OBJECTIVE To obtain a long-term financial

analyst/reporting/systems/accountant position where I can

use my strong financial and exceptional analytical skills

to improve company performance in creative/innovative ways.

EXPERIENCE

Philips Healthcare (Full-Time Contract Assignment) - Accountant/Reporting

05/2009-07/2010 Melbourne, FL

. Run/Manage various reports/schedules related to AR; Aging Reports for

collections; Invoice History Reports; Maintain Customer Profiles; Open

Sales Order Reports, Journal/Transaction Register; Deferred Revenue;

Extract/Compile various raw data from company legacy system,

formatting/preparing data into user-friendly reports for analysis / Ad

Hoc Reporting per Managements request - Bill of

Materials/Inventory/Pricing, Installations/Training on backorder.

. Responsible for all aspects of company invoicing; Inter-company Sales,

Contract Agreements on Proprietary System Maintenance; Prepare/Submit

Credit & Sales Order Change Requisitions; Pro-Forma.

. Communicate & coordinate inter-departmental issues; customer purchase

order discrepancies, service maintenance contracts; Create/Update

Standard Operating Procedures; Perform Internal Control Sample Testing.

. Propose/Submit & initiate manual procedural changes into automated

streamlined processes for improved company efficiency.

. Research/Assist in various transactional areas of business; Customer

Collections, Research Ch 11 filings; Physical Inventory Counts; Customer

Tax Exemption Status & Rates; Prepare Sales & Use Tax Returns for various

jurisdictions.

SkillStorm (Part-time Contract Assignment) - Staff Accountant

2009-05/2009 Orlando, FL

. Reconcile/manage company fixed asset system; Prepare personal property

tax returns for various municipalities; Reconcile sub-ledgers to the GL;

Assist in all AP/AR clerical functions; Compile financial information &

assist in preparation of month/year-end closings reports;

Research/Prepare data per audit requests; initiate & process journal

entries into various accounts; communicate/resolve accounting

issues/discrepancies; Extract & prepare key field productivity reports to

management; perform special ad hoc projects at managements request.

Wyndham Vacation Ownership (Contract) - Tax Accountant

2008 Orlando, FL

. Develop & implement interactive invoice database utilizing hyperlinks to

scanned documents for easy retrieval.

. Create & test accuracy of standard operating procedures developed in

logistical flow chart matrix.

. Coordination and completion of corporate income tax packages; assist in

development and implementation of new ideas in effort to streamline

functional areas; fixed asset database support for various business

units; assist in departmental Lean Six Sigma process deployment;

research/planning assistance in preparation for various state tax audits.

Hilton Grand Vacations Company - Business Analyst

2007 Orlando, FL

. Develop & implement automated payroll tracking database.

. Train & review business coordinator functions; suggest to management

opportunities for quality improvement; development of tracking log to

assist management in gagging the timeliness of document processing

turnover in order to achieve optimized efficiency.

. Prepare and distribute key marketing reports to various levels of

management on a daily basis.

. Manage, develop, and maintain reporting schedules to ensure that key

management receives accurate and timely sales/marketing data to support

strategic management initiatives.

. Research and reconcile any data discrepancies extracted from alternate

internal reporting systems in an effort to ensure that the highest level

of report integrity is maintained.

. Communicate with internal departmental stakeholders, site locations, and

management personnel in an effort to identify economies of scale and

other areas where efficiency improvements can be capitalized; develop

logical system arguments via flow charts and implementing these designs

into practical excel applications for the purpose of streamlining

functional processes.

Marriott Vacation Club International - Senior Staff Accountant

2006-2007 Orlando, FL

. Prepare various reporting packages and communicate operational results to

senior management and the department heads for administrative

departments; prepare and maintain the budgets, forecast and operational

results on a period, quarter and annual basis.

. Development of code translator for Movaris Reconciliations in Excel.

. Identify and explain variances in P&L for period and year to date

comparison to budget/forecast; develop ad hoc queries for department

analysis; Coordinate receipt of period close variance information from

domestic and international administrative units for corporate package.

. Periodically meet with administrative business partners to discuss

financial results; offer suggestions on any areas of improving efficiency

in order to maintain budget parameters.

. Reconcile balance sheet accounts on a period basis; responsible for all

aspects of period close and the analysis/updating of forecast data back

to target budgets; special projects as requested by management.

Tetra Tech - Finance Accountant Specialist II

2005-2006 Orlando, FL

. Provide engineers with all necessary project accounting data in an effort

to maximize project management efficiency; Particular emphasis in

AR/Billing logistics; Prepare draft invoices for project managers'

review; this would entail strong communication with project managers on

project status, extrapolations, and client needs; assist in project

setup.

