LAURA A. HUNTLEY, CPA, CGMA

Raleigh, NC • Linkedin.com/in/laurahuntley • 919-***-**** • ad1b35@r.postjobfree.com Professional Summary

Highly driven Controller, Career Tax & Accounting Professional, and Executive Consultant with an established foundation in Big 4 public accounting. Extensive experience overseeing corporate financial operations as a Controller, ensuring GAAP and SEC compliance, leading regimented close processes, and optimizing accounting systems for efficiency. An energetic, engaging, and empathetic collaborator with a warm demeanor and sense of humor. Widely known for high integrity, perseverance, a proven history of supporting words with action, and a passion for empowering others and creating exceptional results. Key Work History

Controller -Accounting Team Leader

07/2023 to Present

Maslow Media Group/ Reliability, Inc

• Manages the Treasury function, overseeing cash receipts, disbursements, factoring transactions, and bank reconciliations.

• Leads the accounting team through a close process, ensuring GAAP and SEC compliance and timely closing of books.

• Conducts thorough reviews of all journal entries to maintain compliance with GAAP and company accounting policies.

• Supervises the Accounts Payable department, streamlining vendor payments and employee expense reports.

• Successfully oversees the Accounts Receivable department, implementing robust collection programs.

• Plays a pivotal role in implementing payroll systems into the General Ledger, enhancing efficiency in financial reporting.

• Optimizes the efficiency of the accounting system (Sage Intacct), ensuring alignment with feeder systems such as Bill, while emphasizing automation to improve effectiveness.

• Assists the CFO in short and long-term planning, including staffing requirements and departmental structures.

• Serves as a liaison in annual/quarterly audits, coordinating with external audit partners and ensuring timely SEC filings. Treasurer & Controller 03/2022 to 09/2022

General Radar Corp-Remote – Remote

• Served as Accounting Manager/Controller Contractor from 03/2022 to 06/2022, including reworking financial reporting.

• Recommended NetSuite ERP, facilitated sales demonstration for the design of complex custom part number serialization of 1000 part component subassemblies/500 assemblies, and negotiated price/terms for purchase/implementation.

• Hired as full-time Treasurer & Controller in 07/2022, adding additional treasury responsibilities.

• Teamed with the operations management, documenting accounting processes for complex manufacture of radar devices for use by weather, wind energy, military entities., and ado

• Accounted for SaaS development costs for radar data devices and proposed sales channels under ASC 606 and ASC842.

• Tracked cash burn for capex, leases, and part purchases, to assist F,P&A to produce proposed funding needs.. Consultant 09/2021 to 1/2022

Resources Global Professionals (RGP): Project Based – Remote

• Recruited for firmwide recognized client project as a founding member of a team with over 20 members providing corporate accounting stabilization and month-end closing for audit readiness and pre-IPO.

• Planned and executed the transfer of monthly close processes to the client finance team from an outsourced accounting services company named Supporting Strategies.

• Helped define accounting requirements and prepared data files to migrate from QuickBooks Online to NetSuite.

• Examined best practices for accounting procedures for GAAP compliance across areas of the financial statements. Chief Financial Officer 02/2021 to 09/2021

Alpha Omega Advisement, LLC -Car Star (Driven Brands) National Franchise Auto Collision Repair Franchisees – Remote

• Recruited through Indeed by the Founder/Owner of this thirteen-location group with $10 Million in annual revenue.

• Reworked accounting records to produce accurate and timely consolidated and separate company financial statements within 30 days of moving the finance/accounting function in-house from a small CPA firm.

• Implemented monthly closing schedule procedures/accountabilities and standardized balance sheet reconciliations.

• Set up automated payroll data transfer from ADP into QuickBooks for accurate recording of weekly payroll costs. Financial Advisor Associate 2019 to 2020

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management – Raleigh, NC

• Passed the Securities Industries Essentials and Insurance licensing exams independently, both on the first attempt.

• Joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and joined the Financial Advisor Development Program (FADP).

• Passed the Series 7 and Series 66 exams, completed phase 1 of the FADP program, and was awarded Financial Advisor.

• Built a viable pipeline of business pre-production phase by developing hundreds of contacts through networking and business relationships.

