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KIMBERLY CROSBY

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Erudite Realty (Part-time) Chicago, Illinois 12/2007 - Present

Senior Staff Accountant/Payroll Specialist

• Responsible for accounts payables, billing clients, sales and use tax, business property taxes

and bank reconciliations, Process Payroll using ADP EZ labor

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP Chicago, IL 12/2007– 5/2008

Senior Staff Accountant

• Reviewed firms daily cash reports and banking analysis, maintained borrowings/repayments

records, created and maintained records for fixed assets, prepared ad-hoc financial reports

• Established escrow accounts, tax return preparation, external audits, prepared and filed sales

& use tax, business property tax and prepared quarterly financial statements

• Administer the various Tower Investors entities for 170 partners, and accounted for the firms

Political Action Committee and Prepared bank reconciliations

Accenture Chicago, IL 1/2005 – 11/2007

Tax Analyst

Hired as Payroll Analyst in January 2005 and transitioned to Tax Analyst in June 2006.

• Provide tax administration and customer service to an assigned population of Accenture

personnel on cross border assignments both to and from the US. Internal consultant to the

assigned US market unit managers for cross border personnel tax planning

• Communicate and enforce the applicable tax, corporate and finance policies. Prepare

calculations and accruals of assignment and tax cost estimates. US tax residency and

compensatory determinations. Assist assignees in applying for Visa’s (B, H, J, TN)

• Responsible for certificate of coverage applications, implementation of hypothetical

withholdings, compilation of year end compensation and allowance reporting. Process year

end wage and tax adjustments, review of tax equalization settlements, and

collection/payment of tax equalization settlements. Update project WBS number (code

numbers)

• Responsible for initiation of US tax payments and W-2C requests. Maintenance of web based

and Lotus Notes based Expatriate tracking systems. Prepare tax cost estimate requests and

initiate/adjust tax accruals for Inpatriates. Update tax calendar as needed

Payroll Analyst

• Responsible for monthly reconciliation of US and Canada payroll accrual and withholdings

accounts using SAP general ledger finance systems and Cyborg payroll system for Accenture’s

Service Center. Comply with internal controls and Sarbox regulations.

• Responsible for reconciling approximately eighty-four accounts with month end balances in the

range of $170 million. Prepare reconciliations in MS Excel and Access for a variety of payroll

and tax-related balance sheet accounts, mostly large volume and complex in nature. Prepare

journal entries. Developed and prepared reports from the general ledger and other financial

systems (SAP). Provided training to new analyst. Prepared and maintained policy &

procedures.

Continued…

KIMBERLY CROSBY

Work with non financial individuals responsible for initiating the entries to resolve

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discrepancies and explain financial process. Setup new Accenture entities for payroll

purposes. Propose any necessary adjustments to ensure compliance with US GAAP.

Wilson & Smith Inc, (Part-Time) Chicago, IL. 6/2003 – Present

Senior Staff Accountant/Payroll Specialist

• Responsible for accounts payables and receivables, billing clients, sales and use tax, business

property taxes. Prepare bank reconciliations. Prepare bi-weekly payroll using ADP EZ labor

• Prepare payroll journal entries, maintain accurate payroll information, input employee hours

and setup garnishments and other payroll deductions, review data load of employee expenses

and submit to ADP for processing

Draft (Marketing Firm) Chicago, IL. 9/2002– 5/2003

Sr. Accountant/Client Financial Coordinator

• Reconciled thirty-six bank accounts for tobacco sales deposits in seventy-two markets

nationally. Analyzed sales activity reports against deposits including a reconciliation of product

inventory on a monthly basis. Drafted invoices for billing clients.

• Monitored corporate account activity. Processed weekly deposits for markets without local

banks, including wired funds from 36 markets to the corporate central bank account.

• Prepared a monthly report to monitor returned checks by venue. Assisted several managers

with their client’s budgets quarterly. Reconciliation of monthly charges vs. project budget.

Supervised two retail accountants.

Bank of America Equity Investment Partners 6/2000-10/2001

Chicago, IL.

Financial Analyst

Updated and monitored cash logs for inter-company entities and embedded subsidiaries.

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Performed accounting duties for nineteen legal entities housing equity investments for Bank of

America including monthly close process. Prepared and entered public traded securities.

Prepared journal entries for loan investments. Maintained and analyzed general ledger

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accounts. Wired funds daily throughout the day as needed for loan investments. Prepared

1031 and 468’s forms for SBA reporting. Reconciled complex balance sheet and income

accounts and prepared loan reconciliation to general ledger, prepared cash flow statements

Generated & prepared financial statements including foot notes for legal entities and

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updated semi-annuals quarterly closings for legal entities.

SKILLS

Expertise in developing and delivering monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for

management within tight deadlines. Experience with SOX controls, Business Property Tax,

Sales & Use tax, Non-for-Profit tax returns, 990 Forms, Payroll taxes, V-lookups, Familiar

with SEC reporting rules and Fixed Assets.

Excellent computer skills; High level of proficiency with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel,

PowerPoint, Access, SAP, Great Plains, Lotus Notes, RMSC, Deltek, Bamtrac, PeopleSoft,

Quicken, Elite Enterprise, FAS, FECfile, FRX, ADP Ez Labor, QuickBooks, Siebel and

able to learn proprietary systems/applications quickly.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration/Accounting, 1998

Central State University/Robert Morris University – Chicago, Illinois

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