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Peachtree Corners, Ga, Us

Peachtree Corners, Ga, Us

Reston, Va, Us

* Spearheaded the implementation of key software systems, including Bullhorn, Bill.com (spend and expense), Paychex, and Xactly to streamline internal processes, enhance financial accuracy, and provide more actionable insights.* Led the consolidation of the accounting department and software platforms for a recently acquired entity, fostering a cohesive “One Seneca” corporate culture.* Identified, nurtured, and developed accounting employees, preparing them for managerial roles and ensuring a robust leadership pipeline.* Transitioned Accounts Payable and Billing processes to a newly developed offshore team, successfully reducing overhead costs and improving internal service quality.* Managed the company’s treasury functions, including 13-week cash flow forecasting and full-year cash projections, to ensure optimal liquidity and financial stability.* Coordinated with third-party audit and tax partners, overseeing the preparation and submission of GAAP-compliant financial reports.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

* Developed complex monthly reporting and forecasting tools to enhance Georgia Pacific’s understanding of the Corporate P&L and improve the accuracy of forward-looking outlook.* Drafted interim and year-end financial statements, including detailed carveouts for specific foreign divisions, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and company guidelines.* Facilitated comprehensive audits for Georgia Pacific LLC, encompassing year-end, foreign, and statutory audits, to ensure regulatory compliance and financial accuracy.* Managed complex accounting processes for intercompany debt portfolios, environmental and legal reserves, stock portfolio, and foreign entity remeasurements, maintaining precise financial records.* Conducted comprehensive reviews of financial statements for Koch and its subsidiaries, ensuring concise and compliant disclosures in line with US GAAP standards. * Researched and authored multiple white papers on various technical accounting topics across Koch entities.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

* Planned, risk assessed, scoped, managed, and reported Internal Financial Control Review for a wide range of Georgia Pacific’s facilities across the US, ensuring thorough evaluation and compliance.* Supervised and reviewed the work of staff auditors, ensuring that testing procedures were performed to meet review objectives and maintain standards of quality. * Organized and facilitated positive practice training and knowledge-sharing events at individual facilities, promoting rapid improvement and enhancing overall operational efficiencies.* Developed new reporting metrics to enhance the analysis and review processes of various facilities, providing deeper insights and supporting data-driven decision-making.

Chicago, Il, Us

* Managed the workload and procedures executed by associates and the firm’s shared services center, overseeing a large multi-national engagement team to ensure efficient and high-quality deliverables.* Conducted comprehensive Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls review and testing for design and operating effectiveness for a multi-national PCAOB client, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation.* Monitored the engagement status and budget for multiple clients, providing weekly reports and status updates to managers and partners to ensure timely and profitable project completion.* Researched and resolved complex technical accounting issues, including, but not limited to, ASC 606 (Revenue Recognition) and ASC 842 (Leases), that arose during engagements, ensuring adherence to relevant accounting standards and guidelines.

Birmingham, Al, Us

* Conducted risk assessments and executed audits for both recurring and first-year clients, including a fuel distributor in its inaugural year of operations, consistently maintaining realization rates above firm expectations.* Led and reviewed the planning, interim, and year-end fieldwork phases for recurring and first-year clients, ensuring high-quality audits. * Identified and designed audit procedures for a company’s conversion from Federal Income Tax Basis to GAAP Basis financials, ensuring accurate and compliant financial reporting.* Trained staff and interns on efficient and effective audit procedures for cash, accounts receivable, fixed assets, accounts payable, and debt, enhancing team capabilities and audit quality.

Birmingham, Al, Us

* Design new audit workpapers to better address Ginnie Mae audit compliance guidelines for Tidwell’s mortgage entities. * Transform Tidwell’s journal entry testing procedures for mortgage and construction entities to improve coverage of fraud risk associated with these entities. * Update financial statements, draft notes to the financial statements and create adjusting journal entries for changes in GAAP and firm policies. * Ensure the financial statements of Tidwell’s various clients are properly stated by perform appropriate analytical and substantive tests in accordance with GAAP and firm policies

Chicago, Il, Us

* Developed audit testing procedures at a first-year shipping client to efficiently and effectively test revenue by leveraging monetary unit sampling. This enabled us to only sample a specific shipment, rather than all the shipments on a weekly summary invoice, and extrapolate errors across the population. * Formulated new audit workpapers to better test Employee Compensation expenses, Bonus Accruals, and Capital Assets specific to the various risk at each client. * Worked in conjunction with audit partners, managers, and seniors to ensure the financial statements and benefit plans of Grant Thornton’s clients were properly stated in accordance with GAAP and firm policies. * Interfaced directly with CFO’s, controllers, accounting staff, and various employees of Grant Thornton’s many assurance clients. * Partnered with Tax, TAS and Marketing to improve various offering to Grant Thornton’s many clients.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

* Continues Improvement Initiative: Created an analysis to provide visibility into the increase cost of translation services. Designed a new e-resource form using SharePoint that provided better tracking, visibility, and cost analysis for supplies and services. * Interfaced with NCR’s 250+ external law firms to ensure compliance with NCR’s legal department billing guidelines and facilitated the submission, processing, and payment of invoices. * Partnered with NCR lawyers, contract managers, and local counsel to ensure payments were made timely and from the correct NCR entity.* Received internal requests for service and supplies and determined the appropriate payment methods: purchase order, purchasing card, excludable vendor, or via check.

Griffin, Georgia, Us

* Oversee the 2015 global budget and compile budget data into usable formats.* Interface with facility managers, accounting managers, and executives in our multiple global locations.* Prepare and analyze multiple financial reports: Weekly and Monthly Cash Conversion Cycle, Exchange Rates, Income Statement, and Bank Covenant.* Create new worksheets to analyze the cost of production employees, to compare the cost of temporary or permanent employees, and to figure the most cost-effective shift format.

Griffin, Georgia, Us

* Match Invoices, Purchase Orders, and Receiving Reports to ensure accurate payments to supplier.* Ensure Purchase Orders are coded to the correct GL accounts. * Maintain a minimal Received Not Invoiced report.

Lakeland, Florida, Us

–20+ Hours per week while full time student* Insure items are priced and scanned correctly. * Verify coupons and other discounts. * Worked in bakery area preparing pastries, breads and other baked goods.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

–20+ Hours per week while full time student* Received and processed orders in a precise and timely manner.

Albany, Georgia, Us

* Performed telephone and Remote Desktop support to Invision’s numerous networks and computer clients. * Traveled to the client’s site to resolve issues when support needs were beyond the scope of telephone or remote desktop troubleshooting.

Quantico, Va, Us

* Monitor patrons around the pool area.* Prevent the patrons from harm by performing rescue maneuvers when in danger. * Monitor chemical and cleanliness of pool and pool area.

Albany, Georgia, Us

* Performed telephone and Remote Desktop support to Invision’s numerous networks and computer clients. * Traveled to the client’s site to resolve issues when support needs were beyond the scope of telephone or remote desktop troubleshooting.

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* Served as Computer Technician. Worked to implement new computers and software throughout the various hospital departments.* Promoted to Network Security department; responsible for creating and updating employee user accounts.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

* Received and processed orders in a precise and timely manner. * Prepare foods to the specifications designated by the company and tailored to the specific needs of each individual customers.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Air Traffic Controller