Financial Assistant Specialist

Ashley Prowant, MBA

**** ****** **, ************, ** 37127

469-***-**** ********@*******.***

Professional Profile:

Highly motivated and detailed oriented business professional with extensive knowledge and experience in general ledger, financial planning, and corporate tax accounting.

Areas of Expertise:

Financial/Strategic Planning Consulting Financial Services Start-Up Initiative Financial Analysis Staff Training

Audits Business Forecasting Multi-Project Management Financial Statements Cross-Functional Team Leader

Community Health Systems (CHS), Franklin, TN – A provider of general hospitals healthcare services

Senior Accountant / Financial Analyst Dec 2019 -Present

Prepare and consolidate financial statements

Establish and maintain internal controls

Manage all aspects of the general ledger

Provide monthly, quarterly and year-end analyses

Coordinate or assist with the budget process and manage the capital budget

Research accounting issues for compliance with generally accepted accounting principles

Analyze and report cost variances

Manage and own all aspects of corporate IT and facilities IT capital expenditure projects

Assign projects and direct staff to ensure compliance and accuracy

Serve as a liaison to external auditors

Conduct and manage monthly balance sheet reconciliations

Manage and comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filing

Robert Half, Nashville, TN - The world’s first and largest accounting & finance staffing firm

Financial Specialist/Director - Consultant Jan 2017- Dec 2019

Clients: Premier Parking, Manheim Nashville (Cox Automotive), Freeman Webb, BNA-RE, Boconi Leather (R Madison), WTW (Willis Towers Watson)

Prepared financial reporting, including enterprise-wide performance, for senior leadership and corporate functions operating expense reporting and financial analyses

Oversaw monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close procedures

Managed full cycle accounting and day-to-day accounting operations for multiple entities, including intercompany transactions

Participated in financial standards setting and in forecast process

Provided input into department’s goal setting process

Lead forecasting, budgeting, executive reporting, and approvals.

Helped with finalizing the bottom line from the direct and indirect costs

Assisted in and/or ran financial audits on a global scale – i.e. SOX Compliance, GAAP Compliance, Year-End Scrutiny, Internal Controls, etc.

Implemented & created streamline procedures to reduce process dysfunctions/variability and generated policies & procedures to achieve reliable and effective financials

Calculated CBID (Central Business Improvement District) Tax and Sales Tax

Campero USA Corp, Dallas, TX – Restaurant that focuses on Latin American chicken recipes

Senior Accountant Nov 2014 - Dec 2016

Analyzed and prepared all financial reports with compliance to GAAP and internal controls

Plan, assign and review staff’s work

Analyze financial information and summarize financial status

Performed budget forecasting and helped prepare annual budgets

Audited expense reports for compliance

Performed day-to-day full cycle accounting and maintained compliance with GAAP

Processed and calculated all sales and use tax

Developed streamline processes for reconciliations and analyses as well as ad hoc analyses

Managed the expense forecasting process for monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting Oversaw intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and accruals

Worked with clients and vendors as their financial point of contact

Oversaw that we adhered to SOX controls and worked with internal audits to implement any necessary corrections

CPTech, LLC Dallas, TX – Technology Company that specializes in outsourced IT Security

Accountant June 2013- Nov 2014

Oversaw payroll, accounts receivable, and accounts payable, identifying discrepancies and reconciling accounts

Managed all aspects of the general ledger

Reconciled liability, asset, and expense accounts daily

Assembled budgets and forecasts company wide

Audited expense reports for compliance

Produced and analyzed financial reporting statements monthly, quarterly, yearly, and as needed

Calculated the depreciation of assets and produced FAR’s monthly

Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

University Financial Assistant (While in College) Jan 2012- May 2013

Processed income and property taxes for the university

Managed university investment accounts Wrote proposals for which companies to invest in

Performed proforma’s and forecasts for perspective university investments

Education

Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

Master Business Administration (MBA)

Certification in Finance and Accounting

Graduated with High Distinction

Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

Bachelor of Science

Major: Accounting / Minor: History and Finance

Alpha Lambda Delta / Sigma Beta Delta / Magna Cum Laude

Treasurer for Alpha Lambda Delta

Fund’s Manager of the industrial stock sector

Skills and Extra Curriculars

Skilled and exceptional in Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher, & OneNote

oExcel – Pivot Tables, Macros, V-Lookups, VBA, SQL, etc.

Have remarkable experience in building analysis files, processes & procedures, automations, etc. with large sets of data

Qualified in Mas 90, Sage 100, AMB, Infosync, Successware, All QuickBooks, Peachtree, ACS, SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, Microsoft Dynamics(GP), NetSuite, Yardi, Blackline, Apptio, GBS, ADP, Lawson, eBuilder, Medhost, & ServiceNow

Strong comprehension of US GAAP, SOX, & knowledgeable with IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)

Ability to multitask with strong attention to detail Distinguished interpersonal skills

President of Bixler Farms HOA 2019 to Present

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