Accounting Manager Staff Accountant

Jacob Wolf-Saxon Accounting Manager

**********@*****.*** LinkedIn 206-***-**** Portland, OR 97220 Accounting Manager with experience in the Software Space, Manufacturing and Cultivation, Inventory Management and Retail. Background working with ERP systems including assisting with multiple implementations and turning around failed implementations in Microsoft Dynamics and Oracle Netsuite. Experienced in settings where confidentiality, discretion, and discipline are imperative, including construction, legal, creative, non-profit, political, governmental, sales and entertainment. Areas of Expertise include:

Professional Accounting Experience

ROBERT HALF Portland, OR September 2024 - Present An international staffing company supporting clients in Accounting and Finance MANAGER, MANAGER RESOURCES September 2024 - Present Working in Robert Half’s Full-Time Engagement Team as consultant at the Assistant Controller/Controller level. Key Accomplishments:

● Working quickly with clients to understand the task at hand and move quickly to find solutions that bring value.

● Recognize gaps in process, find solutions and help clients to fill those gaps to better their financials.

● Help clients to maintain the current process while finding ways to improve the process.

● Helped clients to fill needed and vacated roles in the finance department. RESPONSIVE INC.(Formally RFPIO) Beaverton, OR June 2023 - August 2024 An international software company supporting clients in the RFP process ACCOUNTING MANAGER June 2023 - Present

Managing a team of three (two Sr. Staff Accountants and one Jr. Staff Accountant) Managing month end close process, quarterly, and yearly close processes. Yearly audit adjustments. Management of subledger and general ledger full cycle accounting for US operations of two entities collaborating with one Indian based entity. Managing special projects including new software integrations and Netsuite Implementation. Key Accomplishments:

● Problem solving Netsuite systems issues for the department. (Guru)

● Implementation of ARM(Advanced Revenue Management) on a system running manual entries for over two years.

● Re-reconciled all deferred revenue historically, rebuilt the waterfall reporting and made adjustments to account for previously incorrectly recognized revenue.

● Complete build of balance sheet reconciliation process, with no prior balance sheet reconciliation process.

● Re-reconciled and balanced all cash accounts, manually and in Netsuite on all historical transactions and statements.

● Implementation and maintenance of inter-company transactions and eliminations.

● Started monthly currency revaluations, previously having not been done in multiple years.

● Implementation of policy and process for ASC 606 compliance, including implementation of the Allowance for Bad Debt account and monthly adjustment process.

● Management of policy and process for ASC842 on two leases.

● Completely owned month end close process, reviewing all journal entries.

● Took monthly close time from inconsistent times ranging from 15 days to over 20 days down to a consistent 5 days within 1 year, with a goal of a 3-5 day close.

● Continued training and support for staff, aimed at success in their roles.

● Continued training and support for AR and AP staff on best practices for performing write offs and refunds and credits as well as other various other position related tasks.

People Management Full Cycle accounting ERP Systems and Implementation

GAAP Compliance Managing GL and Subledgers ASC606 and ASC842 Compliance

Advanced Excel Payroll and Benefits Microsoft, OSX, and Google Suite

● Continued training and support for Jr. Staff Accountant on how to reconcile cash accounts and credit card accounts, followed by a successful 8 months of all accounts balanced to the penny.

● Took year end audit success from finishing behind schedule in 2022 to finishing ahead of schedule in 2023 with less added scope.

● Managed a team of three US staff accountants(two Sr. Staff and one Jr. Staff). As well as run weekly meetings including our Indian accounting team.

● Worked with the professional services team to help them utilize their project tracking software for ASC606 reporting purposes.

● Helped rebuild many reports and calculations tools to help support my team members find more efficient ways of completing month end tasks.

● Implemented standardized Journal Entries process and naming convention for better recall of historical data within the system.

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ROBERT HALF Portland, OR February 2023 - June 2023 An international staffing company supporting clients in Accounting and Finance SR. ASSOCIATE February 2023 - July 2023

Working in Robert Half’s Full-Time Engagement Team as consultant at the Sr. management level. Key Accomplishments:

● Working quickly with clients to understand the task at hand and move quickly to find solutions that bring value.

● Recognize gaps in process, find solutions and help clients to fill those gaps to better their financials.

● Help clients to maintain the current process while finding ways to improve the process.

● Helped clients to fill needed and vacated roles in the finance department. EROAD INC. Tualatin, OR December 2021 - February 2022 An international software company supporting clients in the Logistics Industries ACCOUNTING MANAGER March 2022 - February 2023

Managing month end, quarterly, and yearly close process. Management of Subledger and General Ledger full cycle accounting for North American Operations.

Key Accomplishments:

● Create Automations and process improvement, reframed the month end close schedule, and trained the team to reduce the month end close from 5+ days to 2-3 days.

