SUMMARY

Focused, driven Accounting Professional with impeccable time management skills. Track record of excelling at tasks and providing dependability a company can count on. Accounting career spans 20+ years of experience in property management, outsourcing finance and accounting services, construction and remodeling, restaurant and home care franchising, equipment franchising, upscale golf and restaurant resort, heating and A/C, veterinary clinic, equipment leasing, carpet/flooring, law office, towing/collision, machining and fabrication, and off-road vehicles & RV sales and service, non-profit, marketing, church, mapping & surveying, and retail sales.

CORE COMPETENCIES

GL & Variance Analysis

Financial Statement Analysis & Preparation

Budget Preparation & Research

Sales Tax & Property Tax Preparation

Journal Entries & Closing

Working knowledge of GAAP

Audit Year-End Preparation

Fixed Assets & Depreciation

Staff Supervision

Payroll & Tax Filings

AP & AR Management Processes

Attention to Detail

HR New Hire Processes

Effective Communication Skills

Team Player

Multi tasked

941, 940, UITR, 1099 Forms

Payroll

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accountant, Sanborn Map Company, Colorado Springs, CO

August 2022 to present - Sanborn is a geospatial mapping company. Sanborn delivers geospatial solutions worldwide. Lidar Maps, Obliques, mapping software, Orthos and Change Detection.

Using Great Plains and Unanet software code and process a large volume of AP invoices, purchase orders, and employee expense reports. Record JEs as needed.

File monthly, quarterly, and annual sales tax for numerous states. Responsible for year end 1099 filing.

Reconcile balance sheet accounts monthly and record JEs as needed.

Review, code, and process all credit card transactions and post them to GL. Serve as contact for all cardholders to resolve issues.

Using FAS500 Asset software, Track and record all assets. Complete depreciation and adjustment journal entries.

Accountant, Wilklow & Associates, CPA, P.C., Colorado Springs, CO

February 2019 to June 2022 - Wilklow & Associates CPA, operates a high-quality comprehensive Accounting & Tax Services organization. The organization works with multiple small- and large-scale businesses and accounting software programs. They provide accounting needs to include recording monthly and quarterly activity, payroll administration, bank, and credit card account statement reconciliation, creating budgets, setting up the books of the entity, payable/receivables, along with multiple other services. They provide tax returns for all types of entities and file in many states throughout the United States, along with sales tax, payroll tax, and quarterly and monthly payroll forms.

Using QuickBooks desktop, QuickBooks Online, Accounting Power, Foundation, ADP, and other industry specific software to execute cleanup of books for various types of businesses including Marketing, Retail, Sales & Service, Property Management, Law Firm, Church, and Construction entities.

Provide accounting services including recording monthly and quarterly activity, payroll administration, and reconciling accounts to bank and credit card statements.

Perform payroll input and filing of taxes. Complete quarterly, monthly and annual tax forms and online payments. Set up new client payroll and tax reporting for federal, state, and unemployment agencies.

Review financial statements for multiple entities for accuracy and perform monthly journal entries as needed. Produce financial statements.

File monthly and quarterly sales tax.

Accountant, Wendy’s of Colorado Springs Corporate- Franchising, Colorado Springs, CO

April 2017 to October 2018 - Wendy's of Colorado Springs, Inc. operates a chain of Wendy’s, Golden Corral, and Amanda’s Fonda restaurants both in Colorado as well as throughout the U.S. for a total of 164 restaurants. Primarily responsible for overseeing a portfolio comprised of two separate companies with 38 restaurant locations. This included financial statement preparation, analysis, sales tax and property tax preparation, and payroll spreadsheets. Researched and provided general accounting support for District Managers, Supervisors, management, and other departments as needed. Maintained adherence to corporate and accounting GAAP standards.

Using Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.0 and Sage Fixed Asset software, I executed monthly close and journal entries, and prepared and reviewed accuracy of monthly financial statements to include, but not limited to journal entry postings, bank reconciliations, BS schedules and monthly fixed asset reconciliations.

Portfolio included 12 bank reconciliations monthly. Responsible for making deposits and recording cash receipts.

