Senior Accountant General Ledger

Joseph Odhiambo

MBA (General) and MA Accounting with a proven history of full cycle accounting and reporting to the Board of Directors. I am currently working as Senior Accountant/Controller (contractor) at CFS, attached to Peerless Tire Company in Denver Colorado

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

MBA General -Webster University, USA

MA, Accounting and BA, Accounting with concentration in Accounting and Management -Meerut University, India

Professional Bookkeeper Certificate -Accounting and Business School of the Rockies, Greenwood Village, CO

Eligible for CPA Exam

VALUE OFFERED

• Bank and General Ledger Reconciliations

• Month End Reconciliations, Depreciation and Prepaid Allocation Accounting

• Calculation of Profit Shares

• Sales and Use Tax Returns

• Daily Cash Management, AP, AR, Payroll Accruals

• Budget to Actual Reports, Flux Analysis and Financial Reporting to Board and Stakeholders

• Not for-Profit Accounting: Correct Coding of Pledges, Grants and Donor Advised Funds

• Cost Accounting and Intercompany Transactions

• System Integration

• FloQast

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Crusoe Industries, Denver CO – November 2024 – Current(Contract)

Fixed Assets Accountant

Crusoe Industries is a multi-billion-dollar start-up company headquartered in Denver CO. The core business is the building of data centers for Artificial Intelligence. Job responsibilities involve accounting research and reclassification of fixed assets, depreciation, audit sample pulls for and reclass of property taxes. Point of contact for external auditors for audit sample analysis.

CFS, Denver CO – November 2023 – Nov 24(Contract)

Senior Accountant/Controller

Financial Reporting and Balance Sheet, Trial Balance reviews, Property and Lease Accounting, Rental Income KPIs KPI reports month-end cash reconciliations, tire store accounting. Full cycle accounting, general ledger maintenance, flux analysis and elevated-level reviews of financial statements. AP and AR monthly reconciliations Daily Cash Reconciliations and GL coding reviews Tire Store Profit and Loss Analysis, Inventory Accounting and 13-month Roll forwards Analysis of KPIs, True Ups of Tire Store Sales to the General Ledger Optimization of processes and HITS interface with GL Periodic and Year End reviews of financial statements, payroll accrual and sales, use and excise Preparation of tax return documents and filing Preparation of analytical Senior Management YTD reports and Rental Income KPIs Tire Store Profit Share Calculation and Analysis, Prepaid Allocation of Deferred Warranties, Workmen’s Compensation, Insurance, Medical and Telephone KPIs.

Verde Natural, Inc, Denver CO – November 22 – November 23(Contract)

Controller

Financial Reporting, Payroll, Sales, Excise Taxes, month-end reconciliations, intercompany accounting. Full cycle accounting, general ledger maintenance, flux analysis and elevated level

reviews of financial statements.

Analysis of Financial Statements and Balance Sheets, optimization of processes and platforms that interface with the accounting software

Periodic and Year End reviews of financial statements, payroll, and sales, use and excise tax returns and tracking of expenses.

POC for external vendors for accounting and system integration

AP and AR analysis and coding in the general ledger

Audit Workpapers

Air Communities, Inc, Denver, CO – October 2021 to November 2022

Air Communities is a REIT owner and operator of apartment communities all over the United States

Property Accountant

• Casualty Invoice Analysis and Review and Audit Workpapers

• Capitalization Policy and Fixed Assets analysis

• Insurance claims review and analysis

• Health Benefits Reports and Balance Sheet Reconciliations

• Lag Analysis -and IBNR Senior Management Reports

• YTD and roll forwards, month end and periodic reports

• Property Tax Allocation and GL entries

ANANDA SCIENTIFIC, INC, Greenwood Village, CO -August 2019 to October 2021

Ananda is a start-up scientific research firm addressing mitigation of medical benefits of CBD.

Onsite Staff Accountant

Recruited as part of the reorganization in the finance team for the pre-IPO of the company.

• Successful Pre-IPO audit lead/inventory/AP/AR/GL/Payroll/Commissions/ Cash management

• Monthly sales reports, intercompany four entities reconciliations

• Internal controls and separation of duties for the AP/AR/ Payroll processes and Periodic Reports

TIMELESS TRAVEL TRAILERS, LLC, Wheat Ridge, CO USA – November 2017 to June 2019

A small to medium size business and leader in the Recreational Vehicles Industry

Controller

Recruited to bring new processes and US GAAP internal controls in the finance department in a move to reorganization with two direct reports.

• Financial reporting to owners/Full cycle accounting/union benefits/state and federal filings/940/941, finance team lead

• AP/AR/GL / Payroll internal controls and cash management

• Weekly payroll and withholding state and federal with-holdings.

PROTECT WISE, INC, Denver, CO –May 2017 to October 2017

Protect Wise is a $38 Million cybersecurity startup company now bought out by Verizon.

Senior Staff Accountant

Recruited as part of the company growth process but unfortunately with the sale of the company, we got laid off. Reported directly to the Controller.

• General ledger, Full cycle accounting and reporting, month end close and reconciliations.

• Fixed Assets depreciation and amortization tracking SAAS.

BEACON COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Englewood, CO – November 2015 to May 2017

Beacon serves the needs of hospitals as providers of nurse call equipment services to in Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, and The Dakotas

Senior Accountant

• GL/AP/AR/ Cost Accounting/Uninstalled material tracking/Payroll

• Month -end close and audit lead point of contact

ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC AIRPORT AUTHORITY, Englewood, CO - June 2006 to October 2015

Also known as Centennial Airport, a leader in the aviation industry, managing the businesses at Centennial Airport on behalf of the State of Colorado. Recruited at entry level and promoted to full accountant.

Accountant

• AP, AR, GL, Fixed Assets, Inventory, Physical count

• Centennial Airport Foundation month end close.

• Journal Entries AR Aging and Business Client relationships.

• Maintenance of Client/Tenant Contracts

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, MEMBERSHIPS

• Board Treasurer – Scope International (2019 – present)

• City Chair – Denver Sister Cities International (2015 – present)

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