Michael Cavanaugh, CPA
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Credentials
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Certified Public Accountant
Texas State Board of Public AccountancyApr, 2011- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
Experience
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Ancorian
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United States
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Corporate Controller
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Jun 2020 - Present
Responsible for oversight and coordination of the accounting, finance, financial reporting, payroll and compliance functions on behalf of Ancorian, Ancorian affiliates and subsidiaries and all Ancorian sponsored investment vehicles. Responsible for oversight and coordination of the accounting, finance, financial reporting, payroll and compliance functions on behalf of Ancorian, Ancorian affiliates and subsidiaries and all Ancorian sponsored investment vehicles.
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SPL
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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200 - 300 Employee
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Corporate Controller
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Oct 2019 - May 2020
• Ran the Houston Finance department for the largest Petroleum Lab testing company in the United States. This included overseeing all daily operations for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, Financial Reporting, Banking, External Audit, Sales Tax Returns and all month end close duties. • Helped transition SPL to a new ERP, which was NetSuite. Additionally, introduced the department to more technological savvy ways to conduct business in order to provide more efficiencies. This… Show more • Ran the Houston Finance department for the largest Petroleum Lab testing company in the United States. This included overseeing all daily operations for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, Financial Reporting, Banking, External Audit, Sales Tax Returns and all month end close duties. • Helped transition SPL to a new ERP, which was NetSuite. Additionally, introduced the department to more technological savvy ways to conduct business in order to provide more efficiencies. This included electronic uploads of transactions instead of manual journal entries, instituting Dropbox in order to store files on the cloud, creating checklists to ensure completion of work. • Was the driving force behind turning a lackluster team into a highly motivated team that began producing at a much higher capacity as far as both quantity and quality of work. Taught the team to consider internal inquiries to be clients too and raised the likability and reliance on data for the accounting department to where this team became the go to for questions concerning daily operations. Was very well liked within the company as requested information was immediately provided. Show less • Ran the Houston Finance department for the largest Petroleum Lab testing company in the United States. This included overseeing all daily operations for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, Financial Reporting, Banking, External Audit, Sales Tax Returns and all month end close duties. • Helped transition SPL to a new ERP, which was NetSuite. Additionally, introduced the department to more technological savvy ways to conduct business in order to provide more efficiencies. This… Show more • Ran the Houston Finance department for the largest Petroleum Lab testing company in the United States. This included overseeing all daily operations for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, Financial Reporting, Banking, External Audit, Sales Tax Returns and all month end close duties. • Helped transition SPL to a new ERP, which was NetSuite. Additionally, introduced the department to more technological savvy ways to conduct business in order to provide more efficiencies. This included electronic uploads of transactions instead of manual journal entries, instituting Dropbox in order to store files on the cloud, creating checklists to ensure completion of work. • Was the driving force behind turning a lackluster team into a highly motivated team that began producing at a much higher capacity as far as both quantity and quality of work. Taught the team to consider internal inquiries to be clients too and raised the likability and reliance on data for the accounting department to where this team became the go to for questions concerning daily operations. Was very well liked within the company as requested information was immediately provided. Show less
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AIV Inc.
