Michael Taylor

Experience

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  Beat the Bookstore

  Jan 2008 - May 2008

  Customer Service Representative

  Required to provide excellent customer service to college students purchasing their books. Involved cashiering duties, shelf stocking and organization, and online book listing.

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  Greenstreet Properties

  Mar 2008 - Dec 2008

  Runner

  Responsible for the care and timely delivery of crucial business documents to and from clients, banks, and colleagues. Required to act as an intermediary between my superiors and their clients. Also performed general office staff duties.

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  Pizza Hut

  Jan 2009 - Mar 2014

  Delivery Driver

  Delivered pizza while attending UNLV earning a degree in Finance.

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  MGM Resorts International

  Apr 2014 - May 2016

  Reconciled 178 Balance Sheet accounts for 25 MGM properties. These accounts include prepaid accounts (Insurance, Property Tax, Licenses, Maintenance Contracts, and Other Operating expenses), deposit accounts for Fixed Asset projects, AP Accrual accounts, company credit card accounts, IP accounts, and various other AP accounts. I am required to reconcile all accounts on a monthly basis. I am responsible for preparing monthly accruals for the AP system, recurring vendor transactions, utilities, and company credit card purchases.Responsible for several month-end close processes. These include truing up and amortizing prepaid accounts, preparing and posting various accruals, auditing and posting month end journals prepared by Accounts Payable.Responsible for the daily closing and posting of the Payables Ledger to the General Ledger.Use Infinium, Blackline, Cognos, Excel, and Outlook daily. Show less

  • Accountant III

    Aug 2014 - May 2016

  • Accounting Clerk

    Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
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  Albertsons Companies

  May 2016 - Mar 2018

  Accountant II

  Supervised Accounts Payables team responsible for managing and paying all utility accounts for over 2,400 stores, gas stations, distribution centers, plants, and offices.Prepared and posted utilities accruals each period. These entries averaged $24 – 30 million combined. Because of the fluid nature of the number of open stores this required intense attention to detail and meticulous documentation.Oversaw all period-end close procedures including reviewing the tasks performed by the team as well as performing my own tasks.Managed monthly reconciliation of various balance sheet accounts.Created and implemented various new processes as needed for new acquisitions and newly converted divisions. Show less

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  Crucial Learning

  Apr 2018 - Jul 2020

  Accountant

  Oversaw Accounts Payable for mid-size Corporate Training company in Provo, UT, including bill entry, vendor payments, vendor maintenance, Responsible for period-end AP close procedures including reconciliation of the company American Express card, employee reimbursements through Concur, company AMEX reconciliation through Concur, reconciliation and amortization of prepaid expense, and reconciliation and depreciation of fixed assets, bank account reconciliation, and expense accruals.Managed and administrated company-wide Concur implementation.Daily utilization of NetSuite, Concur, and Microsoft Office, especially Excel. Show less

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  Robert Half

  Nov 2020 - Mar 2021

  Contracted Staff Accountant

  Brought in on a contract basis to act as Staff Accountant for OptConnect, LLC. Performed AR, AP, and any other necessary accounting functions as assigned.

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  OptConnect

  Mar 2021 - now

  FP&A Analyst

  Responsible for preparing and distributing the monthly reporting package for use by CFO and the board. Prepare and manage yearly budget. Implemented Planful for FP&A and Concur for employee expense reports.