Work Experience
Cypress Search, LLC. Atlanta, Georgia (Contract) 02/10 – 04/10
Property Accountant
- Responsible for general ledger, accounts payable, cash management and financial statement preparation
- Reconcile property bank accounts
- Monthly journal entries and accruals
- Prepare and analyze property level balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statements
Solomon Edwards Group, LLC. Atlanta, Georgia (Contract) 05/09 – 09/09
Senior Accountant
- Monthly general ledger entries and bank reconciliation of multiple accounts for multiple departments
- Responsible for balance sheet analysis and variance analysis
- Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules, while facilitating and completing monthly closing procedures
- Responsible for correcting discrepancies and explaining monthly differences in account analysis and reconciliation
Tug Technologies Corporation Marietta, Georgia 08/07 – 03/09
Senior Accountant
- Monthly general ledger entries, cost accounting, inventory accounting and bank reconciliation of multiple accounts
- Assist in select, strategic financial projects involving finance and accounting processes and procedures
- Assist in the development, compilation and evaluation of organizational financial metrics
- Compile, distribute and provide ongoing analysis of global financial performance via period/quarterly/annual financial analysis reports, both recurring and ad hoc
- Identify opportunity areas and implement improvements in the planning process
- Assist with financial and tax audits and investor reporting requirements
- Assistance in accounts payable for invoice discrepancies and vendor invoice settlements
- File corporate, multi -state property tax returns, business license renewals, manufacturing tax compliance, sales and use tax returns on a monthly and quarterly basis
- Monthly preparation of financial statements and balance sheet analysis
- Participate in and help manage the annual budgeting process which includes the preparation of detailed income and expense budgets to the unit level, corporate balance sheet and cash flow statements, and key metrics
- Work on special projects related to the Finance area or that require the department’s involvement
- Assisting the Controller and CFO with various tasks, including audits, budgets and forecasts
Racetrac Petroleum Atlanta, Georgia 01/06 – 08/07
Senior Accountant
- Responsible for all general ledger work including journal entries, month end close, and financial statement preparation
- Preparation and analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances and cash management issues, drawing alternative courses of action from those conclusions
- Responsible for balance sheet analysis and variance analysis
- Prepared the financial statements and supporting schedules, while facilitating and completing monthly closing procedures
- Responsible for correcting discrepancies and explaining monthly differences in account analysis and reconciliation
- Analysis and support regarding facility issues including expenses, prepaid accounts and accruals
- Responsible for consolidations and intercompany accounting transactions
Carver and Associates Atlanta, Georgia (Short term contract) 05/05 – 09/05
Project Manager
- Planned, directed, and managed designated projects
- Ensured that objectives were accomplished in accordance with outlined priorities
- Coordinated the successful simultaneous development of several projects
- Delegated responsibilities and designed time schedules
- Negotiated contracts that ensured quality
- Prepared weekly projected status reports for management
Intercontinental Hotels Group Atlanta, Georgia 12/01 – 04/05
Property Accountant
- Prepare monthly analysis of all significant variance to trend for all revenue and expense accounts. Review financial statement trends, research unusual items, make journal entries and reclass appropriately
- Prepare monthly cash forecast, real estate taxes, property insurance, maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts
- Bank reconciliation of multiple accounts. Prepare revenue reconciliations to verify billing and general ledger agrees. This includes general ledger maintenance, cash management, fixed assets and property accounting.
- Assist with forecast of revenue, expense, and balance sheet items
- Prepare and submit capital expenditures forecast and account receivable analysis
Education
Troy State University Atlanta, Georgia August 2001
Master of Business Administration, Concentration In Finance
Savannah State University Savannah, Georgia June 1997
Bachelor of Science, Biology, Minor in Chemistry.