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Managed
the monthly close, the annual budget and quarterly
forecasting process, tax reporting, travel and expense
audits, contracts and procurement, payroll, and accounts
payable.
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Provided
quarterly finance reports to the board of trustees.
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Coordinated
the annual audit and the production of the audited
financial statements, including footnotes.
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Developed
monthly balance sheet reconciliations, income statement
analysis for consistency of reporting, and budget to
actual variance explanations.
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Implemented
project reporting, including the clean up of the fixed
asset sub ledger. This enabled executive management and
the board to monitor large construction projects,
ensuring that the projects remained within budget.
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Implemented
GAAP accounting for management purposes, transitioning
from cash accounting, which resulted in inconsistent
reporting between years, as well as in comparison to the
budget.
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Developed
a structured budget and forecasting process, ensuring
that all budget data was included in Peoplesoft allowing
for better monitoring and reporting.
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Directed
the monthly consolidation process, which includes the
U.S., Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, ensuring
that all intercompany and equity accounts correctly
eliminate in consolidation.
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Implemented
various internal control procedures in order to be in
compliance with Sarbanes Oxley.
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Provided
quarterly schedules and data to meet SEC reporting
requirements.
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Developed
purchase accounting adjustments and accounted for the
closing and restructuring of unprofitable operations.
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Recorded
the sale of various assets and investments, as well as
the legal restructuring of operations.
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Implemented
Hyperion Enterprise, a consolidations software used to
combine and report the Company’s three divisions, the
Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.
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Directed
the development and preparation of monthly executive
reports to senior management. This included an analysis
of the Company’s monthly results by geographic
division.
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Compared
the Company’s performance with historical results and
operating plans.
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Managed
the timely and accurate consolidation of this one
billion-dollar company, including both domestic and
international operations.
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Directed
the preparation of the Form 10-Q and 10-K, as well as
various SEC filings needed to take the Company private.
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Ensured
any required purchase accounting adjustments and
disclosures were included in the Company’s filings.
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Developed
and automated various receivable agings, ensuring that
they agreed to the general ledger.
