• Six Sigma Green Belt who makes sound financial decisions to reflect positively on Fortune 500 firm operations in alignment with a company s vision and goals, as well as supporting small-to medium-sized firms with accounting needs.
• Ambitious Self-Starter who rises above accounting challenges to improve the bottom line and achieve winning outcomes, and who demonstrates skill in technology, healthcare, and real estate industries to gain a competitive edge.
• Excellent Communicator who develops strong relationships with executives, senior-level decision-makers, cross-functional professionals, and clients, and who leads staff by example and with integrity to attain financial objectives.

Senior Accountant

• Expertly manage month-end general ledger closing, and maintain daily and weekly cash position reporting.
• Prepare, review, and post monthly journal entries, and prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations.
• Proactively prepare all monthly financial statements and cash flow statements in alignment with objectives.

  Delivered comprehensive training and key advisement to accounting staff as required.

  Updated and standardized balance sheet account reconciliations not completed for 5 months.

  Decreased month-end close from 14 to 11 days by streamlining month-end cash closing cycles.

  Reduced preparation time 60% by rexxxxxxmping daily and weekly cash position reporting processes.

  Supported payroll functions, including reviewing payroll and reconciliation, fund 401k, and HSA benefit.

Senior Accountant (2010 2016)

• Capitalized on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking daily, monthly close, and financial reporting for a cash accounting team with $400-million cash holdings, including prioritizing workflow for a top outsource provider team.
• Led decision-making in the management and maintenance of a million-dollar Unclaimed Property Reporting process.
• Contributed sharp analytical abilities toward coordinating and managing all month-end cash closing cycle initiatives.

  Negotiated a $283,000 reduced assessment as part of a Xxxxxx Unclaimed Property Audit.

  Initiated process improvements to support a 40% reduction in month-end close from 10 to 6 days.

  Achieved Employee Service Award for contribution to new outsource provider project implementation.

  Reduced processing time 50% by developing key automation for $7 million in Unclaimed Property Liability.

  Reduced transition time from 9 to 3 months by leading training and implementation of a new outsource provider.

  Set up Unclaimed Property Asset Recovery process for $1+ million in Unclaimed Property recoveries, and was honored by AOL, Inc. for job performance with competitive Employee Service Award for personal contribution.

Senior Accountant (2007 2010)

• Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward tracking all blogger and freelancer contractual compliance and payment calculations, monthly advertising revenue share reports, content partner payments, and royalty reporting.

  Eliminated 80% of manual support for all payments as a key contributor to a new automation project.

  Managed a large blogger / freelance payment process with 1,400 monthly payments and a 1% error rate.

Financial Analyst Manager

• Strategically steered $300-million loan loss reserve baseline accounting functions, including expertly exxxxxxluating estimates and assumptions used to determine reserve while serving as gatekeeper for internal and external reporting.
• Liaised among targeted xxxxxxluation and governance groups to determine revised Lost Interest Reserves of $125 million.

  Developed and coordinated xxxxxxluable training programs to stabilize teams and improve productivity.

  Recognized for performance excellence with a leadership award for extraordinary efforts to close financials.

Accounting Manager

• Played a vital role in managing monthly general ledger closing processes, including reconciling balance sheet accounts, supervising monthly management and statutory reports, and coordinating internal and / or external audit support.

  Recognized as a successful Power User on a critical PeopleSoft Financials project implementation.

  Generated $300,000 in cost savings for enhancing reporting on vendor / provider support usage and cost.

  Improved forecast and business performance reporting by rexxxxxxmping $50-million hardware / support tracking and reporting processes; hardware / software support expense was 20% of general and administrative expenses.

Accounting Manager Giesecke & Devrient America, Inc., Dulles, XXXXXX ￨ Senior Accountant Inoxxxxxx Health Systems, Inc., Springfield, XXXXXX

Senior Accountant Capital Care, Inc. (n/k/a Anthem), Vienna, XXXXXX ￨ Staff Accountant Grossberg Company, Chevy Chase, MD

Bachelor of Science in Accounting George Mason University

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified Verizon Corporation

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