Realtor 2016 to 2019

Keller Williams Realty / Fathom Realty – Raleigh, NC

• Built a successful real estate business under the web domain HomesInRDU.com. using SEO through blog posts, landing pages, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn to attract and target qualified buyers.

• Closed residential listings using targeted advertising, strategic pricing strategies, and professional photos/videos.

• Connected to hundreds of professionals through regular involvement in business networking and volunteer events.

• Assisted buyers in finding their desired new home by listening to their needs and conducting targeted web searches. Assistant Director of Tax Product Development & Senior Manager 2013 to 2015 Surgent CPE, LLC / GMS Surgent CPAs & Advisors – Remote Office in NC & Devon, PA

• Recruited by the founder and major AICPA competitor and successfully curated innovative learning content.

• Actively maintained internal tools for resource allocation and product tracking, as well as championed Agile principles.

• Supported affiliated company by reviewing accountants’ work and assisting with the implementation of procedures. TurboTax Senior Tax Advisory Specialist 2013 to 2014 Intuit

• Successfully closed hundreds of cases by supporting CPA-level tax inquiries through live screen share technology. Tax Content Development Manager 2012 to 2013

AICPA (Association of International Certified Public Accountants) – Durham, NC

• Conceived, developed, and led a team to produce a 5-level learning program for CPAs called “Tax Staff Essentials.”

• Generated immediate sales revenue 1 week after launch, which grew exponentially YoY for 10 subsequent years as well as became the top-selling tax training curriculum offered on CPA.com.

• Forged key relationships with the top 100 CPA Firms, including Grant Thornton and Weaver & Associates.

• 2020 AICPA Case Study featured Weaver & Associates, “Tax Staff Essentials” applauded by Weaver as giving them an edge to attract/retain talent and received recognition by VP of Training, Research & Learning Management for creating

“the best thing” he had seen produced from the AICPA Content Development Team in his 20 years. Senior Finance & Tax Consultant 2009 to 2012

VACO International and Independently – Raleigh, NC

• Created an income tax provision model for Makhteshim Agan of North America and trained personnel to use it, saving them professional services fees and helping with the timely release of financial statements.

• Assisted with accounting and reporting for Progress Energy Duke Energy when the merger caused a loss of staff.

• Directed Canadian corporate income tax returns for Patheon Pharmaceuticals whose corporate office moved to the US. Senior Tax & Client Service Manager 2006 to 2009

KPMG – Baltimore, MD and Raleigh, NC

• Successfully managed up to 8 tax professionals, conducted performance evaluations, and mentored/developed staff.

• Spurred steady growth in tax services revenue through a regular cadence of face-to-face meetings with company owners,

• Served both US and foreign privately held and public firms from Fortune 100 companies to emerging businesses. Previous Career Highlights

• Manager of Corporate Financial Reporting at MCI Communications, supervising a team of 6 before age 26.

• Founder and operator of individual accounting and tax practice Laura A. Huntley, CPA for 10 years while raising 2 successful adult children.

• Sold accounting practice for a sizeable cash payment to a regional CPA firm due to family relocation.

• Senior Tax Associate-regional tax firm, promoted within 6 months.

• Tax Manager at Boutique Regional Firms in the Baltimore, MD area

• Tax Manager at Arthur Anderson-Big 6 firm

• Tax Analyst at Constellation Energy Group, fortune 100 energy and Commodities trading company in Baltimore, MD Technical Proficiencies

Sage Intacct, Advanced Excel, Microsoft 365, QuickBooks Online and Enterprise, NetSuite, Bill.com, Expensify, Divvy, ADP, Gusto, CARTA, Egnyte, Citrix ShareFile, SharePoint, Asana, Smart Sheets, Click Up, Salesforce, HubSpot, AICPA A&A Standards/FASB research library, Adobe, Visio, SOX Internal Controls, ERP deployment-Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report,Treasury, Invoice Factoring, Bank to GL automations, API mapping,monthly/quarterly/annual close, GAAP, SEC Reporting: 10Q, 10K, Board of Director Packages

Licensure & Certifications

• QuickBooks ProAdvisor and Advanced ProAdvisor – 2023

• NC CPA License – 2008

• Reciprocal CPA licenses in PA, VA, and MD

• AICPA CGMA 2012

Education

Indiana University of Pennsylvania – Bachelor of Science in Accounting & Business Administration – Indiana, PA

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