Experience

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  South Metro Federal Credit Union

  • Operations Accountant II

    • Nov 2020 - Present

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  Direct Travel

  • United States

  • Financial Accountant

    • Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
    • United States

    Monthly financials, Journal entries, account reconciliations, credit card recons, financial analysis, cash account management

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  Salo LLC

  • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

  • Senior Accountant

    • Dec 2018 - Jul 2019
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

    • Analyzed Cash accounts in detail to clean older items out• Analyzed GL accounts that were out of control and cleaned up in preparation for audit• Reviewed account reconciliations by departments to ensure reconciliations are audit worthy• Various reporting to create monthly journal entries for various processes• Completed inventory accounting for several stores within the grocery business• Completed weekly close of financials and fresh and mass inventory• Identified cost and price actuals and ensuring inventory valuation is accurate• Scrutinized margin analysis by department to identify drivers of increase or decrease weekly

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  Signature Consultants

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Business Systems Analyst Consultant

    • Nov 2017 - Jul 2018
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Learning the fundamentals of creating, editing and observing a Database and its ongoing maintenance needed to produce tables of data needed for regulatory reporting, financial reporting and all other reporting needs.Establishing controls needed for DQ, ensuring timeliness, ensuring completeness, accuracy and monitoring controls to ensure data is complete and not missing information.Working with various teams to update metrics needed on Databases for table modifications, column modifications or data type modifications.Assisting on Scrum Teams to work collectively as a group on measuring projects and all associated tasks for completing major and minor needed tasks to completion of project. Building the logistics needed for completeness of duties needed for all SORs onboarding the Wells Fargo systems. Continuous close observance to ensure the processes are all identified, team members assigned to tasks and User Stories are accurately identified and the Product Owner is overseeing items are done timely, accurately and completely.

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  Welcov Healthcare

  • Edina, MN

  • Corporate Financial Accountant

    • Dec 2014 - Aug 2016
    • Edina, MN

    My responsibilities are to ensure all financial transactions are booked monthly for eight individual business units in the state of South Dakota. I work with their accounting teams and administrators to ensure all transactions are taken care of. We consolidate these monthly at the corporate office. We use various software to pull in revenue to Great Plains. Here it is compared with budgeted numbers and analyzed. Teams monitor analysis to ensure compliance with annual budgets.We are building a team to support our intercompany and external customers. Team building creates strong and efficient teams. We believe in exceptional customer service.

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  Taylor-Wharton Cryogenics LLC

  • Minnetonka, MN

  • Senor Accountant

    • Jan 2013 - Oct 2014
    • Minnetonka, MN

    Financial reporting, Hyperion, J.D. Edwards, KBM for individual financials and consolidations. Fixed Assets (contracts), Cash Applications, Intercompany reporting, journal entries, reconciliations, account analysis, contract analysis, treasury functions including wires, ACH wires, cash controls, audit functions, SOX controls within group processes, Tax Apportionment, Sales Tax reporting, CAT Tax, metrics on team responsibilities, pensions, system implementation, efficiencies, various ad hoc projects.

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  Thomson Reuters

  • Accountant II/Senior Accountant

    • May 2007 - Jan 2013

    Process and support various accounting transactions for SBU customers, responsible for month-end close and associated projects and activities, key project accounting and time tracking systems, perform moderate to complex accounting and reconciliation functions, prepare key financial schedules and reports for SBUs, demonstrate application of IFRS, GAAP, SOX and other regulatory requirements, ensure accounting processes established by Thomson Reuters policies are followed, integrate functions, processes and systems to optimize resources and create value. Provide reliable value based information to external and internal customers on a timely basis. Work with business partners to leverage knowledge and resolve financial issues for TR SBUs. Develop, enhance and deliver existing and new performance metrics.Created and recorded financial transactions in SAP templates for various journal entries including prepaid assets, pensions, deferred revenue releases, accrual entries and others.Orchestrated Financial integration of acquisitions and upgraded processes using SAPManaged Intercompany Net Position system monthly for six companiesConverted legacy financial applications to SAP compliant systemsProcessed General ledger entries and additional support for month-end closeIdentified researching issues in various asset and liability accounts to look for unusual transactions during close review meetingsAssessment and implementation of business and systems process improvementCompleted Balance Sheet account reconciliations and management of themAssisted in documentation and implementation for the Financial Reporting groupWorked closely with internal and external audit group to ensure complianceQuarterly or annual completion of Department of Commerce Reporting (5472, BE-125, BRD1, Tax Apportionment)Tax Apportionment Annual report for seven companies

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  GMAC-RFC

  • Sr. Financial Accountant

    • Oct 2005 - May 2007

    Established Change Management system for Retained Interest Finance department for reporting significant system improvements, processes or upcoming events which will have significant impact on the financial statements in the futureManaged Sarbanes Oxley requirements for finance department on departmental controls and models. Coordinate monthly, quarterly and other periodic reporting to internal and external auditors, Corporate, Change Management, SOX and other departments. Working with related departments including Tax, GAAP Group, Reporting, Change Management for compliance purposes.Project management on month-end reporting requirements for finance department and reporting due to Internal Control departmentManaged annual audit walkthrough documentation for multiple departments and put together binders for all asset groupingsParticipated in PwC audit in obtaining documentation necessary for annual audit in finance departmentMonthly accounting for various asset groups monthly responsibilities including securitized transactions, capitalizations of new called deals, cash payment received from customers, and amounts due to bond holders.Coordinated and assisted with annual updating of Desktop Procedures for departmentReported monthly Cash management and reconciliations for Retained Interest Finance assets, analysis and reporting functions as requestedUpdated Monthly posting of Residual assets valuations from Valuation Analytics department using PeopleSoft, Quantum applicationsManaged Capitalizations of new assets retainedPosted monthly receivables and cash payments to multiple asset groups

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  GMAC-RESCAP

  • Senior Accountant

    • 2005 - 2007

    Senior Accountant Taylor Wharton International

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  JB Woodfitter & Associates

  • Accountant

    • Nov 2003 - Oct 2005

    Managed both companies financial transactionsProject Management: Manage land development acquisition costs and additional capital improvements to those projectsManaged multiple development loans and interest expensesReconciled 30 bank accounts monthlyCompleted financial statements for both companies monthlyAnalyzed custom home construction costs for each home we build to ensure proper cost alignmentPrepare monthly inventory (work-in-process) for homes under construction and land capital investedReported and filed biweekly payroll and processing payroll taxesWorked closely with CPA firm closely with year-end audit and tax processActed as a team member wherever help was needed

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  St. Michael Catholic School

  • Substitute teacher, tutor, librarian, volunteer

    • Sep 1995 - Jan 2003

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  RMS

  • Accountant

    • May 1989 - Apr 1992

    Analyzed general ledger accounts, evaluating and correcting journal entriesPrepared monthly operational reports for Accounting Manager and CFOPrepared year-end audit schedules, worked with auditors annuallyReconciled bank accounts for main corporate account and seven branch locationsReported Sales tax/use reports for multiple statesManaged large rental fleet of equipment inventory

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  Surgicare of Minneapolis

  • Business Office Manager

    • Jul 1985 - May 1989

    Managed all financial transactions in office occurring at the surgery center and reporting them to the corporate office in the form of monthly financialsManaged accounts payable and accounts receivableProduced statistical reports for use in decision making (finances and surgery by specialty, also used for completing new contractual obligations with insurance carriers)Produced payroll reports from ADP summarizationsSupervised office staffActed as a team member helping patients, scheduling surgery, aiding in the recovery room when needed