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Skills

  • Cash Flow analysis
  • Audit preparation and compliance tracking
  • Cost control and financial forecasting
  • Organization
  • Hyperion Financial Management specialist
  • Team building
  • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software
  • Capital Expenditure Planning
  • Operational improvement
  • Advanced bookkeeping skills

Work Experiences

  • Achieved time reduction through automation.
  • Assumed full responsibility for managing $17 in client retainage, ensuring compliance with legal withholding requirements.
  • Collaborated with the legal team to ensure proper financial closeout of claims and disputes, leading to the resolution of $5 in outstanding debts.
  • Was in charge of the entire accounting cycle, which included gathering data, preparing documents, completing reports, and closing the books.
  • Achieved on-time project financial closeout for 2 construction jobs each month, ensuring zero backlogs and complete financial accuracy.
  • Acted as the go-to liaison between accounting teams, project managers, and external clients, resolving financial discrepancies efficiently.
  • Collaborated with the legal team.
  • Designed monthly cash flow projections.
  • Decreased discrepancies on accounts payable from vendors by 51%.
  • Achieved a 59% win rate on proposed contracts.

Summaries

  • Acquisitions worth $7 in the construction sector.
  • Excellent track record of resolving issues, increasing customer satisfaction, and driving overall operational improvements.
  • With 14 years of experience, I'm a focused Account Specialist.
  • Systematic and well-organized, with a keen eye for detail, mathematical prowess, and GAAP expertise.
  • Boosted operational efficiencies.
  • Construction Accountant is a multi-talented Construction Accountant who is consistently rewarded for planning and operational improvements.
  • Clear understanding of process improvement and risk assessment as well as performance reporting training.
  • Offering 5 years of financial management experience, including payroll, budgets, reports, audits, journals, expenditures, and payments for 13 locations.
  • Achieved 81% fewer discrepancies in accounts payable.
  • Proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as a thorough understanding of the metric business.

Accomplishments

  • Revised cost structures for construction project phases, improving resource allocation efficiency and reducing budget waste by 69%.
  • Spearheaded the integration of system system to enhance automated job-cost tracking, reducing accounting errors by 58%.
  • Implemented a new cost allocation system, decreasing overhead variances across 6 unique job sites by 53%.
  • Led financial audits for construction-related contracts, ensuring all charges were in compliance with federal, state, and client contract requirements.
  • Advised procurement teams on financial implications of vendor selections, resulting in cost savings of $13 on large-scale projects.
  • Developed and maintained a financial forecasting model, contributing to an overall budget variance reduction of 82% across multiple construction sites.
  • Developed and executed process improvements for financial tracking systems, helping the company improve financial transparency on 9 ongoing construction developments.
  • Monitored and analyzed change orders, ensuring accurate reporting of cost impacts, and keeping project profitability on track.
  • Led month-end and year-end closing processes ensuring timely and accurate reporting for over 4 active construction projects.
  • Reviewed and processed AIA (American Institute of Architects) billing documents, ensuring accurate payments for subcontractors and adherence to project contracts.

Affiliations

  • Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
  • American Medical Informatics Association
  • Construction Management Association of America (CMAA)
  • National Association of Construction Auditors (NACA)
  • International Council of Nurses
  • Rotary International
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • Financial Executives International (FEI)
  • Society of Women Engineers
  • Jaycees

Certifications

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Accounting with Construction ERP Systems QuickBooks
  • Certified Treasury Professional (CTP)
  • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
  • Certified Cost Professional (CCP)
  • Professional in Distribution and Warehousing (PDW)
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Level initiative - Real Estate and Construction Focus
  • Apple Certified Associate (ACA)
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
  • Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA)

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