Elena Nuzhnova

• Led monthly financial closing processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
• Mentored junior accountants, fostering skill development and promoting best practices in accounting procedures.
• Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
• Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
• Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
• Reconciled balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes.
• Handled month-end and year-end end finances by managing and reporting fixed assets and other data.
• Updated general ledger with latest entries.
• Analyzed financial statement discrepancies, identifying issues, and recommending corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
• Provided timely and accurate financial reporting to senior management, enabling informed decision-making based on reliable data.
• Maintained accurate depreciation schedules for fixed assets, coordinating with asset managers for timely recording of acquisitions or disposals.

• Establish and enforce pricing guidelines for metal commodities
• Monitor the market for price fluctuation by developing dynamic pricing tools to effectively respond to changing market needs and trends
• Provide support to team to make sure that invoicing and remittances are in line with company guidelines
• Collaborating with sales and marketing departments on developing and implementing competitive pricing strategies
• Preparing and presenting pricing analysis findings and metal market dynamics to executives, marketing teams, and sales staff
• Keeping informed on pricing analysis methods and industry trends
• Train and support the team to uphold company pricing guidelines
• Creating special write ups invoices, by obtaining special prices from customers/vendors correcting billing errors and resolving issues with them
• Purchase orders processing
• Partner with VP of Finance to manage all financial accounting functions, including reporting, general ledger maintenance, month end closing, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation
• Prepare and analyze financial information for plant, corporate, and government reporting and make recommendations as needed
• Conduct accurate and timely month end and year end closings in accordance with GAAP and corporate policy
• Cash management and reconciliation, including reporting requirements and maintaining relationships with banks
• Assist with managing all expenses, accruals, and capital projects
• Process fixed asset additions, transfers, and disposals
• Assist with budget and forecast preparation
• Prepare monthly sales and earnings forecasts and analyzing of operations
• Implement and maintain proper internal controls
• Provide direction and data on financial issues as needed
• Analyze variances and provide recommendations to promote productivity, efficiency, and profitability

• Responsible for supporting all areas of the general accounting department, including preparation of journal entries, monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations, and financial statement analytics. Assisted in the enhancement of internal controls and participates in special projects to support business initiatives.
• Daily Cash Management of 96 portfolios valued at 4M including wire transfers, EFT payments, check deposits, journal entries
• Work-cross-functionally with AP, AR, FP&A, and Accounting to ensure cash is balanced
• Reconcile bank accounts to general ledger for all cash accounts daily and monthly
• Month-end closing procedures by checking all incoming cash, review accounts payable records, accrued accounts
• Partner with Benefits, Legal, AP, and AR to streamline wire/ach request process
• Report cash balance outstanding including outstanding check balance to management daily
• Process positive pay and stop payments for both AP and Payroll
• Assist in all treasury related audit request

• Responsible for all aspects of cash management and credit card processing, utilizing the bank's cash management and payment system. This includes, but not limited to recording treasury transactions in accounting system; reconciling bank and credit card statements, forecasting both short and long term cash needs; analyzing and optimizing credit card and banking fees, staying on top of trends in payment processing for both customers and suppliers; other treasury functions, such as cash position reporting and electronic payments.
• Create journal entries for cash and investment transactions
• Administer the banking and online credit card processing systems, including adding and deleting users, service features and accounts, as well as reviewing and analyzing the analysis fees from the bank
• Monitor all bank balances and make intercompany transfers where needed as well as monitoring balances to meet debt covenants.
• Forecast short and long term cash needs.
• Reconcile bank & investment account reconciliations monthly.
• Manage and administer the credit card processor accounts. This includes, but not limited to recording and analyzing merchant statements for all of our businesses, adding and deleting new locations to the master account, and other duties as needed.
• Manage corporate purchasing card programs, resolving fraud and charge disputes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Managed accounts payable and receivable processes to ensure timely financial transactions.
• Executed reconciliation of checking and credit card accounts to ensure financial accuracy.
• Compiled balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and various financial reports.
• Assisted in documenting journal entries for inventory adjustments. Supported accounting procedures to maintain accurate financial records. Collaborated with team members to ensure compliance with accounting standards.
• Balance and maintain accurate ledgers
• Executed inventory purchase matching processes to ensure accuracy between purchase orders and invoices.
• Processed vendor invoices and monitored bank account balances to support financial operations.
• Managed preparation of quarterly and monthly tax returns, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Achieved timely payroll processing, resulting in improved employee satisfaction. Streamlined payroll procedures, enhancing accuracy and reducing errors. Addressed payroll inquiries effectively, contributing to a positive workplace environment.
• Monitored and reconciled daily cash transactions to uphold financial integrity and facilitate operational efficiency.

