Controller/Financial Analyst/Accountant

Michael P. Kiernan

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Marietta, Georgia 30062

Home Phone 404-***-****

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Professional Experience

**** – November 2010, KPMG LLP, Atlanta, GA

Senior Financial Analyst, Technology Infrastructure

Responsibilities include Financial Reporting, Budgeting, and Forecasting for the KPMG ITS $133 million dollar Fiscal Year Budget.

Prepare monthly financial reporting package and bi-monthly operating analysis. Monthly reports provided include Financials, Forecast, Capital Report, Education Report, Travel Expense Report, Overtime Report as well as numerous Project reporting for 65 different ITS departments.

Analyze financial and operational results versus forecast, plan/investigate significant variances and communicate findings to practice leaders.

Provide ongoing financial analysis and business advice to the ITS Operations Services organization and help identify issues in the financial results and/or recommend operational efficiencies or improvements.

Assist in the development and/or review of the ITS annual operating and capital budgets and quarterly forecasts.

Develop solutions to ad-hoc analytical and reporting requests for Capital reporting utilizing available tools and technologies.

Audit and ensure proper coding of expenses.

Process timesheet and payable adjustments/reclassifications when identified.

Experience in Hyperion Financial Management, Business Objects, WEBI, PeopleSoft, Monarch, Excel (Pivot tables & vlookups,) Access, PowerPoint & Word.

1995 – 1999 - Senior Accountant

Analyze and reconcile certain balance sheet accounts for 7 designated consulting practices.

Responsibilities include clearing accounts of stale items, processing employee relocation expenses, reconcile fixed asset system to the general ledger each period, oversee period close process, and prepare year end schedules.

Responsible for implementing improvements when possible and for helping train new employees.

1991 – 1995 - Internal Accountant

Responsibilities included the handling of interoffice notes for 6 Business Units of KPMG Consulting lines of business, posting of cash receipts and bills to various contracts, quarterly balance of inter-office notes with 120 offices, Internal Review Team to ensure policies and procedures were followed, 78 account reconciliation’s monthly, special projects and training of new employees.

1990-1991, DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Marietta, GA

Staff Consultant

Responsibilities included research of State Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for southeastern region.

Audit Companies and identify any overpayment made in these taxes and file for refunds when identifications were made.

1989-1990, Oxford Industries, Atlanta, GA.

Staff Accountant

Responsibilities included the accounting and P&L reporting for seven plants, two retail stores, and two distribution centers.

Process inter-company bills, bank account reconciliation’s, processing fixed asset documents.

Responsibilities also included calculating profit and loss for each company, review all significant variances of actual to budget, review general ledger for possible keying or coding errors, reconcile fixed asset system to the general ledger, distributing profit/loss statements and general ledgers.

Observed and audited yearly physical inventory.

EDUCATION

BS, Accounting, Dominican College, N.Y.

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