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Skills

  • Organization
  • Business operations
  • Vendor relationship management
  • Operational improvement
  • Relationship development
  • MS Office
  • Budget analysis
  • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software
  • Customer service
  • Cash Flow Forecasting

Work Experiences

  • Collaborated with IT to upgrade fraud detection tools.
  • Researched technical tax issues related to consulting projects ahead of time.
  • Achieved a 36% return on investment.
  • Covered the past year.
  • Decreased manual errors by 53%.
  • Verified over $14 in cash and credit payments on a daily basis.
  • Created comprehensive month-end financial reports.
  • Achieved early payment discounts worth $9.
  • Collaborated with external auditors.
  • Built financial models to support leadership.

Summaries

  • Successfully revamped and strengthened controls, reorganized processes, and simplified procedures to increase accounting record efficiency and accuracy.
  • Achieved framework audit findings.
  • Within Miscellaneous, senior Lead Accountant and outstanding performer in budget management and strategic planning.
  • Offering 13 years of financial management experience, including payroll, budgets, reports, audits, journals, expenditures, and payments for 6 locations.
  • 9 years of experience in budget management by a knowledgeable accounting professional.
  • Dedicated to maintaining accurate records and tight controls in order to meet all business requirements.
  • Built transparent financial models.
  • Dedicated and cost-conscious, with strong project management skills.
  • Background in expense reduction initiatives.
  • Proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as a thorough understanding of the process business.

Accomplishments

  • Documented and resolved standard which led to framework.
  • Implemented a cash forecasting tool that increased cash flow predictability and reduced idle cash balances by 73%.
  • Interacted closely with external auditors to address audit findings, reducing audit completion time by 14 weeks.
  • Modernized the chart of accounts setup, simplifying reporting across 5 business units and reducing reporting errors by 63%.
  • Reduced discrepancies in multi-currency transactions by implementing advanced accounting software supporting 6 currencies.
  • Established a fixed asset tracking system that ensured compliance with depreciation schedules and reduced asset tracking discrepancies by 51%.
  • Standardized financial procedures that improved reporting accuracy and compliance for both state and international tax codes.
  • Optimized intercompany reconciliations across 7 subsidiaries, reducing reconciliation time by 76% and increasing accuracy.
  • Introduced multi-currency ledger management that streamlined accounting for global operations, saving 43% in administrative time.
  • Developed a rolling forecast model for dynamic real-time adjustments, achieving more accurate cash flow projections of within 29% variance.

Affiliations

  • International Association of Administrative Professionals
  • Member of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)
  • Honorary participant in CFO Leadership Network, collaborating with financial innovators
  • Toastmasters
  • Regular participant in the Portland-based Fraud Prevention Network working group
  • Member of the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Association in Phoenix
  • Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • American Society of Safety Professionals
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • Co-chairperson of the regional GAAP standards review board

Certifications

  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Professional Bookkeeper Certification by Microsoft Excel
  • CompTIA Network+
  • Institute of Management Accountants' Leadership Academy Certification (IMA)
  • Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) for Finance Professionals

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