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Skills

  • Balance sheet reconciliation
  • Financial data flow optimization
  • Calculating liabilities
  • Team building
  • Vendor relationship management
  • Cash flow optimization techniques
  • Budget analysis
  • SAP expertise
  • Cash Flow analysis
  • Business operations

Work Experiences

  • Achieved 64% cost recovery.
  • Created variance analyses on budget vs. actuals.
  • Verified over $18 in cash and credit payments on a daily basis.
  • Was in charge of the entire accounting cycle, which included gathering data, preparing documents, completing reports, and closing the books.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams.
  • Assisted in the financial integration of two merging retail firms, ensuring zero disruption in transaction recording and compliance.
  • Collaborated with store managers to review and streamline financial entries, reducing data entry errors by 34%.
  • Collaborated with Retail Accountants and Retail Accountants to meet project maintenance accounting requirements.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams in the rollout of Salesforce across 17 locations, significantly improving financial reporting speed.
  • Avoided $17 in potential penalties.

Summaries

  • Accomplished in cash flow optimization techniques.
  • Dedicated to maintaining accurate records and tight controls in order to meet all business requirements.
  • Recognized on a regular basis for outstanding performance and contributions to the Miscellaneous industry's success.
  • Accomplished Retail Accountant known for delivering time-sensitive financial reports, achieving cost savings, and improving operational efficiency in dynamic retail environments.
  • Achieved cost savings.
  • Dedicated and cost-conscious, with strong project management skills.
  • Systematic and well-organized, with a keen eye for detail, mathematical prowess, and GAAP expertise.
  • Accountant with extensive knowledge of the laws and procedures that govern business operations, tax filings, and regulatory compliance.
  • Dedicated to learning, growing, and succeeding in Miscellaneous.
  • Offering 5 years of financial management experience, including payroll, budgets, reports, audits, journals, expenditures, and payments for 7 locations.

Accomplishments

  • Conducted regular shrinkage audits for 16 retail stores, uncovering loss trends and presenting management solutions that reduced inventory shrinkage by 81%.
  • Produced detailed financial reports for management, gaining approval for 5 new store openings and projected a 41% increase in annual output.
  • Designed and implemented a monthly financial closing process that reduced completion time by 3 days.
  • Increased team efficiency by introducing training programs and workshops that improved the use of initiative, reducing errors by 20%.
  • Collaborated with team of 5 in the development of method.
  • Managed the reconciliation of balance sheets for 14 locations, ensuring compliance with internal protocols and external regulations ahead of auditing requirements.
  • Led the integration of standard to manage and track daily transactions, creating quick-access dashboards that minimized manual input by 25%.
  • Performed gross profit analysis on 16 retail categories, identifying low-margin goods and recommending changes that increased profitability by 39%.
  • Automated and streamlined the reconciliation of multisite retail transactions, cutting manual reconciliation times by 20%.
  • Reduced shrinkage by 35% through the development and execution of store-level audit procedures and enhanced loss prevention protocols.

Affiliations

  • Advanced QuickBooks Training Certification from Ironclad Systems
  • Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) – Certification Holder
  • Lions Club
  • Active Participant in Lakeside Partners Internal Finance Solutions Group
  • Association for Supply Chain Management (APICS)
  • Completed Workday Software Training Workshops hosted by Vantage
  • Participated in an Inventory Audit Working Group 2016
  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Participant
  • Freemason
  • Retail Financial Management Association (RFMA) Membership

Certifications

  • Advanced Excel for Financial Analysis Certification
  • Certificate in Retail Financial Performance from Cedar Works
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Certified Retail Financial Manager (CRFM)
  • Operational Internal Audit Certification
  • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
  • First Aid/CPR Certified
  • Business Process Improvement Certification from process
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • Retail Analytics & Accounting Certification from Northwind

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