AARON MARTINEZ

ad32z6@r.postjobfree.com

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Chicago IL 60656

Mobile: +1-847-***-****

SUMMARY

Multinational senior accounting professional experienced in medium-sized private corporations to large-revenue corporate accounting. Seeking a new position to use proven skills in financial and project-based accounting, finance, and business development.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Accounting Supervisor D2 Soultions, Remote Independent Contractor Jan 22 - Present D2 Solutions empowers healthcare leaders with a unique combination of SaaS solutions and deep consulting expertise.

• Performed and implemented processes related to maintaining class-level financial records.

• Monthly account reconciliations and support of monthly closing.

• Periodic reporting for management and board of directors.

• KPI reporting across all business units.

• Worked with external auditors and reclassified specific areas.

• Served as support for management during review of results and preparation of annual budget.

• Supervised existing staff to ensure timely and accurate processing of accounts payable and accounts receivable.

• Acted in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws and with the highest ethical standards that we consistently strive to achieve.

• Ad-hoc reporting as needed.

Assistant Controller Left Field Labs, Remote Oct 21 – Jan 22 An experience design company that connects people, products, and brands in powerful ways. Connects the intersection of creativity with code to further humanity's relationship with technology.

• Assist with revenue recognition, and report revenue consistent with policies. GAAP, and FASB ASC 606.

• Support revenue forecasting and re-forecasting efforts by analyzing resource allocation and utilization

• Support month end close process - Assist with revenue recognition, expense accruals, commissions payable, closing entries and adjustments, etc…

• Review client documentation (Statements of Work, fee estimates, purchase orders, etc.) in support of billable projects to ensure they adequately support client invoicing - Prepare client invoicing in a timely manner in accordance with contract billing requirements

• Oversee the collection of past-due accounts

• Partner with Account Management and Productions on all client finance related matters

• Maintain master SOW / Project tracker for the company

• Assist with commission calculations for sales leads

• Assist with the preparation of monthly financial reports - KPIs, Dashboards, Utilization - for leadership team

• Maintain job coding system, and ensure that job codes related to completed projects are reconciled and closed in a timely manner

• Perform regular maintenance of Accounts Receivable and Pass-through expense billings

• Maintain accounts payable and accounts receivable processes to ensure timely billing and sufficient cash flow for the company

• Contribute to regular actual vs estimate reporting

• Contribute to analysis of client profitability and client realization for internal business analysis, and senior leadership reporting

• Partner with external accounting services providers to support day-to-day accounting tasks as needed

• Ad-hoc reporting as needed

Accounting Manager Elettric 80 MEX, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico Feb. 2017 – Oct 2021 Elettric 80 MEX offers technology for optimization of value chain companies in the consumer products industry sector. Elettric 80 MEX is owned by Elettric 80 S.p.A located in Viano, Italy. Responsibilities are:

• Maintain SAP chart of accounts, performing necessary journal entries and periodic reconciliations as directed

• Process incoming customer payments

• Maintain accounting filing and archive system

• Generate invoice and perform collection activities

• Depletion of fixed assets set on original transfer pricing models established by Elettric 80 S.p.A.

• Amortization of equipment on loan for ongoing domestic and international projects.

• Reconcile bank and credit card accounts

• Prepare account analysis and documents to support in the external and internal audit activities

• Maintain vendor and client master records

• Create ad-hoc reporting and analysis

• Maintain appropriate documents to comply with all applicable tax laws

• Prepare regular financial and managerial reporting, including Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow

• Forecasting, Profitability Analysis, Revenue recognition reporting under IFRS 15.

• Prepare and submit company tax payments

• Register customer invoices with government authorities

• Work closely with the Accounting department at E80 USA branch and E80 headquarters in Italy

• Other special projects as needed, primarily communicating information between multiple ERP platforms. Senior Accountant Navman Wireless, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico June. 2014 – Sept 2016 Navman Wireless offers technology for fleet operators to have complete visibility of their vehicles and assets are in real time. The San Pedro office works as a subsidiary reporting to our corporate offices in Glenview, IL. Navman Wireless is owned by the Danaher Corporation. Responsibilities were:

• Calculate and process daily and monthly journal entries and accruals.

• Balance sheet account reconciliations primarily inventory imported from Danaher US..

• Ad hoc and routine financial statement analysis including balance sheet metrics reporting.

• Government reporting to SAT "MEXICO IRS"

• Supervised planning, migration, and implementation of end user SAP from CONTPAQI

• Performance of the monthly close activities, full cycle.

• Performed doubtful accounts reserve analysis.

• Interact with counterparts in other legal entities. Senior Accountant DMG Mori Seiki, Hoffman Estates, IL Jan. 2012 – Aug 2013 Mori Seiki delivers a record number of machines to companies of all shapes and sizes, in all industries. Built upon the premise that the best machines deserve the best service and support, they have leveraged manufacturing technology to help customers become more efficient and profitable. Responsibilities included:

• Authorized machine inventory release after, verifying all necessary inventory and logistical information was properly entered into proprietary Hanbai system.