. Work closely with collections and AP to resolve any issues related to

discrepancies that may arise during the synchronization stage of

invoicing and AR liquidation; pulling data applied to projects from AP

(i.e. - indirect and secondary costs), AR aged balance reports, and the

GL. Regenerating and reissuing corrected invoices/statements when

needed.

. Perform project detail analysis/reconciliations related to mass

conversion of legacy data to new finance software; This would encompass a

close look at all dependant variables associated with project/cost

accounting; revenue recognition variables, cost factors, earnings, P&L

movers, variance analysis.

AT&T Wireless (Contract) - Tax Accountant

2004-2005 N. Palm Beach, FL

. Perform tax accounting functions related to all Non-Income Tax Filings;

Prepare & upload month end journal entries related to Federal regulatory

compliance; responsible for post-close account reconciliation's.

. Assist in the transition of certain tax filings for multiple business

entities associated with a large post-merger consolidation; Designed tax

return model templates in excel in an effort to standardize procedures

associated with tax return preparation.

. Responsible for the organization, development and implementation of

specific action plans to reconcile large amounts of tax refunds;

Liquidated outstanding tax receivables, by successfully initiating refund

requests for taxes in excess of $660,000.

. Prepare detailed analysis and reconciliation reports of various ledger

and sub-ledger accounts; Conducted detailed trend analysis of various

taxing jurisdictions for the purpose of determining the cause of major

fluctuations in taxes over specific periods of time.

. Responsible for detailed research and analysis of various prepaid tax

accounts; generation of specific financial reports in Oracle Financials;

researching past manual entries; Prepare internal comparative analysis of

accounts, in an effort to reconcile the variances between similar raw

data generated from various sources.

Harcourt, Inc. 2001-

2004 Orlando, FL

Tax Accountant

. Prepare sales & use tax returns, 945 & 1042 federal tax deposits, and

other tax filings as assigned.

. Periodic upload of Vertex software updates in order to ensure sales tax

rate compliance.

. Analyze real & personal property values in an effort to forecast future

property assessments for budgeting purposes.

. Perform periodic account analysis/reconciliations; initiate journal

entries; monitor GL activity in association to such entries; review of P-

Card statements to determine use tax accruals.

. Prepare and report annual business filings, and any foreign certificates

as requested.

. Review the taxable status of each customer that is processed through the

new customer hold queue, in both DOS & Windows (I.e. - PeopleSoft)-based

billing systems; Review exempt customer listing at any given time for

possible tax audit exposures.

. Process/review sales tax certificates and research issues as needed in

order to verify customer status before it is approved for any state or

local exemptions.

. Generate invoice summaries and individual inquiries in preparation for

periodic state audits.

EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

May 2000 Orlando, FL

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Major: Finance)

Course emphasis on accounting, financial management,

development and implementation of financial models,

budgeting, financial statement analysis, and market

forecasting.

GPA in major 3.1/4.0; UCF Dean's List.

SKILLS/ACTIVITIES

. Advanced knowledge and expertise with EXCEL (high utilization of pivot

tables, V/H-lookups, multi-nested conditional statements, macros);

Ability to maintain and manipulate large volume data in Excel &

Access; High knowledge of Access, and all MS Office Professional

applications; Strong working knowledge and experience with

Oracle/PeopleSoft Financials; MAS90; Peachtree; SAP; Cognos Impromptu

Web Reporting, PS NVision reporting utility, PS payroll, Crystal

Reporting utility, Deltek/Advantage, FAS100, ChartingPro, Navman

Wireless OnlineAVL; Adobe Acrobat Editor, SharePoint, Hyperion

Financial Management, Insource, Vertex (and other tax compliance

software), Movaris, Monarch, Outlook, Lotus Notes, microfiche;

Experience with insurance, timeshare, and civil engineering contracts.

. Exceptionally Creative Data Mining Skills; Working knowledge and

experience with financial budgeting and forecasting; general staff

accounting functions; understanding of FAS 109; project/cost

accounting experience; direct telemarketing analysis and reporting

experience; Promotion from tax assistant to specialist; Member of the

Professional Development Finance Team of former employer; Member of

the Financial Management Association; Active member of the UCF Alumni

Association; High level of interpersonal communication and time

management skills; excellent analytical and organizational abilities;

extremely detail oriented; ability to learn new software within a

small time frame; strong drive to improve employee morale in order to

attain greater efficiencies & synergy.

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