Financial Analyst Accounts Payable

Teresia Wanderi

**** **** ******** **, ********, GA 30064

Tel: 978-***-****

Email: ************@*****.***

Financial Professional, bringing over 7 years of experience in corporate financial analysis and overall business operations

Work Experience:

Autism Applied Consultants LLC, Worcester, MA August 2020 - Current

Sr. Financial Analyst (Contract Position - Remote)

●Responsible for budgeting, revenue forecasting, and financial management reporting

●Partners with budget owners and Human Resources to accurately plan for the business’s personnel needs

●Manages dashboard reporting by tracking monthly, quarterly and annual revenue and expenses

●In charge or reporting to executive leaders weekly metrics and aid with providing executive summary of results

●KPI reporting and analysis

●Regularly reviews historical operating results and proactively identifies and analyzes potential revenue enhancement and cost saving opportunities

●Assist with the creation of tools to enhance financial and other decision-making

●In charge of development and maintenance of dashboards useful to the daily management of the organization

●Partner with Accounting organization on a stream-lined month-end close through detailed P&L reviews and creation of accruals to ensure accurate financial reporting

●Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance

●Supports division heads by providing information, responding to questions and resolving complex problems and issues

Randstad USA, Atlanta, GA June 2018 - March 2020

Sr. Financial Analyst

●Provided Real Estate department with Monthly and Quarterly forecasts and Quarterly Business Reviews

●Took lead in annual budget preparation process

●Analyzed and presented regular financial results to Senior Management, giving insights to trends and results

●Provided financial decision support for the Senior Management team of Corporate functions in regard to Real Estate projects.

●Provided financial data to Real Estate department in relation to relocation, renewal or closure of branches recommending next steps to expiring leases.

●Capital Expenditure evaluation, reporting and analysis

●Prepared Real Estate deal analysis giving insights to branch performance.

●Performed cost benefit analysis (ROI), and quantified the impacts of various company initiatives.

●Worked and reported on monthly forecast consolidation reporting to parent company

●Worked on various ad-hoc financial analytics

MassDevelopment, Devens, MA October 2014 – April 2018

Financial Analyst

●Coordinated and prepared Operating and Capital budgets – annual and longer terms

●Managed the development of budget performance systems, financial forecasting, operating plan and modeling tools

●Monitored performance indicators, highlighting trends, analyzing unexpected variances and recommending actions

●Met with managers to review budget position throughout the year, followed up on variances and reforecasted annual results

●Prepared and reviewed monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and budget vs. actual analyses for Executive Management and board of directors

●Prepared and analyzed necessary reporting to meet compliance deadlines

●Prepared and analyzed department cost allocations to ensure allocations are proper and recommended allocation methods

●Analyzed financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital. Assisted report writer in preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, cash flows and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial position

●Analyzed real estate projects to ensure projects were within approved budgets and transactions were properly accounted for. Included developing and maintaining project reporting for high level projects

●Provided information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations

●Increased productivity by developing automated applications; eliminating duplicates; coordinating information requirements

●Prepared financial ad hoc reports as necessary

MKS Instruments, Wilmington, MA June 2012 - April 2014

Senior Accountant/Analyst

●Sarbanes Oxley Key Control Process Management - supported both internal and external audit efforts by preparing, organizing, maintaining, and presenting key control information

●Forecasting - created revolving 4-quarter forecast for engineering and manufacturing spending and a 4-quarter outlook for sales and bookings volumes

●Book/Ship Flash - downloaded data from Oracle and organized bookings and shipments by product, and resolved variances between expected and reported backlog amounts for weekly reporting to Corporate

●Major contact for the internal and external audit folks to communicate and resolve business issues

●Prepared monthly Consolidated Financial Statements for three divisions which included two international divisions (divisions in Germany and Italy.) Consolidation involved currency translation

●Prepared supporting schedules for Monthly Business Review presentation including the Discretionary Spend Analysis, Breakeven, Bookings, Shipments and Headcount reports and assists with the preparation of 4-Qrt P&L forecast and Bridge analytical schedules

●Product Line Analytics - Prepared monthly scorecard for product managers to assess product margins and overall product line performance

●Analyzed and adjusted monthly general warranty reserves. Worked with upper management to monitor the performance of current specific warranty reserves and establish new specific reserves when deemed necessary

●Performed monthly closing activities including the posting of journal entries and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts

●Provided accurate and timely data for quarterly reporting to Corporate of balance sheet fluctuation explanations

●Performed cost of goods sold review and margin analysis and prepared sales and gross margin analysis

Philips Electronics, Andover, MA February 2008 – June 2012

Accountant

●Provided support to business unit management in the development of annual service budgets and ongoing cost tracking

●Provided standard reports and analysis to improve visibility/transparency. Proactively engaged cost center managers to manage and monitor cost, and provide ongoing financial support and advice. Helped ensure overall budget compliance and project benefit realization

●Prepared and delivered month end analysis, performance to sector finance on time and with quality.

●Drove and supported sector improvement projects to improve efficiency and effectiveness of data collection and reporting and analysis processes

●Provided ongoing (i.e orderbook, headcount) and adhoc business and financial analysis/support on time and with quality

●Assisted in development of the annual budget package for the business unit by collecting financial data (sales, costs, expenses). Analyzed the data and ensured that all budget factors such as growth, inflation, savings, etc. are included. Used past trends to forecast future movement

●Supported related external and/or internal audits in close cooperation with the Shared Services organization

●Prepared and maintained all documentation of processes and procedures for Andover as they related to GL and reporting

Pilgrim Parking, Boston MA July 2006 – November 2007

Staff Accountant

●Maintained and updated general ledger accounts

●Prepared and entered monthly accrual entries

●Prepared audit worksheets and reports

●Performed account reconciliations including accounts payable and cash accounts

●Prepared monthly expense analysis

●Processed a large volume of accounts payable on a weekly basis

●Reconciled bank accounts for thirty locations

●Assisted and acted as backup for payroll processing

●Prepared customers’ reports which included copies of all paid invoices and reconciled bank statements

DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Billerica, MA October 2005 – June 2006

Tax Associate Consultant

●Assisted in tax analysis and tax consulting relating to sales and use tax

●Researched complex tax issues

●Prepared written correspondence to clients and auditors concerning ongoing issues

●Identified tax savings and planning opportunities for different clients

Clinical One Inc., Wakefield, MA March 2004 –October 2005

Accounts Payable Coordinator

●Data entry of high-volume vendor invoices and employee expense reports

●Ensured invoices were in compliance with company policies and procedures

●Processed payments to vendors, and maintained vendor listing

●Filled open and paid invoices

●Participated in AP month end close

●Researched and communicated resolution of vendor or other AP issues

Education:

Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH

Masters of Science, Accounting

Bachelor of Science, Accounting

Computer Skills:

Proficient in Oracle Hyperion Financial reporting, Bi360, Great Plains, PeopleSoft, SAP, Microsoft Office

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