Accounts Payable Financial Reporting

Chichi Nnake, CPA / CMA

Mobile: 703-***-**** – Toronto, ON www.linkedin.com/in/chichi-nnake1 E-mail: ******@*****.***

Versatile Accountant with experience in financial modeling, financial reporting, process improvement, and regulatory compliance. Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to tackle complex issues and successfully identify solutions.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Corporate Accounting, Financial Analysis,

Financial Accounting & Reporting, External / Internal Audit,

IFRS 15 / Revenue Recognition, Internal Controls / ICFR,

Month Close Big 4

EXPERIENCE:

11/24 to Symplicity Corporation – Assistant Controller

06/25 Assisted Controller to ensure smooth and efficient daily running of the business

Performed daily accounting and month close activities, created and posted journal entries to ensure accuracy of trial balance, balance sheet, and income statement.

Prepared bi-monthly payroll, posted related journal entries in the system and filed payroll taxes

Managed and reconciled Accounts Payable (AP)

02/24 to SSP America-Food Travel Experts - Manager Accounting and Integration

06/24 Create Acquisition Integration roadmap for the company acquisitions, to ensure successful integrations.

Created Integration process including process flowcharts, narratives, and presentations for management

Managed the acquisition integration process, tracked stakeholder activities and deliverables to ensure perfect outcome.

Performed monthly close activities for acquiree companies, raised and posted adjusting journal entries to ensure accuracy of trial balance, balance sheet, and income statement

05/21 to ELLUME USA - Senior Financial Accountant

10/23 Continually drive process improvements in the transaction process, increased efficiency, and improved timeliness of reporting

Prepared financial statements, performed key reconciliation (GL), analytical reviews, variance analysis and month close activities, prepared monthly accruals, journals, Inter-company Accounts reconciliation

01/19 to ENVIVA BIOMASS - Senior Accountant

05/21 Created models for monthly close processes related to Revenue, COGS, AP, AR, and helped to reduce month close period

Performed comprehensive accounting for Revenue and Cost of Goods Sold from customer contracts, master agreements and third-party supplier contracts based on ASC 606 Revenue Recognition

Performed analytical reviews, variance analysis and flux analysis for SEC reporting.

Performed ad-hoc technical accounting research and reported result in memos to management.

Performed accounting integration for acquired companies GL and Enviva GL.

Performed reconciliation of Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR).

10/13 to VERIZON - Lead Accountant / Lead Financial Analyst

09/18 Established Market penetration rate model for Professional Services (PS) to re-focus marketing team on high Revenue customers with potential for Professional Services needs

Performed financial planning and analysis, prepared and maintained Professional Services Backlog of Projects as part of ASC 606 Revenue Recognition requirements.

Prepared annual budgets and monthly forecasts for business units, performed variance explanations on financials and headcount, developed key metrics and reports on profitability for projects

Chichi Nnake, CPA / CMA

Mobile: 703-***-**** – Toronto, ON www.linkedin.com/in/chichi-nnake1 E-mail: ******@*****.***

Supported system implementation of project accounting and reporting for time and materials (T&M) projects, resulting in improved revenue reporting

Performed revenue and cost reconciliation, profitability analysis, key performance indicators (KPIs) and presentation for management.

10/07 to VERIZON - Internal Auditor

10/13 Performed End-User-Testing during SAP implementation before ‘go-live’.

Performed internal audits on Verizon EMEA, LATAM, APAC countries and the Americas’ operations

Planned and executed audit engagements (SOX, operational and country financial audits)

Prepared process flowcharts, performed walk-through tests, performed risk assessment, identified, documented and tested controls, and remediated control gaps.

12/05 to DELOITTE & TOUCHE - Audit Senior

10/07 Received the Deloitte Applause Award for exceptional performance.

Performed financial statement audits of multinational corporations resulting in timely submission of SEC reports.

Produced financial statements for SEC filings

Effectively performed statutory audit planning, execution, and reporting, prepared financial statements in line with US GAAP

Performed SOX audits

11/04 to CANTAR POOL PRODUCTS - Budget and Forecast Analyst

12/05 Responsible for company-wide budget preparation

Performed month-end close reporting, budget and sales forecast.

Developed company’s financial, revenue, cost, and capital expenditure budgets, compared variances with actual performance, and reported to management, performed key reconciliation of data from various computer systems to correct and align company wide data for meaningful decision making.

05/04 to TIMOTHY WRIGHT & CO – Consultant – Part time

11/05 Prepared relevant reports for the acquisition of a $20m mail order client operating in three provinces

Prepared reports for continual improvement, risk assessment and cost control for a medium sized logistics client.

Performed file reviews and produced operating reports resulting in accurate provision of data necessary for the pricing of the company, helped client improve cash flow by reducing costs

10/02 to ATLAS COLD STORAGE – Financial Analyst

04/04 Responsible for planning, forecasting and analyzing all project costs for the Finance and Logistics Departments, managed variance analysis and reporting of 53 facilities in Canada and USA.

Monitored, tracked, analyzed projects and capital expenditure for 53 facilities, compared with budget

Investigated variances of performance and revenue in excess of $350M

Analyzed sales budget and periodic tonnage balances by customers and quarterly revenue by facility

Analyzed pallet capacity and communicated result to senior management

Responsible for extensive international bank reconciliation and daily fund transfers

Raised and booked monthly journals for month close.

02/01 to PROGISTIX SOLUTIONS INC. – Accounts Payable Clerk

10/02 Effectively managed supplier and transporters relationship, responsibilities included internet trading account management and Accounts Payable (AP)

EDUCATION:

Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ: Pursuing Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics

University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria: Bachelor of Fine & Applied Arts

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certified Public Accountant - CPA

Certified Management Accountant - CMA

TECHNICAL & LANGUAGE SKILLS:

NetSuite, SAP, SYSPRO, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, Tableau, Navision, QuickBooks, Concur, RAMP, Expensify

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