Experience

Great Western Malting Company

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Apr 2018 - Present



Cedar Sinai Park

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Mar 2016 - Apr 2018

  • Manage and verify charges related to ongoing $35 million building and remodeling project for post-acute and long-term care facilities. • Forecast expenses and budget related to construction in accordance to SNAP bond. • Communicate directly with the CFO regarding contract adjustments and construction matters. • Analyze five-year budgets on expenses; including utilities and depreciation. • Implement online Host Analytics system for budget versatility and coordinate training of budget preparers and uploading of data from the Quickbooks web portal. • Research and track requirements of $3 million in endowments and submit requests for yearly draws. • Compile and verify financial data to aid the controller and CFO in preparing financial statements each month and at year-end. • Review and reconcile payables, revenue, assets, and construction in progress for consistency and reasonableness using Excel and Quickbooks for month end close and year end.



Portland General Electric

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst III

  • Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Managed approximately $7.2 billion of Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E) and Construction Work in Process (CWIP) for utility and non-utility alongside two other analysts. • Reviewed and reconciled asset records for clarity and transparency. • Communicated with a wide variety of departments regarding questions and discrepancies – including, but not limited to, the Budgeting, Forecasting, and external auditor groups. • Analyzed data for discrepancies and in order to increase efficiency and validity in said data.



NW Natural

• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Analyst II

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2015

  • Maintained asset records for multiple utility and non-utility assets; includes maintenance of assets across four business units with varied behaviors for each unit. • Created new assets as well as allocation of existing assets through SAP computer system for accuracy of records. • Created various orders and projects of varied complexity depending on the required nature. • Maintained capitalized computer leases for the whole of the company. • Reconciled quarterly reports for leases as well as monthly depreciation and asset accounts. • Reconciled ongoing, multi-million dollar CWIP reports for both utility and non-utility; as well as communicating to various departments regarding questions of said projects. • Reported yearly FERC Form 2 (federal regulations codes for utilities) for utility and non-utility assets. • Reconciled up to thirty reports for submission to auditors for yearly audit work. • Compiled basic step-by-step instruction reports for various processes in plant accounting • Researched, tested, and enacted various methods to enhance the efficiency of SAP reports and processes. • Communicated daily with other departments, such as Accounts Payable, Rates, Financial Reporting, and Treasury via email or telephone.



Iberdrola

• Spain
• Renewable Energy Power Generation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Senior Fixed Asset Accountant

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2013

  • Maintained monthly and quarterly journal entries for up to fifty different balance sheet and profit and loss accounts. • Reconciled wind farm, solar farm, and multiple maintenance assets monthly. • Prepared data necessary to initiate the ITC grant filing in conjunction with several departments including Property and Capital Projects. • Reconciled up to twenty reports for submission to auditors for quarterly and yearly audit work. • Familiarity with the difference between IFRS and US GAAP reporting for fixed assets. • Communicated daily with other departments, such as Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, via email and telephone. • Reconciled ongoing, multi-million dollar CWIP for later categorization into appropriate fixed asset accounts.



TriMet

• Urban Transit Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Accountant

  • Apr 2007 - Sep 2011

  • Maintained daily, monthly and quarterly journal entries for up to fifty different balance sheet and profit and loss accounts. • Reconciled accounts related to prepaids, payables, claims, medical, payroll, rolling stock, and structured fixed assets. • Created various reconciling reports in relation to the yearly audit that reflected activity in various accounts such as medical, pension, payroll, payables, claims, and fixed assets. • Edited and uploaded files to department webpage for accounting and payroll. • Submitted statements of unclaimed property to various states each year. • Created several reports related to fixed assets for the yearly submission of NTD report filing. • Familiarity with GASB and FASB. • Familiarity with Federal requirements related to rolling stock and real property for transit agencies. • Communicated with other departments regularly via email and telephone; most notably with Department Managers, Capital Projects, and Real Property. • Maintained bi-yearly assessments and observations of fixed assets and rolling stock per federal requirements. • Handled the continual fixed asset additions for completed projects and removal of terminated fixed asset stock.



Pacific University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accountant II

  • May 2004 - Apr 2007

  • Performed daily, monthly and quarterly journal entries between various accounts. • Handled the quarterly requests involving five distinct federal grants. • Aided in the compilation of the yearly 990-T. • Reconciled many accounts including Miscellaneous Accounts Receivable, those associated with the FFELP loan program, the main bank account as well as grants and university endowments. • Created various queries to increase the efficiency of the in-house Datatel system. • Aided in year-end procedures as well as the yearly external audit. • Handled the input, inspection and mailing of 1098-T tax forms. • Aided with handling phone inquiries and student questions.



Holiday Retirement

• United States
• Hospitality
• 700 & Above Employee

• Facility Accountant

  • Feb 2003 - May 2004

  • Prepared monthly and quarterly financial statements for fourteen retirement facilities. • Performed in-house checks involving Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable during the month. • Used JD Edwards and One World for daily and monthly journal entries to maintain fourteen facilities. • Completed and submitted quarterly and yearly sales tax returns for fourteen retirement facilities under California and Nevada tax laws. • Interacted with Regional Managers, Facility Managers, Co-Managers and Chefs on a regular basis via email and telephone.