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Leadership Training Internal Control

Location:
Maricopa, AZ, 85138
Salary:
65-85k
Posted:
February 23, 2024

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ad3u21@r.postjobfree.com Luana Prueter (MAFM) ***** N Ibis Way

www.linkedin.com/in/luanaprueter Maricopa, AZ 85138

Masters in Accounting and 425-***-****

Finance Management

Highlighted Qualifications

•Accounting, finance, and audit professional has over 20 years’ experience driving efficiency and productivity through the evaluation and delivery of financial and data management needs

•Create Year-end work papers and schedules for auditors on Conduit Financials

•Prepare AFC presentation quarterly (Conduit portion) and prep branch portion – consolidating the Conduits with the branches

•Train employee’s on how to perform JE entries, reconciliations, Monarch modeling, month-end reconciliation review report, and month-end report

•Work directly with external auditor’s (PWC) on year-end reconciliations

•Responsible for preparing general ledger month-end, quarterly, and year-end entries, and presentation of the balance sheet and income statement results, including analysis

•Leadership role responsibilities for EFDES accounting system, freight team, and work order group

•Participated in AIW (Accelerated Improvement Workshop) within first year at Boeing

•Boeing SOX audit compliance responsibility gained from implementing process improvement

•LEAN training, leadership training, and supervisory experience

•Improved security measures at Boeing by closing loopholes found in accounting rules

•Increased efficiency, by training employees on how to use VLookup to correct chargelines

•GAAP compliance responsibilities used when analyzing and preparing financial statements

Critical Competencies/Skills

GAAP Financial Statement Analysis/Reporting Variance Analysis/Operational Risks

Audit Accounting Policy/Procedure Compliance LEAN Training

SOX 404 IT compliance Audit B&O Tax preparation

Corporate Budgeting Analysis/Reporting Project Management

Expert Excel (macros, pivot tables, and VLookup) Investment Accounting

Expert Word Non-Profit Accounting Expert Access (create queries) WebEx Communication

PowerPoint PeopleSoft (ERP Package)

Internet Explorer CMS (Cost management System)

FAS (fixed asset software) Yardi

EFDES GRC (Governance Reporting for Corporate)

Lawson SAP/Blackline

Oracle (Legacy, TEP, and Cloud) Gmail, Outlook, and Teams

Monarch Modeling ABCP software

OBIEE Software

FINANCE & ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Cushman and Wakefield, Tempe, AZ Sep 2021-Mar 2022

Senior Client Accountant

•Responsible for full-cycle accounting, preparing general ledger month-end, quarterly, and year-end entries, and presentation of the balance sheet and income statement results, including analysis

•Prepare and assist with cash management, AP and AR, accruals and reconciliations

•Prepare comprehensive financial reporting packages in accordance with internal controls and client requirements

•Research, analyze and effectively communicate complex accounting issues

•Prepare and review fixed asset legers to ensure items are properly capitalized and depreciated based on owner requirements

•Assist with internal and external audits by providing documentation as requested

MUFG Union Bank, N.A., Tempe, AZ May 2020-July 2021

Technical Accountant, AVP

Conduit Financials:

•Responsible for preparing general ledger month-end, quarterly, and year-end entries, and presentation of the balance sheet and income statement results, including analysis

•Create Year-end work papers and schedules for auditors on Conduit Financials

•Prepare AFC presentation quarterly (Conduit portion) and prep branch portion – consolidating the Conduits with the branches

•Compare ABCP to Oracle prior to monthly close using Vlookup

•Run monthly OBIEE, in order to reconcile with reports from Securitization Group

•Run Monthly Conduit and NYB close

•Prepare Flash Close Mtg report monthly (Conduit portion) for upper management

•Prepare DPP (Deferred Purchase Price) Report, and FP&A report quarterly

•Reconcile referral fees, prepare invoice for payment, sign-off on document that is forwarded to front office for payment

MACC Financials:

•Prepare general ledger Month-end and quarterly journal entries, long with reconciliations

•Create OCI entries at month-end and input entries into PeopleSoft

•Assist in updating operating manuals

•Create RFI’s (Request for Information) and sign document

•Approve Certifications

Pearson (Mitchell Martin Contract), Chandler, AZ January 2019-June 2019 Senior Accountant

•Prepare general ledger Month-end journal entries and reconciliations

•Train employee’s on how to perform JE entries, reconciliation, Monarch modeling, month-end reconciliation review report, and month-end report

•Work directly with external auditor’s (PWC) on year-end reconciliations

Steward Health Choice – (Iasis merged with Steward), Phoenix, AZ May 2017-July 2018 Senior Accountant

•Create instructions on steps to take, in order to properly prepare journal entries

•Prepare monthly, quarterly, and year-end journal entries for Medicare

•Analyze journal entries for reasonableness, and if needed provide an explanation for variance

•Reconcile various balance sheet accounts, deferred revenue, and IBNR (incurred but not reported) reserve accounts

•Append check run data using Access, then use Emdeon to release files, and release files to Bank

•Prepare and analyze Excel schedules for eligible members who didn’t pay, and not eligible members that did pay, in order to properly accrue under and over payments

•Create Excel report using Vlookup formulas, in order to find out which members are showing paid by ACCCHS, but not paid according to our reports for delivery supplements

•Perform research on ESRD patients in Med MC, in order to ensure accuracy in our reports

Robert Half, Experis, Cybersystems January 2016-July 2016

Senior Accountant – Waypoint Homes (Robert Half Contract), Scottsdale, AZ

•Reconcile fixed asset transactions, including tax; resolving discrepancies

•Made decisions on whether fixed assets were replacements

Senior Accountant – Outerwall (Experis Contract), Bellevue, WA

• Maintain and balance various general ledger accounts by verifying, posting, and reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies

Senior Cost Accountant – Ingersoll Rand (Cybersystems Contract), Kent, WA

• Provide support to Manufacturing Operations Management by reporting, and analyzing operating results in areas such as plant profitability and inventory management

Sisters of Providence – (downsized no longer have Pariseau), Renton, WA June 2014-July 2015 Senior Accountant

•Provided accounting and financial analysis support for Mother Joseph Province of the Sisters of Providence Religious Community.

•Internally: Work closely with the Finance Manager and other members of Provincial Administration

•Externally: Attend Pariseau, investment manager, and auditor board meetings

•Key position responsibilities include:

•Analyze financial statements, and use Vlookup to find discrepancies, such as, unusual activity in accounts – possibly posted to wrong account

•Prepare general ledger Month-end journal entries and reconciliations

•Perform reconciliations for year-end audit, and assist auditors as needed

•Prepare Excel files for the annual budget

•Manage the Sisters Patrimony accounts and year-end cessions

•Handle the accounting for investments for Mother Joseph

Boeing - (PDS Tech Contract), Seattle, WA March 2013-May 2013

Internal Auditor III

•Investigated suspected policy, procedural, and internal control violations

•Performed validation of risk assessment, reviewed and analyzed evidence, documented company policy and procedure violations, prepared investigation plan, and interviewed employees

•Made decisions on whether cases are substantiated, and suggested corrective actions to be taken

Boeing - (Volt Contract), Everett, WA May 2011–November 2011

Integrated Scheduling Specialist / Internal Auditor

•Intermediary auditor for 787-9 change schedulers, in order to help them pass government audit

•Coordinated schedule negotiation agreements between engineers, suppliers, and partners, in order to facilitate deadlines for build of plane

•Facilitated communication between engineers, by holding kickoff meetings

Keller Graduate School of Management Student, Bellevue, WA October 2009-October 2012

Boeing, Seattle and Renton, WA April 2005-April 2009 Business Planner & Analyst III

•Supported one director and six second level managers by developing, maintaining, and analyzing budgets; preparing periodic reports for monthly business review

•Reviewed and analyzed financial results, then summarized performance for director’s presentation

•Prepared accounting change document, and enabled change to pass at board meeting

Financial Accountant III

•Overtook three accountant’s jobs at Boeing Realty Corporation (BRC) location in CA. Streamlined accounting process, in order to handle the work load - lowering costs by 67%

•Assisted accounting team in monthly consolidation process, by analyzing and preparing Boeing Realty Corporation variance explanations for dollar amounts that varied by $100K

Overhead Accountant III

•Team leader for freight team, EFDES accounting system, and work order group – within first year

•Team leader for Overhead Accounting Group at AIW (Accelerated Improvement Workshop)

•Boeing SOX 404 IT audit compliance responsibility gained from adding table logic in travel journal, in order to move PCard entries into its own journal

•Improved security measures at Boeing by closing loopholes found in accounting rules

Education & Training

Masters in Accounting and Finance, Keller Graduate School of Management-GPA 3.4 October 2012 Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, Seattle Pacific University

Business Women’s Integral Leadership Circle, Leadership Institute of Seattle & Kore Leadership June 2009

Leadership Advantage, Dale Carnegie Training 2007

High impact Presentations, Dale Carnegie Training 2007

Advanced Excel, Bellevue Community College March 2005

Intermediate Access, Bellevue Community College May 2005



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