Experience

UMAR Services, Inc.
• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Conroller

  • Feb 2023 - Present


Elite Bookkeeping Services cc

• Namibia
• Accounting

• Consultant Services

  • Mar 2012 - Present

  🔹Maintained a continuous commitment to finding swift resolution and eliminating any potential points of inconvenience. 🔹Developing an employee recognition strategy, including customer service week events and an employee of the month program. 🔹Partnering with inspectors and vendors to ensure that inspections were conducted consistently and accurately. 🔹Scheduling appointments, answering phones, greeting customers, generating repair orders, upselling service based on manufacturer’s recommendations and vehicle needs. 🔹Prepare paperwork for the warranty clerk to submit to the manufacturer for payment.



Desa, Inc.

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accountant

  • Mar 2021 - Feb 2023

  🔹Processing weekly payroll, verifying time cards, generating excel summary spreadsheet, and entering data into paychecks. 🔹Preparing and verifying daily reports, income/sales, journal entries, and deposits of ticket sales receipts. 🔹Assisting controller with month-end reconciliation by preparing journal entries, AP month-end accrual, reversing entries, and re-classing entries. 🔹Performing account research and creating ad-hoc reports to assist the controller with financial analysis. 🔹Providing additional accounting services to various industries and entity types including non-profits corporations, sole proprietors, and partnerships in preparation for annual tax returns.



Ripley Entertainment, INC

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Accountant

  • Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

  🔹Analyze clients' profitability and develop pricing/rate structures for customer contract negotiations to increase margins. 🔹Enhanced and create financial/accounting policies, processes, and controls, to ensure accurate, proper, efficient, and timely recording of transactions. 🔹Develop and implement metrics, dashboards, and reports to establish expectations and accountability and quickly view achievement towards successful outcomes. 🔹Managed the preparation of monthly reports for senior leadership as well as quarterly business reviews with executive team members. 🔹Prepared monthly financial statements for review by management team; prepared quarterly tax filings as needed



Blue Cross Blue Shield (Contract)

• Financial Analyst

  • Nov 2018 - Feb 2019

  🔹Assisted in reviewing and identifying all co-packer-related monthly activity and properly reconcile and reclassify balances. 🔹Calculated and processing the manual payments for supplemental pay and the existing employees. 🔹Provided qualitative analysis based on the following assertions: completeness, existence, occurrence, accuracy, and timing. 🔹Worked with internal teams on invoice adjustments, and coordinated with external customers for payments. 🔹Established monthly calls with accounts to review any issues and concerns. 🔹Managed a large volume of customer calls and emails and provided support.



Orange Lake Restores / Contract

• Senior Project Bank Reconciliation Consultant

  • Feb 2016 - Oct 2017

  🔹Reconciled bank accounts, compiled monthly reports, maintained returned check accounts and assisted in preparing a monthly balance sheet and income statement. 🔹Working on maintaining and tallying accounting ledgers in coordination with accounting departments. 🔹Conducted extensive market research on competitors’ pricing structures, products offered, and customer service standards to develop competitive strategies for increasing market share. 🔹Provided strategic advice to senior management on business plans, marketing strategies, and product positioning 🔹Processed transactions including deposits, withdrawals, and loan payments with accuracy and efficiency.



Christie, Liters

• Accounting Manager Consultant

  • Aug 2016 - Oct 2016

  🔹Managed three associates, two financial analysts, and an accounting clerk responsible for general journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, reporting, and accounts payable. 🔹Managed all cash needs for all of the companies, coordinating complex banking transfers. 🔹Developed a new program to track fixed assets, organizing information on each item and creating a barcode for tracking. 🔹Performed all month-end and year-end financial closing procedures and submitted to the corporate office with supportive excel documentation, including charts and grafts. 🔹Coordinated domestic and international travel arrangements, including booking airfare, hotel, and transportation.



Disney World Shared Services

• Sr. Accounting Associate

  • Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  🔹Utilized Simply Sage Accounting to invoice payments for vendors and utility billing payments. 🔹Provided assistance with audits and expense reports utilizing Excel and Access software. 🔹Analyzed and posted prior days’ work to the general ledger accounts daily and prepared weekly billing and sales reports. 🔹Reconciled bank statements and payment of monthly company credit card account. 🔹Created and maintained spreadsheets, void and reissued checks, and processed accounts payable reclaimed invoices.



Global Travel International (Contract)

• Accounting Manager Consultant

  • Apr 2015 - Oct 2015

  🔹Managed company logistics- manage and process international shipments, quotes, and harmonized codes with freight carriers. 🔹Accounts receivables- sending invoices to customers daily, payment posting, reconciling accounts, and addressing any discrepancies. 🔹Supervised accounts payable and accounts receivable for accuracy and completeness. 🔹Maintained fixed assets schedule as well as book depreciation/amortization entries for reporting. 🔹Provided supporting documentation and schedules for the month, quarter, and year-end close.



Siemens Corporation Contract

• Continues Control Manager (Analyst)

  • May 2011 - Apr 2014

  🔹Worked closely with all the program managers to forecast and maintain a budget for all the Government projects. 🔹Analyzed forecast versus actual numbers and prepared reports for the variance analysis. 🔹Ensured criteria and general operating procedures have been developed covering the nature and scope of quality assurance activities to be accomplished. 🔹Examined planning information including specifications, quality control procedures, and fabrication records to insure that specified elements are correctly and completely stated. 🔹Reviewed requirements, specifications, and documentation to gain a thorough understanding of the programs and processes to be certified.