SUMMARY:

• Extensive technical and managerial accounting experience with a solid academic background in finance, accounting, and business administration
• Excellent communicator with strong leadership skills and proven ability to build cohesive teams
• Skilled in process documentation and improvement

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Financial Reporting Financial Analysis Project Management
• Reconciliation Cost Reduction Cash Flow Generation
• GAAP Excel Proficient Policy Development
• Client Relations Management Training

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Accounting Software: SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle Financials, JD Edwards, QuickBooks, MS Dynamics GP, FAS1000 Asset Software, Oracle Crystal Ball

Budgeting and Reporting Software: Hyperion, Solver BI360, MS Forecaster, Oracle Reports, Tableau

Banking, Payroll, HR & Other Software: FiServ, PeopleSoft HR, Workday, GlobalView

Applications: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), MS Project, SharePoint

Database Management: MS Access, SQL, Essbase, Oracle 8

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Contract Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Bi - weekly payroll Confidential submission for Confidential Canada
• Monthly PTO accruals
• Monthly and quarterly sabbatical analysis and accrual
• 401k analysis and monthly accrual
• Desktop Deposits with Confidential to clearing account

Confidential

A&R Costing Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Monthly P&L with variance analysis for Polyols Division, set up and conduct meeting for P&L review
• Material requisition research and subsequent vendor payable arrangements
• SAP material research and product volume research and reconciliation
• Monthly journal entries including vendor invoice accruals and plant cost allocations
• Investigated and paid accounts payable for the Polyols Division including intercompany transactions
• Monthly IBP forecasting for both volumes and financial aspects of the Polyols Division

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Staff Accountant Financial Report Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Shortened number of hours working on budget by 20% by offering more efficient ways of processing data
• Modified system reports eliminating manual modifications and saving 2-4 hours on the report monthly
• MS GP Admin: troubleshooting and instruction keeping end users working with minimal interruptions
• MS Dynamics Management Reporter maintenance, hierarchy upkeep, system enhancement
• Served on Agile team for Workday process efficiencies
• Liaison between Finance and Finance Delivery Team during GP2015 system implementation/upgrade
• Business Partner in charge of Solver BI360 implementation
• Oversaw testing and reported user issues resulting in successful upgrade on time and within budget

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Contract Capital Assets Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared financial statements for 5 leasing companies
• Trued up JV partnership dealings; prepared cost letters for investment status to owners
• Computed lease rates for new acquisitions; assigned to property and distributed depreciation via Confidential
• Researched, coded, and prepared JEs for equipment rebates acknowledging discounts towards projects

Contract Accounting Specialist

Confidential, LaVista, NE

Responsibilities:

• Reconciled 20 international Confidential Accounts daily and prepared journal entries to correct variances
• Reviewed transaction detail averaging 1000s of rows of detail
• Communicated with Deutsche Bank representative on transmittal issues and System Analysts regarding database issues to ensure accuracy of data

Contract Sr. Accountant

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and reported consolidated financials representing 19 companies under parent company
• Prepared 25-35 journal recurring/manual entries monthly
• Reconciled 6 GL accounts, 2 bank accounts, and fixed assets for 19 companies
• Handled special issues regarding royalties and revenues involved with interest owners
• Prepared and filed California state use taxes for 3 companies

Contract Assistant Controller

Confidential, Lincoln, NE

Responsibilities:

• Reorganized and defined 5 teams within the Finance Division for workflow efficiency
• Supervised, instructed, and oversaw team of 4 staff accountants on daily and monthly duties
• Enhanced processes and for federal compliance; reduced preparation and review time by 67% - 85%
• Reviewed and approved monthly allocations containing rows of data averaging 37,000 lines
• Reconciled government funds awarded and grant dollars spent from $1,000 to $15 million

Confidential

Nuclear Planning Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Served as Team Lead for annual budget including payroll projections for 23 departments and 5 divisions
• Prepared performance indicators for 23 departments and 5 divisions - forecasts for cash management
• Produced monthly variance explanations including over 10 matrices, graphs, and charts
• Supervised department’s interns - Trained new managers on financial acumen and report comprehension
• Financial modeling for estimated plant life using regression analysis
• Collected and reported weekly refueling outage operating costs and tracked projects including cost control measures, kept plant under budget for all but one outage completed