Primary responsibilities include managing the day-to-day activities of the organization accounting department, including maintenance of accounts and financial statements. Responsible for overseeing the efficient operation of department systems and programs. Ensures compliance to the organization accounting policies and procedures. Participates in departmental projects and provides guidance and leadership to accounting and finance staff: Specific responsibilities included, but were not limited to:• Reviews journal entries and facilitates the monthly close.• Maintains the general ledger.• Supports financial period reporting.• Reviews regular account reconciliations and ensures their timely submission per the internal accounting policy.• Vendor invoice review and approval.• Payroll review and approval.• Reviews bank reconciliation monthly, verifies. deposits, and addresses inquiries from banks.• Provides outside auditors with assistance; gathers necessary account information and documents to perform annual audit.• Maintains knowledge of acceptable accounting practices and procedures.• Performs other related duties as assigned.• Assess current practices and procedures, and make recommendations for improvement.• Manage a team of professionals and perform year end reviews according to company policy.

Oversees and supports daily operations of team members in the Financial, Relationship Management and Virtual Learning departments by communicating clear expectations and best practices, providing timely feedback with a focus on being accessible and diplomatic, and promoting diversity. Forecasts and manages staffing level and capacities in conjunction with human resources. Direct process of hiring and interviewing employees, ensuring availability of resources, capabilities, and capacity to meet both existing and new business demand. Sought out as an expert problem-solver for difficult, high-profile customer issues; proactively ensures that root-cause analysis is conducted, and a corrective action plan is followed through with learning applied for company’s future benefit. Serves as main point of contact for the team, management, and representatives; promotes a healthy and cohesive team atmosphere. Develops and establishes external relationships with appropriate contacts, auditors, solicitors, bankers, and statutory organizations. Provides analysis and decision-making for direct reports, business partners, and executive management team around daily business problems, corporate initiatives, and functional support.

Analyzed company and departmental budgets to actual accounting reports and distributed pertinent and digestible reporting and presentations to internal executive management. Meticulously prepared and recorded asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information. Completed external audits of key controls by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and providing appropriate and relevant information to external auditors. Participated in time-sensitive month-end close activities including review of journal entries and budget-to-actual reports. Painted a comprehensive picture of financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheets, profit and loss, cash management and other metrics and data analysis. Reviewed and approved cash and journal vouchers (CV and JV) to ensure compliance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), codes, ordinances and accounting system (Sage MIP Accounting). Processed month-end closing. • Improved productivity by eliminating an average of 2 weeks field time during audit.