Rosalind R. Holmes

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Liberty Township, Ohio 45044

513-***-****

adxfja@r.postjobfree.com

Vernovis-Mason, Ohio October 2022 – present

Assistant Controller contract employee at Huffy Corporation

Manage all accounting operations and a team of 15 accounting professionals including but not limited to Billing, A/R, A/P, G/L, Treasury, Budgeting, taxation.

Manage month-end closing, prepare monthly financial statements, complete audits and other operational reports for the company and global affiliates in Mexico, UK, Canada, Netherlands, Spain, etc.

Analyze variances and communicates explanations to management with recommended appropriate actions.

Prepare forecasts of income statement, balance sheets, and statement of cash flows

Assist management in the development and coaching to improve employee performance and skills. Assist department members with problem resolution and supervise smaller team within General Accounting.

Prepare monthly financial entries to properly account for various General Accounting or other financial items as needed.

Drive for continuous improvement of business and systems processes, while maintaining integrity of controls and accuracy of the financial statements.

Complete reporting requirements including internal reports, forecasting updates, flux analysis, and external disclosures.

Assist with department training opportunities including skill building for JD Edwards, BW, Blackline, and Excel within the team.

Worked across global organization boundaries and all levels of the company to achieve plant, country, or corporate objectives.

Integrates and trains new staff while leading the continued professional development of the existing team

Shares best practices across global finance team, e.g., process improvements, financial modeling and procedures changes

Provides proactive / unsolicited consultation, interpretation, and education of complex financial and operational matters to various global departmental leaders used to drive business decisions.

Collaborates with global regional leader, and senior management in Hong Kong, Mexico, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, etc. to prepare financial statements, complete audits, budgets and explain results, make improvements, manage projects, identify inefficiencies, understand operations and lead

Prepares both simple and complex business tax returns, sales and use tax, property tax returns and research relevant tax issues.

Consulted with PWC regarding federal, state and local income taxation, (SALT) sales and use tax, corporate activity and commercial activity taxes, etc.

BC Forward-Indianapolis, Indiana January 2022 – October 2022

Fund Accounting Manager/Contract Employee at Citibank

Manage a team of 25 global accounting professionals in Mumbai, India to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g., performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions) as well as support mechanism for achievement including SMART goal setting.

Calculate daily and periodic NAVs for fund and dissemination of the associated unit prices to facilitate investor dealing in accordance with all local regulations, accepted accounting values, and local tax requirements, as well as produce full set of audited annual financial accounts and unaudited semiannual accounts for each regulated entity

Complete regulatory reporting and associated client reporting requirements covering all aspects of the fund’s valuation, portfolio, expenses, and transaction volumes ensuring a variety of standard and client/regulatory formats

Assist the global section managers of a team of 15 Fund Accountants in India who are responsible for a broad spectrum of financial and accounting matters affecting clients.

Identify and implement corrective action plans across teams while analyzing and assessing business risk

Serve as primary point of escalation for internal/external staff queries, and develop/manage process, productivity, and quality standards

Create, develop, and maintain business relationships, identify and implement service, system, and process enhancements, lead and evaluate system testing, and train staff on new technology enhancements

Support development and achievement of strategic goals and annual performance/compensation cycle as well as implement methods to reduce expenses, recommend enhancements, and justify benefits

Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Divine Appetite-West Chester, Ohio January 2017- December 2021

Accounting Supervisor

Managed a team of 7 accounting professionals in the areas of billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, month end close etc.

Reconciles bank statements, cash, accounts payable and receivables.

Setting up new customer/vendor accounts and jobs, processing customer invoices

Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.

Summarizes current financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.

Prepare income tax return at year end.

Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.

Guides accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.

Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.

Processed payroll through ADP and Workday

Run banking and other financial reports through Workday Financials

Secures financial information by completing data base backups.

Prepared federal and state income taxes, sales and use taxes.

Deloitte LP Contract Employee-Hermitage, TN

July 2018-Oct 2018

Lead Accountant-Cash and Investments

Managed a team of 12 Accounting and Finance professionals in treasury, finance, and investments.

Oversee the processing and posting of incoming and outgoing cash daily for all US Firm cash accounts via the Electronic Bank Statement process. Includes some foreign bank accounts.

Identify, analyze and report unusual cash activity and perform in-depth analysis of issues and irregular events.

Review and resolve cash-posting exceptions on a timely basis.

Prepare, process and post investment activity.

Reviewed, reconcile and monitor balance sheet accounts and profit and loss accounts.

Analyze, interpret, and report account activity and balances to ensure accuracy.

Analyze transactions, determine appropriate accounting treatment and prepare journal entries related to acquisitions, long-term assets and liabilities.

Provide analysis and recommend options as business needs and process changes occur.

Prepare ad-hoc reporting as needed.

Create and maintain a strong relationship with clients.

Prepare a variety of reports for Finance Leadership, Partners and Functional Controllers in Hyderabad, India, UK, Africa, etc.

