Financial Reporting Part-Time
Resume:
ELIZABETH BUEHRER
FORMER CONTROLLER FOR GOLDMAN SACHS SUBSIDIARY
CONTACT
PROFILE
*********@***.***
Surprise, AZ 85379
Successful Controller, skilled in financial reporting and analysis, account reconciliations, month and year-end financial closing process, preparing financial statements, managing cash flow, budgeting and forecasting, maintain Excel spreadsheets, project accounting and audits. Self-sufficient problem solver and decision maker. Part-time Advanced Accounting instructor.
SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
Inactive California CPA,
Accounting, Analytics,
QuickBooks, Sage, Excel, Process Improvement,
Client Relations, Teaching
& Mentoring, Due Diligence,
Mergers & Acquisitions, Audit,
GAAP
Bookkeeping/Accounting Consultant
HIG Consulting, Phoenix AZ (now is Red Rock Accountancy)
July 2022- November 2024
Responsible for month-end close process, including reviewing, journal entries, payroll, bank reconciliations and account reconciliations.
Responsible for financial statement preparation, budgeting, and cash forecasting.
Clients included: Hotels, Time Shares, Medical Offices, Law Firm and Construction Firm.
Senior Accountant – Temporary Position
Barnes Aerospace, moved to the east coast
January 2022 – June 2022
Responsible for revenue recognition, cost allocation and tracking of expense for the phase out period.
Controller
ProMedica International, a Clinical Research Organization, Costa Mesa CA (now is iuvo BioScience)
October 2014 – October 2021
Day-to-day finance operations, budgeting and forecasting, month-end closing process, including reviewing, journal entries, bank reconciliations and account reconciliations.
Management and maintenance of A/P, G/L and Payroll functions. Light HR duties and SOP’s (standard operating procedures).
All statutory filing, including federal and state tax filings. Maintenance of FSA and Simple IRA accounting. Billable expense maintenance by project. Primary company liaison with outside CPA’s, Payroll Company, federal and state agencies, office leasing company, commercial and employee benefits brokers.
Ad hoc reporting of current and historical financial data and metrics to company’s President and VP’s.
Accountant with Robert Half Management Resources, temporary positions with various clients
June 2012 – September 2014
Divisional Controller
USI of Southern California, Inc. (A Goldman Sachs Capital Partners Company), Irvine, CA (Company sold in 2012)
June 2000 – May 2012
Directed accounting team encompassing Business Operations, Decision Support, Financial Reporting and Analysis and Sales Reporting. Provided accounting support for divisional financial planning and analysis team led by CEO, CFO, and all EVP’s. Provided financial management reporting including quarterly financial review, CEO and EVP reports and ad hoc support. Responsibilities included general ledger maintenance, month and year end close, journal entry preparation and review, reconciliations and financial statements, financial analysis and account reconciliation, budget preparation and forecasting, quarterly producer true ups for commissions, vendor and banking relations.
Implemented financial and forecast reporting (Flash Report) that identified revenue and expenses by product line and set up metrics for each product line based on actual and forecasted data. This “flash report” allowed management to recognize not only sales increases, but to evaluate product line profitability and to re-allocate human resources if needed.
Assisted in a fully integrated system rollover from various systems to Sagitta (Citrix). Enhanced internal controls by implementing journal entry approvals, an authority approval matrix and fixed asset tagging process.
Restructured Accounting Department from 12 to 6 and streamlined accounting procedures. Provided financial support for acquisition and mergers of over 10 new businesses, including systems conversion and set up of billing and collections.
Languages: Russian (native), English (native)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Sagitta (Citrix), Sage50 (MAS 200), BillQuick, QuickBooks, Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables & V-Lookups),
SAP (worked from 2008 to 2012)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) – El Toro Extension, 2009 to 2010
Subject: Advanced Accounting for Graduate and Undergraduate students
Prior Positions include Controller for Pharmaceutical Distribution Company; Assistant Controller for a chain of Hospitals; Medicare Reimbursement Auditor; Staff Accountant with a local California CPA firm.
EDUCATION
Arizona State University
1982-1985
BS in Accounting
California State University
1990-1993
MBA
Day-to-day finance operations, budgeting and forecasting, month-end closing process, including reviewing, journal entries, bank reconciliations and account reconciliations.
Management and maintenance of A/P, G/L and Payroll functions. Light HR duties and SOP’s (standard operating procedures).
All statutory filing, including federal and state tax filings. Maintenance of FSA and Simple IRA accounting. Billable expense maintenance by project.
Primary company liaison with outside CPA’s, Payroll Company, federal and state agencies, office leasing company, commercial and employee benefits brokers.
Ad hoc reporting of current and historical financial data and metrics to company’s President and VP’s.
Day-to-day finance operations, budgeting and forecasting, month-end closing process, including reviewing, journal entries, bank reconciliations and account reconciliations.
Management and maintenance of A/P, G/L and Payroll functions. Light HR duties and SOP’s (standard operating procedures).
All statutory filing, including federal and state tax filings. Maintenance of FSA and Simple IRA accounting. Billable expense maintenance by project.
Primary company liaison with outside CPA’s, Payroll Company, federal and state agencies, office leasing company, commercial and employee benefits brokers.
Ad hoc reporting of current and historical financial data and metrics to company’s President and VP’s.
Day-to-day finance operations, budgeting and forecasting, month-end closing process, including reviewing, journal entries, bank reconciliations and account reconciliations.
Management and maintenance of A/P, G/L and Payroll functions. Light HR duties and SOP’s (standard operating procedures).
All statutory filing, including federal and state tax filings. Maintenance of FSA and Simple IRA accounting. Billable expense maintenance by project.
Primary company liaison with outside CPA’s, Payroll Company, federal and state agencies, office leasing company, commercial and employee benefits brokers.
Ad hoc reporting of current and historical financial data and metrics to company’s President and VP’s.
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