Category: ACCOUNTANT

         STAFF ACCOUNTANT         Summary     Flexible Accountant who adapts seamlessly to constantly evolving accounting processes and technologies.       Highlights          10 years of practical accounting experience  Prior Management experience      Full lifecycle implementation  Prior experience using MS Excel, JD Edwards, QuickBooks, AX, and RFMS on an expert level            Experience      Company Name     January 2016   to   Current     Staff Accountant   City  ,   State      Involvement with month-end closing process   Prepare and reconcile full cycle monthly financial statements for selected entities, including supporting schedules, equity roll forward, cash flows, taxes, budget variance reports, and other management reports, as needed.  Make all necessary recurring and correcting entries.  Review financial projections versus actual results and report on variances.  Support all financial audits and examinations   Assist in preparation of the balance sheet and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position   Participate in developing accounting controls and risk management strategies   Resolve requests in a timely manner, demonstrating a high level of commitment to meeting requirements within the provided guidelines   Prepare the monthly reporting packages, including analysis of current actual results to prior period actual results for use in internal and external reporting.          Company Name     February 2012   to   August 2015     Accounting Manager/ JDE Business Analyst   City  ,   State      Oversee entire receivable functions to include job costing, billing, aging, collections, resolution of billing discrepancies   Supervise and manage the workflow of assigned staff (approximately 12 employees) to ensure the timely and accurate preparation and review of accounting transactions and reports  Provide analysis and interpretation of accounting issues to ensure compliance with GAAP and support the decision making Interface with other departmental leads and branch managers to solve problems that cross departments   Oversee and manage other accounting and miscellaneous functions to include labor posting, receiving, auditing purchase orders for accuracy, pricing, requirement compliance for contractors   Develop and implement policies, procedures, and systems to ensure efficient work flow and clear expectations of assigned staff   Forecast staffing needs, manage schedules of assigned staff, interview and selection, administer disciplinary actions as needed, train new hires, manage time off requests   Run reports to reconcile labor, materials, payments, accounts   Review builder contracts and sign all lien releases, and notice to owners   Act as key facilitator of ERP selection and implementation, including but not limited to: Consult with upper management and provide development support, participate in system upgrade by assisting in planning, development and testing, continuously gain an understanding of the business operations and provide techniques to enhance technical business processes, design and suggest innovative modifications in application systems, perform a wide range of activities associated with application analysis, design functions, and program review, develop test data; conduct testing and debugging to produce required results, participate with IT teams to improve/optimize operations performance, and schedule and conduct training of staff on software.          Company Name     August 2011   to   January 2012     Administrative Accountant   City  ,   State      Public Accounting Work with QuickBooks (entering deposits, making general journal entries, and closing entries, entering monthly transactions, and doing reconciliations), along with creating work papers for multiple clients, put together monthly reports for clients, work with Microsoft office on a daily basis  Payroll experience   Fill out tax forms and applications.          Company Name     September 2007   to   April 2008     Executive Assistant   City  ,   State      Worked between 20 - 25 hours per week while a sophomore at USF Worked with QuickBooks (A/P, A/R, Bank Reconciliations, Deposits) and Fishbowl, picked up mail from PO box and took deposits to the bank, filed all customer and vendor reports and information (creating new files when necessary), answered phones and dealt directly with customers and vendors.          Company Name     August 2006   to   September 2011     Accounting Assistant   City  ,   State      Work 15 - 20 hours while in high school to save for college Work with QuickBooks (creating invoices, deposits, entering bills), file all customer and vendor reports and information (creating new files when necessary)          Education      University of South Florida     December 2010       Bachelor of Science  :   Accounting    City  ,   State               Skills     Accounting, A/P, auditing, balance sheet, Bank Reconciliations, billing, budget, business operations, business processes, contracts, clients, decision making, ERP, financial, financial audits, financial statements, forms, JD Edwards, job costing, materials, MS Excel, Microsoft office, month-end closing, Payroll, policies, pricing, Public Accounting, QuickBooks, receiving, reporting, risk management, staffing, supervisory