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David Babineau

Arvada,Colorado

Summary

Finance professional with strong background in accounting and financial management. Known for accuracy in financial reporting and ability to streamline accounting processes. Collaborative team player focused on delivering results and adapting to changing needs. Skilled in financial analysis, regulatory compliance, and budget management.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Accountant III

CertainPath
03.2023 - Current
  • Built a functioning cost center financial package when the company transitioned from reporting by individual entity to reporting at a consolidated level utilizing product line cost center reporting, manage the file and reporting monthly
  • Built budget file template from the ground up for a newly acquired subsidiary including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and all supporting schedules
  • Build and manage budget files annually for financial and member/client reporting
  • Lead the finance team of 5 through the month end process helping them with commentary, tough variance analysis, accounts receivable and accounts payable issues
  • Tasked with taking on recently acquired business financials to ensure financial accuracy and timely financial delivery. The business model is different than the core business, my experience with direct mail and COGS helped build confidence that the financials would be done correctly and efficiently
  • Build financial narrative monthly both for Executive summary reporting and for bank covenants then review with the CFO for final approval
  • Manage membership dashboards and other key member metric files
  • Built several KPI reporting tools in Excel including reporting that analyzes cost by sales representative (including wages, commissions and travel expense) vs. annualized revenue generated, dynamic gross margin reporting to assist in visualization of key metrics to help target areas of improvement for direct mail product
  • Ad Hoc reporting specialist, when an Executive needs specific one-off reporting, I am trusted and relied on to deliver accurate reporting, often times in a compressed timeline
  • Manage bi weekly commission process reviewing all commissions prior to being sent for final approval
  • Automated JEs in Excel to ensure accuracy, simplify JE upload, and to speed up close processes
  • Month end close including but not limited to journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis

VP, Senior Sales & Operations Analyst

Marquis
06.2022 - 03.2023
  • Complete all the financial reporting for the company, also set up new covenant reporting template which included leverage ratios and setting up quarterly compliance worksheet to automatically pull data from the trial balance to get to the adjusted EBITDA that was in the covenant agreement
  • Built KPI's that enabled executives to visualize trends in the business which helped to quickly identify potential areas of improvement, specifically in the sales pipeline/sales process and with how the company bundled direct mail into contracts

Senior Accountant/Sales & Operations Analyst

Marquis
01.2022 - 05.2022
  • Identified an issue in the CRM system that was causing revenue misses estimated to be at least 100k a year by the marketing director
  • Improved sales reporting and analysis to help ensure more accurate/consistent reporting
  • Assist in the hiring process and training of new members of the finance team

Senior Accountant

Marquis
07.2021 - 12.2021
  • Rebuilt the executive financial package to be entirely automated by dropping in a trial balance monthly, the plan for the year and the prior year activity. This file updated the monthly BS, CF, TTM, as well as all P&L's and trend numbers requested by the executive board and has built in checks to ensure accuracy
  • Integral part of accounting software implementation (NetSuite) including the import of historical data, contracts, PO entry, data validation and testing
  • Helped the company transition to ASC 606 compliance and have managed all commissions to stay in compliance
  • Manage all the expenses including approving AP invoices and reviewing other accounting JE's prior to upload
  • Automated the P&L flash process so it could be updated quickly and accurately with any and all changes
  • Created a rolling forecast file that takes YTD actuals dropped in and automatically update the forecast for the year to include actuals for past months and plan or new forecast for the remainder
  • Automated JE's to ensure accuracy and to speed up close processes
  • Month end close including but not limited to journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis to provide commentary for executives

Accountant / FPA Specialist

Marquis
04.2019 - 06.2021
  • Rebuilt the executive financial package to be entirely automated by dropping in a trial balance monthly, the plan for the year and the prior year activity. This file updated the monthly BS, CF, TTM, as well as all P&L's and trend numbers requested by the executive board and has built in checks to ensure accuracy
  • Integral part of accounting software implementation (NetSuite) including the import of historical data, contracts, PO entry, data validation and testing
  • Helped the company transition to ASC 606 compliance and have managed all commissions to stay in compliance
  • Manage all the expenses including approving AP invoices and reviewing other accounting JE's prior to upload
  • Automated the P&L flash process so it could be updated quickly and accurately with any and all changes
  • Created a rolling forecast file that takes YTD actuals dropped in and automatically update the forecast for the year to include actuals for past months and plan or new forecast for the remainder
  • Automated JE's to ensure accuracy and to speed up close processes
  • Month end close including but not limited to journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis to provide commentary for executives

Accountant

Accountemps
11.2018 - 04.2019
  • Westwood Financial Project - Prepared 42 fund account roll forwards (stock, REIT and bond funds) for year-end audit
  • Westwood Financial Project -Prepared financial statements and footnotes for all funds in accordance with GAAP standards to be sent to auditors
  • Helped several other small companies with their financial needs by adapting to their needs

Staff Accountant

Plumbing Products Group (Subsidiary of NCH Corporation)
02.2016 - 09.2018
  • Month end close including but not limited to journal entries, balance sheet reconciliation and variance analysis
  • Preparing commission, rebate and royalty payments to be approved by executives then processed. Kept detailed schedules of monthly, quarterly and annual payment requirements based on agreed upon contracts
  • Assist in presenting monthly financial results to the executive team
  • Created a Lunch and Learn PowerPoint presentation for a greater audience to better understand the income statement

Staff II Accountant

Associa
02.2014 - 01.2016
  • Responsible for preparing financial packages for 90+ HOAs monthly
  • Thoroughly review the General Ledger, Income Statement and Balance sheet
  • Work directly with the HOA manager to make sure all of the needs of the client are met
  • Led new team in their first month of production, including assisting with financials and answering any questions as needed

Bookkeeper

Diesel Displays LLC
04.2013 - 02.2014
  • Established an efficient, organized filing system
  • Managed all accounts receivable and accounts payable

Education

B.S. Degree - Accounting

Western Governors University
Austin, TX
12.2018

A.A.S - Accounting

Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, NY
12.2012

Skills

  • Intacct
  • QuickBooks
  • Salesforce
  • Financial reporting
  • Audit support
  • Financial statement review
  • Excel
  • Financial modeling
  • Netsuite
  • General ledger accounting

Accomplishments

Built new budget files in Excel from the ground up for new acquisition

Built Cost Center Profit Center reporting package to convert accounting by entity to a consolidated reporting package

Timeline

Senior Accountant III

CertainPath
03.2023 - Current

VP, Senior Sales & Operations Analyst

Marquis
06.2022 - 03.2023

Senior Accountant/Sales & Operations Analyst

Marquis
01.2022 - 05.2022

Senior Accountant

Marquis
07.2021 - 12.2021

Accountant / FPA Specialist

Marquis
04.2019 - 06.2021

Accountant

Accountemps
11.2018 - 04.2019

Staff Accountant

Plumbing Products Group (Subsidiary of NCH Corporation)
02.2016 - 09.2018

Staff II Accountant

Associa
02.2014 - 01.2016

Bookkeeper

Diesel Displays LLC
04.2013 - 02.2014

A.A.S - Accounting

Hudson Valley Community College

B.S. Degree - Accounting

Western Governors University

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