Christina Taylor

Responsible for maintaining the financials for several clients on a monthly basis.

• Work with the clients to ensure their financial statements are accurate and correctly stated each month, quarter, and year.
• Perform reconciliations of bank statements by reviewing all checks, bills, and invoices processed throughout the month.
• Record journal entries monthly into Creative Accounting Solutions.
• Review client’s Quick Book Financial Statements to validate all information was recorded correctly.

Temporary Assignment

Created a process to capitalize pre-publication costs and assign expenses to the correct project cost center.

• Built standardized time sheet to be completed weekly by employees working on active projects.
• Macros in Microsoft Excel were created to expedite time sheet submission process by the employee.
• Control checks were placed within time sheets to make sure that employees were using correct cost centers on active projects.
• Responsible for presenting process and new uniform time sheet to direct supervisor that would be used by employees throughout the organization.

Temporary Assignment

Responsible for projects that involved developing processes to reconcile a general ledger account to determine the liability owed and to improve month end reporting by Department.

• Continuously working with individuals throughout the organization to determine the type of information needed monthly to ensure the proper reconciliation of the account going forward.
• Several databases in Microsoft Access were designed to extract information.
• Microsoft Excel Workbooks were enhanced and created to present information in a more clear and concise manner.
• Analyze data from several accounting systems in order to create monthly reports and reconciliations.
• Meet with direct supervisor daily to discuss objectives to be completed.
• Present progress of projects to the Director along with supervisor on a weekly basis.

Responsible for working with FTPS Finance to ensure financials are stated correctly each month through the reconciliation of accounts and the recording of journal entries.

• Work with Financial Analysts of FTPS to book journal entries for the department.
• Assist FTPS Finance in determining how entries should be booked as related to Merchants, Financial Institutions, Agent Banks, Affiliates, or Bank Card.
• Provide customer service to the Finance team by facilitating questions on a timely basis to ensure financials are recorded correctly in the general ledger.
• Supply appropriate information as needed to assist in decisions that affects the credit card business.
• Perform reconciliations each month during close to validate account balances.
• Analyze Financial Institution Charge Comparisons to identify large and/or unusual fluctuations.
• Participate in Sarbanes Oxley Testing each quarter by testing policies, procedures, spreadsheets, and entries of other accounting departments within the bank.
• Continuously working with Accounting Manager and Senior Accountant to document all policies and procedures within the department to ensure standardization and documentation.

Responsible for the accounting of various areas including stock options, restricted stock, debt, and coupons.

• Reconcile and track all debt and interest payments. Forecast interest expense and interest income for the assistant controller of the company.
• Perform reconcilement of all stock activity for The Kroger Co.
• Analyze multiple schedules that summarize the Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Income Statements for the 10-Q and 10-K. Summaries are seen by all of Finance and the Board of Directors.
• Manage corporate accounting of coupon promotions.
• Assisted in the design of new system (Target Coupon Application) to help the set up coupon promotions.
• Supervise the counting of Kroger’s coupons by working directly with vendors.
• Assist accounting clerks in department with completing all assigned tasks.
• Perform audits on a periodic basis of all accounts that are assigned to the clerks.
• Direct supervisor of Finance Interns.
• Responsible for filling all finance intern positions by working with the University of Cincinnati to recruit and interview all qualified candidates.

Assigned various tasks and projects as delegated by the Controller.

• Completed Cost Analysis project by analyzing and forecasting data from SAP (DMAX’s ERP). Trends were determined concerning budgeting and cost controls. Findings and Recommendations were presented to CFO and Controller.

Responsible for co-leading an Internal Control Audit for General Motors Corporation. Accountable to CFO on a weekly basis to present updates on the progress of the Internal Control Audit and recommended corrective actions when results were non-compliant.