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Houston, Texas Area
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Assistant Controller
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Mar 2015 - Oct 2019
AIV (AIVInc.com) is a distributor of master valves to Oil & Gas companies throughout the world. • Owned the responsibilities of monthly close procedures and was able to come in and start taking care of those procedures the first 2 months of being at AIV. This included posting all necessary journal entries, calculating rebates for customers, reconciling various accounts like prepaids, closing out intercompany expenses, calculating fixed assets depreciation, completing forms and… Show more AIV (AIVInc.com) is a distributor of master valves to Oil & Gas companies throughout the world. • Owned the responsibilities of monthly close procedures and was able to come in and start taking care of those procedures the first 2 months of being at AIV. This included posting all necessary journal entries, calculating rebates for customers, reconciling various accounts like prepaids, closing out intercompany expenses, calculating fixed assets depreciation, completing forms and calculations related to bank compliance for the line of credit, and running monthly financial statements. • Ran point for all functions related to the external auditors. All requests were sent directly to the Asst. Controller who was responsible for ensuring audit went well and was completed in a timely manner. This includes auditors who complete field work on site and others in the United Kingdom, Dubai and Singapore who are communicated with electronically. Audit also includes the consolidation of 7 companies to create consolidated financial statements with many moving parts. • Completed all tax work related to sales taxes. This included taxes for North America and various states including Texas, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. Additionally, completed GST taxes in Canada and Singapore along with VAT taxes in the UK. Also assisted Controller in completing all other taxes related with the company with the external tax consultants. • Brought many efficiencies to the company through excel and data manipulation. Because of past experience in databases was able to use SQL, excel and Crystal reports in order to obtain data in a more efficient manner. For example, during the audit, many requests are made and was able to create ad hoc SQL queries that enable us to put in whatever the request is as a parameter and then pull the data without having to look up individual line items in our ERP system. Show less AIV (AIVInc.com) is a distributor of master valves to Oil & Gas companies throughout the world. • Owned the responsibilities of monthly close procedures and was able to come in and start taking care of those procedures the first 2 months of being at AIV. This included posting all necessary journal entries, calculating rebates for customers, reconciling various accounts like prepaids, closing out intercompany expenses, calculating fixed assets depreciation, completing forms and… Show more AIV (AIVInc.com) is a distributor of master valves to Oil & Gas companies throughout the world. • Owned the responsibilities of monthly close procedures and was able to come in and start taking care of those procedures the first 2 months of being at AIV. This included posting all necessary journal entries, calculating rebates for customers, reconciling various accounts like prepaids, closing out intercompany expenses, calculating fixed assets depreciation, completing forms and calculations related to bank compliance for the line of credit, and running monthly financial statements. • Ran point for all functions related to the external auditors. All requests were sent directly to the Asst. Controller who was responsible for ensuring audit went well and was completed in a timely manner. This includes auditors who complete field work on site and others in the United Kingdom, Dubai and Singapore who are communicated with electronically. Audit also includes the consolidation of 7 companies to create consolidated financial statements with many moving parts. • Completed all tax work related to sales taxes. This included taxes for North America and various states including Texas, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. Additionally, completed GST taxes in Canada and Singapore along with VAT taxes in the UK. Also assisted Controller in completing all other taxes related with the company with the external tax consultants. • Brought many efficiencies to the company through excel and data manipulation. Because of past experience in databases was able to use SQL, excel and Crystal reports in order to obtain data in a more efficient manner. For example, during the audit, many requests are made and was able to create ad hoc SQL queries that enable us to put in whatever the request is as a parameter and then pull the data without having to look up individual line items in our ERP system. Show less
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BDO
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Belgium
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Accounting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Auditor
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Oct 2013 - Mar 2015
Formerly UHY, LLP, which effective December 1, 2014, UHY, LLP joined BDO USA, one of the nation's leading professional service organizations. • Performed duties of lead auditor from full scope audits to limited scope engagements on benefit plans. This included supervising staff, scheduling staff, training and being in charge of getting job ready for review. • Expanded on knowledge already gained and became an expert in MS Excel and data manipulation in order to help engagement become… Show more Formerly UHY, LLP, which effective December 1, 2014, UHY, LLP joined BDO USA, one of the nation's leading professional service organizations. • Performed duties of lead auditor from full scope audits to limited scope engagements on benefit plans. This included supervising staff, scheduling staff, training and being in charge of getting job ready for review. • Expanded on knowledge already gained and became an expert in MS Excel and data manipulation in order to help engagement become more efficient and also to use data available to answer questions without bothering client. • Used knowledge of excel to conduct better analytics on particular workpapers. This includes the use of macros, pivot tables, and V-Lookup formulas to name a few. Completed planning and substantive analytical procedures during audits/reviews. • Through experience working on financial statements, gained a thorough idea of how the flow of financial statements work and red flags that could occur. Expanded knowledge of AICPA standards and requirements for financial statements including footnotes. Show less Formerly UHY, LLP, which effective December 1, 2014, UHY, LLP joined BDO USA, one of the nation's leading professional service organizations. • Performed duties of lead auditor from full scope audits to limited scope engagements on benefit plans. This included supervising staff, scheduling staff, training and being in charge of getting job ready for review. • Expanded on knowledge already gained and became an expert in MS Excel and data manipulation in order to help engagement become… Show more Formerly UHY, LLP, which effective December 1, 2014, UHY, LLP joined BDO USA, one of the nation's leading professional service organizations. • Performed duties of lead auditor from full scope audits to limited scope engagements on benefit plans. This included supervising staff, scheduling staff, training and being in charge of getting job ready for review. • Expanded on knowledge already gained and became an expert in MS Excel and data manipulation in order to help engagement become more efficient and also to use data available to answer questions without bothering client. • Used knowledge of excel to conduct better analytics on particular workpapers. This includes the use of macros, pivot tables, and V-Lookup formulas to name a few. Completed planning and substantive analytical procedures during audits/reviews. • Through experience working on financial statements, gained a thorough idea of how the flow of financial statements work and red flags that could occur. Expanded knowledge of AICPA standards and requirements for financial statements including footnotes. Show less
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Harper & Pearson Company, P.C.
