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Sr. Accountant

Qualifications Profile

    Highly self-motivated and results-driven accounting professional with more than 16 years providing high-performance financial services in a PR management business.

    Detail-oriented, analytical and methodical with critical thinking to resolve work issues even under stress.

    Flexible and adaptable with quick learning abilities to reach high productivity levels in fast-paced work environments.

    Well-organized and resourceful with multitasking skills that optimize limited resources to achieve outstanding results from concurrent tasks with or without supervision.

    Strong people management and interpersonal communication skills that inspire confidence while forging teamwork synergies with colleagues across diverse ethnicities.

Key Expertise

    Financial Planning & Execution

    Full-Cycle Corporate Accounting

    Affiliate/Branch Accounting

    Internal Audit & Control

    Financial Metrics Analysis

    Actuals/ Budget Variance Analysis

    Fiscal & Budget Management

    Business Modeling & Forecasting

    Financial Reporting Management

    Process/Workflow Improvement

    Policies & Regulatory Compliance (i.e. GAAP & Sarbanes-Oxley, etc.)

    Profitability Management

    Financial Risk Management

    Accounts Payable/Receivable Management

    Relationship Management (Clients & Stakeholders)

Technical

    PARATRAC System

    FRx, Epicor, Dynamics AX, & Management Reporter

    MS Office (Word, Excel, & PowerPoint,)

    Email/Webmail, Web Research, & Social Networking

Professional Experience

Waggener Edstrom Ÿ Lake Oswego, OR

    Collaborate with CFO, Director of FP&A, accounting and internal PR teams in planning, forecasting, financial reporting, and financial analysis.

    Perform special projects in financial modeling, sensitivity analysis, and root cause analysis.

    Identify and analyze variances between actuals and budgets in developing forecasts, support short-medium term plans, and recommended courses of actions to narrow future variances.

    Simulate what if scenarios in financial planning to identify areas of improvement.

    Work with accounting in developing financial reporting packages for internal PR teams.

    Develop templates and tools in providing analytical support for the planning and forecasting process.

    Analyze performance on key business metrics (i.e. sales trends, productivity, etc.) that affect profitability.

    Support the President of Digital team in annual budgeting and monthly financial forecasting.

    Prepare and submit accurate periodic reports and financial statements on time.

    Responsible for the maintenance and reconciliation of the general ledger.

    Prepared accurate monthly analysis of balance sheet accounts.

    Created monthly PowerPoint presentations for the CFO in monthly board meetings.

    Assisted and primed auditors for annual audit functions.

    Responsible for ensuring accurate billing of 300+ invoices for the Microsoft Corporation.

    Provided account teams with strategic analysis of business and financial data in tracking budgets, staff plans, and resources utilization.

    Analyzed monthly reports and make high-level recommendations to improve budget performance.

    Managed month-end close of accounts receivable. Balanced unbilled labor and direct cost between the GL and information in the Paratrac system for monthly account analysis.

Education

WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Ÿ Macomb, IL (1991)

Bachelor s Degree