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Dorothy Christensen

Chandler,AZ

Summary

Demonstrates strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills, with proven ability to quickly adapt to new environments. Eager to contribute to team success and further develop professional skills. Brings positive attitude and commitment to continuous learning and growth.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Accountant

Renewal by Andersen of Arizona
03.2022 - Current
  • Manages and performs day to day accounting functions for Arizona region, including accounts payable, accounts receivable (including collections), cash reporting, and certain aspects of payroll (commissions, profit sharing)
  • Calculating the commissions weekly and reviewing the jobs in the recast process
  • Prepares financial reports and coordinates month and year-end close processes
  • Assists in preparation of annual budgets and forecasts
  • Works closely with Controller and finance team to maintain consistent practices across finance, and continuously strives for process improvement
  • Supports General Manager, salesforce, and operational teams to deliver world class customer service
  • Leading the AR function for the Phoenix office and working closing with the Operations and Sales teams to receive deposits and final payments processed
  • Support other ad hoc projects and requests as necessary
  • Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
  • Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
  • Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
  • Reconciled balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes.
  • Provided timely and accurate financial reporting to senior management, enabling informed decision-making based on reliable data.
  • Optimized month-end closing procedures by streamlining workflow processes, reducing time taken from 10 days to 5 days without compromising accuracy or detail level achieved.

Accounting Manager

Explosion Sportswear
05.2019 - 03.2022
  • Manage month-end close and financial reporting with extensive GL and financial statement transactions
  • Cash management for all bank transactions
  • Responsible for all payroll and HR activities to include benefit programs and incentives
  • Assisted in establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls
  • Process HR, Payroll, Reporting, Taxes and Compliance
  • Assist Processing Orders and Purchasing for upcoming projects

Accounting Manager/Logistics and Operations Manager

Granite Gold, Inc
12.2016 - 05.2019
  • Manage month-end close and financial reporting with extensive GL and financial statement transactions
  • Cash management for all bank transactions
  • Responsible for all payroll and HR activities to include benefit programs and incentives
  • Assisted in establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls
  • Assist COO in maintaining policies while creating new streamlined procedures
  • Oversee the operations of the accounting and Operations department; initiate and support continuous process improvements around accounting operations
  • Ensure that all transactional accounting to include, A/P
  • A/R, GL and Bank reconciliations are entered and reconciled for month end
  • Key Liaison between Granite Gold Corporate, GG Manufacturing and Retail Buyers to proactively identify future opportunities for sales and production
  • Building core relationships and providing operational needs to manufacturing facility, customers and Vendors
  • Managed and monitored commissions for monthly analysis and review to Executives and Sales Managers
  • Identify potential operational gaps that may adversely impact sales and production
  • Manage order processing from Purchase order to delivery of shipment
  • EDI Systems implementation for large grocery & hardware stores
  • Troubleshooting and resolving ERP issues, setup/maintain user access in all accounting applications, setup and maintain G/L codes, Provide support for new system implementations, provide ERP system data for monitoring processes, and other projects as assigned

Administration/ Sr. Accountant

Konan Medical
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Supervise staff of 5 to consists of three Accounting Clerks and two Staff Members
  • Manage month-end close and financial reporting, Cash Management
  • Systems implementation between Great Plains and Quick-books
  • Manage and track clinical units and inter-company activity with parent company
  • Responsible for payroll processing, payroll reports, payroll taxes and compliance with HR

Sales Program & Accounting Analyst

Millennium Laboratories
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • Managed Sales Compliance programs offered to the remote sales force of 300
  • Overseeing the recruitment, terminations, maintenance of employee files, maintain time-off requests, employee evaluations, job descriptions and payroll issues
  • Assist Sr
  • Director of Sales Operations in maintaining policies while creating new streamlined procedures
  • Daily communication with the Sales team to assist in questions, procedures, analysis and reporting
  • Process and oversee requests with the sales programs in a quick and timely manner
  • Liaison between Sales, Legal, HR and Payroll and other departments in placing Lab Assistants

Accounting Consultant

Self-employeed
01.2007 - 01.2010
  • Managed month-end close, preparing and posting general ledger journal entries, financial reporting
  • Assisted in resolving historical issues to be more streamline
  • Reconcile General Ledger and Bank
  • Process Payroll, Reporting, Taxes and Compliance
  • Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable

Senior Accountant

Sempra Energy
01.2002 - 01.2006
  • Key player in month end close to include six divisions of Sempra Energy
  • Performed pipeline Accounting including balancing pipeline volumes to pipeline statements
  • Prepared detailed analysis for the monthly accrual to actual results
  • Assisted in Sarbanes-Oxley implementation for the Commodity Business Unit
  • Key player in the Allegro Implementation and Development Team
  • Recognized the estimate to actual analysis reports for both the gas and power book which consists of cumulative data from three software system
  • Re-engineered with IT the Cash Receipts process from manual to automation using interfaces through our three unique software systems

Compliance & Tax Supervisor

XtraCash ATM
01.2001 - 01.2002

Tax Accountant

Pyxis Corporation
01.1999 - 01.2001

Skills

  • Office Management
  • EDI
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Accounts Payable
  • GAAP
  • Sales
  • Tax Experience
  • QuickBooks
  • General Ledger Reconciliation
  • Account analysis
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP
  • Auditing
  • Financial Report Writing
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Journal Entries
  • Communication skills
  • Customer Service
  • Financial Statement Preparation
  • SOX
  • Bookkeeping
  • Payroll
  • Corporate accounting
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Sage
  • General Ledger Accounting
  • Microsoft Office
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Accounts receivable management
  • General ledger accounting
  • Journal entries
  • Team building and leadership
  • Attention to detail
  • Accounts payable
  • General ledger
  • General accounting
  • Bookkeeping and reconciliation
  • Microsoft office
  • Account reconciliation
  • Journal entry preparation
  • Month-end closing management
  • Team Training
  • Expense tracking
  • General ledger management
  • Financial statement review
  • Audit support
  • Financial reporting

Additional Information - Key Areas Of Expertise

  • Experience with QuickBooks, or other financial software
  • Understanding Operating Principles; making them the guidelines to perform duties.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate effectively as a team member.
  • Excellent communication and phone skills
  • A positive attitude with the ability to multi-task
  • Flexible and resilient to adapt to multiple demands, shifting priorities and changing business conditions.
  • A strong value system, excellent judgment, unquestioned integrity.

Timeline

Senior Accountant

Renewal by Andersen of Arizona
03.2022 - Current

Accounting Manager

Explosion Sportswear
05.2019 - 03.2022

Accounting Manager/Logistics and Operations Manager

Granite Gold, Inc
12.2016 - 05.2019

Administration/ Sr. Accountant

Konan Medical
01.2013 - 01.2016

Sales Program & Accounting Analyst

Millennium Laboratories
01.2010 - 01.2012

Accounting Consultant

Self-employeed
01.2007 - 01.2010

Senior Accountant

Sempra Energy
01.2002 - 01.2006

Compliance & Tax Supervisor

XtraCash ATM
01.2001 - 01.2002

Tax Accountant

Pyxis Corporation
01.1999 - 01.2001

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