, GAAP compliance and special projects. •Assisted with implementation of two new ERP systems in tenure: Solomon and SAP.•Maintain set-ups and assisting in upgrades for travel system, payroll, online indirect purchase requests, purchasing credit cards & A/R management system.•Local contact for all internal and external financial and tax audits; providing data and guidance along with review and closure of findings.

Alexandria, Va, Us

•Responsible for all finance aspects for brokerage division with six locations and $23.5MM in sales volume.•Directed three staff members who worked on financial reporting, G/L reconciliations, cash management, budgeting, commission processing, payroll, A/P and A/R.•Completed all year-end procedures and assisted in the audit.•Implemented new, and streamlined existing, procedures for greater efficiency and increased quality of work.

•Directed all aspects of revenue management for a managed mental healthcare company with $800M in annual revenue.•Trained and developed four staff members who processed invoices, cash receipts, collections, account reconciliations and analysis, close procedures and audit schedules.•Reduced A/R balance by over $3M and the Over 90 balance by $2.5M.•Consistently streamlined procedures and successfully implemented new software system to reduce departmental expenses and increased productivity of employees.•Developed increasingly beneficial relationships between the revenue departments and corporate departments, service center personnel and clients.

•Redesigned the finance department of a retail chain with eleven stores and $8.5M in sales.•Controlled all accounting, finance and MIS aspects on a daily basis which included payroll, A/P, cash management, sales audit, point-of-sale & inventory computer management.•Completed financial preparation and analysis, supervised two employees and responsible for business insurance and negotiating store leases.

Concentration, Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations~Business