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United States
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Accounting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assurance Senior
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Dec 2011 - Oct 2013
Harper & Pearson Company, P.C. is a full-service firm providing audit, tax, entrepreneurial advisory, consulting and outsourcing, and forensics and litigation services to both individuals and businesses. • Began as a Staff Auditor and worked way to becoming a Senior who was the in charge on engagements mainly for manufacturing companies and also benefit plan audits. • Conducted fraud interviews and walkthroughs in planning phase. Audit work consisted of work on every section from… Show more Harper & Pearson Company, P.C. is a full-service firm providing audit, tax, entrepreneurial advisory, consulting and outsourcing, and forensics and litigation services to both individuals and businesses. • Began as a Staff Auditor and worked way to becoming a Senior who was the in charge on engagements mainly for manufacturing companies and also benefit plan audits. • Conducted fraud interviews and walkthroughs in planning phase. Audit work consisted of work on every section from cash to equity to income statement items. • Gained experience on the preparation of financial statement drafts before being reviewed by partner on engagement. • Gained an understanding of how to use professional judgment and how to deal with clients. Before being promoted to Senior, was already running many jobs and communicating with the contacts at particular clients. Show less Harper & Pearson Company, P.C. is a full-service firm providing audit, tax, entrepreneurial advisory, consulting and outsourcing, and forensics and litigation services to both individuals and businesses. • Began as a Staff Auditor and worked way to becoming a Senior who was the in charge on engagements mainly for manufacturing companies and also benefit plan audits. • Conducted fraud interviews and walkthroughs in planning phase. Audit work consisted of work on every section from… Show more Harper & Pearson Company, P.C. is a full-service firm providing audit, tax, entrepreneurial advisory, consulting and outsourcing, and forensics and litigation services to both individuals and businesses. • Began as a Staff Auditor and worked way to becoming a Senior who was the in charge on engagements mainly for manufacturing companies and also benefit plan audits. • Conducted fraud interviews and walkthroughs in planning phase. Audit work consisted of work on every section from cash to equity to income statement items. • Gained experience on the preparation of financial statement drafts before being reviewed by partner on engagement. • Gained an understanding of how to use professional judgment and how to deal with clients. Before being promoted to Senior, was already running many jobs and communicating with the contacts at particular clients. Show less
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LBB & Associates LTD., LLP
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Houston, Texas Area
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Audit Staff
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Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
LBB is a small CPA firm whose clients consist mainly of smaller reporting, publicly traded companies. • Worked on audits and reviews starting with planning and finishing with tie outs of the financial statements. Therefore, gained a good macro view of an entire engagement and of financial statements. • Around 80% off work was for SEC filings of S-1, 10-Q, 10-K, and consent letters. Worked on reviews and audits for private companies and audits of employee benefit plans. • More… Show more LBB is a small CPA firm whose clients consist mainly of smaller reporting, publicly traded companies. • Worked on audits and reviews starting with planning and finishing with tie outs of the financial statements. Therefore, gained a good macro view of an entire engagement and of financial statements. • Around 80% off work was for SEC filings of S-1, 10-Q, 10-K, and consent letters. Worked on reviews and audits for private companies and audits of employee benefit plans. • More advanced areas of experience include auditing notes payable, equity and derivative transactions. Many of LBB’s clients have warrants and options that use the Black-Scholes pricing model. Work also consisted of analytical procedures. Show less LBB is a small CPA firm whose clients consist mainly of smaller reporting, publicly traded companies. • Worked on audits and reviews starting with planning and finishing with tie outs of the financial statements. Therefore, gained a good macro view of an entire engagement and of financial statements. • Around 80% off work was for SEC filings of S-1, 10-Q, 10-K, and consent letters. Worked on reviews and audits for private companies and audits of employee benefit plans. • More… Show more LBB is a small CPA firm whose clients consist mainly of smaller reporting, publicly traded companies. • Worked on audits and reviews starting with planning and finishing with tie outs of the financial statements. Therefore, gained a good macro view of an entire engagement and of financial statements. • Around 80% off work was for SEC filings of S-1, 10-Q, 10-K, and consent letters. Worked on reviews and audits for private companies and audits of employee benefit plans. • More advanced areas of experience include auditing notes payable, equity and derivative transactions. Many of LBB’s clients have warrants and options that use the Black-Scholes pricing model. Work also consisted of analytical procedures. Show less
