Andrea
Andrea D. Weeks
Powder Springs GA 30127
acv75r@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary
Five years of public accounting experience serving both public and large private companies; two years of general ledger accounting and
financial reporting experience with a mid-sized privately-held company.
Experience
Vernay Laboratories Inc., College Park GA November 2013 - Current
Corporate Accountant
Responsible for month-end and annual general ledger closing of Vernay North America, including the preparation and posting of closing
journal entries for two manufacturing plants, a research and development center and corporate headquarters.
Responsible for generating Vernay Laboratories Inc. consolidated financial statements, including translation of EUR, YEN, and RMB
denominated trial balances, elimination of intercompany balances, and recording of statutory-to-US GAAP adjustments.
Income statement and balance sheet account analysis, including investigation of unexpected and/ or material balance movements and
budget variances.
Responsible for initiating, recording and reconciling intercompany transactions from corporate and manufacturing entities in North
America to subsidiaries in Europe and Asia, including product sales, corporate expense allocations, global transfer price adjustments,
loans and dividends.
Responsible for the financial oversight of the Project Engineering Group, including the tracking, reconciliation and reporting of
engineering project activity and monthly project reviews/ margin analyses to ensure proper revenue and expense recognition;
Fixed asset sub-ledger maintenance, including asset additions, disposals and depreciation; monitoring construction-in-process assets
to ensure capital projects are completed as budgeted.
Supervise Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable specialists and serve as back up to the Accounts Payable (AP) manager with
duties that include vendor account reconciliations, AP batch review, payment processing and system cash application.
Primary contact for external auditors and tax provision preparers; prepare and review supporting working papers as requested by
external auditors to ensure accurate and timely financial statements.
Established a global chart of accounts, the foundation required to move towards an efficient system-generated consolidation.
Leveraged implementation of a global ERP platform to move the basis of annual consolidation from local audit reports to the mapping
of globally standard general ledger accounts.
Ernst & Young LLP, Atlanta GA September 2008 October 2013
Assurance Senior III
Lead audit senior on IFRS-reporting manufacturing client with $600 million in annual revenues. Designated an Office of the Chairman
account by Ernst & Young, the client engagement was closely monitored with high focus on audit quality and client relationships.
Responsibilities included engagement planning, budgeting, testing and detail review of financial statement accounts. Areas of
emphasis included inventory cost accounting, project accounting and US statutory reporting (IFRS to US GAAP conversion).
Lead audit senior on benefit plan engagement responsible for the planning, execution and detail review of the testing of benefit plan
balances and reporting, including IRS Form 5500 annual return.
Performed audits of internal control over financial reporting, including planning, execution and detail review of Sarbanes-Oxley testing
of internal controls over significant business processes.
Acted as primary liaison between client and audit executives; coordinated and led both client and team meetings.
Trained and supervised staff accountants in the testing of financial accounts and internal controls. Reviewed junior staff work to ensure
accuracy and quality of testing documentation.
KPMG LLP, Atlanta GA January 2008 May 2008
Assurance Intern
Performed audit testing of balance sheet and income statement accounts, including cash, fixed assets, revenue and payroll accounts.
Performed testing of internal controls related to significant business processes: fixed assets, payroll and commissions. Prepared
detailed documentation of procedures performed and testing results.
Phoenix Textiles Group d/b/a fabric.com, Marietta GA January 2005 December 2007
Accounting Assistant
Executed daily retail and wholesale transactions, including Accounts Payable/ Receivable processing, revenue documentation, PayPal
account maintenance, and credit card processing.
Performed weekly inventory reconciliations and participated in annual physical inventory counts.
Investigated and resolved shipping/billing errors and discrepancies.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, magna cum laude (2008)
Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA
Major: Accounting