● Supervise one GL Accountant and review all General Ledger activity and reconciliation to produce a clean Financial Close monthly and for all reporting periods.

● Spearhead Reporting to our international parent company including detail on Cashflow forecast, Prepaids schedule, Fixed Assets acquisitions and depreciation, and Inventory.

● Works closely with Accounts Receivable Team of 3, to resolve escalated challenges and bottlenecks; Approves all General Ledger activity for the AR Department, including Revenue transactions.

● Direct point of contact on all interim and yearly audits.

● Approve all outgoing cash payments.

● Oversee payroll, employee benefit programs and some light HR duties. SR. ACCOUNTANT December 2021 - March 2022

Day to day finance operations. Month end, quarterly, and yearly close process. General Ledger and overseeing of subledger Accounting for North American Operations.

OREGON LIQUOR & CANNABIS COMMISSION Portland, OR June 2021 - December 2021 A state-run organization regulating the Liquor and Cannabis Industries TAX AUDITOR - ACCOUNTANT II

Tax Auditor working with licensees to confirm their filings for accuracy of sales and distribution activities throughout the state. Key Accomplishments:

● Helping to design and implement a new system allowing filers to file completely online with no paper documents.

● Being up to date on rules and regulations regarding the distribution and sales of beer and wine throughout the state.

● Helping licensees navigate a new electronic filing system and to have a successful monthly filing. ACCOUNTING CONTRACTOR ROLES

Portland, OR June 2020 - November 2020

LEATHERMAN TOOL GROUP - CONTRACT ASSIGNMENT September 2020 - November 2020 Cost accounting and special projects in a lean manufacturing environment. Working with production to maintain standard costing throughout the month. Following Kanbans through the manufacturing floor and posting backflush costing weekly. Review of tool costs regarding ‘Made In The USA’ California compliance. Month end close comments on financials and updating KPI report with current data. Helping to determine Standard Costs based on the 2021 budget. INNOVYZE INC. - CONTRACT ASSIGNMENT June 2020 - August 2020 Clean up of international receivables and subledgers as well as US sales tax for all fifty states. Support while moving from Sage 300 to Netsuite. Month End Close account reconciliations, between the GL, Avalara Tax, and SalesForce. GROUNDWORKS INDUSTRIES INC. Portland, OR April 2019 - March 2020 A Vertically Integrated Cannabis Company.

COST AND GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTANT September 2019 - March 2020 Cost Accountant and Job Costing for a medium sized vertically integrated cannabis company operating a year-round indoor cultivation and edibles manufacturing.

STAFF ACCOUNTANT April 2019 - August 2019

Month end close process. Monthly Cash reconciliations for over 50 entities.GL reconciliations, depreciation and Amortization schedules, prepaids. Intercompany eliminations, and cash forecasting, posting revenue and COGS. Key contact in the department for issues in the Microsoft Dynamics ERP platform. KAMP GRIZZLY INC. Portland, OR January 2019 - April 2019 A creative agency and content studio.

PROJECT ACCOUNTANT / REVENUE ACCOUNTANT

Collaborate with project managers and accounting team to track all projects and import data into accounting software. Analyze income accounts and create revenue recognition schedules that coincided with the progress of projects. BENSON INDUSTRIES INC. Portland, OR August 2016 – January 2019 An International curtainwall construction company. PROJECT ACCOUNTANT / ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. BILLING AND COLLECTIONS Oversaw all aspects of Accounts Receivable, Billings, and Collections for both domestic and international offices, reporting directly to the CFO. Served as a liaison between project managers and the accounting team to organize a complex range of documents involved in multi-million-dollar projects. Collaborated with the local glass shop to collect smaller receivables. STOEL RIVES LLP Portland, OR March 2014 – May 2015 A national corporate and litigation law firm.

BILLING SPECIALIST

Coordinated between attorneys and the accounting team regarding billing development. Consulted with customers after the billing process began. Performed account reconciliation. PERKINS & CO ACCOUNTING Portland, OR January 2014 – February 2015 A local public accounting firm.

CONTRACTED ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SPECIALIST

Summarized receivables by maintaining invoice accounts by coordination monthly invoices, statements, and transfers to Accounts Receivable. Resolved client issues and questions regarding amounts owed.

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Other Professional Experience

Prior experience as a Research Assistant for VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle, WA, March 2010 – September 2012; Production Assistant for Late Autumn Production Office in Seattle, WA, December 2009 – March 2010. Education & Training

Post-Baccalaureate, Focus: Accounting and Finance

Portland State University Portland, OR 2017

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Focus: Business Entrepreneurship with emphasis on Entertainment Evergreen State College Olympia, WA 2008

Personal Achievements

Designed, developed, and launched a cloud service application available on iOS, Android, and the web, 2016 Volunteer Rowing Coach for the Seattle University Crew Team, 2011 Rode bicycle across the U.S. (Seattle to Florida), 2012-2013

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