Amenta Stevenson

Experienced Finance Professional

Queens Village, NY

acrf91@r.postjobfree.com - (516) - 647- 3847

Accounting professional with demonstrated experience in revenue accounting, accounts payable, and accounts receivable as well as a verifiable record of accomplishment spanning five years. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Oracle, Khalix and QuickBooks combined with a keen ability to adapt well to new systems. Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Consolidation & Internal Reporting Manager

Marc Jacobs International, LLC (LVMH Group) - New York, NY - February 2015 to Present Responsibilities

• Analyze and validate monthly financial data for all subsidiaries to provide consolidated financial information

• Liaise with subsidiaries and LVMH to maintain completeness of the reporting package

• Analyze monthly intercompany recharges to ensure that expenses are incurred in accordance with budget

• Analyze monthly sales and operating profit with foreign exchange impact to help upper management decision making process

• Implementation of new ERP and reporting system

• Provide ad hoc reporting as necessary to all levels of management Accountant

Arrow Electronics - Melville, NY - April 2011 to Present Timely and accurate posting of monthly and quarterly journal entries during the close process

Liaise with field and corporate personnel regarding forecast versus actual numbers

Prepare monthly variance analysis for corporate cost centers and prepare monthly accruals as needed

Analysis of the Canadian labor burden expense as well as support the US process

Reconcile payroll and concentration bank accounts. Work with the Payroll and Accounts Payable departments to correct any variances

Monthly preparation of professional fee analysis for Human Resources' cost centers

Maintenance and quality control of Canadian intercompany accounts on a monthly basis.

Assisted with special project of automating intercompany burden charges Corporate Accounting Supervisor

Estee Lauder - Melville, NY - August 2012 to February 2015 Responsibilities

• Supervise the month end close process which includes review and approve monthly/quarterly journal entries, account reconciliations, and schedules to ensure an accurate and timely close

• Compile global sales data from all affiliates to generate the net sales report and issue the commentary to senior management comparing estimate to actuals

• Review trial balances to ensure the accuracy of consolidated SAP financial data to HFM

• Load all brand and non-brand product category data to HFM and issue variance analysis comparing prior year and prior month data

• Analyze key performance indicators to ensure that affiliates are coding to the lowest level of the coding block and issue analysis based on findings

• Assist in development, implementation and documentation of new procedures to enhance the workflow of the department including but not limited to moving the product category process to HFM and the net sales flash process to EPM from Hyperion

• Perform special projects and ad hoc analyses as needed

• Provide training to new and existing staff as needed. Accomplishments

Transitioned product category and net sales analyses from Hyperion Enterprise to HFM Skills Used

Analytical skills

Advanced excel and strong overall computer skills

Problem solving skills

General Ledger Reconciliation

Bank account reconciliation

Accountant

National Grid - Melville, NY - January 2008 to April 2011 Maintained assigned general ledger accounts, account reconciliation and ledger entries of annual revenues in excess of four billion dollars.

Complied with all applicable closing schedules

Analyzed accuracy of month-end financial statements

Prepared monthly reporting package as required by the different business units and governing agencies.

Responded to both internal and external audit inquiries and update Sarbanes-Oxley documentation as required

Worked on special projects as required including, but not limited to, assisting with implementing a new calculation of the lost and unaccounted for revenues. Accounts Payable Administrator

Barnes & Noble, Inc - Westbury, NY - March 2006 to January 2008 Analyzed the expense accounts actual figures against the budgeted figures and researched the reasons for the variances

Enter expense accruals and perform cross analysis to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the journal entries

Processed employee travel and entertainment (T&E) requests, verifying that the expense reports matched the required receipts

Processed employee applications for American Express corporate cards and maintained active member roster

Assisted with internal audits

Accounts Payable/Front Office Specialist

Aramark Refreshment Services - Syosset, NY - March 2005 to March 2006 Functioned as key member of the Accounts Payable department (processed vendor payments; customer inquiries and data transmittal)

Processed vendor payments in order to qualify for the offered discounts

Posted customer payments to the open invoices/accounts

Preparing customer payments for daily bank deposits

Generated customer bills and account statements

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration in Management & Leadership Dowling College

May 2011

Bachelor of Arts in Accounting

Queens College-City University of New York

December 2007

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