Reviewed year end audited financials for accuracy, prepared audit schedules, and entered adjusting journal entries.

Responsible for calculating, preparing, and paying monthly and quarterly sales tax returns, as well as semi-annual and annual property taxes.

Executed weekly and monthly food invoicing from vendors, inventories of restaurants, transfers, and related journal entries.

Streamlined journal entries and process.

Property Accountant, Associated Asset Management (AAM), Tempe, AZ

July 2015 to April 2017 - AAM is an industry leader and one of the most well-respected Homeowner Association (HOA) management companies in the nation with over 600 community associations. Primarily responsible for overseeing a portfolio comprised of complex associations, which included financial statement preparation, analysis, forecasting, budgeting and cash management. Researched and provided general accounting support for community managers, board members, other accounting staff and other departments as needed. Maintained adherence to corporate and accounting GAAP standards.

Executed journal entries and prepared and reviewed accuracy of monthly financial statements to include, but not limited to journal entry postings, bank reconciliations, BS schedules and monthly accounting reconciliations. Portfolio included up to 72 cash and accrual properties comprised of both residential and commercial entities. Prepared over 200 bank reconciliations on a monthly basis.

Responsible for tracking CD maturity dates and communicating with banking authorities to set up new certificates of deposit, and new bank accounts. Responsible for transfers of cash between various bank accounts and banking institutions as needed. Recorded cash receipt deposits.

Partnered with Community Managers/Developers to establish community budgets. Uploaded budgets to software and prepared budget statements.

Prepared and reviewed subsidy (deficit) funding requests for developer communities on a monthly basis.

Participated in peer review of monthly financial statements of both cash and accrual properties.

Provided training to new Property Accountants as needed.

Assisted in procedure documentation for the Staff Accounting Dept.

Prepared sales tax returns. Reviewed year end audited financials for accuracy and entered adjusting journal entries.

Staff Accountant, Oasis Management Resource LLC / OMR Builders LLC, Mesa, AZ

March 2014 to March 2015 - Oasis Management Resources is a business process outsourcing organization that offers back-office support and process improvement to other businesses in the area of Finance, Accounting, and Management Consulting. OMR Builders is a construction/land development arm providing residential and commercial construction services. FOR BOTH ENTITIES: Managed month-end close, executed journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations, and financial statement analysis. Processed A/R billing, collections, and prepared and executed bank deposits. Managed A/P expenditures and job cost reporting of construction job expenditures. Maintained adherence to corporate and accounting GAAP standards.

Executed monthly close and journal entries. Reviewed and reconciled 5 profit & loss and balance sheet financial reports for internal and external entities monthly. Reconciled payroll and tax filing on a bi-weekly basis.

Prepared 15 bank reconciliations on a monthly basis. Prepared and processed bank deposits for 5 customer accounts. Processed intercompany wires, bank transfers, & 401k transfers.

Independently executed construction job costing software to interface with the Sage 500 accounting software and prepared an instruction manual on how to operate the software.

Reviewed and coded all A/P expenditures for the construction business.

Upon hire, successfully initiated cleanup of 75 outstanding customer A/R accounts for the construction business. Responsible for A/R billing, collections, and lien notices. Prepared sales tax returns for the construction business.

Managed the weekly forecasting & cash flow budget spreadsheets for the construction business to assist management in gauging business performance.

Managed insurance certificates to ensure adequate coverage per the terms of the sub-contractor agreements. Managed the accuracy of sub-contractor payments by comparing to contract terms, chance orders, and progress billing.

Accountant, Synergy Home Care Franchising (Corporate Office), Gilbert, AZ

December 2012 to March 2014 - The fifth largest leader in home health care services for people of all ages. Produces revenue of over ($5M) per year with over 160 franchises throughout the U.S. Other entities include Clean Franchising, Elite Backgrounds, and Tourian Auto’s. Using QuickBooks, prepared journal entries including intercompany transfers for 4 separate companies monthly, and managed monthly close for all companies Assisted in preparing documentation for year-end audit and tax preparation. Maintained adherence to corporate and accounting GAAP standards.

