Experience

The AZEK Company

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  • Responsible for the month end accounting close, as well as working with financial leadership to improve the financial and operational control processes.• Leading initiatives to improve processes month to month in order to make the accounting processes for the company more efficient. Perform a great deal of high level company balance sheet recons a month as well as over 50 journal entries and accruals dealing with a variety of accounts such as International and Domestic Commisions, IT Expenses, Wages, Fringe Benefits and Prepaid Expenses. • Perform monthly flux analyses and spend analyses on whats driving high level changes throughout the entire company. • Responsible for managing and tracking both Information Technology and Product Management department spend while organizing and leading monthly spend meetings with key executive level personnel such as the Chief Officer in each respective department.



Tyson Foods

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accountant

  • Dec 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Performed quarterly balance sheet recons, monthly closing procedures, accruals and other journal entries. • Created a plethora of ad-hoc reports from the ground up that utilized v-lookups, macros and other advanced techniques to provide upper management with key analytical information to drive better performance, improve profits and reduce costs.• Performed monthly and quarterly audits. This included inventory, asset and safety audits from around the plant and complex. Assisted with internal audits from corporate. • Performed weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly projections on variances and expenses. Calculated budgets for my entire facility for the fiscal year.• Calculated cost estimates on what it would cost per lb to run certain products and certain variations of existing products at my facility so that corporate could make informed financial decisions on satisfying customer requests. • Analyzed variances, led variance improvement meetings and provided viable solutions to any arising issues. • Communicated daily with people from diverse, non-accounting backgrounds and with upper management to convert important accounting information and financial data into easily digestible forms. • Monitored, reported and analyzed weekly expenses in order to anticipate and better report costs to help upper management make timely and informed decisions as well as identify cost saving opportunities• Managed two team members: a payroll clerk and an associate accountant.

• Accounting Associate

  • Jun 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Ran & analyzed both daily, weekly & monthly reports as well as ad-hoc requests at corporate utilizing vLookups, pivot tables and macros.• Learned and studied the accounting process alongside the production process of the company’s manufacturing process to better analyze and account for complex accounting processes. • Identified cost saving opportunities by analyzing data and invoices saving the facility about $5,000. • Worked and assisted the accounting department in Green Forest, AR handling various accounting duties.



Arkansas Department of Career Education

• Administrative Specialist II - Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  ▪ Responsible for reporting on special projects assigned by supervisor▪ Regularly maintained documents with up-to-date legal standards and programs



Southern Arkansas University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Supplemental Instruction Leader

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2015

  ▪ Led 3 weekly study sessions to help over 100 students in Principles of Accounting and World Literature ▪ Taught coursework as well as gave tips to help students succeed in and out of the classroom helping students pass exams, raise grades, and learn valuable skills to succeed in college▪ Won award and scholarship for SI Leader of the Year in 2015 for my efforts



City of Little Rock

• United States
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  ▪ Worked in Department of Community Programs auditing over 400 student applications for the annual city summer youth program. ▪ Supported summer youth master program initiatives through firsthand assistance and reports utilizing Microsoft applications Edited and created PowerPoint presentations for Director of Community Programs’ presentations.



Stant

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  ▪ Responsible for the upkeep and accuracy of company inventory using Excel▪ Analyzed machine parts and blueprints to accurately identify and correct errors in company inventory