JoAnn Ryan
Hudson
Summary
Well-rounded professional with accounting experience seeking the right career opportunity to advance my skills, strengthen my weaknesses, learn new things, and ultimately grow with a successful company.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accounting Manager
Café Services, Inc.
01.2020 - Current
- Lead and manage four employees and oversee the daily operations
- Implement and manage XtraChef AP Automation
- Implement and manage corporate credit card program
- Manage 1099 process
- Ensure Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable meet month end deadlines
- Prepare and analyze monthly financial statements
- Work with auditors through year end audits
Senior Accountant
Café Services, Inc.
05.2016 - 01.2020
- Implement and manage Sage Fixed Asset System
- Ensure vendors submit reimbursement for monthly, quarterly, or annual rebates based on contracts approved by Purchasing
- Responsible for preparing journal entries and monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Prepare and review client actual to forecast monthly statements with District Managers
- Prepare and reconcile intercompany
- Participate in annual audit
- Prepare various financial/ad hoc reporting for CEO, CFO, and/or various departments
- Assist in the implementation of yearly budget process with CFO, COO, and District Managers
Accounting Manager – Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable
Wellness Pet Company
01.2011 - 05.2016
- Lead and manage six employees
- Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close
- Responsible for preparing journal entries, review variances from actual to forecast, prepare monthly department expenses, consolidation of companies and monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Participate in annual and internal audits
- Assist in Canadian, unclaimed property and Massachusetts sales and use tax audits
- Assist in the implementation of Asia, Japan, and Belgium entities
- Assist and audit multiple pricelists into ERP system for price increases/decreases
- Prepare various financial/ad hoc reporting for the Controller, CFO, and/or various departments
Staff Accountant
Harte-Hanks, Inc.
08.2007 - 01.2011
- Key contributor to month end close, quarterly and year end audits
- Responsible for standard journal entries including prepaids, accruals, payroll, fixed assets and other miscellaneous entries
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Review and explain variances from actual to budget
- Review and upload monthly revenue by customer
- Review AR invoices up to $50,000 and split revenue if applicable
- Prepare various financial/ad hoc reporting for unit controllers
- Responsible for monthly sales and use tax reporting in various states
Staff Accountant
ECRM, Inc.
06.2006 - 08.2007
- Responsible for monthly closings
- Prepared monthly journal entries including Denmark, UK, and Hong Kong payrolls and prepaid expenses
- Calculated monthly commissions
- Reconciled deferred revenue and foreign currency cash accounts
- Maintained and reconciled fixed asset additions, disposals, and depreciation
- Prepared monthly financial package schedules
- Reviewed and explained variances from actual to budget
- Reconciled consignment inventory
- Responsible for sales and use tax reporting in various states
- Responsible for the quarterly reporting of England and Denmark VAT
- Responded to government surveys
- Updated exchange rate monthly
- Assist in annual audit
- Assist in the implementation of ADP Online Expense System for employees
Education
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Accounting
Merrimack College
Skills
- Team leadership
- Month-end close
- Financial reporting
- Variance analysis
- Accounts payable
- Accounts receivable
- Sage software
- Budget management
- Process improvement
- Journal entries
- Reconciliation
- ERP systems expertise
- Internal controls
- GAAP knowledge
- Account reconciliation
- Closing procedures
Certification
- Currently working towards Certificate in Managerial Accounting at Southern New Hampshire University
Timeline
Accounting Manager
Café Services, Inc.
01.2020 - Current
Senior Accountant
Café Services, Inc.
05.2016 - 01.2020
Accounting Manager – Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable
Wellness Pet Company
01.2011 - 05.2016
Staff Accountant
Harte-Hanks, Inc.
08.2007 - 01.2011
Staff Accountant
ECRM, Inc.
06.2006 - 08.2007
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Accounting
Merrimack College
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