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Skills

  • General and tax accounting
  • Multi-Task Management
  • Team Leadership
  • PeopleSoft knowledge
  • Recruitment strategies
  • Flexible team player
  • Collections regulatory guidelines
  • Advanced bookkeeping skills
  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
  • SOX Compliance

Work Experiences

  • Collaborated with project management to ensure that budgets were met.
  • Compiled general ledger entries with 100% accuracy on a tight deadline.
  • Looked over collection reports to see how far collections had progressed and how much money was still owed.
  • Assisted with administrative tasks such as record keeping, correspondence, and material gathering.
  • Completed daily accounting tasks such as tracking funds, deposit preparation, and account reconciliation.
  • Was in charge of processing payments and applying them to customer balances.
  • Collaborated with Cost Accountants and Cost Accountants to meet project maintenance accounting requirements.
  • I'm in charge of the client's asset base, which includes bond funds and city funds.
  • Wrote the annual audit reports in their entirety, including all footnote disclosures.
  • Worked with Cost Accountants to ensure that all regulatory requirements were met and that regulatory risks were minimized.

Summaries

  • Account Assistant who is well-versed in Accounting and Finance practices and clerical support requirements.
  • In the metric industry, eager to take on high-volume operations.
  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA) with 11 years of cost accounting experience.
  • Advanced knowledge of Power BI.
  • With 7 years of experience, I'm a focused Account Specialist.
  • Internal Audit Manager with in-depth knowledge of business processes, risk and control frameworks, and auditing standards.
  • Dedicated to managing, coordinating, and facilitating audits that have been assigned to me.
  • Ready to provide Ironclad Systems with excellent results.
  • Systematic and well-organized, with a keen eye for detail, mathematical prowess, and GAAP expertise.
  • Account management, contract negotiation, and compliance are all skills that a successful Credit Control Officer possesses.

Accomplishments

  • Recouped $6 from delinquent client.
  • Performed cost-volume-profit (CVP) analyses for new product lines, contributing to strategic decisions for product launches and pricing strategies.
  • Reduced overhead costs by $10 after performing activity-based costing reassessment for indirect expenses.
  • Metric Assisted revenue department in compiling revenue data for purposes of determining organization's financial position for 2018.
  • Prepared and presented monthly cost forecasts and variance analyses to senior management, leading to data-driven strategic adjustments for 2015.
  • Implemented workflow automation for monthly cost accrual processes, leading to a decrease in processing errors and improving efficiency by 38%.
  • Received the Employee of the Year in 2023.
  • Spearheaded a cost-saving initiative resulting in the improvement of overall plant efficiency by 18% in 2020.
  • Delivered SKU-level cost forecasting models, streamlining multi-tier product pricing and increasing profit margins by 22%.
  • Restructured standard cost calculations to better reflect market changes and raw material cost fluctuations, improving long-term product profitability by 54%.

Affiliations

  • Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) by the Association for Supply Chain Management
  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA) by the Institute of Management Accountants
  • Lions Club
  • Associate Member of the American Accounting Association (AAA)
  • National Contract Management Association (NCMA)
  • Rotary International
  • Society of Cost Accountants in the Midwest
  • Advisory Board Member for Beacon Labs on Financial & Cost Reporting
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • Lean Six Sigma Certification program

Certifications

  • Certified in Financial Management (CFM) – Vantage, 2021
  • Salesforce
  • Budget Analyst Certification Meridian
  • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
  • Business Forecasting & Cost Benefit Analysis Certificate - Brightline, 2015
  • Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect
  • Certified Protection Officer (CPO)
  • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
  • Cost Accounting Certificate from program, 2018
  • SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)

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