Laurie A. Nipp

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Pleasanton, CA 94566

adnqip@r.postjobfree.com

925-***-****

SUMMARY

Executive with diverse experience in Accounting, Finance, and Insurance. Experience in retail, manufacturing, financial services and nonprofits from enterprise-level to Fortune 500. Team player able to cooperate with management at all levels of the company. Able to manage staff and create structure in unstructured environments. Software Proficiency: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Teams, QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Concur, ProSystems, Avalara and TaxJar software

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

ACG LLP, Pleasanton, CA

(ACG is a full-service tax accounting firm) 2018-2021 Promoted to Staff Accountant

Responsibilities include the following:

* Reconcile intercompany accounts

* Create accruals and prepaid schedules

* Create and maintain Fixed Asset depreciation schedules

* Prepare monthly G/L journal entries

* General Full cycle accounting processes

* Prepared Monthly financial statements for management

* Create variance analysis reports and investigate material variances

* Managed annual budget process

* Cash Management sources and uses

* Supervise, hire, and train AP and AR specialists

* Other client special projects such as 1099, 1042 filings, state payroll withholding account registrations, DE 9 and DE 9C reporting

* Sales Tax Services for clients:

- Created new processes and procedures for sales tax registration and return processes

- Trained and supervised outsourced accounting team

- Worked directly with the client to gather data for registering and filing returns

- Registered multiple clients in 25+ states each and completed 600+ sales tax returns AP Specialist

Completed Accounts Payable for ACG and Accounts Payable for 2 clients which included:

* Reconciled bank account and credit card statements

* Processed Accounts Payable payments

* Created new internal control processes around credit card use at ACG.

* Responsible for billing clients for any credit card payments made on their behalf. AR and AP Specialist

* Created and emailed tax clients’ invoices

* Posted clients’ payments to QuickBooks and ProSystems

* Created Accounts Receivable collections reports

* Reconciled Accounts Receivable monthly

* Reconcile bank account and credit card statements

* Processed Accounts Payable payments

Open Heart Kitchen of Livermore, Inc., Livermore, CA (Non-profit organization that provides meals to seniors, low-income individuals and families) 2016-2018 Staff Accountant

Responsibilities included:

* Reconcile bank statements

* Processed Accounts Payable

* Processed Accounts Receivable

* Completed city and county reporting for grant payments

* Created accruals

* Cash management sources and uses

* Prepared the annual budget and forecast

* Prepared monthly financial statements for Board of Directors meeting

* Worked with auditor during annual audits

Colonial Life, Concord, CA (Supplemental Employer Insurance) Employee Benefits Counselor 2012-2014

Serve as product expert in helping customers create cost-effective employee benefits solutions. Accomplishments: Exceeded 90-day sales quota requirement. Main Effort Financial, Inc., Holliston, MA (Financial Services) Manager of Accounting and Administrative Services 2003-2010

Responsible for creating and managing cost-effective, legally compliant and customer-focused back-office operations. Products included financial securities, life insurance and long-term care insurance.

Accomplishments:

*Implemented and managed use of QuickBooks and Albridge software

*Managed customers through the life insurance process

* Licensed in Health and Long-term care insurances Sears, Roebuck and Company, Hoffman Estates, Illinois (Retailer, Insurance, Financial Services, and Real Estate Company) 1988-1994

* Manager, Community Relations 1992-1994 Responsible for initiation, planning and implementing community programs in Sears’ U.S. markets. Led departmental financial planning, and managed staff that executed disbursement processes for donations to domestic nonprofit organizations. Established and implemented a national program designed to promote employee/customer volunteerism at the local level. Maintained relations with nonprofit organizations in the community surrounding Sears’s new corporate headquarters. Initiated new Golden Corridor Grants, which resulted in new funding for the western suburbs of Chicago.

* Compensation Financial Analyst, Corporate 1989-1992 Responsible for organizing compensation plans for executive management in Sears Corporate, Sears’ Retail, Allstate, Dean Witter and Coldwell Banker divisions. Duties included: preparing salary, bonus, stock options and restricted stock recommendations for the Board of Directors, creating departmental operating/capital budgets and preparing monthly variance analysis. Established a program database for Sears’ Long-term Incentive Program that improved the quality and timelines of officer statements.

* Internal Auditor, Corporate 1988-1989 Performed operational and financial audits of Sears retail and administrative departments based on executive direction. EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Bachelor of Science: Accounting

Passed CPA Exam

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