Valerie Chandler

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913-***-****

Work Experience

Contract Analyst – Finance Epiq Systems - Kansas City, KS

March 2018 – Present

. Project Lead of EMS Client based agreements. In this role I offered training to my peers, assisted with implementing agreements in SAP and worked directly with internal clients to ensure we were able to meet all the intended requires of the agreement. Other agreement aspects including collaborating with Management, Legal, Billing, Sales and other internal departments to ensure contracts are meeting company’s guidelines to maximize revenue growth. Which requires a strong understanding of Master Service, Scope of Work and Work order agreements. Allowing utilization SAP, Salesforces, GRC and various other system.

Tax Analyst II - Systems Group Sprint - Overland Park, KS

2010 to 2017

• Knowledge of state and gross receipts surcharge laws and regulations by monitoring system database utilized by all Sprint and Radio Shack nationwide stores.• Responsible for reducing customer inquiries by answering tax questions that came into Tax Help Mailbox within 24 - 48 hour time frame. Provided explanation of tax rates and application of VoIP, Gross Receipts, and Sales taxes • Utilized tax knowledge to catch errors on tax filings. For example, I intercepted a Wyless tax filing after noticing an incorrect tax rate in the documentation, saving $125K in taxes.• Set up over 1000 stores in Sprint RMS (Retail Management System) during the acquisition of RadioShack by updating and installing tax rates.• Analyze transactions and recommend alternatives to some and provide efficient response to tax inquiries and provide required certificates.• Managed three new team members by providing mentorship and work process training.• Supervised staff members by providing training in adding new data in billing systems.• Maintain internal Corporate Tax Department website with Doc-Share.• Provide guidance based on research of transaction tax laws and regulations.• Serving as liaison between business owners and IT Data warehouse team.• Ensured accurate billing to customer invoices by performing monthly updates to tax rates in the RMS database. • Prepared and analyzed quarterly/monthly/weekly variance analysis Ad Hoc detailed reports to Compliance and Audits Team • This position requires knowledge of UNIX and a basic understanding of AS/400 mainframe systems.

Senior Financial Analyst – Receivables Sprint - Overland Park, KS

1998 to 2010

• Responsible for establishing and maintaining daily/monthly/yearly financial reporting process to extract information from mainframe systems using SAS (Statistical Analysis System).• Prepared and distributed monthly Collections Performance Reports and provided variance analysis for Revenue adjustments, Receivables Aging, Bad Debt and other financial models to senior management.• Developed and created a Project Log Report for Customer Vendor Reporting with tabs for various projects tracking status - To do list, on Hold, Cancelled and Completed projects. This tool has been instrumental in managing and keeping track of various projects associated with Customer Vendor Reporting.• Designed, developed and provided Ad Hoc analysis utilizing various mainframe data information systems.• MSA System Administrator - Provide excellent customer service to the internal and external end-users, this includes granting users access to the system.

Lease Administrator – Finance Payless ShoeSource, Inc. Topeka, KS

1994 - 1998

- Responsible for Reconciliation Summary for all Canada and central stores locations

on a monthly basis.

- Resolve Landlord/Tenant issues related to Lease Compliance (review and process

rent increases, lease review and interpretation.

- Record all checks received from retailers renting excess space.

- Review annual landlord reconciliation statements and calculations, challenged areas (insurance and real-estate tax) where reductions or correction need to be made for 650 stores.

- Prepare journal entries to adjust or close account balances.

- Abstract all Lease, Amendment and Subleases and maintain information in the Lease Administration database system.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Administration

Baker University - Overland Park, KS

Associate

DeVry Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL

Skill Sets:

Financial Reporting, Forecasting, Reconciliation, SOX Compliance, Tax Audit Preparation, Tax Filing Analysis, Tax Law Compliance, Journal Entry

Technical Summary:

ACUS Billing System, Crystal Reporting, Ensemble, ISPS/TSO Mainframe, JCL Utilities, MicroStrategy, MS Access/Word/Excel, Oracle DBA/SQL, PeopleSoft, Workday, RMS Billing System, SAS, Vertex, Baan ERP, Corrigo Pro, SAP, SalesForce, GRC

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