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Work Background

P448Accounting Manager

Apr. 2023-Prepared and simplified weekly sales report for Retail, e-Commerce and Wholesales revenue channels for forecasting projections. - Oversee and manage all general ledger accounting functions including, but not limited to accounts payable, accounts receivable, journal entries, reconciliations, intercompany billbacks and taxes to ensure timeliness and completeness of monthly closes. - Assess current practices and procedures to simplify and make recommendations for the best practices going forward to enhance cooperative teamwork. - Structured the approval process and accounting policies within Ramp to monitor credit card spend management and travel reimbursements. - Provided various support for external audits including reports and samples to ensure compliance with tax regulations as needed.

(MALIN+GOETZ)Senior Accountant

Sep. 2022 - Jan. 2023- Prepared weekly A/R aging reports for North America, APAC and UK/EU to drive collections on outstanding client receivables for senior management. - Complied weekly PAC to measure the company’s short-term health for lending opportunities. - Managed all customer related functions including creating new customers and sending statements/invoices for all boutique wholesale and amenities customers.

MaisonetteSenior Accountant

Aug. 2021 - Sep. 2022- Restructured the approval processes and accounting policies within Airbase to improve credit card spend management that included a self-sufficient guide for employees. - Implemented a new T&E policy with an approval process to track employee spend. - Developed and actioned an A/P improvement plan to restructure operational spend. - Prepared and reconciled all Operations expenditures related to monthly close items to ensure proper reporting including payroll, accruals, prepaids and fixed assets. - Prepared weekly cashflow to project the company’s liquidity. - Executed monthly Budget to Actuals to identify departmental expenditure that is performing differently than expected.

Mutual of America Financial GroupSenior Accountant

Mar. 2020 - Aug. 2021New York, United States- Generating supporting documentation and tie-out of quarterly financial statements including Statement of Operations and Statement of Changes in Net Assets to eliminate fund discrepancies for more than 58 mutual funds that value over $6 billion. - Providing policyholders detailed investment offerings by preparing Annual Separate Accounts Reports, Semi-Annual Reports, and Prospectuses for Investment Corporation Funds and Variable Insurance Portfolios. - Reviewing Annual N-CSR filings for Investment Corporation funds and Variable Insurance Portfolios. - Reconciling monthly N-Port and annual N-CEN for funds other than money market to fulfill SEC filings obligations.

OmnicomCorporate Accountant

Nov. 2018 - Nov. 2019- Provided support for monthly Working Capital to measure the liquidity for assigned business units (BUs) to stakeholders. - Educated and trained EXL outsourcing team on A/R and Intercompany functionalities to increase daily productivity. - Performed quarterly Sarbanes Oxley testing with other Shared Service groups to uphold accounting policies against required auditing standards. - Developed and troubleshooted new queries in Peoplesoft to modernize operational accounting procedures and optimize usage of financial system. - Facilitated strategic partnerships with local accounting teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and reduce monthly accrual activity. - Engaged in ad hoc projects assigned by the Controller including foreign transaction discrepancies and implementation of urgent checks to align with company standards and protocols.

OmnicomJunior Accountant

Jul. 2017 - Oct. 2018New York, United States- Processed e-filling of annual 1099s while ensuring vendor management. - Prepared and reconciled month/quarter/year-end FRPs, workbooks and quarterly cash movement for assigned BUs to examine financial health and help investors make informed decisions. - Maintained, depreciated, and reported Fixed Assets, Intangible Assets, Leasehold Improvement and Capital Leases to quantify profitability for potential investors.

OmnicomAccounting Assistant

Nov. 2016 - Jul. 2017New York, United States- Invoiced, simplified, and coded monthly intercompany for 8 business units to amplify collaboration among agencies and BUs. - Restructured employee travel and expense reports processes to ensure internal controls and enhance preparation for audits. - Prepared weekly A/R aging reports of for the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Dallas business units with an analysis of outstanding client receivables for senior management to drive client activity. - Processed and reconciled all A/R cash applications to assist the FP&A team in analyzing receivables. - Assisted with quarterly and yearly audit preparations, bank audits and sales tax audits according to Sarbanes - Oxley Act.

Match Eyewear, LLCAccounting Assistant

Sep. 2015 - Nov. 2016Westbury, New York, United States- Generated statements, prepared daily deposits, reconciled customer accounts for Match USA, Design Gallery and Match Canada divisions to ensure proper disbursements. - Reconciled buying group, corporate and other large vendor payments with matching invoices and purchase orders. - Synthesizing and analyzing financial data with consideration of the company’s goals in improving sales operations.

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