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Damaris Ramirez

Apopka,FL

Summary

Driven professional with over 20 years of experience in all facets of business operations. More than half of those years have and continue to be specifically focused on managing and monitoring all facets of project accounting.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Project Accountant, Senior Associate

Dix.Hite + Partners
08.2019 - Current
  • Responsible for all facets of project and contract financial management during various stages of contract life cycle
  • Prepare AFP's and Audit packages for Contracts won with Florida Department of Transportation
  • Collaborate with senior management and project team to ensure compliance with contractual requirements
  • Manage and maintain all monthly disadvantage business reporting
  • Prepare client invoicing, assist with collections management, and maintain project budgeting
  • Maintain project financials, including contract fee and budget analysis
  • Assist project managers in resolving financial issues
  • Assist project managers to meet accounting and project deadlines
  • Prepare reports and evaluate reasonableness of revenue recognition in comparison to billing.
  • Report and assess project profitability to leadership.
  • Drafted, analyzed and submitted numbers in reports for auditors quickly and efficiently.
  • Approve project write-offs for items not available for billing to or collection from customers.
  • Work with project managers on navigating financial risk of projects.
  • Provide timely actuals, forecast and budget data for IT and corporate management.
  • Investigate expenses not billed to customers and vetted employee reasoning.
  • Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
  • Work closely with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.

Project Accountant

Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
01.2012 - 08.2019
  • Responsible for all facets of project and contract financial management during various stages of contract life cycle.
  • Manage monthly billing meetings with over 20 project managers, process and invoice over 130 projects within 3 days.
  • Prepare AFP's and Audit packages for Contracts won with Florida Department of Transportation
  • Collaborate with senior management and project team to ensure compliance with contractual requirements
  • Manage and maintain all monthly disadvantage business reporting
  • Prepare client invoicing, assist with collections management, and maintain project budgeting
  • Maintain project financials, including contract fee and budget analysis
  • Assist project managers in resolving financial issues
  • Assist project managers to meet accounting and project deadlines
  • Prepare reports and evaluate reasonableness of revenue recognition in comparison to billing
  • Assist auditors during reviews and provided any documentation needed for selections
  • Ability to establish strong working relationships with variety of personality types
  • Coordinate project management and team meetings, draft agendas, and ensure follow-up of action items.

Office Administrator

Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
03.2009 - 03.2012
    • Performed all office administrative tasks such as planning and coordinating meetings, handling office mails, prepared meeting agendas, transcribe and distribute minutes, compiled data for creating reports
    • Human resources liaison for new employees to ensure successful onboarding
    • File yearly business licenses with city and state agencies to maintain office operations
    • Handle all logistics to organize and facilitate team building functions
    • Maintain calendar of upcoming proposals deadlines and assist with proposal preparation from start to finish.

Cost Estimating Project Management Assistant

Boyken International
01.2006 - 10.2008
    • Produce and maintained spreadsheets and graphs, customer reports and related company reports
    • Document Control for all projects
    • Collect receipts from department and complete Expense Reports and forward to accounting Dept
    • Attend all department meetings, and create and distribute minutes
    • Contact vendors for comparative pricing information for estimates
    • Proof read and make corrections to all documentation from department
    • Maintain Calendars and screen calls for department.

Executive Assistant

Pfizer Inc. Legal Division
01.1999 - 03.2005
  • Archivist for documents pertaining to cases closed, bought or sold
  • Served as Liaison between seller and potential buyers
  • Organized divestitures, and proposal conferences
  • Set up and Monitored “break out” rooms for various personnel
  • Manage and update minute reports
  • Arrange meetings and travel arrangements for attendees
  • Maintained flow of outgoing and incoming correspondence
  • Responsible for data entry and sorting of all new material pertaining to case loads
  • Cover various phone lines when needed.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration -

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
12.2012

Skills

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, One Note, Teams)
  • Deltek Vision, Concur Expense software, Florida Department of Transportation CITS system Elevia Electronic Invoicing software, Deltek Ajera
  • Notary Public
  • Bilingual- English/Spanish
  • Ability to adapt quickly and participate in improvement of current systems and processes
  • Implementer of practical/creative problem-solving skills
  • Closing Procedures
  • Project Variance Audits
  • Schedule Management
  • Project Leadership

Certification

  • University of Central Florida Mastery of Business Fundamentals

Languages

Spanish
Professional Working

Timeline

Senior Project Accountant, Senior Associate

Dix.Hite + Partners
08.2019 - Current

Project Accountant

Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
01.2012 - 08.2019

Office Administrator

Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
03.2009 - 03.2012

Cost Estimating Project Management Assistant

Boyken International
01.2006 - 10.2008

Executive Assistant

Pfizer Inc. Legal Division
01.1999 - 03.2005

Bachelor of Business Administration -

University of Central Florida

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