Financial Analyst Resume
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OBJECTIVE: To obtain a career with a corporation in which to utilize my ability, educational
training, and desires that provide challenges and work that relate to my skills.
EXPERIENCE
OgilvyAction / Financial Analyst-Contract – PR Firm
April ’ – Current
• Opens projects in SAP and maintains status.
• Maintains administration of client contracts in financial system.
• Prepares financial reports, participates in monthly reviews of job/client P&L’s.
• Conducts monthly financial status meeting with client teams to discuss client profitability, inventory, inventory analysis, utilization, cash flow, A/R, write-offs, client contract and other outstanding financial issues.
• Prepares and analyzes monthly/quarterly/annual fee and expenses reconciliation.
• Maintains client budgets as necessary.
• Coordinates completion of other contract deliverables (i.e. year end accruals, monthly reports, minority vendor reports).
• Maintains/updates Financial Management’s client fact book.
• Through proactive analysis, identifies opportunities to improve account (client) profitability.
• Assists in the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting process.
OfficeMax / Senior Inventory Accountant-Temporary - Retail
April ’ – May ’
• Classified and/or reviewed recording of complex accounting transactions. Analyzes complex accounting interrelationships. Prepared and/or reviews interpretation of accounting results. Advised management on the meaning of the results.
• Examined a variety of financial statements and documents for completeness, accuracy and conformance with accounting requirements. Prepared projections of accounting data to show effects of proposed changes on income and financial condition.
• Monitored inventory movement (orders, receipts, adjustments, and transfers) for validity and follow up on exceptions
• Participated in inventory and accounting research of discrepancies
• Participated in physical inventories by:
• Assisted on site with executing and verification of the physical inventory count
• Performed reconciling of physical inventory results
• Traveled on a limited basis
• Participated in inventory analysis by:
• Reviewing and researching daily inventory adjustment and activity reports
• Reviewed and researched daily cost variance reports
• Performed account reconciliation and research of all inventory related accounts
• Ensured that systems and procedures are in compliance with company policies, acceptable accounting practices and applicable regulations. Suggested, recommended and implemented changes to accounts, reports and administrative or data processing systems. Identified accounting problems, researched possible solutions and formed conclusions to present to the supervisor or other individuals involved. Corrected problems. Drafted procedures for review.
Datalogics, Inc. / Senior Accountant – Software/
July ’ – November ‘ North Wacker Drive, th floor, Chicago, IL
• Processed payroll through Paychex
• Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
• Billing, Collections and Cash Applications
• Month end Closing, GL entries and Financial Statement Preparation
• Bank Reconciliation, Bank deposits and Wire Transfers
• Deferred Revenue, Fixed Assets and Prepaids
• Payroll taxes and maintain payroll and HR files
• Review and reconcile benefit program vouchers
• Facilitate new employees’ membership into employee healthcare benefits
• Excel worksheet for K and on website
Alpha Thought Global, Inc. / Manager, AR/AP – Physician Billing
Jan ’ – Jun ‘ West Jackson Blvd. tth Floor, Chicago, IL
• Input accounts receivable and payable data
• Ensure timely payments of vendor invoices and expense vouchers
• Produce checks per the accounts payable reports
• Maintain accurate records and control reports
• Client Invoicing and collecting activities
• Assist in generating cash flow reports and analysis
• Assist in preparation of financial statements
• Analyze revenue and expense items
• K issues for payroll through Nationwide Provident Mutual bi-weekly through manual checks
• Wage garnishments through Paychex
• Manual check requests for resignations or layoffs
• Analyze and submit employee expenses through Paychex
• Work with the Human resource point persons for our different divisions in multiple states
Arthur Andersen LLP / Staff Accountant/Temporary Project Assignment
West Monroe, th Floor, Chicago, IL
Dec ’ – Jan. ’
• Reconciled the combined non-resident state tax amounts by partner to what was
recorded in the general ledger so that the appropriate refund could be issued for all
U.S. Partners (over ,).
Arthur Andersen LLP / Staff Accountant/Partnership Accounting
April ’ – Sept. ‘ West Monroe, th Floor, Chicago, IL
• Tracked partner units by office on a monthly basis
• Analyzed partner “take” by country for the composite statutory income (CSI) calculation
• Monitored partner charge accounting
• Computed and record the local currency income differential effect on distributions
• Analyzed monthly financial statements
• Prepared determinations of partnership interest for retiring, resigning, and deceased U.S. partners
• Updated an MS Access database which calculates and summarizes supplemental payments for current resigning / retiring partners
• Updated an MS Access database summarizing monthly partner charge and units by office for each partner
• Performed monthly queries on FS tables to obtain listing of partner transfers, mid-year admits, departures, etc.
• Ensured that all new offices and new expatriates are correctly set up on FS so as to generate the appropriate partner charge
• Reconciled monthly partner charge management journal entries recorded by every office to the central tracking database which is maintained by partnership accounting
• Prepared analysis and input monthly entries for LCID (local currency income differential)
• Prepared the partner “take” analysis schedules by country for the composite statutory income (CSI) calculation for the worldwide statutory controller group
• Coordinated the preparation and maintenance of a demographic database of active, retired and deceased partners for use by our outside actuaries in their computation of the basic retirement benefit actuarial liability and reserve requirements
• Also was involved in the Social Committee and the Minority Recruitment and Retention Program
SKILLS Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access,
WordPerfect, Lotus --, Lotus Notes, Dos Programs, SAP,
Peachtree for Accounting, Supervision, Safety ISO Training,
JD Edwards, Microsoft Outlook, EDI systems, Great Plains, Onyx,
Quick Books Pro, Coral Draw, MS Works, Hyperion, FS, Adobe Acrobat,
PPS, PID, Oracle, Paychex, Solomon, Crystal Report Writing, ACT, Costpoint, NavigatER, and Monarch.
EDUCATION ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE, ORLAND PARK, IL
Bachelor of Business Administration Degree
Accounting Concentration November
Master of Business Management Degree
Accounting Concentration TBA-Future
References available upon request