• Supervised daily A/P activity including payroll.

• Due diligence on service and machine invoicing following through with established accounting methods.

• Manage the company lockbox for all of North America and South America.

• Liaison for DMG Mexico and Mori Seiki Mexico subsidiaries, responsible for all A/R activity, including collections, verification of foreign receivables, and managing the provision for doubtful debts.

• Assisting with preparing quarterly and annual government reports.

• Managing the monitoring, preparing, and reporting, of information for unclaimed offsite inventory.

• Reconcile purchase order accruals and book adjustments to deferred revenue accounts in accordance with GAAP.

• Testing functionality of SAP as an ongoing process, including process documentation and troubleshooting.

• Testing and improving controls for JSOX as directed from Mori Seiki Japan. Staff Accountant MF Global, Chicago, IL Feb. 2011 – Aug. 2011 MF Global provides brokerage services for all major domestic and international markets. The Chicago office supports the company’s vision by advising clients on futures, derivatives and marketing trading products. Responsibilities included:

• Processed invoices, receipts, and adjustments from Operations.

• Reconciled 11 A/R general ledger accounts to support the Chicago, New York and London offices. Efforts ensured all transactions were properly recorded.

• Reconciled five revenue accounts ranging from 15M to 65M to accurately report broker commissions to support payroll.

• Addressed bank reconciling items daily with treasury.

• Prepared inter-company related A/R transactions.

• Prepared preliminary and final allowance for Provision of Doubtful Debts.

• Assisted preparing quarterly and annual government reports.

• Assisted monitoring, preparing, and reporting information unclaimed property program.

• Performed ad-hoc projects and assignments related to external audits and SOX compliance.

• Performed, with direct collaboration with ORACLE data migration and tested functionality during the company’s transition from Sun to Oracle.

Staff Accountant Infor Global Solutions, Chicago, IL May 2008 – Nov 2010 Infor Global Solutions provides enterprise software for a wide-range of industries. The company’s accounting department follows Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and supports Infor’s corporate goal of going public by eliminating reconciliation activity within one month. Responsibilities included:

• Reconciled 14 major cash accounts for all of North America including three major lockboxes and intercompany balancing. Performed this activity during month-end close and daily, when needed, to meet closing schedule deadlines.

• Researched and reconciled all new invoices for North America to comply with internal auditing standards and month-end close deadlines.

• Performed day-to-day audits for deferred revenue under FAS 157 by examining and matching selected invoices to their respective contracts and to back-office invoicing entered into the company’s sub-systems. Corrected errors to avoid overstatements on month-end P&L statements.

• Managed three major account receivable sub-accounts, including miscellaneous A/R, unapplied A/R and unbilled A/R. Corrected reconciling items within the month of identification

• Conducted user acceptance testing to validate migration of data to new GL system and invoicing systems. Staff Accountant Sterling Partners, Northbrook, IL Jan. 2007 – May 2008 Sterling Partners, a private equity firm, specializes in growth capital investments for small to middle market companies. The company invests in high-growth industries ranging from education to healthcare and manufacturing and distribution. Responsibilities included:

• Analyzed cash flows to maintain proper bank account cash balances for Sterling’s investing entities, Sterling Partners and its clients by organizing cash calls, for management, and preparing wire transfers and purchasing or redeeming commercial paper.

• Reconciled and updated journal entries in QuickBooks and Quicken for all major 17 Sterling entities and six partners.

• Performed A/P and A/R functions including, but not limited to, maintaining distribution and collection schedules for various ongoing investments and ventures.

• Reconciled all monthly bank and brokerage accounts for Sterling entities, partners and clients. Updated financial statements in Microsoft Excel to reflect current cash flow, investment positions and subsets for all fixed assets.

• Proofread financial statements and federal and state K-1 tax returns to ensure compliance with government standards.

• Created new entities including the company’s education venture in QuickBooks.

• Compiled and prepared documentation as needed for IRS audits. Data Analyst (Contractor), Zurich North America, Schaumburg, IL January 2006 – December 2006 EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, DePaul University, Chicago, IL CPA Inactive State of Illinois. Eligible to sit in Texas. IT SKILLS

Okta, Slack, Sage, Harvest, Monday, NetSuite, Google Workspace, MS Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft 365, QuickBooks, Quicken, SoftTrax, SmartStream, BPCS, Cognos, Lotus Notes, SnagIt, WebEx, Contpaqi, Nexonia, and Salesforce.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS

Proficient in English and Spanish; Conversational in French and Italian AFFILIATIONS

Illinois CPA Society Member since 2002

AMCPNL Asociación Mexicana de Contadores Públicos de Nuevo León Member since 2014

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