Experience

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  Crop production services

  Jul 2007 - Feb 2011

  Inventory accountant

  • Cost and inventory control, PO’s, transfers, sales, product revalues, physical inventories• Monitored P&L statements, journal entries, monthly/quarterly/yearly closings• Worked with 3-5 divisions which included DC’s, Government Contracts, and Sales Locations, keeping close communication with division management and location administrators• Responsible for building spreadsheets for cost control, bonus distributions, external auditors, and summary spreadsheets linked to multiple excel documents Show less

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  Rgis

  Jan 2012 - Mar 2014

  Inventory supervisor/satellite area manager

  • Work side by side with store management while overseeing inventories and the crews assigned, ensuring accurate and efficient inventories • Responsible on any counting or disciplinary issues that arose, while maintaining communication with team and store management, state labor laws, and encouraging moral• Manage 40-60 employees, including hiring, payroll, scheduling, and training• Schedule stores (1-12 separate locations per customer)• Weekly time sheet entry, off gross and travel on all inventories, including mileage and care for all company vehicles• Build customer relationships whether existing or new Show less

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  Big r bridge

  Nov 2013 - Oct 2015

  Sr. project accountant/credit analyst

  • Managed creation of all project folders and credit files, reviewing credit history and contract while approving credit limits up to $25K• Stepped in to be responsible for initial review of all contracts and negotiations requested by upper management while handling existing workload for 5-month period• Gained understanding and knowledge of all wall projects to create tracking system for all projects and costs to ensure profitability of projects• Manage tax exemptions for all customers, 13 different state sales taxes, and approval of monthly sales tax returns• Managed bonds and liens software to follow multi-state laws with filing deadlines on multiple projects• Responsible for all daily Accounts Receivable invoicing/deposits ($40M annual revenue) ensuring proper revenue recognition.• Managed collections and negotiations on back-charges from customers, including research and backup on charges (initial back-charge $13K, final back-charge $1.2K)• Managed and executed project to increase efficiency of AR while working with IT to create electronic invoices and statements, saving upwards of 15+ hours per week and decreasing expenses of supplies and postage• Responsible for working with the parent company on all intercompany balances and ensuring all reconciliations are tracked and cleared each month Show less

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  Canyon bakehouse

  Aug 2016 - Nov 2018

  Staff accountant/deduction analyst

  • Fixed Asset Accountant: managed all fixed asset accounting including new bakery start-up ($34M building and equipment) • Managed key information for management and capital leasing partner for several incremental funding’s and multiple closings.• Update and submit yearly personal property tax declarations while utilizing information to create the estimated accrual for taxes• Manage all financial aspects of real estate holding entity from GL entries through leading financial statement review with VP of Finance• Responsible for all daily Accounts Receivable invoicing ($60M annual revenue) ensuring proper revenue recognition.• Key contributor to a successful EDI implementation (automating sales order entry and invoicing processes – saving 30+ hours of non-value add work per week and prevention of human data entry errors).• Managed all trade deductions from validating legitimacy, posting in ERP, generating accruals and analysis of monthly and YTD spend. Allowed sales and finance leadership to quickly and easily review trade spend efficiency and trade allowance liability sufficiency.• Research deductions and shortages; dispute any deductions needed (89% recovery on all disputes leading to the recovery of $35K). Coordinated the dispute process across the multiple departments involved (Sales, Customer Service and Logistics).• Calculate monthly sales commissions for broker selling network• Stepped in from Payroll Administrator backup to owner during a 6-month vacancy while balancing existing workload• Accounts Payable backup • Monthly Journal Entries, reconciliations, and financial analysis for multiple entities Show less

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  New century software

  Nov 2018 - Sept 2019

  Gl accountant

  • Monthly expense/budget analysis with updating forecast reports to Managers• Created credit card tracking spreadsheet to ensure accurate charges and increase efficiency of monthly expense reports• Cleaned up and created new tracking for all company fixed assets and personal property tax, including working with IT to ensure accurate data for reporting• Process biweekly payroll, including any changes or additions specific to current payroll and tracking of PTO/Sick time with biweekly updates to entire management team• Benefit analysis to ensure monthly invoices are accurate with current selections and any additions, changes, or cancellations Show less

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  Avl growth partners

  Sept 2019 - Oct 2020

  Associate
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  Self-employed

  Oct 2020 - now

  Accounting/bookkeeping independent consultant & notary

  Helping people and businesses with their daily accounting needs and special projects to keep moving towards a prosperous future.

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  Old dutch international

  Oct 2020 - Jun 2023

  Retail accountant & reporting specialist

  Daily AR/AP entries including invoices, bills, and payment processing (up to 1500 invoices)Monthly inventory reconciliation and bank reconciliationsCollections and Customer communicationDaily/Weekly/Monthly reporting to assist with sales, inventory, deductions, COGS, freight costs, and forecasting

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  Sighthound, inc.

  Jul 2021 - now

  Accounting manager

  AR/AP processing all invoices, bills, expenses, and paymentsMonthly financials including all bank reconciliations and EOM reconciliations, loan amortizations, interest, convertible notes and stocks, fixed assetsMonthly payroll and expense reportsPartial HR duties with contractors, employee benefits, and working with all aspects of payroll softwareAccount cleanup and completed merge of purchase of another companyDaily Cash tracking and forecasting, review contracts for progress invoicing, and track for deferred short term and long term revenueHardware, Software, and Support revenue tracking Show less

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  Ellis bottom line bookkeeping

  Sept 2022 - now

  Bookkeeper/payroll specialist