Consultant, Accounting & Finance

• Aug 2021 - Present

Founder

• Jan 2005 - Aug 2021

Consultant, Treasury Accounting

• Mar 2021 - Jun 2021

Controller

• Apr 2018 - Jan 2019

Controller with oversight of four (4) clients in the auto dealership/finance, restaurant, food distribution, and electrical contractor industries. Responsible for the accounting operations of companies, including month end close/year end close, GL, maintaining accounting records and controls, fixed assets, accounts payable, and accounts receivable functions (2 direct reports in US - Assistant Controller & Senior Accountant & 2 direct reports in India - Assistant Controller & Senior Accountant). Responsible for financial reporting, ad hoc analysis, and monthly board meeting presentations. Show less

Consultant, Senior Financial Analyst

• Oct 2017 - Apr 2018

Short-term contract covering the duties of the Senior Financial Analyst upon her leave of absence. Performed month-end-close structured analysis for both Xome Settlements’ and Xome Signings’ balance sheet and income statement. Prepared monthly journal entries for invoice accruals, contingent reserves, allocations, intersegment revenue and expense, revenue sharing, severance/bonus accruals, and ad hoc bank transactions for Xome Signings’ bank reconciliation. Completed assigned projects related to Mulesoft testing, worktag cleanup, CWIP project ID cleanup, and writing requirements for Workday custom reports. Reviewed the work prepared by the Chennai team, including bank/account reconciliations, assets placed in service, amortization calculations. Show less

Consultant, Accounting Manager

• Apr 2017 - Aug 2017

Short-term contract covering the duties of the Accounting Manager until permanent replacement hired. Performed full-cycle accounting for two companies and prepared the consolidated financial statements for business segment. Directed the activities of the accounts payable staff, printed the checks, and mailed payments. Completed the accounting for fixed assets, prepaid assets, revenue recognition, account reconciliation, bank reconciliation each month. Short-term contract covering the duties of the Accounting Manager until permanent replacement hired. Performed full-cycle accounting for two companies and prepared the consolidated financial statements for business segment. Directed the activities of the accounts payable staff, printed the checks, and mailed payments. Completed the accounting for fixed assets, prepaid assets, revenue recognition, account reconciliation, bank reconciliation each month.

Regulatory Reporting Manager

• Jun 2013 - May 2016

Directed a team of senior accounting analyst in monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting to the Federal Reserve Bank (FR Y9C, FR Y14Q, and FR Y11). Supervised the preparation of annual compliance reporting to state agencies for licensing renewals as well as informational reports to the U.S. Department of Commerce for census statistics. Reviewed procedures for reports and support files prepared by analysts each quarter to ensure they reflect current processes and policies. Senior Accounting Analyst, Financial Reporting Coordinated the compilation of the financial performance summary for the finance and treasury committee each month. Performed the review, analysis and accounting for operating expenses related to outsourced services, input services, dealer incentives and DMV/Titles. Prepared general ledger account reconciliations for general accounts payable and accrued expenses for repossessions, impounds and auctions, resolving any discrepancies and preparing journal entries. Analyzed departmental costs each month to determine the FAS 91 treatment for expenses directly related to the origination of loans and leases. Show less

Accounting Manager, Management Services

• Mar 2012 - Jun 2013

Performed the review, analysis and accounting for income (donations/pledges), fixed assets, employee payroll & bonus, and prepaid expenses. Supervised and coached the daily activities of accounting team, which included full-cycle accounts payable, agency cash application, sales tax, to ensure we meet deadlines and 2-day close schedule. Reviewed and provided follow-up on pledge receivables valued at $1.7M and accounts receivable & collections for a portfolio of 300 agencies. Processed credit card payments, made weekly cash deposits and ensured these deposits were reconciled to BBEC CRM revenue system. Prepared and reviewed general ledger account reconciliations for prepaid, liability and receivable accounts, resolving any discrepancies and preparing journal entries. Show less

Financial Reporting Manager

• Aug 1998 - Dec 2011

Led a team composed of (1) Financial Analyst, (1) Senior Accountant, and (2) Staff Accountants and functioned as key contributor to monthly, quarterly and annual accounting closes, coordinating timely and accurate close and preparation of tax reports, internal management reports, financial statements, and special projects. Charged by the VP of finance with the responsibility to act as liaison between accounting and information technology team members to resolve issues with applications in offices located in Texas, North Carolina and Minnesota. Wrote reports using Clarity to extract data from various databases to report on revenues, expenses, and variances to budget (e.g., Great Plains and Access). Served as subject matter expert on a multi-million dollar project to develop a database and revenue accounting system and wrote the reporting requirements which would automate the accrual, projection and reporting processes. Documented, tested, and maintained internal control policies to ensure compliance with documented internal policies and Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, mitigating material misstatements in financial reporting. Steered the development of a database and reporting structure that automated monthly budget variance analysis, reducing data processing from 16 hours to less than 8 hours. Implemented process improvements, for example, restructured sales production reporting process and removed redundancies, reducing the monthly process from 30-man hours to less than 10-man hours. Show less