Accounting Accountant
Resume:
DAVID B BICKERSTAFF
Gilbert, AZ *****
adhl9v@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Vice President - Integrations Accounting July, 2020 - November, 2020
Vensure Employer Services, Chandler, AZ
Privately-owned professional employer organization (PEO)
●Manage Sage Intacct ERP system, including fulfilling requests from users and management across the organization for user creation, role assignment, chart of accounts changes, entity creation and management, and system troubleshooting
●Manage the BeanWorks AP system, including user creation, approval channel creation and system troubleshooting
●Lead the evaluation and implementation of financial close management and reconciliation platform
●Provide technical accounting support to new acquisitions
Senior Accountant March, 2015 - July, 2020
Ports America, Chandler, AZ
The largest ports management and stevedoring company in the United States
●Prepare and process month-end accruals and adjusting journal entries for multiple entities
●Compile financial statements and explain significant variances for multiple entities
●Implementation and System admin for Blackline system
●Robotic Process Automation (RPA) subject matter expert and team lead
●Manage the support for the year-end audit
●Participate in department-wide initiatives
●Trained in Kaizen and lean six-sigma process improvement tools
Consultant March, 2014 – March, 2015
JDA Software, Scottsdale, AZ
The leading provider of retail and supply chain planning and execution solutions
●Assisted in the reconciliation of deferred revenue accounts
●Assisted in the daily and monthly responsibilities of the revenue accounting team
GoDaddy, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ
The world’s largest domain name registrar
●Reconciled assigned general ledger accounts
●Processed month-end adjusting and accruing journal entries
●Prepared monthly variance analysis on assigned general ledger accounts
Senior Accountant
KinetX, Inc., Tempe, AZ May, 2012 – March, 2014
A mid-sized engineering services firm providing hardware, software, and systems engineering to a variety of industries, including defense and space
●Performed accounting functions as part of the accounting/finance team
●Responsible for month-end close duties
●Reconciled balance sheet accounts
●Prepared and processed adjusting journal entries
●Reconciled job cost ledger to general ledger
●Processed payroll bi-weekly, including ensuring timekeeping accuracy, posting and reconciling payroll in accounting and payroll systems, processing adjusting journal entries, and upkeep of payroll system by posting changes in withholdings and deductions
●Oversaw Accounts Payable function
●Assessed costs per contract terms and regulations
Auditor
Defense Contract Audit Agency, Chandler, AZ July, 2005 – May, 2012
An agency of the Department of Defense specializing in auditing Government contracts and contractors to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and contract terms
●Performed audits of varying degree of difficulty in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards
●Examined and appraised financial records, reports, management controls, policies, and practices related to performance on Department of Defense contracts and ensured compliance with FAR, DFARS, CAS and other regulations
●Composed audit reports and official correspondence to relate results of audit
Staff Accountant
Phoenix Fuel Company July, 2003 –Jan, 2005
A division of Giant Industries, a southwest regional wholesale fuel distributor
●Reconciled General Ledger accounts monthly
●Reconciled bulk fuel inventory monthly
●Investigated and resolved issues pertaining to bulk fuel inventory
●Prepared customized customer invoices and ad hoc reports
●Designed, built, tested, and implemented intercompany databases using MS Access and Visual Basic
●Assisted in month-end close and accounts payable processes
Accountant
Arizona Machinery Company, Avondale, AZ June, 2002 – April, 2003
A John Deere dealership with locations in Arizona, Utah, and Washington
●Performed General Ledger Accounting duties
●Prepared journal entries
●Compiled commission and gross margin reports
EDUCATION
W. P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Bachelor of Science – May, 2002
CERTIFICATION
Certified Public Accountant – In Process
●Completed the education and employment requirements in Arizona
●Currently studying for the exam
COMPUTER SKILLS
●Multiple Accounting Systems (Oracle R12, Great Plains, JAMIS, Sage Intacct)
●MS Visual Basic .NET
●Blackline
●UiPath certified developer
●Advanced MS Excel
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