AegonFinancial Reporting Manager
Aug. 1998 - Dec. 2011Dallas/Fort Worth AreaLed a team composed of (1) Financial Analyst, (1) Senior Accountant, and (2) Staff Accountants and functioned as key contributor to monthly, quarterly and annual accounting closes, coordinating timely and accurate close and preparation of tax reports, internal management reports, financial statements, and special projects. Charged by the VP of finance with the responsibility to act as liaison between accounting and information technology team members to resolve issues with applications in offices located in Texas, North Carolina and Minnesota. Wrote reports using Clarity to extract data from various databases to report on revenues, expenses, and variances to budget (e.g., Great Plains and Access). Served as subject matter expert on a multi-million dollar project to develop a database and revenue accounting system and wrote the reporting requirements which would automate the accrual, projection and reporting processes. Documented, tested, and maintained internal control policies to ensure compliance with documented internal policies and Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, mitigating material misstatements in financial reporting. Steered the development of a database and reporting structure that automated monthly budget variance analysis, reducing data processing from 16 hours to less than 8 hours. Implemented process improvements, for example, restructured sales production reporting process and removed redundancies, reducing the monthly process from 30-man hours to less than 10-man hours.