ERICA STUART, CPA, MAcc
Pembroke Pines,FL
Summary
CPA professional with a Master’s Degree in Accounting and over twenty-five years experience, working independently or as part of a team. Excels at directing functions in Accounting departments, Interim Controller positions, accounting processes and procedures, general ledger cleanup, account reconciliations, month-end close, journal entries, and preparing financial statements. Confident and decisive when communicating goals and vision to succeed. Skillful in implementing practical solutions for accounting to operate at the highest level, providing financial clarity and optimal profitability to companies in various industries.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Contractor/Consultant
Various Project Resources Agencies
Various Locations In FL, NJ, PR
07.2009 - Current
- Manage, direct, and lead accounting teams for various companies on an interim-basis; supervise teams of up to 6 or more accountants; plan, direct, and lead functions and timing of accounting and work-flow; create processes and procedures
- Deliver high-quality work timely and within budget, earning positive feedback from clients
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless project delivery and success
- Handle day-to-day accounting operations for multiple entities; manage, train, coach, and supervise staff leading to timely and more accurate financial reporting
- Interim Controller, Director, and Accounting Manager positions, and providing solutions for various projects
- Financial statements, GL cleanup, month-end Close, journal entries, management reporting and KPIs, preparation or review of account reconciliations, Balance Sheet variance analysis, Investor statements and distributions, and team approach to software improvements and implementation
- Audit preparedness for private firms going through a first-time financial audit; preparation of lead schedules, and source document reconciliations to balance sheet
- Preparation of Corporate taxes, Individual taxes, Sales/Use taxes, Tangible taxes, Franchise taxes, Intangible taxes, Business License fees, Payroll tax filing and payments, Installment agreements, new bank account/international forms, and other tax forms and strategies for tax-savings
- Create daily, weekly, and/or monthly accounting calendar by function and staff responsible
- Document processes and procedures for accounting functions and detail steps on how to record transactions in accounting software
- Engage in successful staffing and training of various accounting roles
- Review and maintenance of subsidiary financials for consolidation into parent company’s financials
- Review and clean-up of Chart of Accounts due to accounts no longer needed, duplicate accounts, addition of accounts, account mapping (including for consolidated international entities)
- Collected a few $100,000 dollars in back-logged accounts receivables, and implemented numerous AR process changes to ensure more-timely collections
- Revenues increased at one client on average $40,000 per month by focusing on transactional details and ensuring contractual details were adhered to upon tenants moving out
- Review and correct accounting schedules and errors, one such error amounting to approximately $900,000
- Overall process improvements leading to improved financial profitability, accuracy, and efficiency
Controller(Commercial Real Estate Owner/Developer)
Coneca Properties, Inc.
Coral Springs, FL
04.2002 - 05.2009
- Supervised and directed accounting team at a commercial real estate, owner-developed, and managed firm; supervised team of 4 accountants; set goals and created processes and procedures for department
- Prepared financial statement packages for use in management decision-making, banking and lending, and partnership and joint ventures
- Prepared annual budgets and monthly budget variances, CAM reconciliations, Sales tax returns, and reviewed annual corporate and partnership tax returns
- Increased revenues and cash by automating A/R processes, minimizing manual error, and reviewing A/R Aging Report routinely
- Collection letters were sent out monthly and monitored closely
- Automated check-printing and A/R processes leading to a 50% increase in employee time, cash flow, and improved customer service
- Created monthly accounting calendar highlighting timing of work-flow processes daily, weekly, and throughout month and employees responsible for each function such as posting of journal entries, account reconciliations, and requirements for month-end and quarter-end
- Prepared Checklist form to process incoming and outgoing tenants’ files, with step-by-step to-do list for team to follow and sign off on, to ensure no pertinent accounting steps were missed, and maintaining quality and internal control
- Processed requests, directed and delegated work orders, and maintained good customer relations with all tenants
- Job-costed each property’s income and expense transactions in order to deliver profitability reports by property and fixed assets itemization by Suite #
- Construction accounting for land development and construction of multi-unit apartment complexes.
Financial Analyst Manager (Workers Compensation)
Associated Industries Insurance Services (AIIS)
Boca Raton, FL
04.2001 - 04.2002
- Improved timeliness and accuracy of converting statutory insurance financial statements to GAAP-based financial statements on monthly basis for workers compensation firm, utilizing elaborate excel macros file
- Provided actuaries with total policy revenues and claims expenses for use in forecasting risk projections.
Education
Masters in Accounting - Accounting
Florida Atlantic University – College of Business
Boca Raton, FL Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Accounting
Boston University – School of Management
Boston, MACertified Financial Planner Program - Financial Planning
Florida Atlantic University – College of Business
Boca Raton, FL 2026
Skills
- ADP
- AS400
- ATX
- Asana Project Tracking
- Anaplan Timesheet budgeting
- Avalara Sales Tax
- AvidXchange Payment Systems
- Blackline
- Creative Solutions
- D&B
- DocuSign
- Drake
- Great Plains
- Gusto Payroll
- Hyperion Essbase
- JD Edwards
- Lacerte
- Lawson
- LN
- MRI
- Microsoft Navision
- NetSuite
- Office Connect to Excel
- Oracle
- QuickBooks Desktop
- QuickBooks Enterprise
- QuickBooks Online
- Rent Manager
- SAP
- Taxwise
- Timberline
- Ultra Tax
- Xero
- Yardi
- Workday
- Microsoft OFFICE (Excel, Essbase Retrieves, Macros, Pivot Tables, PowerPoint, V-Look Up, Word)
Certification
- CPA
- Masters in Accounting
- Licensed Real Estate Agent
Timeline
Contractor/Consultant
Various Project Resources Agencies
07.2009 - Current
Controller(Commercial Real Estate Owner/Developer)
Coneca Properties, Inc.
04.2002 - 05.2009
Financial Analyst Manager (Workers Compensation)
Associated Industries Insurance Services (AIIS)
04.2001 - 04.2002
Masters in Accounting - Accounting
Florida Atlantic University – College of Business
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Accounting
Boston University – School of Management
Certified Financial Planner Program - Financial Planning
Florida Atlantic University – College of Business