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Denver, Co, Us

Castle Rock, Colorado, Us

Englewood, Co, Us

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Colliers International is the third largest commercial real estate company in the world. Responsibilities include overseeing financial activities consisting of day to day operations, forecasting, monthly and annual financial statements for corporate rollup. Developed US finance team and facilitated the transfer of all US accounting activity from Canada to the new US headquarters. Directly manage a team of eight accountants and co-manage two shared service teams in our Canadian office. Handle all revenue recognition, SOX compliance, budgeting, monthly closing requirements, as well as process improvement and analysis.

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

Promoted to senior audit manager to direct audit functions for a growing hospitality and software attest practice. Managed and evaluated multiple accountants and oversaw financial statement audits of public and private companies in accordance with SEC and GAAP standards, with revenues ranging from $5 to $200 million on a single reporting and consolidated reporting basis. Extensive management report writing to improve client operations and accounting systems and reporting. Developed and managed external professional relationships (e.g., attorneys and banks) and constantly looked for ways to strengthen overall financial performance of firm.

Centennial, Co, Us

Total responsibility for financial reporting including forecasting, monthly and annual financial statements for corporate rollup. Led internal review and audits to ensure compliance with Alcoa standards. Direct responsibilities include the management of the accounts payable and accounts receivable staff, complete monthly closing requirements and assure compliance with Alcoa's one day closing policy. Responsible for the analysis of manufacturing cost accounting process and assisted in the completion of due diligence information for the sale of the company.Additionally designated as the business process lead for the ERP implementation of IFS Software. Responsibilities include extracting current and historical financial data from Alcoa Oracle Software, financial setup, training of all financial end users, and project management.

Complete responsibility for financial reporting, including monthly and annual financial statements. Worked with outside accounting firm in completing annual review of financial information and compliance with GAAP. Prepared board meeting materials and presented at all board of directors meetings.

Responsible for all daily accounting activities including supervision of accounts payable and accounts receivable for this publicly held telecommunications re-seller/franchiser. Key responsibilities included: Reorganizing accounting system to comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Standards, recreating accounting records for previous year, coordinating public audit and establishing new internal control procedures, implementing new accounting system software, preparing financial statements, payroll, and sales tax returns, generating and analyzing weekly reporting on sales, purchases, cash balances, receivables and payables.

New York, Ny, Us

Senior in-charge auditor for regional clients in the cable television, mutual funds and insurance industries. Key responsibilities included: Directing work of two to five employees based on the size of the client, auditing and analyzing financial statements for accuracy and conformity to GAAP, preparing financial statements, opinion letters and cash flow statements as well as preliminary work papers for tax returns, consulting with clients to strengthen internal controls and make recommendations for improving accounting procedures.