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Auburn, Al, Us

• Ensure complete and accurate financial reporting and compliance with GAAP• Provide comprehensive financial updates to senior management by evaluating,analyzing, and reporting appropriate data points• Guide financial decisions by applying company policies and procedures to currenteconomic landscape• Develop, implement, and maintain financial controls and guidelines• Achieve budgeting goals with proper scheduling, analysis, and corrective action• Help develop and support short and long-term operational strategies• Serve as business partner to Spray Division Senior operations team and coordinateaccounting activity with Senior Accounting team.• Responsible for month-end close and ensures the completion of financial statementsoccurs in accordance with the monthly closing schedule.• Generate, review and ensure the accuracy of monthly financial statements.• Prepare reports which summarize the company’s business activity and financialposition in areas of income and expenses based on past and present operations• Reconcile and assigns balance sheet accounts to be reconciled by others andensures the accuracy and timeliness of those reconciliations.• Oversee the daily Treasury Management of the company.• Coordinate the yearly financial audit with Director of Accounting• Lead the budget preparation for Spray business unit• Assists other personnel as needed with various accounting issues• Trains and acts as a mentor to less experienced accounting professionals

• Coordinate and lead the annual audit process, liaise with external auditors and the audit committee of the board of directors; assess any changes necessary.• Oversee and lead annual budgeting and planning process in conjunction with the President; administer and review all financial plans and budgets; monitor progress and changes and keep senior leadership team abreast of the organization’s financial status.• Manage organizational cash flow and forecasting.• Continually update and implement all necessary business policies and accounting practices to ensure regulatory compliance and adherence to industry best practices.• Oversee administrative functions as well as facilities to ensure efficient and consistent operations as the organization scales.• Responsible for HR functions including employee records, benefit accounts, and disciplinary actions in consultation with our president.

• Lead the Institute from a one star rating on Charity Navigator, the leading non-profit watch dog of fiscal prudence, to a four star rating for the past two years.• Lead the conversion to US GAAP compliant cost accounting after 30 years of modified cash basis accounting.• Bursar in charge of student accounts for the Mises graduate school. • Analyze and present financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; clearly communicate monthly and annual financial statements; collate financial reporting materials for all donor segments, and oversee all financial, project/program and grants accounting.• Carry out start to finish the monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close process.• Manage the payroll process for 25 employees in 5 states including the filing of local, state, and federal returns. .• Oversaw implementation of Salesforce.com as the organizations CRM successfully breaking down data silos and improving communication organization-wide.

• Prepare accounting related entries to numerous registers, journals and logs• Follow our company’s established accounting processes• Support accounts payable activities to ensure accuracy and timeliness of invoice creation and entry• Perform monthly bank settlements• Regularly maintain detailed reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts• Provide detailed analyses and explanations of all transactions• Prepare documentation for external auditors

• Balance and maintain accurate ledgers• Coordinate bank deposits and report financial results on a regular basis to management• Monitor office expenses and tally and enter cash receipts• Pay vendor invoices and track bank account balances

• Lead the company to a profitable quarter in Q1 2019 for the first time in three years through aggressive cost cutting and new revenue streams. • Project manager for the rebuild of LewRockwell.com, a daily news site with more than 1 million monthly page views and over 40,000 pieces of unique content. The project completed in 2017 on time and significantly under budget.• Current responsibilities include overseeing the technical aspects and display advertising of LewRockwell.com as well as financial accounting for Rockwell Communications.

• Market research for the viability of a quick service, small footprint restaurant concept for deployment to secondary collegiate markets. • Served as coordinator for the CFO with numerous vendors and contractors in developing uniform location and building requirements.• In conjunction with the CFO developed sales forecast, breakeven analysis, and location budgets using a combination of existing location financials and target market demographics.

• Conducted business to business advertising sales.• Maintained accounts through the entire sales cycle from initial contact to follow up after publication.• Completed my internship as the #2 ranked representative by gross sales volume nationally for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration (Bsba), Accounting And Finance

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