Compliance Manager Accounts payables

TERRENCE WHITTIER

**** **** *****. ● Las Vegas, NV 89130 ● 702-***-**** ● ***********@*****.***

Meticulous, Professional with extensive experience at major accounting firms. Audit portfolio includes private and publicly held companies in diverse industries, including casino and finance. Technically proficient in MS Excel / Word, excellent communicator. Strong team-working and multi-tasking skills, successfully completes projects within time & budget constraints.

Key Skills

Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and PowerPoint

10-Key by Touch

Millennium Software Program

Metrc Seed to Sale Tracking

Peachtree Complete, Quicken Accounting Software, Oracle Financial

Premier Software

PW Teller Software

Cognos

Business Writing Quicken Accounting Software, Data Warehouse

Infinium Payables Ledger Software, Eatec Inventory & Control software

Experience

Tryke SO, NV Companies - 2020 – Present

Inventory/ Compliance Manager

·Measure, track and report daily inventory, discrepancies, and sales

·Verification of daily syncing between Biotrack and Metrc State System for inventory for multiple locations and licenses.

·Comparison and audit of inventory between Biotrack and Metrc State inventory systems for multiple locations and licenses.

·Investigate, Adjust, and account for all variances between inventory systems.

·Coordinate plant tagging and track all cannabis harvest, inventory, and waste activity for the company for multiple locations and licenses.

·Ensure that all facilities are always complaint with all state and local regulations for multiple locations and licenses.

·Ensure compliance and reconcile deliveries and returns in Metrc daily.

·Maintain physical documentation of all transfer manifests.

·Supervise, schedule, and review inventory control employees at all dispensary locations for Arizona and Northern and Southern Nevada.

·Flag Metrc compliance gaps or risks for management in a timely manner and troubleshoot for solutions for all issues.

·Partner with cultivation and production leads to ensure proper storage, packaging and daily inventory is in compliance at all times for multiple locations and licenses.

·Interact and cooperate with Cannabis Compliance inspectors for 100% compliance for multiple locations and licenses.

·Provide updates and education to all members of staff on Metrc compliance issues or new regulations and laws for multiple license and locations.

·Perform quarterly internal compliance audits for multiple locations for all licenses.

Auditor II / State of Nevada Marijuana - 2018 – 2020

Auditor II

·Conduct audits on financial and/or tax accounts, records, activities, operations and/or internal controls of individuals, business organizations, state agencies or other government jurisdictions subject to State taxation or regulation to ensure compliance with State and Federal rules and regulations and legal requirements and/or proper safeguarding of agency funds.

·Research the past audit history of individuals, organizations or agencies and develop and/or perform audit steps as defined in an approved audit program.

·Review financial and/or tax accounts and records, examine narrative and flowchart documentation and interview personnel involved to determine compliance with a specific set of governing laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, agreements and contracts;

·Investigate past activities and practices of the individual or organization by examining business records which may have to be obtained from a variety of sources.

·Conduct audits in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, generally accepted auditing standard, and/or standards for the professional practice of internal auditing as adopted by the work unit.

·Document all findings and prepare work papers and reports that summarize audit findings and recommendations regarding adequacy of controls, operational procedures and/or determination of financial adjustments/deficiencies;

·Improve and modify controls and procedures in order to standardize systems and/or practices, to strengthen the integrity of the system and to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and policies.

·Conduct entrance and exit interviews with individuals, organization representatives or agency division heads to explain the purpose and scope of the audit, to discuss findings, verify facts and answer questions regarding the audit.

·Perform routine inspections on all marijuana facilities to ensure that they are following all state regulations. Perform Random inventory checks to ensure that the physical inventory and the inventory recorded in the state

WestCare Foundation 2016-2018

Regional Accountant

·Responsible for the accounting, budgeting, grant and contract management for WestCare Foundation and its related entities. Essential Job Functions include those listed below.

·Accounting, budgeting, grants and contract management for WestCare Foundation and its related entities.

·Meet grant compliance requirements for individual grant budgets, re-budgeting requests (approvals to spend outside of original budgeted categories), accounting procedures, reporting procedures, file retention, other government regulations (cost policy & audit guide), and appropriate documentation.

·Manage accounts receivables. Prepare accurate contract billings and submit them, in a timely manner, to the appropriate agencies for payment. Maintain accurate accounts receivable aging and actively pursue collection of those receivables.

·Review detailed general ledger for accuracy, allowability and appropriateness of transactions to each contract cost center.

·Prepare and process all journal entries for monthly accruals, correcting entries, bank activity, salary distributions, loan expenses, petty cash and intra-company transfers and all other journal entries necessary to produce complete and accurate financial reports.

·Provide input on accounting practices and procedures for the enhancement of capturing financial information, development of financial accounting systems, increase contract, cost center and fund reportability.

·Maintain detailed grant files containing contracts, correspondence, receipts, expense statements, billing statements and all grant payments.

·Ensure that grant expenditures are posted to correct matching (cost sharing) cost centers.

·Meet with grant directors to review monthly financial reports, ensure that all budget line items are being utilized each month

·Proof accounting transactions entered by Accounts Payable and Payroll staff for accuracy allowability and appropriates to all cost centers, sub-cost centers and GL. Accounts.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF GRANTHAM, Kansas City, MO

Sanford Brown College, Hazelwood, MO

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

ASSOCIATE’S OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING/BUSINESS

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