Kay Jean Solonickne

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Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004

H: 847-***-****

acui6n@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

A versatile senior accountant and internal controls specialist with strong security background, pension reconciliation focus, and a record of accomplishment. A tenure of demonstrated results in a wide variety of accountancy segments including monthly closings, fixed assets, budgets, and expense analysis. Adept at managing financials and providing actionable data to internal constituents, partners and clients.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mercer, Vernon Hills, IL February 2001-Present

Senior Internal Controls Analyst June 2015 - Present

Interface with clients and Mercer internal teams to provide audited, quality data for pension administration and disbursement.

Own financial control procedures, ensuring quality and accuracy of process. Reconciliation authority for twenty-five enterprise-level clients.

Lead new client implementations to ensure internal control processes are being followed.

Identify and communicate any reconciling issues to avoid any errors and omissions.

Collaboration with Mercer’s offshore entity (Gurgaon, India) for mirrored process and support model evolution. Serve as a subject matter expert to assist the team in fielding reconciliation questions.

Support external auditors in the SSAE16 certification process by monitoring controls and financials.

Conduct security access reviews for both internal and external systems to ensure compliance with Corporate policies.

Implement process improvements that result in improved efficiencies.

Proficient use of multiple trustee benefit payment systems.

Assist internal client teams with troubleshooting and support.

Utilize project management skills to meet client services level agreement deadlines.

Financial Specialist February 2001 – June 2015

Oversight of corporate accounting and financial analysis for two business units within Mercer.

Preparation of all journal entries, completion of related analysis, and creation of management reports; meeting a rigidly-mandated closing schedule of two days.

Completed monthly account analysis and expense analysis and distributed reports to leadership.

Key participant in six-month budget/reforecasting development process; uploading all finalized information into Hyperion Pillar.

Reconciled the revenue on a monthly basis, involving time charge analysis, time fees, accruals, and reserves.

Prepared yearly tax packages.

Owned the monthly headcount schedules and provided reports to upper management.

Oversaw the billing process and reviewed the monthly invoices prior to external sending.

Entered journal entries into Oracle.

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UOP, Des Plaines, IL. May 2000 – December 2000

Senior Staff Accountant

Processed journal entries in the SAP system using cash treasury reports.

Completed account analysis of fringe benefits.

Assisted with the budget process.

Handled 10 different bank reconciliations.

MC Machinery Systems (subsidiary of Mitsubishi), Wood Dale, IL. July 1996 – May 2000

Senior Accountant

Completed monthly account analysis and semi-annual variance analysis.

Balanced and reconciled sub-ledgers to the general ledger.

Handled fixed assets and created a fixed asset database on Access.

Prepared monthly sales/use tax returns and made the necessary preparations for sales tax audits.

Reconciled bank cash balances on a daily basis and completed four bank reconciliations a month.

Entered monthly journal entries into JD Edwards system.

Handled all of the accounting for a newly created subsidiary. Accounting was performed using QuickBooks.

Worked closely with year-end auditors and sales tax auditors.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor Of Science – Accounting Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana 1995

MBA – Financial Management and Control DePaul University Chicago, Illinois 2001

Six Sigma Yellow Belt certified

COMPUTER/TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Word, Visio, Power Point), Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, Hyperion Pillar, QuickBooks, SQL Reporting & Queries

Accounting, accruals, prepaid, CPA, tax, property, cost, organized, communication, detail, accuracy, audit, Excel, Macros, pivot tables, balance sheet, cash flows, general ledger, ad-hoc

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