Reconciled profit & loss and balance sheet financial reports monthly for 4 companies. Performed 15 bank statement and 4 credit card reconciliations monthly.

Prepared and processed bi-weekly payroll using QuickBooks Assisted Payroll. Served as employee contact person for HR new hire and ongoing paperwork and answered payroll and benefits questions.

Prepared and processed royalty, marketing, and other misc. franchise fees on a bi-weekly basis for over 160 franchises of Synergy Home Care. Managed reporting fees from franchisee’s using Excel spreadsheets and prepared collection revenue fee schedules, performed bank ACH withdraws to collect for bi-weekly fees. Managed an average of $20k per week in A/R billing for remaining 3 companies.

Performed weekly collections of outstanding franchise fees and assisted in developing an A/R collection process to increase revenue and lower collections. Performed monthly collections of outstanding A/R for all companies. Completed sales tax returns for Clean Franchising sales. Prepared and processed bank deposits for all companies.

Worked in a fast-paced environment with heavy email and telephone contact from over 160 franchises as well as outside vendors to resolve issues. Collected and analyzed quarterly financial statements from franchises.

Managed and processed an average of $20k per week of A/P expenditures, working with invoices, credit memos, employee travel reimbursements, and check and credit card payments for 4 companies. Developed a management approval procedure/process system to ensure vendors were paid on time. Prepared all 1099 forms for vendors.

Developed an inventory system and procedure for Clean Franchising and wrote a procedure manual of how to use the QuickBooks inventory system.

Property Accountant, Troon Golf Property Management-Ocotillo Golf Resort, Chandler, AZ

March 2006 to February 2010 & August 2010 to December 2012 - This entity offers property management services for dozens of upscale golf resorts and amenities throughout Arizona as well as worldwide. Maintained the accuracy of revenues at Ocotillo Golf Resort of ($6M). Managed monthly financials, and month-end close, executed journal entries, and performed analysis of GL and financials, as well as maintaining the cash flow spreadsheet. Reconciled cash receipts and disbursements of the golf shop, restaurant, special events and maintenance daily. Managed A/P transactions and A/R invoicing and collections. Maintained adherence to corporate and accounting GAAP standards.

Worked independently to reconcile and produce accurate and timely monthly consolidated and individual departmental financial statements for owners, including cash flow, profit & loss, and balance sheet reports. Performed GL detailed analysis, variance analysis, and reconciled 53 balance sheet accounts and executed journal entries monthly. Reconciled 3 monthly bank statements. Prepared year-end GL entries and responsible for data preparation used for year-end audit and taxes.

Oversaw operational controls by identifying efficient and effective practices. Revised and implemented policies and procedures in the area of cash management, resulting in a reduced amount of overages/shortages of cash banks from staff and employee theft.

Assisted upper management with annual budget preparation and analysis, including historical data.

Maintained a schedule of over $1m in fixed assets of real property and furniture & equipment. Created and maintained 3 loan amortization schedules. Prepared and monitored annual property tax statements.

Audited 10 separate cash drawer banks monthly. Performed spot audit of inventories for the restaurant and golf shop monthly. Maintained ATM cash funds on a weekly basis.

Managed and processed an average of $50k per week of A/P expenditures, working with invoices, credit memos, and employee reimbursements. Completed monthly sales tax returns for the sales of golf operations and restaurant.

Managed A/R billing and monthly collections of golf tournament fees and banquet fees as needed.

PROFESESSIONAL SKILLS

MS Excel

MS Outlook

MAS500 Accounting Software

Jenark Property Mgmt Software

Accounting Power Payroll Software

Yearli 1099 Software

FAS 500 Asset Software

Great Plains

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.0 Accounting Software

Sage Fixed Assets

Unanet Accounting Software

QuickBooks Online Certified

QuickBooks Desktop

ADP, QuickBooks & Attg Power Payroll

Peachtree

CoreCon Construction Software

Foundation Construction Software

EDUCATION

BSB/M Degree/Business Management, University of Phoenix

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