Manager Accounting
Resume:
JEANNIE LEGGETT
Powder Springs, Georgia 30127
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Highly analytical, charismatic accounting professional with excellent leadership and team qualities. 15+ years of experience, including management of finance staff in both private and public sectors. Proficient in developing and managing systems and controls to generate greater efficiencies and accuracies in the financial reporting. Adept financial reporting, including, month end close, monitoring general ledger accounts, budgeting, and forecasting. Accomplished in the development of operational strategies and metrics to monitor key performance indicators and increase bottom line. Implemented policies and procedures to monitor and increase productivity, enhance financial performance and strengthen internal controls. Proven track record to manage multiple assignments while meeting tight deadlines. Polished verbal and communication skills. Excellent relations with co-worker, team player.
SKILLS
• Management of finance team
• Monitoring of accounts, ledgers and reporting system to ensure sound Financial reporting, including month end close, journal entries and account reconciliations
• Formulation of strategic financial and business plans
• Ensuring compliance to GAAP
• Budget and forecast development and reporting method to monitor performance
• Best practice development
• Monitor cost efficiencies in benefit packages, including, 401k plans and health
• Formulation of metrics to monitoring of Key Performance Indicators
• Cash Flow Management and forecasting and implementation of reporting mechanism to monitor cash flow requirements
• System automations and streamlining of processes
• Business models and pro-forma
• Mergers and Acquisitions due diligence
• Implementation and monitoring of Internal Controls, safe guarding of assets
• Assessing and monitoring Capital requirements
• Cost allocations for profit centers
• Monitoring and assessing work in progress
• Month end reporting, Payroll tax reporting
• Co-ordination of tax and audit and tax strategies with outside companies COMPUTER SKILLS
• Quick Books
• Peachtree Software
• Excel
• CRM database
WORK HISTORY
Vice President of Finance, 04/2001 to 04/2016
Urban Expositions, LLC – Kennesaw, Georgia
• Directed all financial accounting and reporting for multi- million trade show company.
• Implemented financial targets and metrics to measure level of achievement
• Managed finance team with budgeting, forecasting, operations, (including collections and payments), payroll processing and month end close.
• Proposed and implemented metrics and KPI's to be incorporated into weekly reports and month end financial reports.
• Worked directly with executive level team, keeping them informed of financial performance and weekly cash requirements.
• Worked with the trade show executives to develop and maintain annual expense plans for their profit centers.
• Implemented policies and procedures and maintained safeguarding of assets.
• Provided detail analysis on percentage of revenue achieved on weekly basis to monitor goal attainment.
• Implemented best practice efficiencies
• Conducted due diligence on acquisition of trade shows
• Directed due diligence performance for merger
• Managed HR division, including payroll, reporting. Automated record retention
• Produced timely financial statements and month end reports
• Compliance to GAAP financials and managed audit
• Established banking connections
• Managed cash flow to eliminate debt
• Implemented revenue goals for staff to cultivate individual motivation and increase company profitability
Accountant, 08/1998 to 04/2001
Self Employed – Powder Springs
• Preparation of financial statements for 30+ clients
• Areas of expertise, construction accounting, attorneys, service industries.
• Cash Reconciliations
• Payroll Reports
• Payroll Processing
• General Ledger detail
Accounting Manager, 08/1993 to 08/1998
Moore & Cubbedge, PC – Marietta, GA
• Preparation of financial statements for clients of the CPA firm.
• Preparation of corporate and individual taxes
• Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries
• Account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Maintained fixed asset module and calculate and record monthly depreciation expense.
• Monthly write-up work for clients
EDUCATION
• Bachelor of Science: Accounting,
• University of Maryland – College Park
References:
Karen Campbell, Accounting manager – Urban Expositions, LLC 678-***-**** Courtney Muller, Vice President – Urban Expositions, LLC 203-***-**** Tom Fulghum- CFO Urban Expositions, LLC (retired) 404-***-****
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