Summary

CPA with **+ years of experience in auditing, compliance, and accounting in multiple business settings. Resourceful professional with extensive skill in building efficient processes for financial reporting and internal control. Lead audit teams as the senior auditor for a Big 4 firm and performed the accounting for a grey iron manufacturer. Gained additional month-end close experience related to fixed assets and other balance sheet accounts as the staff accountant for a leading audiovisual equipment rental company.

Employment History

Staff Accountant – On Services a GES Company – Norcross, GA (Oct 2016 - May 2018).

-Prepared reconciliations, posted journal entries and accruals, and performed other month-end close tasks related to fixed assets ($22 million in rental inventory) and other balance sheet accounts.

-Performed the credit card portion of the job costing process for all ongoing audiovisual jobs (thousands of monthly transactions) and resolved reconciling items.

-Prepared SOX narratives and matrices and implemented related controls, including the company’s first wall-to-wall inventory count, following acquisition by Viad Corp.

Accountant – Phenix Foundry – Phenix City, AL (Apr 2014 - Oct 2016).

-Performed the accounting at a family-owned grey iron foundry, including reconciling accounts, calculating tax liabilities, preparing journal entries, and completing all other aspects of month-end close.

-Prepared daily production and pricing schedules in cooperation with the plant manager in order to utilize resources most efficiently.

-Streamlined various business processes, such as running sales and use taxes from AP reports, automating payroll and bill payments, and going paperless.

TIV Accountant – Education Corporation of America – Birmingham, AL (Jan 2009 - Apr 2014).

-Implemented the compliance process for student withdrawals, including exit calculations and refunds, for the online division of a for-profit college averaging 5k drops each semester.

-Reconciled monthly grant and loan disbursements between campus management system (CampusVue) and Department of Education records for 30+ campuses.

-Reviewed and resolved outstanding A/R for online division and other campuses ($1.6 million average accounts receivable balance).

Auditor In-Charge – Windham-Brannon, PC - Atlanta, GA (Sep 2008 - May 2009).

-In-charge auditor on several audits in metro Atlanta. Primary client was Place Properties, one of the largest multifamily residential real estate companies in the US.

-Responsibilities included audit planning, testing controls, and performing substantive testing for complex balance sheet accounts.

-Reviewed work papers, resolved open items, and trained new staff.

Senior Auditor – Ernst & Young, LLC - Atlanta, GA (Sep 2005 - Sep 2008).

-Senior auditor on several audits throughout Georgia, including a multiple entity healthcare system (Hamilton Health Care System - $350 million annual revenues) and a long-term acute care provider (Regency Hospital Company - $240 million annual revenues).

-Performed audit planning, prepared and reviewed work papers, supervised staff, and tested controls for SOX compliance.

Special Skills

Reconciling – quickly identifies and resolves reconciling items.

Reporting – timely and detailed presentation of account balances and variances.

Documentation – concise work papers cross-referenced to accounts and controls.

Process Perspective – develops scalable business processes with detailed SOP’s.

Systems – learned multiple systems, including Southware (G/L), BNA Fixed Assets Server, Intellievent Lightening, Blackline, Excel (pivot tables, vlookup, Power Pivot), ProSystem fx, Quickbooks.

Certifications

Certified Public Accountant - Alabama (2013).

Education

Auburn University - BSBA in Accounting and MIS - Auburn, AL (2005).

-Summa Cum Laude (3.8 / 4.0).

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