Senior Accountant Financial Reporting
Resume:
Donna Riccobono, MBA
Name
Donna Riccobono, MBA
Huntington Beach, CA
92646
ad5c6q@r.postjobfree.com
Areas of Practice
GL and Reporting
Internal Controls
Budgeting, Forecasting
Financial Analysis & Planning
Enterprise Risk Management
Strategic planning
People Management
Process Improvement
Internal Auditing
Regulatory Compliance
Business Continuity Planning
Software
Conversion/Implementation
Tax reports
Employee benefits
Project Consulting
Industries
Large & Small
Healthcare, Software
Developers, Education
Entertainment Services, Tax
Computer Applications
Navision, Oracle, AccPac, Sage50,
SolomonIV, Quicken, Peachtree,
Quickbooks, Accounting World
MSOffice;Word/Excel/PowerPoint
Microsoft ERP, Lotus 123,ATI
Turbo Tax Pro, RIA, LaCerte
Education/Qualifications
MBA- Acctg, Certified Faculty,
University of Phoenix, Allied
American University, Webster
C.C, United B.C., Phillip Jr.
College
BA- Mathematics, Accounting and
Single Subject Credential Program,
CSULB
CTEC license, CPA Review
courses, and ongoing professional
and leadership training seminars.
Honor Society Member
Principal Areas of Practice
A Controller and Finance Manager with hybrid experience in Accounting, Finance and IT in small to complex global organizations. Strong analytical and problem solving skills for understanding the functional requirements, design of business applications and the organization structure enabling me to develop initiatives to drive continued growth and profitability for the organization. Additionally, have played key leadership roles in shaping strategic direction and have several career milestones including implementing strong internal financial controls, establishing process improvements and creating useful reporting tools and models that have yielded tremendous departmental and company growth. Major Functions
General Ledger Accounting and Financial Reporting
• Manage the monthly general ledger close process for domestic and foreign entities.
• Oversee day to day functional areas of A/P, A/R, G/L, Payroll, T&E, Purchasing, and HR
• Prepare and review tax report, Coordinate Annual Audit
• Reconcile and analyze financial statements for domestic and foreign subsidiary, including inter-company balances, foreign exchange gains/losses, translations & re-measurement, & Transfer Pricing and royaltie
• Review legal contracts for obligation compliance and proper accounting treatment
• Compile & prepare financial reporting package, flux explanations, and business review packages
• Conduct Reviews and Audit engagements, compiled reviewed and audited financial statement Budgeting, Forecasting and Financial Analysis
• Develop detailed financial and operational data including, Financial planning & Analysis (FP&A), (key performance Indicators), KFP (Key focused products), cash flow, financial ratios, Labor, Sales and Operations dashboards
• Create detailed budgeting & forecasting models used to analyze revenue and specific contracts by product line and identifying price and volume mixes (utilization versus price increases/decreases)
• Prepare monthly/quarterly business review package & quarterly board presentations for executive management
• Perform Profit center or Cost center analysis and make recommendations to department leaders
• Develop labor budget for various locations
• Create detailed business cases and business plans to support corporate/management initiatives
• Conduct monthly business reviews with department leaders, prepare flux explanations & variance analysis
Project Management and System Implementation & Conversions
• Systems analysis involving the design, execution/project management, maintenance of applications to enhance systems through gathering business requirements, assessing needs, and designing to improve business efficiency and productivity
• Liaison between Accounting and IT to assist global users in technical issues and expediting IT tickets
• Extensive hands on experience setting up software and improving accounting systems, modules with full life cycle implementation and configuration
• Automated the royalty process and generating royalty reports in the system
• Participated as a key team member Implementation & global reporting Operational Excellence Development and Corporate Initiatives
• Lead operational excellence projects and team by developing plans and accessing opportunities for efficiency and improvements; created business models and process flows to identify areas of focus
• Develop policies and procedures for General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivables departments for GAAP compliance.
Professional Summary
Various Companies Contract/Temp. 1/2006- Present
Financials Gr.,TMB Mgt.,Unitek, Consultus, David August, Allied American University, University of Phoenix, CSC/First Consulting Gr
ImageWare System, Inc Controller/Consultant 8/2001-9/2003 Castle Holdings LLC Controller 2/1998-8/2001
Narita Lines, Inc./Spressa Controller 10/1992-6/1995
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