Assist with establishing guidelines and polices and enforce internal controls to help safeguard the Firms’ assets.

Provide direction and training to internal clients when needed related to our department processes.

City of Cincinnati – Cincinnati, Ohio November 2008 – December 2016

Accountant

Oversaw the work process and training of 4 income tax accounting professionals.

Handled accounts payable and receivable transactions and maintain financial records

Generated reports such as variance analysis, and prepare tax calculations via Excel spreadsheets

Entered adjusting journal entries, post payments received, move payments from one account to another

Audit individual, employer and business tax returns to ensure integrity of financial data

Prepared tax returns for C and S-corporations, partnerships, trust and individuals

Interpret and prepare complex withholding/payroll tax returns for all of Cincinnati’s major (large) to midsize employers

Resolved over $1,000,000 dollars in outstanding taxes

Prepared and file C and S corporations, partnerships and individuals tax return

Explain the consequences of non-compliance with local tax laws to individuals, employers and payroll providers

Communicate with companies, tax advisors, and payroll providers the statutory, federal, state and local rules and regulations

Perform legal research on public sites and legal research databases such as the Secretary of State, Auditor’s Offices, CCH, WestLaw, CaseText, etc.

Prepare withholding/payroll tax files for timely civil and criminal prosecution

Participate in yearly Internal Revenue Service training

Atria Mallard Cove – Sharonville, Ohio May 2007 – October 2008

Accountant

Prepared financial statements reports and analysis

Performed financial analysis to ensure all payments were received and recorded

Entered residents’ financial information into accounting system

Providing work orders to contractors, processing change order request

Completed monthly and biweekly payroll through ADP and/or Workday Financials.

Assisted with the coding of invoices, input credit card transactions

Performed general office duties as assigned

Adecco Technical – Cincinnati, Ohio January 2003 – Sept. 2006

Fixed Asset Accountant/Budget Analyst/Internal Auditor

Contract Employee worked at Procter and Gamble, Cognis Corporation, Great American Insurance, International Paper and other major corporations

Procter & Gamble January 2003-March 2004

Budget Analyst (Contract Employee)

Performed month-end and year end close activities in accordance with Company’s standards, which included journal entry transactions, accruals, deferrals, reconciling balance sheet accounts, generating financial reports for review by management.

Tracked the spending related to property, plant, and equipment projects

Maintained and verified the accuracy of monthly depreciation and amortization transactions in the general ledger

Processed asset retirement transactions such as disposal of fixed assets and transfers and additions of all fixed assets

Generated and analyzed monthly reports such as budget versus actual, and variance analysis of standard cost vs actual

Reconciled all related general ledger accounts and assisted with the development and forecasting of budgets

Prepared property tax, rent tax, and sales and use tax returns.

Prepared, evaluated and monitored research and development expense and capital budget

Great American Insurance

Internal Auditor (Contract Employee) March 2004-August 2004

Determined when to recognize revenue in accordance with the FASB

Verified the accuracy of funds to ensure proper financial use and transferred funds to other projects as necessary

Preformed audit test on the loss recovery reports to comply with Sarbanes Oxley

Identified internal control weaknesses in the and implemented policies and procedures to strengthen internal controls

Conducted interviews with various personnel at all levels to gather information, ascertain key risks, areas of concerns and the expected internal control that should be in place

Performed comprehensive analysis of information elicited through interviews and document review by demonstrating professional skepticism and appropriate follow-up

Executed predesigned audit tests and assessed the adequacy and effectiveness of the processes, policies and controls

Presented audit findings/issues and the related corrective action to various levels of management

Completed required internal audit department tasks needed to ensure the department’s compliance with professional industry standards (e.g., self-review of audit work papers, proper close-out of the audit files, adequately responding to supervisor review comments, etc.), as well as planning for the next assignment

Education

University of Cincinnati – Carl Lindner College of Business, Cincinnati, Ohio

Master of Business Administration-Accounting August 2014

GPA 3.8/4.0

Advanced Coursework: Advanced Auditing, Corporate Tax, Federal Tax Planning and Research, Corporate Law I & II, Fraud Examination, Forensic Accounting, Non-Profit Accounting, Federal Tax Structure, Special Topics in Taxation, Estate and Gift Tax, Accounting Theory, Professional Accounting Ethics, Management Control Systems, Consolidated Financial Statements

Bachelor of Business Administration June 2004

Dual major in Accounting (G.P.A. 3.6/4.0) and Finance (G.P.A 3.6/4.0)

Software Experience

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Great Plains, QuickBooks, ADP, Workday Payroll and Financials, Sage FAS, SAP, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Vertex,

CCH Database, Research Institute of America Checkpoint (RIA), LexisNexis

Honors, Awards & Affiliations

Beta Alpha Psi- University of Cincinnati

Dean’s List- University of Cincinnati

Becker Professional Education- University of Cincinnati Graduate Student Advisor

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants-Member

Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants-Member

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners-Member

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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