Cody J. Smith
Oceanside,CA
Summary
Dynamic finance professional with extensive experience at AutoNation Toyota Irvine, excelling in financial reporting and month-end closing. Proven ability to enhance cross-functional collaboration and streamline operations, while demonstrating exceptional attention to detail. Actively pursuing ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt certification to further drive process improvements and problem-solving initiatives.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Controller
AutoNation Toyota Irvine
Irvine, CA
10.2021 - Current
- Oversaw billing for 100+ deals monthly across all Orange County market stores, ensuring compliance with company and state regulations alongside precise revenue recognition
- Dispatched daily notifications to finance managers, general managers, and controllers regarding deal compliance and revenue recognition issues, facilitating timely finalization of deals.
- Engaged cross-functionally with controllers and store associates to enhance daily accounting operations and streamline cash flow
- Monitored and evaluated monthly receivable and expense entries to reconcile account balances and guarantee accurate reporting and budget coherence
- Rectified payable invoice discrepancies weekly through efficient communication with vendors and internal teams, ensuring timely payments and reconciliation of aged invoices.
- Generated and forwarded detailed weekly and monthly financial reports (market share, store operations, concur expense, PPR, and monthly forecasts) to Western Regional Office, supporting regional performance analysis and budgeting
- Collaborated with Corporate IT specialists to address issues with regional reporting templates in Excel, ensuring accuracy of submitted data.
- Accelerated resolution of aging accounting items by meticulously reviewing schedules and engaging with stores, refining financial hygiene
- Supported controllers and account managers in compliance and revenue recognition initiatives, including monthly physical inventory and SOX aged exceptions reports.
- Conducted month-end closing activities such as accruals, amortization of prepaid expenses and other adjustments.
- Monitored daily cash flow, prepared journal entries, bank reconciliations and maintained general ledger.
Safety Technician/ Analyst
Bragg Investment Co, Inc.
Long Beach, CA
03.2019 - 08.2021
- Monitored employee training and compliance
- Evaluated incident trends utilizing diverse statistical analysis techniques, including pivot tables in Excel.
- Supported establishment of effective approaches for overseeing training and producing new bid sheets
- Oversaw and reviewed COVID-related inventory throughout all states and job sites
- Constructed dashboard for management updates on COVID supply levels and volumes sent to various job sites.
Editor
Alinga Consulting
Moscow, Russia
06.2016 - 09.2018
- Refined and corrected multiple forms of documentation created in Russian and English
- Translated documents from Russian into English
- Translated and edited online articles from Russian to English on a popular website
Application Support Specialist
C1 Company
Moscow, Russia
09.2017 - 06.2018
- Responded quickly to customer requests regarding application problems or changes.
- Managed all inquiries from non-Russian speaking customers.
- Coordinated efforts with application support specialists to resolve intricate inquiries.
- Operated within bilingual environment
- Acquired comprehensive understanding of application functionality through practical trial and error
Education
Russian language (conversational/ writing)
Moscow State University
Moscow, Russia08.2016
Bachelor of Arts - History (European with Russian Emphasis)
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia05.2012
Russian History, Language, Literature
European University At St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia04.2012
Skills
- Financial reporting
- Month-end closing
- Attention to detail
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Problem solving
- General ledger accounting
- Office workflow improvements
- Microsoft Excel
Miscellaneous - Activities
- Washington and Lee University Varsity Football, 09/08-11/12, Member of 2010 ODAC Conference championship team, ODAC Academic All-Conference: 2011-2012
- Member of Washington and Lee University club hockey team, 2010-2012
- Received certificate for successfully passing the TORFL-1 Exam, Moscow, 2013
Certification
- Working towards acquiring ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
- Working towards acquiring CFI FMVA (Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst) Certification
Timeline
Assistant Controller
AutoNation Toyota Irvine
10.2021 - Current
Safety Technician/ Analyst
Bragg Investment Co, Inc.
03.2019 - 08.2021
Application Support Specialist
C1 Company
09.2017 - 06.2018
Editor
Alinga Consulting
06.2016 - 09.2018
Russian language (conversational/ writing)
Moscow State University
Bachelor of Arts - History (European with Russian Emphasis)
Washington and Lee University
Russian History, Language, Literature
European University At St. Petersburg
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