Christopher M. Sprandel

Arlington Heights, IL ***04

ad1p98@r.postjobfree.com – 224-***-****

Summary

A Revenue Accountant with experience in reconciliation of deferred revenue accounts and associated unbilled journal entries.

Contribute to the creation of proforma balance sheet for internal Compliance Business Unit.

Support Accounts Receivable team with customer collection issues and inquiries.

Ad-hoc projects, reports and reconciliations as needed.

Review new and renewal business contracts after staff accountants initial review for approval.

Mentor and train staff accountants to ensure optimal career trajectory and business growth.

Brownberry Bread, Addison, Illinois

October 2020 - November 2023

Accountant

Assist with scheduling of sales contracts.

Manage purchasing agreements.

Work with contractors to schedule efficient schedules.

Conduct AR and AP transactions.

Customer contract review.

Steersmen Consulting, Deerfield, Illinois

January 2023 – February 2023

Accounting Consultant (contract role)

Consult with ERP clients to identify ERP accounting needs and work with developers to ensure that accounting requirements of clients are included in ERP system.

Work with clients to ensure that use and understanding of accounting functions were maximized.

Process internal transactions and accounting functions for Steersmen.

Update reconciliations, transactions, and financial statements from backlog of accounting processing.

Review and communicate client system inquiries and needs of system functions.

Trustwave Holdings, Chicago, Illinois August 2018 – October 2020

Senior Revenue Accountant

Review new and renewal business contracts after staff accountants initial review for approval. Confirm that review for international contracts were properly interpreted for currency conversions.

Mentor and train staff accountants to ensure optimal career trajectory and business growth.

Revenue waterfall forecasting for future periods anticipated revenue.

Quarterly short term and long-term revenue forecasting for deferred revenue recognition.

Adaptation and compliance under ASC 606 4 years exposure between and senior and staff roles.

Contribute to the creation of proforma balance sheet for internal Compliance Business Unit.

Reconciliation of deferred revenue accounts and associated unbilled journal entries.

Detailed approach in preliminary planning for enhanced AIS including NetSuite Advanced Revenue Module and Suit Billing.

Provide sales support by presenting at annual sales kick off events.

Contribute to all departments with non-adversarial support.

Support operations and sales staff when customer Assistance is needed.

Provide approval of sales discounts greater than 25% on select product lines.

Support Accounts Receivable team with customer collection issues and inquiries.

Ad-hoc projects, reports and reconciliations as needed.

Trustwave Holdings, Chicago, Illinois

Staff Accountant

September 2016 – July 2018

Review of Compliance Validation and Bundle Compliance Validation opportunities.

Follow-up of action items within Salesforce.

Calculate Standalone Selling Price for proper allocation of revenue for sales discounts.

Create ad-hoc standalone journal entries as needed.

Work with internal Alliance team cleaning monthly dirty engineering reports and reviewing associated opportunities.

Provide supporting material for external audit request.

ABM Industries, Chicago, Illinois October 2012 – September 2016

Billing Coordinator

Perform many forms of Accounts Receivable functions, review of revenue and expense transactions per property. Consisting of over 150 properties and 600 invoices for job sites. Month end close cycle that involves billing customers for all labor and supplies followed by P & L review.

Analyse labor, supplies, equipment, and subcontractor expense reports per property to ensure all revenue is recognized.

Collaborate with account and operations managers for labor adjustments at sites utilizing square foot invoicing.

Support Regional Vice President and Operations Director in bidding and rebidding of properties and client retention.

Assist with adjustments to property budgets due to unanticipated additional revenue and expenses (flood, fire, snow, etc.)

Aid Regional Accounting department regarding miscoded expenses via procurement, equipment amortization and customer rebates.

Submit monthly revenue accruals and reclassification journal entries to Regional Accounting.

Improved efficiencies of current systems and process through incorporating excel functions such as pivot tables and VLOOKUP to increase productivity. Always willing to share skills and mentor co-workers to improve team performance.

Education

Roosevelt University, Chicago & Schaumburg, Illinois Bachelor of Science in Accounting Graduated 2010 Overall GPA 3.51/4.0 & 3.71/4.0 in accounting major.

Computer Skills:

NetSuite, Salesforce, JD Edwards, Blackline, Insight, WinTeam as well as proficiency within Microsoft office suite.

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