Eddie Williams Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Ft. Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Overview: Provide fiscal and accounting support and maintain accurate financial information within the general ledger. Handle ad hoc reporting, perform month-end activities, and maintain account reconciliation in compliance with company and SEC standards. Focus on implementing operating efficiencies, monitoring key account balances, and integrating new business processes and systems into the financial statement close process. Identify and proactively provide solutions for automation and process improvement. Head the accounts payable processing including input of receipt funds into the proper accounts, reducing manual tasks, and freeing up cash flow. Support the robotics team in automating 2 auction posting processes, reducing the posting time from 8 hours to 2 hours. Coordinate with various contacts at key auctions, securing $1.2 million in aged refunds that were due to AutoNation. Initiate corrective actions for maintaining accounting records (month-end checklist, vehicle purchases monthly bonus accruals), improving record accuracy by 30%. Supervise the work of 14 associates engaged in calculating and posting accounting information, cultivating culture change while boosting employee morale. Credited with “I-drive Award” for an impeccable record of consistency in handling accounting work for 4 years in a row.

Houston, Texas, Us

Overview: Led the daily maintenance and reconciliation of multiple general ledgers account for multiple dealerships throughout the nation. Monitored vehicle database, inventory accounts, payables for vehicle purchases, and transportation accruals. Compiled and analyzed financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, and document business transactions. Coordinated with controllers, general managers, sales managers, and staff at multiple dealerships. Analyzed and processed inventory costs worth $1 million between banks and dealerships, ensuring all daily inventory transactions were recorded accurately and on time. Utilized Excel to reconcile month-end general ledger accounting of inventory with a normal activity volume between $3 - $7 million for dealership controller. Sorted the paperwork for all vehicle purchases, satisfying SOX and internal audit procedures and standards. Facilitated issuance of checks and approved ACH payments for vehicles purchased, worth $200,000+ on a day-to-day basis. Established a standardized inventory business process, facilitating upper management reporting.