Sanath Amarasinghe

***** ******* ***** *********, ** 92503

Phone 714-***-**** ad2l5r@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience

Kittrich Corporation, Pomona CA (Revenue of $15 Million, privately held)

Consultant Senior Accountant August 2022 – December 2022

•Took charge of the intercompany activity for four divisions.

•Analyzed monthly past due sales tax and use tax for four Divisions.

•Past eight months of bank reconciliations and six months of Actual to Budget Analysis.

Allergan/AbbVie, Irvine CA (Revenue of $16/$33.3 billion, publicly held)

Consultant Senior Financial Analysis (Publication & CME group) March 2019 – April 2022

Design and created a synchronized budget template for all thirteen pub managers and managed a fifteen-million-dollar budget for publication and grants around the world.

Responsible for thirty-nine budget trackers which flows into the master budget tracker

Monthly updated all trackers, comparing forecast to actual invoice received, when actuals invoice amounts vary with the forecast follow up with the pub mangers and vendors and make necessary changes, requesting credits, work very closely with vendors regarding to vendor invoices

Organizing and presenting monthly and quarterly actual to forecast variances to pub managers and to upper managers. Worked on various projects to the senior management.

Gathering contracts and SOW’s and requesting for new PO’s for all therapeutic areas and international pub grants and increase PO amounts as needed basis, produce monthly & quarterly Cost Center report to all pub mangers and lead managers, notify vendors and pub managers when the PO’s about to run out of funds

Prepare monthly and quarterly accruals for the publication and the CME to the finance department with proper documentation, prepare all re-classes for the month requested by pub managers, prepare quarterly the transfer of value file under the Sunshine Act, issuing check request after reviewing all supporting paperwork, Special projects to analyze individual budget trackers

Spectrum Brands, Irvine CA (Revenue of $5 Billion, Publicly held)

Consultant Senior Accountant May 2016 - September 2018

Took charge of the intercompany activity for five divisions, prepared and uploaded approved entries to the company share point. Validated all AR and AP invoices which comes thru intercompany, embedded proper documentation to all entries

Prepared and analyzed monthly price transfer file and uploaded to share point for the upper management’s review

Reconciled all balance sheet accounts for all five divisions and upload them to share point for managerial approval, prepared all intercompany payroll accounts, analyzed all HSA and FSA fund transfers to payroll funding, worked on monthly accruals and prepaid

Analyzed monthly sales tax and use tax by working closely with the tax department for all divisions

Updated month end closing calendar and maintained a list of recurring journal entries, worked closely with quarterly and annual external auditors, prepared special projects to the upper management, kept a track of all hourly professional tracker and prepared month end accruals

Updated yearly depreciation and leases for all divisions for annual audit, created supply accounts using data provided by global sourcing, processed weekly claims to global sourcing, prepared bank reconciliation accounts

Analyzed expense reports for completeness and accuracy kicking back incorrectly coded reports

Legacy Partners, Irvine CA (Revenue of $30 Million, Privately held) Consultant Senior Accountant November 2015 – May 2016

Accounted and reported for eight fee management multi-family properties

Prepared monthly management fee schedules, bank reconciliation, posted recurring and non-recurring journal entries, monthly funding draws, post amortization and depreciation for month, true up monthly security deposit accounts for each property

Compared and reviewed actual to budget on monthly basis, work very closely with property manager’s, reviewed weekly accounts payable and approved

Analyzed monthly balance sheet reconciliations to all properties

Steadfast Companies, Irvine CA (Revenue of $5 Billion, Semi held)

Senior Accountant December 2012 – November 2015

Accounted and reported for a portfolio of properties including three large commercial malls

One multifamily property consists of 362 tenants and entire monthly financial package, worked closely with property managers, reviewed their gross potential rent and aged receivable report, prepared and posted all amortization and depreciation for the month, paid monthly mortgage for the property, reviewed accounts receivable and weekly accounts payable

Updated month-end close calendar on monthly basis and maintained list of recurring journal entries

Posted all recurring and non-recurring journal entries for the month end close

Compared and reviewed actual to budget on monthly basis, perform monthly audits of tenant ledgers for commercial properties providing corrections to management

Prepared operating fund requests from Partners to all malls

Prepared development funding requests by the first of the month and prepared development fee invoices to the corporate by the third day of the month

Reconciled development accounts to the development budget, after loan request is funded and appropriate vendors are paid; handled all emergency check requests

Bank reconciliations, wire transfers and prepared excess cash transfer from malls per lender requirements

Supervised six staff accountants and worked closely with accounts payable.

Prepared monthly financial statements and flux analysis for the upper management

American Spectrum Realty, Irvine CA (Revenue of $15 Million, Privately held)

Senior Accountant September 2007 – December 2012

In charge of the accounting and reporting including all supporting schedules for 26 properties

Reviewed and approved accounts payable on weekly basis ensuring timely payment of select invoices under tight cash conditions

Supervised three staff accountants

Prepared bank reconciliations, wire transfers, mortgage payments, prepared management fee distribution, depreciation, prepaid, gross potential rent schedules

Prepared journal entries and maintained monthly recurring journal entries

Reviewed the CAM reconciliation.

Took charge in system conversion project, uploading and creating new and missing data

Created cash flow forecasts for upper management a needed

In charge of the notes payable for the company ensuring timely payment

Recorded and reconciled intercompany transactions

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Education B.S. in Business administration, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Concentration in Accounting and Finance

Advance in Excel (VLOOKUP’s, If Conditions & Pivot tables) & ERP Systems QAD, SAP, Yardi & MRI

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