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BlackRock
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Greater Seattle Area
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Business Intelligence Developer
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Jul 2007 - Dec 2008
BlackRock is one of the largest asset management companies in the world; division in Seattle managed hedge funds. • Created reports in SQL Server Reporting Services as well as Crystal. • Data sets for reports were produced by creating stored procedures in SQL from large database with over 300 tables. • Work consisted mainly of reports that were used internally for analytical purposes. BlackRock is one of the largest asset management companies in the world; division in Seattle managed hedge funds. • Created reports in SQL Server Reporting Services as well as Crystal. • Data sets for reports were produced by creating stored procedures in SQL from large database with over 300 tables. • Work consisted mainly of reports that were used internally for analytical purposes.
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Invesco
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Houston, Texas Area
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Fund Administration
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2000 - 2007
Invesco is one of the largest mutual fund companies in the United States. • Worked as Assistant Manager of Afternoon Reporting (3/2006 to 5/2007). Duties consisted of managing staff of 3 accounting clerks and disseminating data from the database to both internal and external clients. This included the setup of funds in the database and also the creation of some reports using Crystal. • Worked as a Fund Accountant (1/2004 to 3/2006) after graduating college. Kept books for a set of… Show more Invesco is one of the largest mutual fund companies in the United States. • Worked as Assistant Manager of Afternoon Reporting (3/2006 to 5/2007). Duties consisted of managing staff of 3 accounting clerks and disseminating data from the database to both internal and external clients. This included the setup of funds in the database and also the creation of some reports using Crystal. • Worked as a Fund Accountant (1/2004 to 3/2006) after graduating college. Kept books for a set of mutual funds performing all daily accounting duties and reconciliations for fund. Also, priced funds at end of day in order to get NAV calculations out to brokers. • Worked as an Accounting Clerk (10/2000 to 1/2004) while in college. Worked consisted of entering data into excel, using macros and disseminating data to brokers in the Afternoon Reporting group. Show less Invesco is one of the largest mutual fund companies in the United States. • Worked as Assistant Manager of Afternoon Reporting (3/2006 to 5/2007). Duties consisted of managing staff of 3 accounting clerks and disseminating data from the database to both internal and external clients. This included the setup of funds in the database and also the creation of some reports using Crystal. • Worked as a Fund Accountant (1/2004 to 3/2006) after graduating college. Kept books for a set of… Show more Invesco is one of the largest mutual fund companies in the United States. • Worked as Assistant Manager of Afternoon Reporting (3/2006 to 5/2007). Duties consisted of managing staff of 3 accounting clerks and disseminating data from the database to both internal and external clients. This included the setup of funds in the database and also the creation of some reports using Crystal. • Worked as a Fund Accountant (1/2004 to 3/2006) after graduating college. Kept books for a set of mutual funds performing all daily accounting duties and reconciliations for fund. Also, priced funds at end of day in order to get NAV calculations out to brokers. • Worked as an Accounting Clerk (10/2000 to 1/2004) while in college. Worked consisted of entering data into excel, using macros and disseminating data to brokers in the Afternoon Reporting group. Show less
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Education
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University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business
BBA, Accounting, Marketing -
2009 - 2010
Reformed Theological Seminary
Master of Arts, Theological Studies -
Central University for Nationalities
Beijing, China - Study Abroad, Asian Studies
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