Summary8 years of accomplished experience in the field of accounting Team and organizational training from a major global public corporation Exceptionally fast, efficient and organized Knowledge of all accounting functions GL, PL, and BS - budgets, forecasting, variance analysis, trend analysis, financial reporting, reconciliations, work papers, journal entries, accruals, AP, AR Experience in GAAP and Statutory accounting and monthly and year-end closing processes HighlightsOracle Financial, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Dynamics Nav, Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, Lotus Notes Experience06 2015toPresentSenior AccountantGartner Redwood City,CA,Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.Process, prepare and maintain reporting related to Inventory, and all associated recurring and or ad hoc journal entries, account analysis, financial reporting, account reconciliation and system interface analysis, (COGS, Rebates, Adjustments, Other Revenues) in accordance with established general accounting policies and procedures Summarize vendor contracts and or annual contract amendments to extract financial pertinent information to determine rebate configuration for monthly quarterly invoicing Create, review revenue loaders, rebate, billing invoices and track the payment status Prepare communications such as memos, presentation charts, and process documentation, and coordinate with other departments with assembling information for reporting results Maintain Sox controls and departmental documentation Train new staff and review the work of less experienced staff Cross training with other team members in other accounting functions.09 2013to05 2014Accountant IIGraphic Packaging West Monroe,LA,Completed assigned reconciliations accurately, completely and in the time frame required by corporate policies Prepared and ensured accuracy and integrity of accounting and transactional records to ensure proper financial reporting Worked with internal Financial Reporting personnel to support timely and accurate completion of monthly, quarterly and annual internal and external reporting Processed and maintained assigned ad hoc or recurring journal entries in a timely and accurate manner Ensured that interfaces between ancillary systems and the general ledger are processed timely and accurately so that the affected assigned general ledger accounts are complete, accurate and properly classified Independently reviewed revenue and expense accounts for accuracy determined proper accruals Jessica Claire Resume Page 2 of 2 Independently provided prompt, courteous and professional customer service to internal and external users of information provided by the Accounting department Worked with external audit firm to support timely completion of audits or compliance reporting Assisted other departments with compiling information and reporting results and variances.12 2008to01 2013Accountant IIGraphic Packaging Shelbyville,IL,Assisted in the month year end close and preparation of associated journal entries Performed detailed analysis of the general ledger in conjunction with the month end close Responsible for the preparation of foreign branch balance sheets, income statements, and fixed assets schedules and reconciliations Verified and analyzed monthly and quarterly underwriting activity as reported by foreign branches, subsidiaries and affiliates, Pools and Syndicates Recognized and investigated unusual results utilizing all available resources and effectively communicated findings to management Analyzed and recorded foreign branch results on home office books, interacting with other areas, to ensure the accuracy of journal entries Reconciled ledger balances resulting from underwriting activity, account settlements, and profit and loss on foreign exchange and between sub-ledger and general ledger to insure accurate figures before monthly sub-ledger close Cash settlements through wire transfers, electronic receipts, check deposits, ach payments, and check requests.10 2006to06 2008AssociateAce Hardware Clarks Summit,PA,Developed, coordinated and planned expense budgets, forecasts, headcount monitoring and tracking and consolidated and analyzed trends of the expenses for Compensation and Planning within Agency Division successfully ended the year within - 2 variance to forecast.Prepared, updated and monitored monthly Financial Analysis Summaries and budget templates for the monthly financial management presentations including actual and projected results.Coordinated with section managers to prepare budget uploads and monthly Budget versus Actual meetings.Prepared recurring and ad-hoc journal entries and provided ad hoc analysis reporting to management as needed, such as identifying spending trends, analyzing variances, or for other purposes as requested. EducationExpected intotoMasters of Science AccountingKEAN UNIVERSITY,,NJGPA AccountingExpected intotoBachelor of Science Management Science,,GPA Management Science Skillsaccount reconciliation, Accounting, general accounting, accruals, ad, Agency, balance sheets, billing, budgets, Budget, charts, compliance reporting, contracts, customer service, documentation, financial, Financial Analysis, financial management, financial reports, Financial Reporting, financial statements, fixed assets, foreign exchange, frame, general ledger, general ledger accounts, home office, Inventory, invoicing, ledger, Lotus Notes, meetings, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, month end close, Oracle Financial, PeopleSoft, personnel, policies, presentations, profit and loss, reporting, settlements, underwriting  SEP  Job Description As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for helping design, build, test, deploy and operate highly scalable solutions for the canonical asset management system for all of Oracles next generation Cloud Infrastructure. You should be a rock-solid coder, and a distributed systems generalist who can dive deep into any part of the stack and low-level systems and design broad distributed system interactions. Your passion for excellence combined with your experience will help you be an outstanding technical contributor but also help you mentor more junior engineers. You should be able to work independently and as part of a team in an Agile environment. You should be an expert communicator to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in multiple locations around the globe. You should also be able to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment, be results-driven, and thrive even when faced with ambiguity and uncertainty. Most importantly, you should be a team player, someone who is eager to learn, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team succeed. ResponsibilitiesRequired Experience BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experienceAbility to obtain US Government security clearance.Minimum 8 years in a software-engineering related position, at least half of which was in an AgileDevOps environment 5 years of Java development 5 years of Python development5 years of experience with REST API developmentStrong knowledge of LinuxUnix fundamentalsStrong knowledge of microservices, data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems.Solid understanding of relational databases, NoSQL systems, storage, and distributed persistenceExcellent troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning skills.Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to all audiences.Desired Experience and SkillsExperience with build automation, continuous integration, or continuous deployment tools such as Git, Jenkins, Maven, Grunt, RunDeck, Ansible, etc.Experience building multi-tenant, virtualized infrastructure is a strong plus.Working knowledge of or experience in data center infrastructure and operations is a plusExperience with Infrastructure-As-Code Tools like Terraform is a strong plus.Experience with React JavaScript framework is a plusExperience in developing and designing solutions with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.Experience testing web-based applications with REST APIs, especially applications requiring IAMSAML authentication.Experience with observability tools and practices.Experience with working flexible hours and working with team members in a global setting with distributed time zones.