SUMMARY:

A Professional Accountant with 20+ years’ progressive experience in small and medium sized organizations, in most areas of Accounting, Corporate Accounting, Finance and Treasury functions, Capital Budgeting, Audit and Forensic Accounting. Able to navigate complex scenarios and have strong reconciliation skills. My ERP experience includes SAP (FICO back end knowledgeable), Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, MS Dynamics Great Plains, Sage 100, Peachtree, QuickBooks and other large and midsize software programs including various Tax systems.

EXPERIENCE IN AREAS OF PRACTICE:

• Financial Models Financial Planning & Analysis Forecasting & Capital Budgeting
• Treasury, Cash, Debt Management Liquidity & Working Capital Management Monitoring Cash Flows
• Assets Confidential Resolving Reconciliation Disputes Inventory Reconciliation & Costing
• Cross functional team capabilities Liaise between finance and non - finance Handling all Audit requirements
• Compliance of Govt regulations Set up and implement new systems Enforce Internal Controls
• Tax Analysis Projects Public Distribution System Projects Statutory Audits
• SEC filings and SOX compliances Financial Statement Preparation Multi-State Payroll & Taxes
• Ratio Analysis Break-Even Analysis Data collection and compilation
• Intercompany Transactions Special Project works
• Data collection, data mining Analysis and interpretation of financial evidence
• Business Evaluations Expert Witness
• Hidden Assets Due Diligence
• Financial Models DCF, IRR, etc. Ratio Analysis, Break-Even-Analysis
• Excel Master, Strong PC Skills Team member as well as Independent Strong Analytical Skills
• Data Mining Skills Self-motivated, minimal Supervision Strong Attention to Detail
• Sage 100 ERP Confidential, LC (Insurance) MS Dynamics NAV
• MS Dynamics Great Plains SAP WorkDay Financials
• QuickBooks Pro Peachtree (Sage 50) Ross
• Goldmine CRM ProSeries; ProTax; Pro-Systems Oracle
• FI Enterprise Structure General Ledger Accounts Payable
• Accounts receivable Asset Accounting Cost Element/Center Accounting
• Product Costing Profitability Analysis Profit Center Accounting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Responsibilities:

• An integral member of the accounting team and assist the organization through ERP transitions
• Prepare supporting accounting entries and financial reports for privately owned consulting company with multiple subsidiaries
• Develop training documents/templates for processes and procedures
• Balance Sheet Account Confidential
• Fixed Asset Confidential and Capex analysis
• Inventory Confidential of multiple locations and multiple products, and fixing disputes

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Capex segregation and allocation
• Dashboard worksheet updating and Confidential

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Balance Sheet Accounts Confidential
• Large bank accounts with balances which should have ideally zero balances were reconciled to penny
• Brought to current very old periods’ Confidential in a row and brought the project to a comfortable stage
• Developed excel templates to help streamline the process of reconciling the unwieldy bank accounts

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Data conversion due to new system implementation of Confidential Insurance Accounting
• Financial audit of suspense accounts in compliance with organization objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; identifying risk areas; preparing audit scope and objectives
• Compliance with financial regulations and controls by executing audit program steps; testing general ledger, account balances, balance sheets, income statements, and related financial statements; examining and analyzing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation compiled from 3 different systems.
• Evaluation of manual and automated financial processes; identifying process weaknesses and inefficiencies and operational issues between system data transfers and manual entries.
• Communicated progress and findings by providing information daily; highlighting unresolved issues; reviewing working papers; preparing transactions

PROJECT ACCOUNTANT

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Helping in setting internal controls and analyzed the impact on the profitability
• Verifying the validity of Freight allocation to Confidential, and helped determine the cost allocation norms and procedures
• Sales Tax review for multiple state, multiple jurisdictions, multiple periods, and multiple countries; to verify the taxes paid are accurate with respect to various jurisdictions of various states. This was for multiple years where tax issues arose
• Reviewing classifications of sales v. lease revenues and their impact on taxability

LEAD ACCOUNTANT

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Balance Sheet Accounts Confidential
• Financial Statement preparation, month-end closing JEs functional and benefits expense allocations, monthly accruals, prepaid expenses, depreciation and amortization schedules
• Processing and recording of A/P transactions
• Verifying the supporting documents for Credit Card charges
• Reconciling payroll tax returns to GL

Confidential

REVENUE ACCOUNTANT

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing contracts for accurate revenue recognition
• Month end close journal entries and account Confidential
• Evaluating Revenue Recognition methods in accordance with GAAP, in compliance with Company Policies and industry norms
• Compliance with internal controls under SOX 404 by ensuring.internal controls were performed, documentedand operated effectively on a timely basis

CONTROLLER

Confidential, TX

Responsibilities:

• Managed all Accounting and Finance functions
• Ensured adequate cash flows by monitoring the transactions closely
• Responsible for maintaining accounting systems and monitoring actuals v. budgets
• Supervised, trained and reviewed accounting staff
• Worked with Company Management on Cost Analysis and Managerial Profit & Loss
• Maintained Internal Controls and Corporate Compliance
• Filed periodical tax returns, including Property, Sales taxes etc on timely basis

Associate

Confidential, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Audits of Companies in the Pharmaceutical, IT, and Entertainment & Animation Sectors
• Compiled and/or Reviewed Financial Statements of clients for submission to banks etc. for complying with covenants
• Provided Accounting, Payroll and Sales tax services, including tax computations and timely filings of tax reports, for the assigned clients, including
• Tax return preparations for the assigned clients
• Forensic Assignment of a Divorce case involving millions of dollars in dispute, finding hidden assets

A/R SPECIALIST

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Member of Transition team from Ross to Oracle
• A/R functions, including Credit memos, Allocations, Confidential,
• AMP (Average manufacturer Price) calculations submissions to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), etc
• Inventory counts, Confidential of multiple products, internal controls and reporting to management

ACCOUNTANT

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided accounting, payroll and sales tax services, including tax computations and timely filings of tax reports, for the assigned clients, including sole proprietors, LLC’s, corporations, and S Corporations ranging from doctors to retail stores to restaurants
• Tax returns for assigned clients
• Performed various accounting functions for the clients, as needed
• Budgets and forecasts
• Assisted in Valuation of businesses
• Financial Models applied and projections

Confidential, NY

Controller

Responsibilities:

• Cash flow and funds flow projections for proposed projects considered
• Budgets and forecasting and verifying with actuals
• Evaluated projects by using Financial Models like DCF, IRR etc.
• Financial Statements and Corporate Taxes Preparation, Reporting
• Consolidation of Financial Statements
• Consolidation of Financial Statements
• Valuation of Derivative Liabilities using Confidential Model
• Handled filings of 10Q, 10K and other Confidential Filings; research and application of pronouncements
• Coordinated audits of financial statements by external auditors for many years
• Prepared budgets, cash flow projections and project analysis

Confidential, NY

Controller

Responsibilities:

• Cash flow and funds flow projections for proposed projects considered
• Budgets and forecasting and verifying with actuals
• Evaluated projects by using Financial Models and tools
• Financial Statements and Corporate Taxes Preparation, Reporting
• Consolidation of Financial Statements