Applicant 113864

● The only accountant hired to work alongside the Associate Director of Accounting and subsequently, the Controller. ● Prepared and assisted with 2 financial audits. ● Helped to facilitate a warehouse move and build out what is needed for data reporting for outgoing and inbound shipments of inventory. ● Assisted with the transition from previous bank to new bank. ● Oversaw the largest budget and implemented procedures to manage the processing of model payments. ● Owned the month-end close items for the balance sheet. ● Owned the process of obtaining, setting up and managing new corporate cards. ● Managed a direct report who was the AP specialist and implemented workflows to handle the AP function.

Accounting Supervisor – Jul 2021 – Feb 2022 Senior Accountant – Jan 2021 – Jul 2021 Staff Accountant – Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ● One of the first internal accounting hires, reporting directly to the Controller. ● Reconciled activity for multiple operating, trust fund accounts. ● Built and managed various internal processes such as processing out of pocket reimbursements, credit card disputes, paying and revenue share payments. ● Ownership of recurring accounts payable processing and weekly payment runs. ● Assisted with various month-end close items from balance sheet schedule reconciliations to audit prep work. ● Various ad-hoc accounting, administrative, and other related duties as assigned and required by role.

Staff Accountant, COGS & AR – Oct 2019 – Jan 2020 Staff Accountant, AP – Jan 2019 – Oct 2019 ● Managed accuracy of rent-related amounts in both domestic and international Visual Leases. ● Reconciled base rent, prepaid rent and charges with landlords and eliminated outstanding discrepancies. ● Assisted with month-end close for COGS account, achieving a 2-day reduction in closing time frame. ● Spearheaded the implementation of a collections process to track past due balances, reducing AR aging by 30% and facilitating follow-up emails by working closely with other teams to preserve customer relationships. ● Conducted daily high-volume A/P invoice data entry, credit memo processing across 9 subsidiaries in 7 countries in multiple languages.

Accountant – Feb 2016 – Jan 2019 Accounts Payable Clerk – Sept 2014 – Feb 2016 Grants Administrator/Billing Assistant – Jan 2014 – Aug 2014 ● Led project for flux analysis of recurring expenses by recommending cost saving strategies resulting in positive rate negotiations and a reduction in erroneous charges by 4%. ● Implemented cost variance analysis to track program spending resulting in a 2% reduction of projected costs to support budgeting and forecasting process, and increased efficiencies between 2 departments. ● Performed month-end expense reconciling transactions and journal entries including payroll allocation for 200+ employees, bank and credit card statements, prepared 1099 tax filing and generated W-2’s. ● Handled full-cycle A/P, managed general bookkeeping, updated financial statements, prepared general month- end accounting duties, and updated financial database to ensure proper GAAP recording for audits. ● Remodeled existing programs that generated a 33% increase in State-funded grants, 58% increase in County-funded grants, a 22% increase in Township-funded grants and advocated officials for grant funding. ● Prepared financial reports of all grant activity for the Board Finance Committee; justified all grant expenditures and requests with appropriate and timely documentation.