For the given job description <<Backed by a leading growth equity firm, an LA based CPGFood & Bev company is looking for a strong accounting professional who is motivated to join a dynamic, high-growth company. You will be a key contributor to a small Finance & Accounting team and will report directly to the Controller. As they continue to grow, there will be opportunities for learning and exposure to various key accounting areas.
Responsibilities: Assist with annual audit and SOX compliance activities Collaborate with Finance Team on month close AP Assist with AR Prepare weekly bank reconciliation Inventory accounting activities Reconcile intercompany balances and review transactions Prepare Unrealized and Realized FX gain and loss analysis Create journal entries for month-end close and year-end close Prepare consolidated financial statements Prepare Monthly Flux Analysis Review, investigate, and correct errors in financial entries, documents, and reports Balance Sheet Reconciliations Develop and maintain internal controls and accounting policies and procedures.
Requirements: Bachelors degree in accounting 5 years of accounting experience (CPG industry with inventory preferred) OR 2+ years of audit experience (with inventory) Experience in creating policies and procedures is a plus Experience in a high growth and fast-paced environment Intermediate to advanced Excel
Compensation: Base + bonus + equity 95% of the employee health care cost 401k Dog friendly office

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every submission.>> the resume: <<Career FocusAccomplished and results oriented Investment professional with strong leadership and interpersonal skills who adds energy and value to an organization's quest for excellence.
Summary of SkillsInternet and Microsoft Office - MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Excel, Pivot Tables, Spreadsheets,Macros.* Business Objects, Lombardi, Eagle Accounting System, PEGA, DRAS, Workbench.Account reconciliationsDetail-orientedVariance analysisDetail-orientedAnalyticalExpert in MS Office SuiteAccount reconciliation expertEffective time managementComplex problem solvingSuperior research skills
Professional Experience09/2012to10/2015Investment AccountantAmerican Modern Insurance Group|Birmingham,AL,Reconciled mutual fund accounts with the custody Identified and Resolved differences in Custody and Accounting Cash, Currency and Positions using Eagle, IAX, Business Objects, Lombardi and Workbench Reports Communicated and Collaborated with other areas in the firm, client, fund accountant, custodians that are impacted by the functions of the team Conducted weekly client meetings and act as liaison between Accounting and custody to resolve any outstanding items in cash, currency and positions.Completed special projects from the management as needed Trained, Oversee and assisted staff in offshore team (Pune, India) and acted as a liaison between Pune Office and US.Helped US team by performing tests on Pega Vs.Business Objects and Eagle during the Platform Migration Trained new staff and assist them as needed to meet the department goals.Ran daily reports for fund accountants using business objects and MS Database.Award:  Received a special achievement award at BNY Mellon Bank in Asset Servicing  (Dec 2013) Award: Received a special achievement award at BNY Mellon Bank in Asset Servcing (Dec 2014.10/2011to02/2012AML Compliance OfficerWedbush Morgan Securities|New York,NY,Audited customer's bank accounts in the company's system Performed quality assurance reviews on customer information maintained on various bank systems Reconciled the quality assurance results on spreadsheets Performed background search on clients using tools such as world check and google search Finance Projects at UD Project 1: Group simulation project to develop the investment philosophy and strategy to drive a simulated investment of $1,000,000 using Stock-Track.Invested about 50% of our funds in moderate to high-risk investment in order to achieve capital appreciation; Invested about 25% of our funds in low to moderate risk investment in order to preserve our capital.Invested 25% of our funds in derivatives and rest in index fund, cash and money market.Performed an analysis to determine the allocation of stocks by minimizing CV and graphed the daily returns for each stocks Performed regression analysis and analyzed the regression statistics on weekly returns.Performed an analysis on our group's portfolio with the market and with other groups.Case analysis on Price Momentum Strategy Used price momentum model analysis to test whether the price momentum model will work on US stock market as it did with the US Canadian stocks.Used the weighted annual returns and created the worst outlook portfolio and the best outlook portfolio Selected the top eight performing stocks for each quarter to create the best outlook portfolio and compared to the market to determine if the pricing momentum would hold up.Calculated the average return for each portfolio and rebalanced the portfolio and compared to the S&P 500 for each quarter within the same time period.06/2008to02/2012Medical TechnologistUs Oncology, Inc.|Palos Heights,IL,Clinical Microbiology Experience - Highlights include ordering, processing, plating and culturing patient's specimens Tests - Performing rapid tests such as Rapid flu, C.Diff quick check and many more; Performing rapid and confirmatory tests to identify organism; Reading Gram stain slides.Other - Performing daily maintenance and running quality control on instruments.
EducationExpected in2011totoMaster of Business Administration|FinanceUniversity of Delaware,Newark,DEGPA:FinanceExpected in2008totoBachelor of Science|Medical TechnologyUniversity of Delaware,Newark,DEGPA:Medical TechnologyExpected intotoRelated course work in Business: Financial Reporting and Analysis, Financial Management, Corporate Financial Policies, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Corporate Governance, Financial Engineering and Risk Management (Derivatives).|,,GPA:
SkillsMS Office: Database, Macros, V-look up, Pivot tables, OutlookCompany Platforms: Business Objects, Workbench, Eagle, Pega, Lombardi, DRAS.>>. The result is, 

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