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Effective January 1st, 2023, Aronson merged with Aprio, a nationally recognized Top 100 business advisory and CPA firm headquartered in Atlanta. This strategic combination expands the national footprint and industry reach of the growing firm.

• Produce accurate and timely financial statements including performing period end close activities. • Work with JLL facilities team and management to submit budgets and forecasting• Provide variance analysis to ensure profitable growth and monitor spend• Prepare management fee calculations in compliance with contract terms• Coordinate purchase order and invoice processing activities with JLL facilities management• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed in a timely and accurate manner.• Manage the bank account and reconcile bank statements on a timely basis, research outstanding items• Review entries and provide guidance for accounting associates• Ensure compliance with JLL and Client Accounting Standards

Reston, Va

• Prepare and distribute monthly financial reports – prepare monthly accrual entries, financial statement preparation, workpapers, and bank reconciliations.• Oversee Accounts Receivable process – monitor and track cash receipts, monitor and track online bank account• Coordinate Accounts Payable payments – ensure timely payment of all tenants and vendors, processing check requests and wire transfers as necessary• Assist with annual budget preparation – assist with preparation of annual CRE budget, reporting monthly and quarterly variances• Monitor and validate CRE Purchase card expenses• Prepare journal entries, workpapers, and other ad hoc projects as necessary

Establish contracts and process modifications in the accounting system, reviewing documents for errors and accuracy•Set up and modify projects and allocate contract funding according contractual documentation provided•Establish and manage workforce for contracts according to documentation provided•Work with financial analysts, contract administrators, billing analysts and other management to resolve issues such as revenue accrual, billing, and project funding allocations•Special projects and requests as neededKey Results:•Worked with my team members to produce a manual of processes and procedures to foster communication between departments and, reducing the processing time for contract documents and improving accuracy of the set up in the system.

Provide weekly AR reports to CEO, Accounting Manager, and division managers.•Review and post billings, verify revenue & expenses according to contract.•Set up new projects/tasks according to contract type.•Monitor reimbursable expenses to ensure employee compliance with company policy.•Monitor revenue and funding for projects to ensure funding is up to date.•Monitor and track labor, non-labor, subcontractor, overhead, and G&A expenses each period.•Monitor Work in Process for every accounting period and year end reporting.•Serve as backup for AP department performing special projects as necessary.Key Results:•Reduced the amount of outstanding employee expense reports resulting in improved billing accuracy to clients.•Discovered incorrect revenue adjustments from prior years preventing year end inaccuracies.

•Managed the employee suspense file, AP suspense file, and Concur suspense file, making sure hours/costs are cleared and allocated to correct project and task to ensure proper accrual of revenue and costs. •Served as a time-sheet administrator monitoring labor hours charged, verified employee and subcontractor hours, set up new time-sheets, and worked with payroll and HR to resolve time recording issues. •Reviewed customer invoices generated by Accounts Receivable for accurate and appropriate charges according to contract type (FFP, T&M, CPFF, etc). •Performed various labor and Other Direct Charge adjustments, setting up employees, new projects and tasks, and PLC schedules. •Aided with the preparation of the sector budget, monthly and quarterly forecast, monthly revenue cash flow, and provided weekly revenue reports to senior analysts and financial managers. •Managed and tracked costs and revenue for projects; worked with the contracts department to resolve any project related issues. Key Results:•Reduced suspense hours from Oracle conversion issues from over 12,000 to 1,400 in 4 months and identified errors in purchase orders showing incorrect amounts of open commitments.•Discovered an accounting error from 2010 which allowed over $ 12,000 in funding to be allocated correctly to a subcontract.

• Handled daily A/P processes; maintained vendor/supplier relations; ensured timely, accurate processing of invoices, purchase orders, credit memos and payment transactions. • Maintained compliance with corporate, accounting and GAAP standards; addressed standard and critical issues from vendors regarding invoices/payment status; verified and maintained A/P files and records in accordance with company policies and government regulations. • Assisted program/financial analysts, program managers, and purchasing department with purchase order/ project discrepancies, assisted tax department with sales/ use tax issues. • Processed, monitored, and maintained transactions for all corporate utilities. • Worked with General Ledger to clear suspense accounts due to interdepartmental invoices and wire transactions.• Assisted with project reconciliation, discovering multiple mischarges which caused discrepancies in revenue.Key Results:• Assisted in A/P training development for program/financial analysts and program managers to foster greater knowledge/understanding of A/P procedures reducing errors.• Facilitated project labor reconciliations; identifying coding errors in accordance to contract type (CPFF, CPHF, T&M, FFP, etc); advise and train analysts on proper correction procedures; discovery of unbilled revenue from the government.• Researched and reconciled delinquent vendor accounts; suggested vendor invoice revisions; identified misapplied payments, verified fund allocation, resolved the misappropriation of funds.• Served as a resource within and without the department training contract employees, troubleshooting issues, main POC for majority of vendor/purchasing/ contracts issues, and assisted management InSight software improvements- increasing software functionality.• Worked with tax department to ensure proper use of sales and use tax on invoices.• Discovered accounts payable processing errors which reduced negative profit.

Bachelors Of Science, Accounting

Associate Of Arts, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Alpha Sigma Lambda, National Society of Collegiate Scholars

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Activities and Societies: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc