Accountant

CARA M. LORDI 720-***-****

Waretown, NJ ***** **************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Finance and Accounting professional with extensive experience and expertise in Researching out of balances, Root Cause Analysis and Risk Mitigation. Experience gained in service industries including Tele Communications, Medical Equipment, Property Management/development, Real Estate Broker, Pension/Insurance, Banking, Transportation, Basement Construction, Veterinary Hospitals, Warehouse Resale, Legal, and Retail. Proficient in assessing the overall financial situation in small, medium and large companies, then able to execute a specific plan of action to correct any process inadequacies.

Competencies:

Account/Bank Reconciliation

Financial Accounting

Managerial Accounting

General Accounting

Payroll Services

Financial/Cash Analysis

Budgeting

General Accepted Accounting Principals( GAAP)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ESS Resources, LLC, NJ 09/2023- Current

Substitute Teaching-Ocean County PREK-12

HR Block, INC, NJ 12/2023-04/2024

Accelerated Tax Specialist-Seasonal-Large International Tax Company.

Prepare Individual Federal/State tax returns including Amendments & Extensions.

Advise on future filings and tax planning. Research tax law when necessary.

Prepare Schedule C for 1099 NEC filers: Sole Proprietors, Independent Contractors,

LLC entities.

Beacon Hill Recruiting, NY 04/2023-5/2023

Professional Consultant-Contract to Hire.

Lightstone Group, LLC, NJ-Sr. Accountant-Large Real Estate Company.

Prepare supporting schedules for month-end close process by portfolio.

Post monthly Accruals per schedules.

Variance analysis reporting compared to Budget and Prior Year.

Write up commentary on variances greater than $25,000.00 and 10% on financials.

Debt loan reporting to the banks.

Occupancy reporting to SEC.

Portfolios consist of Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Hotels, and REITs.

Prepare bank and account reconciliations for properties by portfolio.

Maintain Fixed Assets and post monthly depreciation.

Prepare loan and interest templates for payables submission.

Robert Half International, NJ 10/2021-7/2022

Various positions as a SPS Professional Consultant.

Diamond Tool & Fasteners, PA-Controller-Small Supplier to Contractors

Supervise 9 employees in the accounting areas (Billing, A/R, A/P, P/R and Sr Accountants).

Clean up general ledger and other processes in accordance to GAAP. Work with Prelude IT technical Team to fix incorrect mappings for rental sales G/L accounts.

Prepare weekly cash flow reporting. Send Payroll files for 75 employees after review and adjustments to ADP.

Prepare weekly 401k reporting and monthly Union dues reporting.

Clean up bank statement reconciliations for operating and payroll accounts.

Meet with White Cap Acquisition teams weekly to progress in the merging of the 2 companies.

Prepare and analyze Balance sheet account reconciliations and upload into Oracle One Stream. Report any discrepancies to parent company.

Assist with White Cap policy alignments. This included new procedures, metrics, reporting, accrual accounting, and journal entries for the accounting areas.

Prepare various monthly journal entries for the close process including Inventory turnover.

Review P&L discrepancies to prior year and budget. Research and communicate findings at monthly close meetings.

Coordinated the 1099 filings and cleanup, prepared a vehicle fixed asset listing for what is still owned by DT, assisted with the sales tax filings and cleanup, and fuel tax filings.

Remove prior CFO and owners from banking, American Express, and other accounts.

Remediation of various requests, issues, conflicts, and missed filings.

BMI Merchandise, NJ 4/2021-10/2021 Accounting Mgr.-Medium Supplier to Amusement Industry

Supervise the accounts payable and accounts receivable areas (2 persons). Prepare payroll for 200 employees and assist with onboarding and daily

attendance.

Manual tracking of vacation time with spreadsheet I created. Transition the payroll platform Paychex to Stratustime.

Assist in preparing an employee handbook with Paychex HR.

Prepare manual checks & various payroll adjustments.

Run various payroll reports and prepare analyses for Management.

Ad hoc projects.

Community Surgical Supply, NJ 6/2018-4/2021 Accounting Mgr./Assistant Controller-Medium Durable Medical-Infusion Co

Supervise 6 persons in the accounts payable, purchasing, deposits, and administrative areas on a daily basis. along with yearly reviews. There are 6 companies including retail store and pharmacy and 4 rental properties.

Prepare daily cash report and perform analysis for Controller.

Reconcile & analyze various Balance sheet and expense accounts monthly.

Prepare various journal entries along with support documentation for month end

close including accruals and adjustments as needed. Includes accounts

receivable, deferred revenue, payroll, capital leases, debt, sales tax, inventory

(LIFO), and charges for our fleet of over 200 vehicles.

Update monthly fixed asset and prepaid registers . Update inventory report monthly.

Update Asset Keeper application for fixed assets.

Perform bank reconciliations for 13 operating and depository accounts. Review inter-company accounts daily and monthly for out of balances.

Sales tax filings, property tax assessment filings, and annual corporate report filings.

Rental billings updates, apply rent payments, prepare lease renewals, Rental A/R G/L accounts review, prepare future rent roll report for auditors, and quarterly CAM charge analysis.

Update debt roll forward report for auditors. Ad-hoc projects and miscellaneous reporting

Robert Half International, NJ 8/2017-2/2018

Position as a SPS Professional Consultant.

Veterinary Specialists of North America, Tinton Falls, NJ Senior Accountant-Large Healthcare Service Company for Pets

Reconcile & research balance sheet accounts.

Performed bank reconciliations for main operating account.

Performed account reconciliations in excel for various balance sheet accounts by

facilities prior to merger and acquisition.

Posted journal entries for month end close. Created procedure for journal entries.

Adjusted journal entries of hospitals acquired to ensure consistency across Organization.

In charge of trial balance write off project, which involved the identification of unclassified allocations & book entries.

Posted prior 2017 entry items to new balance sheet, clearing account, and ensuring current items are posted to shared service account.

Created new Gap Closure Plan reports by location in excel.

Documented procedures for journal entry preparation & posting.

TIAA, Denver, Co 2007-2016 Sr. Accountant-Large Non-Profit Pension, Life, & Mutual Fund Company

Research and reconcile suspense, liability and receivable accounts.

Research and reconcile discrepancies in large databases between business systems and the general ledger for suspense/liability accounts and various receivable accounts. Resulted in items not aging more than 30 days.

Reconciled inter-company accounts that involved the movement of cash for

several products. Research and reconcile accounts related to the death claim process.

Update monthly account substantiation reports. Attest to the balances in these accounts.

Follow up with operations to ensure timely correction of client account activity.

Support business units and corporate finance with reporting and metrics. Interact with IT if

discrepancies involve system issues.

Support SOP updating and leading practice documents. Propose new procedures to the Business units.

Gather information for internal audits as needed.

Prepare journal entries to clear ledger issues from the accounts. Perform root cause analysis and apply risk mitigation principles.

Owens Corning Basement Finishing, Inc., Commerce City, Co 2005-2007 & GF Technologies, Inc., Commerce City, Co

Controller –Two Small-Sized Basement Construction Companies

Prepared and analyzed monthly financials on an accrual basis for new basement installations and basements with drain/mold problems or foundation repair.

Prepared property tax assessment filing, weekly and bi-weekly payroll, payroll tax

filings, and performance bonuses for labor crew. Resulted in compliance with

regulatory guidelines and on time payroll delivery.

Handled administrative duties for the various insurance coverages, the Simple

IRA plan, and the vehicle fleet. Other functions included accounts payable,

accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, job costing, journal entries, and general

ledger maintenance.

Comprehensive accounts reconciliation experience. Performed weekly cash flow

analysis.

Cleaned up the books for 2 companies on the verge of bankruptcy. Re-established positive vendor, banking, and employee relations. Established procedures for the accounting process.

Implemented various cost cutting controls. IE: Credit card settlement fees were

cut in half and the Home Depot spending was reduced by 75%.

Leonard Communications, Inc., Denver, Co 1991-2005 Controller-Commercial & Residential Properties/Cable Management Co. (1998-2005) Handled all financial activities for the various companies.

Prepared and analyzed monthly financials and bank reporting for cable systems on an accrual basis and commercial (85 apartment units) and residential real estate properties.

Prepared Pro-Forma P/L forecasts. Handled administrative duties for the various insurance coverages, corresponded with investors through preparation of investor letters.

Handled corporate filings and other licensing reports.

Prepared the reporting and accounting for the sale of cable systems and the wind down process.

Set up companies in new accounting software for more accurate reporting.

Coordinated and built relationship with new Tax Accounting Firm to expedite the filing process.

Coordinated the reporting & accounting necessary for the sale of real estate.

Senior Staff Accountant –Medium-Sized Multi-System Cable Mgmt. Co. (1991-1997)

Prepared and analyzed monthly financials on accrual basis and prepared bank

reporting including cash flow statements for cable systems in multiple states.

Prepared sales/use tax filings, property tax assessment filings, copyright fee

filings, franchise fee filings, and FCC filings. Accounts payable, bank

reconciliation, ADP payroll, journal entries, general ledger maintenance.

Maintained purchase order system. Prepared and maintained budget system.

Comprehensive accounts reconciliation experience. Cash analysis and forecast. Trained new employees on accounting systems and procedures.

Performed field audits for cable systems. Worked closely with field personnel. Handled outside audits by various agencies and prepared information for yearly

internal audits & tax preparation.

Maersk, Inc., Madison, New Jersey 1989-1991 Senior Staff Accountant-International Shipping Company

Prepare and analyze monthly financials on accrual basis, prepare the yearly budget reports, and management reports.

Assist in special projects.

Created accounting procedures for terminal locations. Supervision of Jr. Accountant.

Setup and maintained wire transfers (comcheks) and insurance for drivers.

General ledger maintenance, journal entries, coding of accounts payable invoices,

calculation of driver pay.

Chemical Bank, N. J., Madison, New Jersey 1986-1989 Financial Analyst-Medium-Sized Regional Commercial Bank

Responsible for monthly and quarterly preparing and analyzing of financial statements for the Board of Directors, management analysis reports, Call reporting, profitability and Gap analysis reports, and month end closings which included the income tax adjustment.

Prepared the yearly budget reports and assisted in the yearly cost accounting project.

Supervised Jr. Accountants and trained Management trainees.

Restructured the Gap Analysis procedures and reporting for more timely and accurate information.

Assist in special projects.

EDUCATION

Certificate of Accountancy (Graduate Program), University of Denver, Denver, Co

BS – Business Administration/Finance, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ

TECHNICAL SKILLS

H&R Block tax filing classes, Int.-Advance Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, Prelude ERP G/L System, MS Great Plains 2016 G/L, Asset Keeper PRO, SAP Concur, MRI G/L, Sage Fixed Assets, PeopleSoft G/L 9.0, Siebel, Power Image-Exp AG, Legacy Mainframe System, ReconNet 7.2.5, OmniStation 5.80, OmniPay 4.1, AssureNet G/L, LoneWolf Broker G/L, Peachtree G/L, Quickbooks G/L Desktop & Web-based, Strastustime/ Paychex Payroll, Quickbooks Payroll and Peachtree Payroll with tax filings, ADP Payroll, PayOne Payroll, AccPac Plus and Pro Series Accounting Systems, Proform,/Protrust Title software, Timeslips Billing System,

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