As Operations Manager:

• Achieved streamlined product handling and storage through effective policy development and enforcement. Improved operational workflows by establishing robust procedures for receiving products, managing inventory, and facilitating shipping.
• Review and approve all operational invoices and ensure they are submitted for payment
• Work closely with CEO and management team to set and/or implement policies, procedures and systems and to follow through with implementation.
• Communicate all operating policies and/or issues at weekly meetings
• Partnered with inventory and production team to assess inventory levels and implement strategies for efficient equipment procurement and data management.
• Achieved timely procurement of raw materials and office supplies through efficient vendor order management. Optimized delivery and freight scheduling to enhance shipping operations. Improved quality control and return handling to maintain supply chain integrity.

• Analyzed inventory data to optimize stock levels and improve product availability.
• Assisted planning managers with various daily reports.
• Assisted planners with purchase orders including: keying orders, maintaining corrections and revisions to purchase orders.
• Maintained daily communication with vendors to confirm and track purchase orders, and communicate revisions.
• Prepared a weekly transfers list to send out to the allocations and operations team and follow-up to make sure transfers happen.
• Being a key partner in cross-functional meetings to help ensure data is in line with strategies and objectives.

• Support the Operations Assistant Store Manager in developing a high performance team by assisting in scheduling and supervision of Cashier associates, as well as training and coaching Cashier associates and selling associates throughout the store on point-of-sale and selling processes and customer service tactics to enhance sales.
• Participate in interviews with job applicants and provides input to the Operations Assistant Store Manager during the selection process.
• Ensure that the cash wraps are clean and organized for customers.
• Research all cash variances $50 or more, communicate cash variance corrections to Office Assistant and provide completed research to Loss Prevention daily.
• Assist the Operations Assistant Store Manager with communications to associates regarding upcoming events, work process changes and Company/business initiatives.
• Resolve customer issues and complaints.
• Perform limited store opening and closing activities.

• Enhancing the in-store Member experience related to Financial Service to ensure that the end result is always a "WOW" Member experience.
• Lead by example to consult with Members regarding Financial options by spending the majority of the time selling and educating associates on Financial Service products, features/benefits, selling and application acquisition techniques.
• Assist store leadership with sales observations. Own compliance by being responsible for daily training. Provide on-the-spot observations and feedback to sales associates to ensure they understand the expected behaviors and display them in interactions with members as related to Financial Services.

• Support Store Operations: cash office, account maintenance, data entry detail, mail, filing, payroll processing for over 100+ employees and other clerical functions.
• Process payroll workflow, enter approved punch corrections, convert regular hours to relevant pay codes as authorized by management, and timely commit payroll for hourly associates.
• Perform clerical functions, such as tracking attendance;
• Preparing badges, ids and temporary discount cards;
• Following up to collect on-boarding paperwork; and maintaining payroll detail, applicant/associate files and employment documents/posters per company requirements.

• Established and executed comprehensive internal controls to strengthen financial reporting integrity.
• Administered comprehensive accounts payable and receivable functions, maintaining financial integrity and compliance.
• Prepared tax returns and ensured compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Prepared and analyzed financial statements to identify variances and opportunities for cost reduction
• Established strong relationships with vendors to negotiate favorable payment terms that improved working capital management.
• Improved financial reporting accuracy by implementing advanced Excel functions for data analysis.
• Executed monthly reconciliations for all bank accounts to uphold financial integrity.
• Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
• Executed account reconciliation and generated documentation for monthly closure procedures.
• Analyzed financial documents and accounts for inconsistencies, implementing corrective measures to resolve variances.