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Controller / Treasurer

Controller/Director of Accounting

AT&T

International Controllers (January 2012 to present). - Primarily responsible for intercompany billing processes: journalizing activity, account analysis & reconciliation of balances, analysis of relationships & investigation of out-of-balances, settlement of intercompany account balances. Also responsible for Hyperion inputs, promotion, & monthly / quarterly reporting package preparation.

Also coordination of Treasury-function related accounts (i.e., cash, external debt, intercompany debt, etc) and the reconciliation & analysis of these accounts, also cashbook journalization & investigation for general ledger postings of bank account activity.

Lead Accountant, International Controllers

Domestic Controllers (April 2001 to December 2011).

Speciaizing in intercompany & affiliate transfer accounting, reporting, & analysis:
Primarily responsible for intercompany accounts: analysis & reconciliation of balances, analysis of relationships & investigation of out-of-balances, settlement of intercompany account balances. 
Also responsible for Treasury-function related accounts (i.e., cash, external debt, intercompany debt, etc) and the reconciliation & analysis of these accounts, also cashbook journalization to post to the general ledger all bank account activity.

Senior Specialist, Legacy AT&T Parent Company (January 2005 to September 2007). 
Primarily responsible for preparing results analysis reports for Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement to transmit to Corporate Consolidations Group during each bookclose cycle on monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
Results analysis reports include schedules that become part of the 10-Q and 10-K filing with the SEC for AT&T as well as monthly variance schedules for balance sheet and income statement accounts from Hyperion and Oracle financial application systems.
Leadership roles in: 
 Processing of journal entries and reconciliation of entries in conjunction with spin-off of AT&T Broadband unit in November 2002, resulting in net gain on disposal of $33.0 billion;
 Provided schedules and reconciliations to external auditors on quarterly basis; specifically, the audit teams that reviewed employee benefit-related balance sheet accounts and Legacy AT&T Parent Company’s financial statements in total; and, 
 Processing of journal entries and reconciliation of entries in conjunction with merger of AT&T into SBC Communications (immediately rebranded as "at&t") for the period of November 2005 through August 2006.

Lead Accountant, Domestic Corp

Penguin Group USA

Processed journal entries, month-end account reconciliations and analyses.  Prepared month-end reports of days sales outstanding, key performance indicators, and cash balancing.  Investigated open balances on accounts for reclass entries and corrections in both general ledger and accounts receivable subledger.
Worked with Director of Accounts Receivable on validation of custom-designed Access database (a.k.a. CCMS), designing of new refund processing and verification procedures, and updating subledger transaction processing.

Cash & Financial Reporting Manager

Medic One

Maintained cash management models and banking relationships.  Processed month closing, consolidating spreadsheets and eliminations; and processed submissions to primary financial institution.  Performed quarterly updates of depreciation, amortization, long-term payables, current payables, and insurance expense by location for adjustments and preliminary balance sheet reconciliations in anticipation of year-end audit.  Prepared final balance sheet account reconciliations with backup documentation and additional information as needed for external auditors at year-end.
Additional projects undertaken: reorganized permanent files to centralized location (i.e. – leases, notes payable, cancelled checks, and prior fiscal year workpapers); revised and unified the chart of accounts for 13 general ledgers; and updated bank usage (i.e. – file new signature cards, close inactive accounts, consolidate credit card processing).

Corporate Controller

Stout Industries

Performed all accounting functions for A/R, A/P, and G/L and maintained all records, including preparation of year- and month-end financial statements, processing and issuing payment on payables, analyzing and collecting receivables, preparing and recording payroll.  Advised President on financial matters (i.e. – financing proposals, monthly and annual financial statement analysis).

Controller / Accountant

Balance sheet accounting, consolidations, and intercompany/affiliate billing & balancing. Creator of budgets for multiple entities and confirmation of purchases against budgets as well as checking actuals against budget.

Specialties: Treasury accounts (cash, debt, etc) and intercompany/affiliate crosscharge processes

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