Controller/Accounting Manager

ANDREW KISIELEWSKI

**** *. ********* ******* *******, IL 60631 773-***-**** h

********@*****.*** 773-***-**** c

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Accounting/ Financial Analyst professional with over 8 years of experience in full cycle of Accounts Payable management, Account and Bank reconciliations, month-end/year-end close, sales and use tax reports, working with fixed assets, recording monthly depreciation expenses, general ledger work, SOX compliance, and working with audit teams. Industry experience includes and not limited to manufacturing, banking and financial services, and property management Very technology savvy professional with background in SAP, Great Plains, PeopleSoft, and others. I have great exposure working with Concur and AmEx Online expenses, and its submittals. I also enjoy great communication skills, am highly motivated, and a diligent specialist with outstanding work ethics.

Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Excel using formulas and calculations, Word, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Platinum, SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Hyperion, Oracle, Actuate, Microsoft Dynamics, Great Plains, Lawson, Vertex, E1.

EXPERIENCE

Adecco, Chicago, IL, REMX Financial Services, Oak Brook, IL. Dec. 08- Present

Senior Accountant / Republic Services, SPX Corp., Fitch Ratings

Working with a Fortune 500 waste management co. on all financial reporting for division office. Duties include compiling and entering high volume journal entries for division offices and consolidating financial results into business unit financials. Maintain all balance sheet reconciliations, updating all excel files in the accounting share drive folder, oversee all accounts payable and receivables functions, compiling budget and forecast models, working with auditors for all audit requests and projects as required by division controller. Also included working with a Fortune 500 manufacturing co. on all intercompany related accounts for a manufacturer division office for domestic and foreign subsidiaries which involved recording all journal entries related to intercompany activity, reconcile all intercompany balance sheet accounts, verify that intercompany statements were sent out on a timely basis as accorded to month end deadlines, establish and maintain contact with all intercompany partners and resolve any outdated issues. Verify all accounting practices are Sarbanes- Oxley compliant

Jones Lang LaSalle, Arlington Heights, Illinois June 2007- Oct.2008

Facilities Accountant

Responsibilities include preparation and submission of weekly funding requests. Review monthly expenditures and examine for any potential reclasses. Prepare and enter journal entries and ensure accruals are substantiated against budget. Review monthly variance analysis and financial reports in accordance with GAAP. Prepare monthly financial package including bank reconciliations and submit for review and approval. Insure compliance with internal audit and review standards. Assist finance analyst with budget process, handle client issue resolution. Interact effectively with finance team on a daily basis. Performed compliance Sarbanes Oxley testing documented and summarized results for all areas of Accounting.

Trane Co., Willowbrook, Illinois Sept. 2005 to Mar. 2007

Staff Accountant

Responsibilities include preparing and processing month end journal entries, analyzing month end actuals with budget, cash application of intercompany transactions, monthly balance sheet reconciliations, publishing and distributing daily revenue report to all department managers and district manager, initiating waiver requests, investigate past due accounts, maintained all fixed asset accounts, prepared monthly and quarterly sales tax and use returns. Performed compliance Sarbanes Oxley testing documented and summarized results for all areas of Accounting. Work with the controller on budget process. Complete special projects as needed.

Kelly Financial Services, Robert Half Agency, Ajilon Finance May 2004 to Sept. 2005

Staff Accountant / U.S Cellular, HSBC, McLean Fasteners

Working long-term contract assignments with accounting placement agencies. Duties include assisting in month end closing, balance sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations, clearing intercompany accounts, processing monthly commission payments and assisting in accounts payable.

SRDS, Des Plaines, Illinois

Staff Accountant Jan 1996 to Apr. 2004

Responsible for account reconciliation, prepare and process month end journal entries. Monthly duties include: Month-end closing, departmental analysis budget v. actual, prepared monthly and quarterly sales tax and use returns, maintained all fixed asset accounts.

Oversaw full cycle accounts payable, including processing of invoices and expense reimbursements for this leading publisher of advertising

directories and online advertising products interacted with vendors concerning payments, reconciled bank statements, and problem solving.

EDUCATION

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Chicago, Illinois

B.A. - Accounting

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