Experience

Chicago Gaelic Park

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accountant

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  • Ensure accurate and timely accounting functions, including maintenance of the general ledger, accounts payable, receivables and project accounting. • Track inventory for liquor and food, calculating cost of goods for end of month reporting• Prepare end of the month sales tax preparing SR-1 reporting for the State of Illinois• Ensure proper cash flow to ensure funds are met for bi-weekly payroll, tax obligations and all payable in a tight cash flow monthly cycle.• Prepare end of the month reports with ad hoc reporting for a monthly board meeting with special requirements.• Close out revenue and expense reporting at the end of each month, balancing A/R, A/P, customer deposits, and cash reconciliations.• Track capital expenditures for ongoing leasehold improvements, moving all expenses to capital accounts when projects completed.• Manage monthly closing of financial records and posting of month-end information. • Utilize ADP for bi-monthly 80+employee payroll, calculating workman’s comp totals and entering all journal entries for calculations into the general ledger. • Respond to financial questions and concerns to meet business needs.• Act as a liaison between the company, the board, and CPA firm to meet information needs and to ensure that proper information is maintained for all purposes.



Morgan Design Group

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accountant

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  • Accounts payable: Code, enter and process 100+ monthly bills for 3 entities.• Accounts receivable: Match sales orders to invoices and process payments from 50+ customers monthly.• Track purchase orders from creation to receiving. Match invoice with purchase order and process payment.• Track cost accounting on several projects from start to completion.• Create Ad Hoc analysis for management to compare project costs to budget.• Prepare the monthly closing with owner packet analyzing monthly P&L and Balance Sheet accounts.• Maintain details reporting of fixed assets for CPA team.• Work with CPA team to create end of the year reports and prepare accurate tax returns.• Process employee paychecks weekly, pay all payroll taxes, track time off and sick pay.• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts with attention to detail.• Organize all files electronically and physically to prepare documents on an Ad Hoc request and monthly cycle



AGL/RE / Loukas Development

• Accountant

  • Nov 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Responsible for all accounting via QuickBooks for 8 entities including all aspects of input, reconciliation, and reporting in a fast-paced monthly cycle.• Accounts Payable: Code, enter, and process 100+ invoices for 8 entities monthly.• Accounts Receivable: Responsible for 100+ tenant and commercial ledgers, creating invoices and processing payments, applying to proper accounts.• Payroll: Input hours, ran checks, tracked hours for project costing, processed monthly income tax disbursements to appropriate tax entities.• Reconciled monthly bank statements for 7 bank accounts and 4 credit cards to insure proper reporting.• Implemented a monthly owner packet which included financial reports distributed to all owners that led to increased financial awareness for the overall company and activated a complete audit of spending. This ultimately increased NOI by 10%.• Read all leases, input details into Quickbooks resulting in discovering unbilled management fees of $12,000 going back 6 years. • Calculated yearly Tenant CAM and Real Estate Tax Reconciliations and identified inaccurate recoveries that led to a recapture of over $10,000 in CAM revenue. • Analyzed general ledger, tenant ledgers and financial reports which led to inaccuracies being found and revenue from tenants to increase 4%. • Ad Hoc worksheets produced for owners for loan applications, tax reporting, compliance with mortgage companies with little lead time in a faced paced environment.• Began an online maintenance request process which led to tenants getting needed maintenance completed. This led to a better tenant/owner relationship and ultimately increase tenant retention by 20%.



Oak Terrace Association

• Accountant

  • Apr 2017 - Nov 2019

  • Accounts Payable: Coded, entered, and processed 300+ invoices via QuickBooks monthly, dispersed payments and applied them against invoices.• Accounts Receivable: Processed 200+ owner and tenant payments in a timely manner, applied payments against outstanding statement and investigate any discrepancies.• Payroll: Input hours for 12 employees, ran checks, processed monthly income tax disbursements for appropriate tax body.• Developed monthly client statements which led to accurate reporting for the accounts receivable on monthly financial reports.• Analyzed general ledger, corrected miscoding errors which led to accurate forecasting of inventory needs and waste.• Reconciled monthly bank statements and expense reports. Analyzed waste which increased net income by 8%.• Created financial statements for monthly meeting confirming that all financial information was accurate.• Processed Full Monthly accounting cycle to analysis waste of labor, materials, and utilities.



Gangolf Incorporated

• Accountant

  • Apr 2012 - Apr 2017

  • Created and implemented the accounting system on QuickBooks desk top software from the ground up.• Processed accounts payable and accounts receivable in a timely manner and investigated any discrepancies communicating with vendors and clients when needed.• Worked closely with accountant to prepare quarterly payroll taxes, end of the period financials and close books at the end of the year.• Communicated with owners when income vs expenses were not at percentage goals.• Organized and controlled all contracts for vendor and client accounts. • Scrutinized expense reports for waste, suggesting appropriate adjustments which led to 10% decrease in labor cost.



GGP

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Accountant

  • Jul 1995 - Apr 2003

  • Created the monthly close package using Skyline Computer Software for 5 owner held shopping malls on a timely basis. • Prepared full cycle financial reports reconciling all balance sheet accounts.• Made appropriate journal entries to account for depreciation for fixed assets, prepaid expenses, and deferred income.• Proactively partnered with property managers to prepare documentation enabling accurate information to be used in monthly income statements and balance sheet preparations.• Reconciled all asset and liability accounts for preparation of monthly closing.