This diverse Accounting Manager/CPA has experience as both a consultant and long-term employee. Industry experience includes public accounting, nonprofits and others. Recent experience includes leading month-end close, providing full support to auditors, reducing the AR/AP cycles, providing process improvements and managing accounting teams. Systems experience includes Microsoft Dynamics GP, PeopleSoft, Lawson, SAP, SAGE, JDE, Timberline, Yardi and advanced Excel (index-match, nested if/than statements).

Additional qualifications include:

• Managed day-to-day accounting work including month-end pre-close and post-close activities
• Prepared and reviewed journal entries, balance sheet account reconciliations, provided audit support, led the budget and forecast process and oversaw payroll
• Managed teams as large as 11 people including AP/AR teams, treasury and payroll
• Led and managed the monthly, quarterly and year-end close at various organizations
• Led the due diligence on revenue cycle improvements to net a 32% reduction of AR of 42 days