DENISE GILFORD
Summary
Experienced Senior Accountant skilled in cultivating effective working relationships at all levels. A thorough team contributor with strong organizational capabilities, excels at handling multiple tasks simultaneously while ensuring accuracy. Takes pride in work and believes it reflects not only on themselves but also on the company represented. Strong expertise in financial reporting, accounting, billing, and collections. Adept at analyzing account payment histories, scheduling payment timelines, and effectively communicating with partners to minimize aging accounts and increase revenue flow.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accountant Accounts Receivable
HomeSphere LLC
03.2018 - Current
- Company Overview: HomeSphere LLC Connects Building Product Manufacturers with America's mid-market home builders through HomeSpheres residential new construction marketplace
- Manage Partner Invoicing for the following revenue streams: Builder Rebates & Incentives (BRI), Direct Rebate Management (DRM), Home Capture and Ancillary Services.
- Collaborate with the Partner Engagement team to resolve billing issues impacting collections, including blocking builders, Updating HomeSphere IQ and Salesforce.
- Manage past due balances, financial inquiries, and other accounts receivable functions
- Notify and escalate to appropriate parties if customer fails to respond
- Prepare Monthly journal entries and reconciliations
- Update general ledger with latest entries
- Reconcile balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes
- Prepare financial statements after reconciling general ledger accounts
- Prepare revenue and balance sheet variance analysis
- Prepare deferred revenue roll forward schedules
- Prepare and publish weekly cash forecast and A/R update to CFO and COO
- Coordination and preparation for bi-annual bank audits and assistance with year-end financial statement audit preparation
Senior Staff Accountant
Trailhead Institute
07.2017 - 01.2018
- Company Overview: Trailhead Institute is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) corporation, who mission is to collaborate with people and organizations to develop and manage projects to protect and improve the public's health and the environment in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region
- Prepared monthly grant/contract billings to federal, non-federal, and private grantor's for 22 Administrative Partnerships
- Ensured proper compliance with all GAAP, federal, and OMB, grant/contract standards, and guidelines
- Collaborated with Grant Manager as the liaison for accounting to ensure all grant expenditures are in line with program outcomes
- This included identifying available grant funds, ensuring activity is recorded in the appropriate period, monitoring grant periods for extensions or renewals, and reviewing spend for appropriateness
- Entered receivables into accounting and grants management systems
- Posted Grant Cash Receipts daily
- Monitored grant receivables to ensure positive cash flow on a daily or weekly basis
- Prepared journal entries and reconciled grants invoices with general ledger
- Ensured proper use of account numbers/codes and train program staff on proper coding and allocation process
- Prepared, documented and reconciled all balance sheet accounts
- Reviewed employee maintenance, electronic timecards allocation, signatures, and approvals
- Processed Bi-weekly payroll in iSolved
- Prepared payroll journal entries
- Calculated and allocated the correct budget percentage of FTE for each employee based on the approved budget and ensured that the correct account code combination was used
- Assisted Accounts Payable staff as assigned and account analysis
- Trailhead Institute is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) corporation, who mission is to collaborate with people and organizations to develop and manage projects to protect and improve the public's health and the environment in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region
Accounting Technician
Mile High Early Learning
08.2016 - 07.2017
- Company Overview: Mile High Early Learning is a 501C3 nonprofit one of Denver's oldest and largest providers of subsidized quality early childhood care and education
- Managed and responsible for full cycle accounts payable
- Reconciled and prepared annual 1099s
- Managed and responsible for full cycle billing and cash application
- Prepared and recorded monthly accrued expenses
- Managed and responsible for full cycle payroll for 125 employees
- Compiled and processed Denver Occupational Privilege Tax
- Maintained in-kind assets
- Adhered and followed internal control processes
- Managed IT request and technology
- Managed outsourced vendors
- Mile High Early Learning is a 501C3 nonprofit one of Denver's oldest and largest providers of subsidized quality early childhood care and education
Financial Consultant
Telcom Consulting Associates, Inc. TCA
11.2015 - 07.2016
- Company Overview: TCA provides business consulting services to rural independent telecommunications providers and their affiliates
- Followed Federal Communication Commission (FCC) best practices and accounting rules to prepare cost and pricing models
- Prepared financial expense case studies and estimates to improve/maximize client's revenues
- Prepared all FCC and NECA reporting
- Analyzed expense allocations by authority to comply with FCC guidelines to avoid double recovery
- Recognized potential FCC and NECA problem areas in specific client engagements and discussed them with clients
- Performed accounting, financial modeling, auditing, and consulting duties as needed for clients and as assigned by direct supervisor
- Drafted all communication and reports, including footnote disclosures and work paper's
- TCA provides business consulting services to rural independent telecommunications providers and their affiliates
Senior Staff Accountant
Automotive Credit Corporation
07.2011 - 09.2015
- Company Overview: Automotive Credit Corporation is a regional automobile finance company focused on the sub-prime market
- Completed Year-end closings processes with controller and external auditors
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations
- Reviewed budgets and communicated discrepancies to VP of Finance
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% Accuracy
- Reviewed numerous financial statements for accuracy and determined compliance with generally accepted accounting principles
- Monitored Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions to accurately gauge organizational cash flow
- Performed electronic banking transactions and completed bank reconciliations to obtain comprehensive picture of organization bank accounts on weekly and monthly basis for 4 entities
- Conducted internal audits, fixed asset reviews and property inventory evaluations to obtain asset performance information
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations
- Automotive Credit Corporation is a regional automobile finance company focused on the sub-prime market
Education
BBA - Accounting
Baker College
Auburn Hills, MISkills
- Accounts receivable
- General ledger accounting
- Financial reporting
- ERP systems proficiency (Great Plains and Salesforce)
- Bank reconciliation
- Payment reconciliation
- Financial statement review
- Teamwork
- Variance analysis
- Audit preparation
- Cash flow forecasting
- Problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication
Timeline
Senior Accountant Accounts Receivable
HomeSphere LLC
03.2018 - Current
Senior Staff Accountant
Trailhead Institute
07.2017 - 01.2018
Accounting Technician
Mile High Early Learning
08.2016 - 07.2017
Financial Consultant
Telcom Consulting Associates, Inc. TCA
11.2015 - 07.2016
Senior Staff Accountant
Automotive Credit Corporation
07.2011 - 09.2015
BBA - Accounting
Baker College
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