Experience

Catholic Financial Life

• United States
• Insurance
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Staff Accountant

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Assisting in the financial reporting process including internal and external financial statements and filings, ledger reconciliations and fixed asset management. Assisting with the annual budget process including monitoring the actual performance to budget and updating the annual projections on an ongoing basis. Analyzing and implementing accounting and financial procedures/policies and preparing financial and management reports. Assisting in the financial reporting process including internal and external financial statements and filings, ledger reconciliations and fixed asset management. Assisting with the annual budget process including monitoring the actual performance to budget and updating the annual projections on an ongoing basis. Analyzing and implementing accounting and financial procedures/policies and preparing financial and management reports.



Lincoln Industries of Wisconsin

• Menomonee Falls, WI

• Senior Accountant

  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2019

  Responsible for all A/R tasks and duties from invoicing to deposits to collections. Record customer payments, research payment discrepancies and identify and resolve delinquent accounts. Managed daily cash tracking using mechanism to maintain compliance with loan agreements. Perform general accounting work such as account reconciliations and support for month-end processes. Generated daily sales reports and coordinated weekly vendor meetings to review and approve vendor payment schedules. Work with operations team to collect information and generate reports for analysis.



Ryan Companies US, Inc.

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cost Accountant

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

  Responsible for preparing and posting monthly progress billings. Periodically audit billings on projects to ensure all cost has been submitted for payment. Ensure subcontractor progress billings are posted in accounting software. Work with auditors to ensure accurate billings to the client. Responsible for preparing and posting monthly progress billings. Periodically audit billings on projects to ensure all cost has been submitted for payment. Ensure subcontractor progress billings are posted in accounting software. Work with auditors to ensure accurate billings to the client.



Progressive Roofing

• United States
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Staff Accountant

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2016

  Assist with monthly financial close, including the preparation of all monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports to senior management. Prepare and file local and state sales tax returns ensuring compliance with taxing authorities. Managing and maintaining the organization's fixed assets. Recording transfers, disposals and depreciation of fixed assets. Preparing and filing of annual property tax returns. Assist with monthly financial close, including the preparation of all monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports to senior management. Prepare and file local and state sales tax returns ensuring compliance with taxing authorities. Managing and maintaining the organization's fixed assets. Recording transfers, disposals and depreciation of fixed assets. Preparing and filing of annual property tax returns.



Bechtel Power

• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Project Accountant

  • Nov 2013 - Aug 2014

  Oversaw and performed the hiring and termination process of union employees for an outage at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant. Responsibilities included assisting with the correct completion of hiring packets and transferring and inputting data into the SAP payroll system. Verified daily attendance of 300+ manual employees, collecting, reviewing and approving daily timesheets and distributing weekly paychecks. Oversaw and performed the hiring and termination process of union employees for an outage at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant. Responsibilities included assisting with the correct completion of hiring packets and transferring and inputting data into the SAP payroll system. Verified daily attendance of 300+ manual employees, collecting, reviewing and approving daily timesheets and distributing weekly paychecks.



Bechtel Mining & Metals

• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accountant - Project Accounts Analyst

  • Aug 2013 - Nov 2013

  Performed daily analysis of subcontractor's financial activity on the project. Coordinated with project management and developed specific auditing procedures to monitor and verify subcontractor's spending of client's funds. Performed daily analysis of subcontractor's financial activity on the project. Coordinated with project management and developed specific auditing procedures to monitor and verify subcontractor's spending of client's funds.



Bechtel Power

• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Project Accountant

  • May 2012 - Aug 2013

  Provided accounting support for all aspects of project construction. Oversaw and performed the hiring and termination process of union employees for the project. Verified daily attendance of 600+ employees, gathering, posting and balancing daily time records for craft payroll, resolution of discrepancies, and transmittal of balanced daily payroll files to payroll department. Handled the printing and distributing of weekly paychecks for manual employees. Reviewed reports for accuracy/completeness including verification of hourly rates/hours worked, and cost code information. Created and provided ad-hoc reports to project management. Reviewed and approved hundreds of project invoices monthly for timely processing.Pertaining to software development projects charged with audit oversight of business processes, controls and objectives, as an integral member of the teams in development, testing and implementation phases of software development projects.

• Project Accountant

  • Feb 2011 - May 2012

  Reviewed and approved hundreds of project invoices for timely processing. Auditing of invoices for accuracy, verifications of invoice information, general ledger coding of invoices. Worked closely with procurement and project management to verify accuracy of purchase orders, receiving and material requisition reports. Assisted payroll/timekeeping department with hiring and terminations of union employees as well as review and audit of daily time records.

• AP/Payroll Accountant

  • May 2006 - Jan 2011

  Responsible for the accurate and timely processing of a high volume of project invoices. Auditing of invoices for accuracy, verifications of invoice information, general ledger coding of invoices. Worked closely with procurement and project management to verify accuracy of purchase orders, receiving and material requisition reports. Communicated with vendors continuously to clear unresolved issues. Responsible for processing unemployment claims and attending unemployment claim hearings. Assisted payroll/timekeeping department with hiring and terminations of union employees as well as review and audit of daily time records. Oversaw and organized the layoff of 400+ employees and successfully executed the remaining close out functions and responsibilities of the project.



Bechtel Corporation

• United States
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accountant

  • Oct 2000 - May 2006

  Assisted payroll tax department with preparation and filing of quarterly and year-end tax returns for all 50 states. Extracted, analyzed and balanced payroll data for tax preparation purposes. Researched and analyzed G/L Accounts. Resolved open items and produced journal entries to reconcile accounts. Assisted accounting team with month-end processes. Managed and oversaw fixed asset and equipment logs to maintain construction equipment register to coordinate with management for preparation of year end property tax reporting. Coordinated with department heads to capture all accruals for year-end reporting.



Employee Solutions, Inc.

• Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Accountant

  • Apr 1998 - Sep 2000

  Analyzed open items in payroll tax accounts. Researched unresolved items, corresponded with payroll tax associates to formulate corrective action. Reconciled G/L accounts and cleared open items with journal entries to maintain current accounts. Produced reports of account activity. Reviewed and analyzed open items, interacted with coworkers to find resolutions and created journal entries to clear accounts. Assisted with processing invoices into accounts payable system. Analyzed open items in payroll tax accounts. Researched unresolved items, corresponded with payroll tax associates to formulate corrective action. Reconciled G/L accounts and cleared open items with journal entries to maintain current accounts. Produced reports of account activity. Reviewed and analyzed open items, interacted with coworkers to find resolutions and created journal entries to clear accounts. Assisted with processing invoices into accounts payable system.